Zenith - Flowers Of Intelligence | Recreating The Classics by Starving Insect EP06

This is a recreation of Flowers of Intelligence by Zenith, released in 1996 on IST records - Sub Label of Industrial Strength Records.
Zenith was an alias of Federico Franchi, an Italian producer mainly known as a pioneer within trance and early hard style.
The Flowers of Intelligence EP is a strange hardcore release. All the tracks on it are long, introverted and hypnotic and totally unlike anything released at the time or after, but considered an immortal classic by many.
Federico sadly passed away in 2018.
This has been by far the most difficult recreation video I've made. I quickly cracked the kick, but I haven't been able to nail the lead sound. I've tried everything and I just can't get it right.
So rather than throwing in the towel, I will still give it my best shot. Let me know what you think in the comments!
Full list of equipment featured in this recreation:
Hardware
- Behringer RD-9
- Behringer Pro-1
- Roland W30
- Mackie 1604 VLZ Pro
- Access Virus TI
- Crumar Bit 99
- Ensoniq ESQ-1
- Native Instruments Massive
- Roland Alpha Juno
(Some of the) Software used:
- Pro Tools
- Native Instruments Massive
- Valhalla VintageVerb
- Valhalla Delay
- AIR Distortion
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[@Nobody18718]

This track is timeless

[@OblivionUndergroundOfficial]

Isn't Starving Insect amazing?! What do you think? What should he do next? Let us know below!

[@XionTRAX]

It def sounds significantly diffrent than the original tho

[@russellparker9181]

Very good ❤ still prefer the original though but how can you improve a masterpiece? What ever happened to Dolphins remix of flowers of intelligence?

[@gurdenator85]

Neophyte brain cracking

[@hc9893]

shadowlands terrorits - more bazz

[@mymodularjourney]

The Horrorist - Flesh is the fever

[@aliens_have_hearts]

Amo tanto está canción....me encantó tu trabajo, FLOWERS OF INTELLIGENCE es mi canción favorita, me envuelve, me hipnotiza hasta el último minuto ❤ Gracias x compartir 😢❤

[@Jayfive276]

How about: Traffik - Point Break R.Wagner - Listen Carefully Buzz Fuzz - D-Leria Noizecreator - Psychic Punk Wedlock - Pababam Chosen Few - Name Of The DJ Hammer Damage - The Demons The Bazeman - Martians (Happy Acid Version) Anything by The Destroyer Jappo/Lacinhouse - EXLXAXL G-Shock - Demons Technohead - Passion #1 and/or #3 Any track from Tcher No Beat #1 Slavefriese - Five Minutes After The Pill Mechanism - Forever South I Fly

[@cspower7259]

I Second R Wagner. i think its mostly an apple one. but would love to find out.

[@Th3_Cu7r4z05DJ]

Zenith, a Legend that i know late, finding classic hardstyle tracks i found more deep of he. and with agressive records track in 90s i fall in love with their tracks, by made simpler and powerful. if you want to hear their hardstyle era i reccomend tracks like Victims of hardstyle with lady dana, who is calling that was remastered this year by Tatanka (Wild MF w/ zatox), and my favourite... "Musica Che Domina" and 9:23 OOF that Streets of Avalon is my fav hardcore track

[@frostbite4954]

Shadow Dancers - Silicium Head. And Alternative Creators- The Beast (Hardhypno Vrs) Are a few of the most dark trance tracks by Zenith. Awesome recreation

As usual a awesome video from swedens finest producer! 😎🤙

[@cspower7259]

oh yea. one of my faves. so much emotion.

[@tomme942]

Amazing, well done!

[@martinpausly]

WOW. 😮 Great job! 🎉 Federico would be very proud. ❤ I think he hears your version, rises from the dead and dances for his eternal life. 😊

[@OblivionUndergroundOfficial]

Lovely words Martin!

[@BatMan-hi6pc]

Very interesting and great choice of track!

[@D-Drivemusic]

Great work! So much time and effort get into these type of video's, it requires full dedication and passion for the music. 🤖

[@Noizequake]

these videos are really impressive and are an inspiration to me ^^ please keep this series up - we appreciate all the work you put in this ! :)

[@OblivionUndergroundOfficial]

We completely agree! Can't wait to see and hear whats next :)

[@satansbudd]

Because of your IG short, I found this masterpiece. The way you breakdown everything was really informative, and it's even cooler to see how this genre was pioneered to begin with! Thanks for sharing, and incredible job on the recreation!! ❤❤❤❤

[@OblivionUndergroundOfficial]

Well said! We are glad you enjoyed it!

[@czap_]

Thank you for accepting my song request 😍

[@ManoloMacchetta]

Federico Franchi has been a genius. Check also his "trance" stuff under the "Vana Imago" name (Tesi) / Shadow Dancers - Silicium Head.

[@dannykriekaard5567]

Nice!! Love this classic! Great work!

[@deltatv666]

Wow. You nailed it again💪

[@unfinishedmonkeyrecords]

respect

[@KINGCHUCK1979]

Awesome 👌🏼🥳

[@Stephania_luna]

Very good job 🖤🔥

[@mymodularjourney]

Only 32 hours of waiting left…

[@brian.rowland]

Mandatory rewind on this one ☝️

[@industrialjamie5221]

Excellent 👌

[@stormtrooper_ravemuzik]

Love your videos

[@djvoid1]

Very good job mate! Nailed the gloomy vibe and the kick was spot on. I feel like it might have been worth trying a Korg MS20 for the lead (clone or OG) but you got very close regardless

[@JimmyHandtrixx]

Do you have MS20? I would be interested in the settings.

[@Funkalizer023]

I really love this serie!! Thank you for all the effort you put into these video's of recreating those classics. This is a great track from Zenith of course, and like your other work i have to say this is getting damn close to the original! You're so fckn good with recreating the sounds, it almost sounds similar. Also the way you created the kick in this video is pretty amazing. Respect and thanks again, i'm looking forward for the next episode! Greets from Holland.

[@clakbastard8586]

Impressionnant !!!Quelle oreille et quelle technique!

[@julienhennion7802]

Great ! :)

[@retali8one]

Such a unique beauty. Wish there was more of this sound

[@OblivionUndergroundOfficial]

It really was a unique take on the genre wasnt it?

[@rave-je-uit-0.4.0]

A Tear in Heart next Pleaze ❤

[@Febovideo1]

Good job!

[@Vibealite]

Love this series.

[@EBECompany]

Very good 👍

[@fiendsfootage]

Great stuff, what a beautiful track to recreate!

[@stefanzmk]

Nice one Alex, Thank you! Very good effort recreating this classic. Love to see the proces, and loved the little Streets of Avalon intermezzo ;) Hope you might one day get the chance to try the lead synth on a Korg MS20 and it's fabulous filter distortion

[@starvinginsect8442]

Thanks Stefan! You did an amazing job with the remaster release. And yeah I’m still on the lookout for an MS-20…

[@OblivionUndergroundOfficial]

@@starvinginsect8442 let's try and fix that :)

[@sigh909]

❤❤❤

[@N1h1L3]

Great job on the kick ! I called it the "Wavelan kick" for decades (Wavelan - A1 - It Will Stand - 1994 IST007) I suspect maybe Zenith sampled it from there, as did many others (r_aW ?).

[@starvinginsect8442]

I hadn’t heard the Wavelan track before, but I listened now and you must be totally right! The kick has been used in lots of tracks and I though Zenith was first, but it’s definitely Wavelan. Thanks, very interesting!

[@gygusian]

or maybe from this kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5_IeXaKZpt_opYsi=aKANL7Q4PAhfhCyg&t=232 ;)

[@Psybercastor]

Damn, this goes deep! Ok, Aphex Twin must be the first.

[@hutzdani87]

up next - Nosferatu & Ophidian - Psychiatric Ass YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO ! Pretty Please

[@mymodularjourney]

Banging!

[@jeppie_k]

Damn this was really good, I enjoyed it very much 👌🏻

[@whengabberwasgood6251]

Incredible work, how talented you are. Now you must remix it!

[@010101110100]

I used to be scared to eq the hell out of my sounds… not any more!

[@starvinginsect8442]

This recreation called for extreme measures… I don’t recommend stacking 3-4 EQ:s in general 😅 (Unless you’re making a hardcore kick, then everything goes)

[@OblivionUndergroundOfficial]

@@starvinginsect8442 MOAR EQ

[@hundun5604]

I think you're, at the moment, the only one that need floppy disks for "work". 😄