Rob Dougan - Clubbed to Death Deconstruction in Ableton Live (Live at Meltdown Festival)

[@radzillov]

These reconstructions are the most useful Ableton tutorials. Thank you, Ski !

[@lenap4956]

21:45 I can't process this. How did he know manipulating that sample would end up creating the one we hear in the original soundtrack Guesswork? Skill? Experience? Freaking wild, man

[@gS0yeUE0udz7d]

Rob Dougan found his place!

[@ErtywekPL]

​@n9999Can you give me name of that sample cd?

[@Ikhthus777]

that's the legit question

[@Thugggzer]

Just discovered this song is full sample 😭😭

[@this.is.lapc506]

Even more brilliant when a complex song is fully made of samples: you must have a very wide knowledge across multiple musical genres to get awareness of the most suitable samples to base your ideas from.

[@ErtywekPL]

You can make really unique tracks using samples. Thats the plus.

[@mikewest5057]

This is very good work on a great track. I'm a musician and mixer and I've got a keen ear so I just had to point a couple of things out because it was bugging me! lol. The loop 'Arrest the president' needs to be faded in until the first snare so you can't hear the first kick because it has a harmonic that clashes with the first note of the song. Secondly, the high legato string sustains for 2 bars and doesn't have the two short notes until the end of the second bar. Sorry I couldn't help it, I mean no disrespect I just couldn't let it lie! ;)

[@mikewest5057]

sorry I mean the loop has a harmonic that clashes with the song, not just first note.

[@aydengrahammusic]

Thanks for the good notes, very keen ear- cheers from a fellow musician!

[@orangiat3619]

youre a literal egomaniac

[@Justrhythm8]

Gotta be said AGAIN, and most of us can be guilty of repeating ourselves, SKI you da F*ckin man x

[@pointblankmusicschool]

It hasn't gone to his head, yet ;-)

[@MMWXIV]

Nobody can imagine how i enjoy these music works. Sampling is an incredible art.

[@Swatmat]

i love rewatching this every now and then, its so clever, as a person with no musical talent at all im amazed at how this is done

[@arnabchakrabortyofficial]

Amazing work by Ski- the master craftsman who makes everything look so easy.

[@pointblankmusicschool]

***** Ski! Ski! Ski!

[@stephenmorrish]

Would you ever look at something like this with the software tools and equipment available at the time of the original composition.

[@LorisSolic]

I am without words. Pure awesome

[@FernandoQuevedo]

Always a treat to watch your deconstructions and I always learn something new. Thanks!

[@emulus4000]

Absolutely love that Skull Snaps beat

[@MrMarcLaflamme]

This was amazing! One of my favourite tracks broken down.. Such a beautiful piano part at the breakdown...

[@enbariz]

i'm falling and falling in love with music again. i found this too late but thank y'all!

[@komicsreviewer8505]

I'm pretty sure Euthanasia is legal in Canada.

[@Ashfaq1999]

Thanks, Great To See This Excellent Review Of Rob D’s Classic In The Making.

[@Holonomics]

I am someone who just noodles around at home on Garage band for fun. This is a really excellent video for understanding how professional tunes are put together. Really interesting. Cheers.

[@Got2Bespoke]

This is so satisfying to watch...

[@dfusion6204]

Ski, Master and Commander !!, Thanks for sharing !!

[@richmouland]

Love this. Being a convert from garageband I'm loving Abelton. I'm thinking my light version may not be enough for this but I'm giving it a go. Superb lesson.

[@Tramaineguitar]

Anybody discover where the Sax sample was taken from yet? It’s bugging me 😅

[@Tramaineguitar]

By the way, although it’s very nit-picky, I think the sax in this could be EQ’d similarly to the way the drums were EQ’d. The sax in the original soundtrack sounded a lot ‘sweeter’ in my opinion, and compressed a bit more. Nonetheless, a valuable video for people like me. This is such an interesting track, with an even more interesting choice of samples that in my opinion reveals the genius and creativity in the world of electronic music. For a track which is basically a constant loop, I could listen to this for eternity 🙏🏼

[@jetklaatu9831]

I've got to admit, when I clicked on this video I didn't think I'd watch it to the end but I did! I found that fascinating and I'm a guitarist so this was outside of my wheelhouse! Great job and thanks for sharing that!

[@TheDJEDS]

this is breaking it down to the bones man..!

[@treesmaofficial3873]

I'm a tad bit late, but what's the source of that U.F.O. audio file? Nine Inch Nails also used that one in a cover of Gary Numan's song 'Metal'.

[@treesmaofficial3873]

Update: nevermind, I just found it. For anyone who's curious, here's the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmrMnJSqpNKZbMk

[@Blackfera]

I love this song. Heard it first on the Matrix movie, then I got the entire movietrack album, which is awesome btw. Congrats, Ski Oakenfull! Hope to be your student one day.

[@pointblankmusicschool]

We hope to have you! :-)

[@nathanschreffler1415]

Then listen to furious angels by Rob Dougan. His whole album is fantastic

[@nSx2TV]

damm, well done ! This is one of my favourite track, especially the breakdown, you can feel a lot of emotion. really happy you deconstructed it ! Thx

[@dazza42UK]

Excellent as always.

[@stuartcrofts8860]

Nice work Mr Oakenfull :)

[@skioakenfull]

No, you the man!

[@juuliq6]

Incredible!!!

[@sram993]

Bloody brilliant

[@iok21a]

awesomeness

[@diogoalmeida10]

Ski makes everything looks so easy! Master! Cheers from Portugal :)

[@RockstahRolln]

Absolutely Brilliant!!

[@ianfanning5524]

What was the sheet music that was used for the piano starting 26:57 from? I've been looking for the whole piece to learn but can't seem to find it. Any help is appreciated! Cheers

[@matisattila2957]

Hats off

[@bedroommusicPL]

excellent :) Maybe next video deconstruction of Orbital - Halcyon on and on ??

[@xaero212]

They also did Motorcycle - As The Rush Comes which is pretty mind blowing!

[@bedroommusicPL]

bgn must watch :)

[@DaveS-Ace]

So good man,great work

[@GiorgosLysigakis]

Amazing!!!!! Thanks for the knowledge Ski!!!!

[@Iongjump]

it's awesome

[@EliahHoliday]

Would love to see a deconstruction of Cabaret Voltair's Sensoria.

[@erolbrown]

Such a good video.

[@this.is.lapc506]

24:18 I'm intrigued by how the Jupyter sample sounds very similar to the Genshin Impact OST made by their own orchestra ensemble. I can imagine how recent tracks can become remixed at any time.

[@hexostatus4658]

Gallant Challenge from the Liyue OST is the closest i can get from that famous string.

[@_crys_]

Amazing job there!

[@Nicpetelogan]

This is Excellent - Thank you !

[@brettlewis575]

wow.. great insight.. love the track more knowing whats in it

[@techthirteen]

Ski is too good. Amazing producer! I have to press pause and watch ten times, he is so quick in Ableton. Lol!

[@johnnnyd]

Brilliant

[@8-BitHeart79]

Blown away.

[@MrSlartybartfast42]

great breakdown

[@Submersed24]

This might be a dumb question, but on a compressor, raising the gain raises audio from the floor and up, while the threshhold lowers the ceiling and brings it down?

[@bojantanasic221]

This is what we are missing these days. Experimental music and compositing. Anyway love your channel. Could I ask for one favor? If you guys can please deconstruct/recreate the song Right here, right now from Fatboy Slim :) that was also a good tune back in 1998 I was 10 :)

[@Arcian]

This is sick.

[@theowlfla]

Superb you make it look so easy man , learning some good stuff here , some of the early nineties samplers had a real spark of genius , Love to see Little fluffy clouds done :)

[@gh4kr]

Is there anywhere to listen to this remake?

[@heactor]

damnnn

[@eangelos89]

I want to se the DJ Shadow clip. Is there a recording? Already searched on youtube.

[@Xolin11]

I love seeing how its put back together. Though I'm curious to know what is supposed to be learned from deconstructing other than that?

[@skioakenfull]

Here's a few suggestions: Workflow, Basic music theory, Warping, Using FX, Audio to Midi, Arranging, Tempo changes..

[@skioakenfull]

ps.. glad you enjoyed the video!

[@this.is.lapc506]

Remixing :)

[@senoramaestrah9833]

Okay, so obviously this guy is the mother Mary of deconstruction. I have newbie questions. 1. What program is he using? 2. How did he know what songs the sounds were sampled from?

[@senoramaestrah9833]

+ski oakenfull

[@Mastermism]

1) Ableton Live (+ Kontakt VST etc.) 2) The easiest way is probably just to search the internet - there are sites for that like www.whosampled.com

[@MelloState]

I'm more impressed by Rob Dougan for somehow thinking very different genres and sampling them into a masterpiece

[@this.is.lapc506]

@@MelloState That's what makes this song even more brilliant

[@BorisMediaProds]

This is so fucking cool!!

[@llucos100]

How do you recreate the strings sounds?

[@skioakenfull]

The strings are from the factory Kontakt Library

[@nemartin1]

nice video learnt a lot :)

[@humanharddrive1]

holy fuck there isn't a single original thing in that track. it really owes everything to the artists sampled originally

[@pyzerchiefs]

Wow this is the best sounding one yet . Amazing how many different samples there are. What happens with writing credit for a song with so many samples in?

[@Mandy-Lane]

omg this is shit crazy!

[@prod.sandman8052]

Lmao this is kinda crazy after graduating point blank like a year ago and seeing this now

[@777PROJEKT]

Yep Very good work ! A good way to learn is to do some remakes,

[@xaero212]

This is worth so much $$

[@samr7542]

Question: how does he manage to cut the drum samples so cleanly without getting any clicks (seemingly right on zero crossings without having to zoom in and find them)? Is this a feature of Ableton?

[@skioakenfull]

Hi Sam. In this video I'm 'warping' the loops rather than chopping them up to create individual samples. This is similar to 'FlexTime' in Logic, and generally doesn't create the clicks you referred to. Ableton also has a great 'Slice to Midi' feature which chops up loops, but even this adds a smooth attack to each sample if set to default.

[@Rubenheit]

wich song is u.f.o?

[@Jvssvl]

Great video. Which Kontakt library are the strings from?

[@0404ion]

Probably dumb question: How did you get that midi-keyboard (3:00) into the arrangement view? Is it a special plug-in?

[@skioakenfull]

This is a free multi-platform app called vmpk

[@komicsreviewer8505]

I didn't realize this was all sample driven. I thought he did all of this.

[@klandestino22]

Keep Calm And Drop A Phat Beat'!

[@furekmody7749]

I'VE GOT THE POISON

[@fatboiz1234]

can point blank come to San Diego Ca, and host an event just like this? wishful thinking.

[@jjqasme]

Нафига чужое? Почему со своими навыками нельзя сделать свое? Ну покажи красоту, мастерство, уровень! Иначе мир не увидит новых талантов никогда

[@McQuads87]

Have to be honest. Little disappointed to find out that this track is literally all samples...

[@skioakenfull]

A beautiful collage though :-)

[@robotcoffin]

A lot of electronic music is done this way. It's one thing to sample, it's another to take sole old disco song and loop a section with a punchier beat under it (see "Barbara Streisand" by Duck Sauce, aka "Gotta Go Home" by Boney M). I'd check out Jim Pavlov's reverse engineering video of The Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Up" to see how amazing a versatile use of samples can be, here on KZbin. Rob Dougan is, however, an amazing composer and songwriter, and I feel he used his samples very well.

[@Arnazisti]

you're kidding yourself if you think theres no skill to this

[@Got2Bespoke]

Ski Oakenfull Much of dance/electronic music at that time was sampling and there’s nothing wrong with that because it takes skill and imagination to see what could be. But, this is why I have a hard time calling anyone working in electronic music a “DJ” because so many of them are literally producing every part of their music and the term is no longer representative of what they’re doing. It’s been really interesting to watch the progression over the last 20-25 years though.

[@Vindamato]

This was in a movie soundtrack in the late 90s early 00s...anyone?

[@marcmeup1]

Brilliant as always Ski! Thanks. @ Vincent D'Amato: It's in a 1996 french film starring Beatrice Dalle called "Clubbed to Death (Lola)". It has a great soundtrack that also features Rollin and Scratchin by Daft Punk if I remember correctly. Great flic. Just found it on YT - no subs tho. /watch?v=oescbpgecmU

[@Vindamato]

It's also in the Matrix! haha

[@EntireShadow]

So this guy definetly knows what he is doing, but why is he explaining even simple things so complicated?

[@Deeper_01]

10:55 ты внатуре не собираешся выравнивать скрипку по сетке? дизлайк

[@classic1984]

One too many kick drums.