KVR Audio

ccDuckett · Post by **ccDuckett** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 7:26 pm

Some random examples:
Beck
BoC
The JDs
Aimee Mann
Ezekiel Honig

ls1xxx · Post by **ls1xxx** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 2:08 am

Paul Hardcastle

Shabdahbriah · Post by **Shabdahbriah** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 2:12 am

dewgong wrote:
Josmoker wrote:Amon Tobin would be an obvious example I guess.
What did you think of ISAM? I found it a little cold, I much prefer Bricolage and Chaos Theory

I saw him perform it live, and it was AMAZING! ... [wearing the T-shirt, now]

cron · Post by **cron** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 3:11 am

James Blake's early stuff was astonishing. Used dynamic range in a way which was pretty much unheard of in dance music. It's interesting how 'unshocking' this stuff sounds just 5 years on. That ultra sparse, glossy 'pop R&B' influenced sound pretty much became the lingua franca of the London music scene.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia5D2HpiQQI

More recently I've come to appreciate tracks which deploy very simple sounds in interesting ways. The lo-fi techno sound has become a wildly oversaturated space over the last 2 or so years, and so tracks like this which achieve a lo-fi vibe through the use of a very restricted sound palette as opposed to slathering standard techno tunes in layers of artificial distortion and tape hiss are a welcome breath of fresh air. There's plenty of distortion and hiss here too, but the sounds themselves are almost reminiscent of something you'd hear coming out of a university electronic studio in the 1960s.

https://soundcloud.com/whities/004_mino ... ce-glamour

V0RT3X · Post by **V0RT3X** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 3:18 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_VDDhV6A9M

I've always enjoyed the sound design that Hybrid does. Some of it is actually pretty good.

highkoo · Post by **highkoo** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 4:02 am

Off the top o' my head, all of these guys are superhuman;

Eskmo
Grimblee/Hecka
Rez
Kloudmen

https://soundcloud.com/eskmo
https://soundcloud.com/grimblee
https://soundcloud.com/heckaofficial
https://soundcloud.com/rezdubstep
https://soundcloud.com/kloudmen

V0RT3X · Post by **V0RT3X** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 4:11 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-NSUXirTkw

dewgong · Post by **dewgong** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 9:41 am

Arca is worth a mention. He's a little inconsistent but when he gets it right his music is like a massive groundswell. The layers are orchestrated classically. Have a listen to "Now you know" for instance. Parts of it feel like the huge updraft you get on a parachute drop. I definitely like metaphors

Kriminal · Post by **Kriminal** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 9:57 am

Delia Derbyshire

DJ Warmonger · Post by **DJ Warmonger** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 12:13 pm

That Koan this is amazing, listeting to the whole!

Still, not sure if it's a matter of sound design - more like composition and talent.

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 12:27 pm

Most of the examples posted here seem to be musicians and composers, I never know why 'producers' always get the credit for stuff that is usually the province of musicians and composers.

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 12:38 pm

aMUSEd wrote:Most of the examples posted here seem to be musicians and composers, I never know why 'producers' always get the credit for stuff that is usually the province of musicians and composers.

The OP actually asked about "artists" ...

dewgong wrote:Do you know of any artists who have exceptional frequency/dynamic response in their music?

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 12:43 pm

That's better.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 1:28 pm

F.S.O.L. were pretty amazing. Not sure if that was due to the sound design itself, or rather that they used a gazillion of different synths with very different sound characteristics. At least they did sounds which i never heard before, and which very much stood out in the mix and were very unique. Not my favorite kind of music even, but the sounds are really something you remember.

Chopper · Post by **Chopper** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 1:34 pm

chk071 wrote:F.S.O.L. were pretty amazing. Not sure if that was due to the sound design itself, or rather that they used a gazillion of different synths with very different sound characteristics. At least they did sounds which i never heard before, and which very much stood out in the mix and were very unique. Not my favorite kind of music even, but the sounds are really something you remember.

Wow.... I was about to say exactly the samething... Timelss unforgetable craftmen...

Oh, and +1 for delia derbyshire...

Producers with great sound design