Database: Tetsu Inoue On Unexpected Rhythms And Avoiding Obvious Sounding Beats

“I try to avoid doing beats which are very obvious sounding. In fact, I strictly avoid 808 and 909 drum sounds altogether, because everybody is using them. I use synthesizers to generate drum noises and sample them. I find that more interesting. It’s essentially the same thing, but more interesting.”

“When I bought a DAT Walkman, I started recording samples of the city. I played them back in my studio, and noticed very interesting textures. Lots of unexpected rhythms and lots of different textures. I put them through a sampling machine and processed them.”

Tetsu Inoue

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