New Order - Blue Monday Ableton Live Deconstruction @ Sonar +D 2016

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PB instructor Ski Oakenfull breaks down New Order's classic Blue Monday using Ableton Live and Push live at SONAR+D 2016
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[@mmoncur]

I've reconstructed Blue Monday about 10 times over the years since 1990 or so, and I have to say this was very impressive. I didn't know that was a Kraftwerk sample!

[@MrBeen992]

you have "reconstructed" BM for 25 years and you didn't know of the Kraftwerk sample ? ...

[@mmoncur]

I was going to say "well, the internet didn't exist back then so I couldn't easily look it up," but I owned the Kraftwerk album so I really have no excuse.

[@MrBeen992]

mmoncur lol, ok. Look for the story of Blue Monday in YT. There you will find many other interesting facts.

[@narcoticstate2127]

The original sound that Kraftwerk used is from a 60's Mellotron - it's the choir sample...

[@Dreskiff23]

It's actually the vako orchestron not a mellotron

[@danielpalmersofficial]

This song is so good, I love Peter Hook’s ‘hooky’ bass line most of all. ✌️☺️

[@kristykewl69]

My fave band of all time. I have BM and BM '88 on vinyl. Beyond essential to my collection. Bragging a bit. Thanks for this.

[@mnieuwhof]

Everytime when Ski does a deconstruction, it amazes me so much... really cool...

[@phillytee9106]

So many disco and dance tracks have used that style of bassline and four to the floor disco groove together, it's a classic floor-filling groove love it!

[@djbonk77]

80's dance music took disco octave bass and 4/4 beat, but made it more electronic

[@ronnykiel1617]

Thanks for the deconstruction of this classic track. Good work as always Ski!

[@davidellis5141]

Due to factory not sending out promos , Blue Monday is the top selling 12" ever. Every DJ in the 🌎 purchased it.

[@katerichardson9440]

I love this song from new order one of my favourites I did not know that their was a sample from kraftwerk in it

[@LRS905]

This was fascinating! And he does everything with such ease...

[@stev5293]

Just found your channel and I'm loving these deconstructions! I would LOVE to see some Depeche Mode ones

[@tomdavies6368]

Great tutorial. Would love to see a Pet Shop Boys deconstruction, maybe of something musically a bit unusual, like Left to my Own Devices?

[@arkano01]

I just find out his song is 5 years older than i thought!! Oh my, and still sound so updated!!!!! I love it

[@jbforce10]

It's funny how the original has dated far better than the 1988 remix version.

[@michael_harren]

This concept sounds like it should be the most boring thing ever....but I can't stop watching. Great video. More of these!!

[@stalepalemale]

That is awesome ski is *the* man when it comes to this stuff!

[@PCYCNSW1]

Bernard Summers built a 'PowerTRAN' ETI 1024 actually. He also built a Powertran Transcendent 2000 Synth (as did I back in the day) and they used it in one of the songs. Cool vid.

[@devinthierault]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5-Zq3yoYquZZqM looks like he's using the sequencer live here.

[@stevenwellington3729]

One of the best tutorials I've seen!

[@katalinbartok]

Love this song... yet another great choice to deconstruct and reconstruct 😍

[@RockstahRolln]

Incredible as always by Ski!! One of the BEST Deconstructions!!

[@kickbiker7920]

This is quite brilliant. Well broken down. So well recreated. Very impressive. Love it!

[@MRFThorne]

Even the trees have ears! Thanks - I didn't realise how derivative Blue Monday was of other tracks (although bringing all those sources together made a great new creation).

[@netrunner1987]

And another of my favorite songs!!!!!

[@JoeRKsChannel]

Love these videos

[@skinnyhastrup]

Only thing that bothered me was that he didn't max all the velocities of the kick. It needs that static feel to break through. Otherwise a great deconstruct. ☺️

[@scottptolomey3498]

Yes needed a lot of reverb

[@bowser724]

Very good deconstruction, though I was sad they cut off your presentation before you could get to the FM Bass which is my favorite part of the song

[@diyhell8712]

I love these deconstructed tracks. Never knew Blue Monday had its roots in disco!

[@wilfullness]

You can't hear it the first time you bear Blue Monday? It's blatantly hi-energy influenced.

[@666DRAKUL]

this was fucking awesome!!!!

[@bassbird]

so hype to be here! lets get crackn

[@bradcogan8588]

The thunder sound would be the cherry on top. Great tutorial.

[@iconoptixx]

Reverb and Limit a pitched snare

[@ThinkerThunker]

That's it. I'm starting a pop band.

[@dougthompson4662]

deconstruct 'A Forest' by The Cure this should be super easy or 'Open Up' from LeftField

[@davidellis5141]

All alone

[@soaribb32]

The disco, house and ambient influences were so apparent yet I never noticed them before.

[@c-v-n3322]

how could you not notice it before?

[@cryoine7194]

im so glad that they included these in gran theft auto VCS, that is how i got exposed to these songs from before my time lol, been hooked on them ever since

[@b00i00d]

inspiring as always!

[@carlospalacios1422]

Glad to see this kind of videos, for those ( included me) results very inspirational and encouraging stuff, keep working on this way plzs...thxs

[@chezchezchezchez]

Fantastic!

[@DeoSTerriere]

I FUCKING LOVE THIS!!!! I just purchased my push 2 and already learned a lot from this. Please more deconstructions!

[@LianRozen]

This video is amazing. *I ♥NEW ORDER*

[@narcoticstate2127]

There's something not quite right about the brass - on the record I think they might have used a delay to create a kind of slapback staccato effect that's missing here... and there's a dirty synth bass part that accompanies the brass that he missed out - otherwise really cool to see it broken down like that... especially impressed that he solved the riddle of the little sequencer mistake...

[@KnullnVoid]

Shoutout to all the people who say shit like “It’s just pushing a button.” I’d love to see them try and do something brilliant like this

[@stayconnectedoc]

Thank you, Brilliant breakdown.

[@djmadforce3220]

Point blank's best Deconstruction

[@FR4NKTR4X]

Nice one, as always, I saw you at Sonar night, I'm from Barcelona and ex student at Point Blank. Regards.

[@Pauldjreadman]

I saw the documentry on the tune and I had no idea that the beat is out of time but on the mixdown you can't tell. First time I have seen the original video. I never knew there was one.

[@bristolfashion4421]

i first heard it at a party in the nurses common room, selected and played by Ashley Beadle then aged about 6 or something hahahahaha him and his dad an me all worked together at the same hospital...

[@roloroncallo3196]

Master of masters, Ski!!

[@shotvradio]

excellent teacher! enthusiastic and so easy to follow!

[@massiveBallsX]

Brilliant Ableton demo.

[@Johngaltsghost]

Very well done. It may be more accurate to say BM was a link from New Wave/eurodisco to late 80s dance music or maybe techno. However, actual Chicago house music was already underway when this tune was released. Perhaps that influenced them. Definitely not the other way around though.

[@stevenwellington3729]

A Depeche Mode Deconstruction would be super awesome. Maybe Personal Jesus

[@RockstahRolln]

YES!!

[@GuiR3X]

Personal Jesus is a fine track, but I d be more interested to have "Strangelove" or "Never let me down again" as they are way more complex.

[@coatsiecoates1576]

"Deconstruction Time Again"

[@anzatzi]

Great work Ski, thank you Point Blank!

[@gloverelaxis]

such a great song

[@RappehMusic]

Crazy accurate, Ski is the man.

[@robertchung8526]

PLEASE DO ORBITAL HALYCON ON AND ON

[@garymacmillan6401]

....and Enjoy The Silence.

[@hammercanttouchthis]

... and 808 / Pacific State.

[@marria01]

@@hammercanttouchthis kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnykpKdsgbZ2qNU

[@tobinakatarx]

Papau new gunea future sound of london

[@marcelotavares7470]

Best Deconstruction ever!!!!! Big shout bro

[@TornadoSportClub]

Ski, can you deconstruct one of the Frankie Knuckles tracks please, Lets stay home for example?

[@paulroberts434]

Amazing, great workflow. Love watching your vids

[@fpirecords7028]

Sky,you're great,like always!!!!

[@torroidal7545]

I'm more interested in which FX (+EQ) are used on the snare and the claps. :)

[@CentaurusRelax314]

Awesome, per usual. [I'd like to see Depeche Mode, something from VIOLATOR.....]

[@monjesenal7477]

Funny thing about that Klein & MBO track is that it references Patrick Cowley’s “Megatron Man” at one point

[@jsauce666]

Absolutely awesome!

[@tsgtweedvalley4646]

Fantastic, how did you get your hands on the blue monday stems, bass and vocals? Or did you just 'difference' them?

[@ethanmoir3088]

The high strings that come in at around 18 mins are supposed to be 'C, B, A, F... C, B, A, E' ?

[@norbertcristia7134]

I love these videos yep you guys are great , but you are soooo Lucky you have faster processors to keep up and much more flash memory than in 1984 thats for sure either way thank you!

[@disco7379]

Cool video, man this is my favourite song.

[@SonicFictionTV]

You should try to recreate Benny Hill theme song :)

[@mestubbs]

Mind blowing so much knowledge, thanks!

[@micke_mango]

Regarding the misprogrammed pattern, shouldn't it be drifting 1/16 each loop? I thought that the mistake was that the loop was note-based rather than bar-based (or beat-based) at that time and since it was 1/16 note short, the pattern kept drifting 1/16 versus the beat and the other rhythmic patterns... That's how it was explained by Peter Hook (I think it was Hook, possibly it was Morris) in a 1-hour Swedish documentary about Blue Monday. Then in the final mix, that track was mixed down so that the drift was barely noticeable, but still caused that special effect. I didn't really get that from your description...

[@dazzajim]

Great video - tons of detail.

[@Guilherme-md7vw]

man I tried my hand at creating a New Wave track yesterday and only today I find out you guys deconstructed Blue Monday, smh at myself lol, this would have helped so much

[@oliw3664]

Amazing!

[@garynash4171]

Excellent work ...

[@johnghadimi]

This was excellent! 👍👍👍👍🎹

[@Nivenization]

Thank you.

[@recovered_file]

So cool. Thanks !

[@foroudifarhad]

how do we get the project file?? the link just take me to pointblank webpage

[@AchtungMonkey]

Great video, I'd like to give this a try

[@diskonnektion5496]

Great tutorial! Where can you find the synth clav sample. I've been trying to reconstruct it, also adding some LFO modulation of the frequency cutoff in the filter, but I constructed the sample from scratch using 2 oscillators (1st being a pulse, 2nd being a square that is slightly detuned), with a little FM modulation of the 2nd oscillator by the 1st. I also added a little reverb and flanger in the effects. However, the preset used in this tutorial is closer to the original. I wonder if it is available somewhere.

[@planetmusicsamos]

Ski u r the MAN!!!!

[@NeuronalAxon]

Touched by the Hand of Dub 12" would be a cool one to see done.

[@Tboorohn]

That was impressive. I do not get impressed very often.

[@NathanReevesnate808]

Cheers!

[@CGI__]

A Deconstruct of: Truth (Mark Goddard) - The Start (1992) would be awesome! :)

[@Lets-Drone-With-Bone]

excellent deconstruction thanks for this :-)

[@tankkjarko6100]

Klein & MBO - Dirty Talk Producers Mario Boncaldo & Tony Carrasco and legends in their own rights, most likely also influenced Chicago House Music! The funny thing is their were rumors of a Mario Boncaldo, Tony Carrasco & New Order potential collaboration which unfortunately never happened, back in the day,....the story goes someone from the New Order Camp tried to get in contact with the Klein & MBO Duo(Boncaldo & Carrasco) in italy but they weren't able to find them and get in contact with them.

[@sharksport01]

Bobby Orlando steered them away.

[@stephenfogerty9315]

I often try to deconstruct my favourite tracks, the bad news is I'm not great at it,but the good news is I'm not great at it, I have come up with some great tracks trying to do this

[@Ashfaq1999]

Brilliant

[@Supergeckos1000]

Next up: Alleys of your Mind! Please?

[@LegoDonut18]

Amazing

[@scottptolomey3498]

You’ve also failed to mention Hooky’s bass line which is actually Sixty Seconds To What? From For A Few Dollars More

[@workplacevids9977]

Link for download doesn't work 😪

[@mrdisco]

Barney is the greatest genius in the history of popular music, in my opinion.

[@norbertcristia7134]

yep its all been sampled

[@andrewrichardsuk]

Ski, could you please deconstruct Declan's nose? 🔨👊

[@pointblankmusicschool]

:-(

[@f.herumusu8341]

Why do the events at 7:22 appear before being recorded? BTW.I love your "Thriller" Video!

[@cicci0salsicci0]

13:32 Pretty sure that's a bass...

[@DemiGodsMusic]

Quality!

[@nikezooms]

how did you make the sound at 18 mins 47 seconds ????????? what synth was used originally? can you make this sound in ableton??

[@TonyOldskool]

Awesome

[@norbertcristia7134]

hes the Godfather of this music

[@LeicaCat]

Great job! How did you get Hooky's bass part and the vocals? They're not in the project's zip file. Is it a licensing thing?

[@devinthierault]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eaOQeH2wjbaEfrM I think it's slowed down so you may have to fine tune it