Dear Mr. Simon, what a wonderful music used to be. Now there is no such thing. I have listened to many of the Elite Force songs. But there is no such wonderful sound. All music has become simpler and easier. Is it possible to revive Lunatic Calm? Yes, there are not many of us, but we are, lovers of such beauty. Of all the bands, I'm still loyal to Lunatic Calm, Overseer (Fatlantic) and Rob Dougan. You have raised your sound to the skies. You gave us real music, thank you.🙏😇
Very happy to hear the LC stuff still resonates with you after all this time. I wouldn't say music has become simpler and easier though - some of it has, but there's a ton of music being made now that's challenging, fascinating and as edgy as ever. I think we often look back at the music of our younger lives and imbue it with extra significance because we listened to it in our most formative years.
@@SimonShackletonMusic I agree with you that there is a lot of music, but the sound that you did, those basses, drums, melodies, they are not repeatable. Now there is no such qualitative analogue as the Lunatic calm. Your music has been featured in many games and movies. It says a lot. I have a licensed disc Metropol. And I'm proud of that. You did more than music. No matter how much I live, I will appreciate, respect, listen, glorify the creativity of Lunatic calm among my friends. I am very glad that you are doing well, my compliments, Mr. Simon.
@@SimonShackletonMusic By the way, I adopted part of my nickname "force" over 10 years ago thanks to you (Elite Force). I think it says a lot🙂 Tribute to the idol.
So glad this exists. Endlessly grateful, really. This song was essential to me every since I first heard it as a 13 year old via the Motorstorm intro. Thank you.
I remember back in early 2001 there were original vocal/instrumental loops available on original Lunatic Calm homepage for download in order to make your own remix. I had them downloaded and was fooling around for a while. Too bad i didn't keep them after 24 years!
Haha I ended up on this video after going to watch The Matrix at the cinema tonight (25 year anniversary 🤯😭) and hearing this song reminded me of those loops, I used to play around with them all the time. I suspect they’re long gone but I will check my old hard drive in case they’re still there somehow.
This is superb. You have managed to improve it in every way possible. This was hugely informative and a fascinating insight for fans of your early work. Many thanks, and I look forward to more of this!!
Thanks so much mate - I certainly didn't want to sanitise it in any way, but instead wanted to connect to the essence of what we created back in the day and attempt to give all the elements the space they deserved.
If you're interested, I just started a new community Discord to share the love of all things music production-based and look at ways of overcoming creative roadblocks so we can all create more cool art > discord.gg/zg9svWPQ7G
wow, i just opened ableton to work on a remake of this song for fun, and looked it up only to find this absolute gem of a video recorded this year! this is incredible! no point in me remaking it, ill just wait for your official release!!!
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Thank you for this, even though I'm a touch late! I wish more artists would do this. This was wonderful to watch as a fan and as a producer. LC was such a colossal influence on my style early on, huge part of my foundation! It's so cool to hear how the track evolved, how much stayed and how much went. I've lost so many tracks due to bad archiving habits 😩 you've inspired me
Thanks so my my friend. It never gets old to hear that your music has had some kind of impact on peoples' lives. Totally hear you on the archiving side of things - we're now at a point, 27 years on from that music where being able to recreate it or reproduce it would be next to impossible. Thankfully I do have many of the samples in digital form despite the fact the originals were all stored on media that is rapidly disintegrating (syquest discs, 3½ inch floppies!).
I looked up this track hoping somebody had maybe recreated it or had stems of some sort to see how it was produced and then I find the original artist breaking it down and recreating it! This is perfect, thank you Simon for having made this video!!
I love hearing about your creative process. I deal with camera only tech, so I have no idea the tools you’re using to compose, but the process translates perfectly. You could be talking about light and it is parallel. It’s about feel.
Such an interesting connection - I think that's partly why I enjoy photography so much too, and also enjoy the post-processing side of it almost as much as the location side (sometimes more!)
Crazy, right? Really interesting project for me ... makes me want to go back and take a fresh look at everything, although I very rarely look back when it comes to music production.
If you're interested, I just started a new community Discord to share the love of all things music production-based and look at ways of overcoming creative roadblocks so we can all create more cool art > discord.gg/zg9svWPQ7G
If you're interested, I just started a new community Discord to share the love of all things music production-based and look at ways of overcoming creative roadblocks so we can all create more cool art > discord.gg/zg9svWPQ7G
This is great. I always wanted to see A-list producer's workflow. Thanks Simon. -edit: So satisfying when you A-B test your original vs new. Can't wait for the release of the Remixed/Remastered version
This is so awesome. I finally had the opportunity to get my CD copy of Meteopol, I was a teenager when it came out and couldn't find it at my local music store here in Brazil. What a masterpiece! Almost 20+ years later it felt really good and nostalgic to hold the physical copy in my hands. Thank you fo making such amazing/epic/timeless music. Greetings from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil!
Thanks for making it. I loved the story of production of our favourite track. However, I still prefer the non remastered version. The dirty vibe it radiates gives me shivers at times. It sounds kinda muffled and the vocals seem alot more passionate. Almost as if a maniac would scream it to his victim. Also the overloaded, noisy and distorted sound has always been like honey for my ears. Not just in this track. Some others too. I am fine with being called ignorant for that, because I indeed am. Regardless of my preference, I DO appreciate all the hard work. It was trully entertaining to see how uve overcome all the challenges on the way and managed to explain it in relatively simple language. Looking forward to browse this channel. Cheers.
Revisiting and remaking old music is tricky as hell. This is a fantastic example of doing it right. Thank you Simon, huge pleasure to watch this and get to know so much information about your process
Glad you enjoyed it Greg ... and you're absolutely right, it's extremely challenging to revisit old material, especially when you have so little of the original source material to hand!
If you're interested, I just started a new community Discord to share the love of all things music production-based and look at ways of overcoming creative roadblocks so we can all create more cool art > discord.gg/zg9svWPQ7G
A heads up, if you're ever looking for a great TB-303 emulation, check out Audiorealism ABL-3 VST. This is great if you want that old school pure 303 sound. Probably the best emulation of the original, even better than Roland's own digital version. They also got ReDominator, a hoover synth recreation.
@@SimonShackletonMusic Of course. That's why I used "pure 303 sound" as the Nord takes it another level, but figured just a cool tool to have in the arsenal. 😉
It'd be a HUGE undertaking given how hard it is to reconstruct those tracks - I would love to hear that whole album remade from the ground up, though. There are tracks like 'It Evolves', for example, that turned into a real beast when we played it live, but the recorded version's super tame in comparison.
@@SimonShackletonMusic Fixed it: "Metropol 25: Remixed, Recreated, Reimagined, Remastered, & Expanded" 😉 I'm sure fans wouldn't mind live amped up reworks of tracks. Doesn't need to be an exact 1 to 1 recreation. The original album is always there for folks who want it. I'd be interested to hear "Choke" and "Neon Ray" reworked. 😍
Really interesting breakdown! I remember picking up the 12” of Flicker Noise’s ‘Information is Power’ back in 1995 and then really liking Lunatic Calm a few years later - having no idea you were behind both bands.
Those new drums, god damn they are something to behold, I could listen to those drums in isolation for hours on end. Really impressive work, been a big fan of this track for so long. If you ever have more time time and a want to recreate/remaster anymore I would love to hear you recreate the Lunatics Rollercoaster Remix of this track in a similar fashion but with the orchestral and cinematic feeling amped up to 11, maybe even including some of the gong elements that got added in the Matrix sequence as they just fit oh so well. "The Sound" is another track I would love to hear remastered too, my second favourite track off of Metropol. Sounds like this was a loooot of work though so well done, it sounds absolutely rad! :D
Hey Alex - thanks so much mate. I have the same limited amount of source material for all of the tracks so it would be a lot of heavy lifting to rebuild any of them, but it is something I enjoyed the challenge of, so you never know!
If you're interested, I just started a new community Discord to share the love of all things music production-based and look at ways of overcoming creative roadblocks so we can all create more cool art > discord.gg/zg9svWPQ7G
So the track that defined late the 90s and early 2000s was written in 95. Mindblown!!! Will you release the early versions of LYFB? Do you still have the original MIDI cubase project file? You just revealed the biggest mystery for me at 7:05 :) I was wondering for years what was that snippet. The dirtiness of production you desctribed is exactly what gives Metropol its edge and charm imo. Why the instrumental of LYFB has a different synth from the vocal version? Thanks for the breakdown!!!
This song is incredible, can you share those versions ? by the way, pitbull came to Lunatic Calm studios to use the songs on their games ? really love the songs.
@@SimonShackletonMusic Resurrection City. I'd be over the moon haha. Cheers man, hope you been well. Haven't chatted in a while since I hopped off Facebook but good to hear from you again. Again, thank you for doing this.
I was a huge fan of "Leave You Far Behind" growing up, hearing it often on a whole load of soundtracks back in the day. I always felt the original mix very much felt representative of the period it came from, but that new mix sounds absolutely great. Would love to see a release of that new mix, hopefully soon! :)
Thank you mate - I agree, it definitely felt it was 'of its time' but I'm excited to be able to hear it now with a much more up-to-date production quality to it.
This is such a gem of a video. I'm so incredibly grateful that you would spotlight this song. Its such a classic and the roller coaster remix is arguably even better than the OG version. I can't wait to hear the 2021 version. Any idea when that's going to be released?
It's not really been discussed as yet - I didn't think much further than seeing whether I could remake it from the little original source material I had.
I love videos like this. The thought process behind music is just endlessly fascinating to me. I would also urge everyone to listen to the Breaking Point album, which was one of the albums that made me want to create music myself. I still play it regularly.
If you're interested, I just started a new community Discord to share the love of all things music production-based and look at ways of overcoming creative roadblocks so we can all create more cool art > discord.gg/zg9svWPQ7G
WOW this is a true gift out of the blue, thank you so much for taking the time to show this absolute classic the love it deserves. Hearing about both the story and the technical production details behind the original was a treat, I've always been fascinated by the process behind your tracks 20 years ago. Love the idea of this series and definitely am looking forward to more! Also, any chance of putting out the previous LYFB versions + the remake somewhere? The reimagined version sounds incredible and the 2nd iteration is so so good, I'd love to be able to hear them fully. Bonus question: The LYFB stems seem to have been available on the now defunct LC website for a remix contest back in the ancient era, are those lost to time? Or maybe there is a version of the website still lurking on a forgotten hard drive somewhere...
That's great knowledge mate - I do have a folder which says LYFB stems on it, but unfortunately the files themselves are 0kb. I wouldn't be surprised if Howie has them stored away on one of our old military grade hard drives!
@@SimonShackletonMusic haha, looks like we will never know. I'm also interested in the contents of that LUNATIC CALM folder you can see in the vid... :)
If you're interested, I just started a new community Discord to share the love of all things music production-based and look at ways of overcoming creative roadblocks so we can all create more cool art > discord.gg/zg9svWPQ7G
Simon, do you remember the Lunatics Soundscape mix of Metropol? This was my all time favorite Lunatic track. It sounded like you used the same synth as in Neon Ray, and as much as I love the banging stuff, I think I love your mellow atmospheric ones even more, like Neon and Your Future. There are some areas in life where certain technologies become so far behind us that even though much more simple, we lose the art and can't really re-create them when we try to for nostalgia's sake. Like the greatest photographic printing process, the nixie tube, analog circuitry. Do you think such is the case for your music from the 90s? In other words, 100 years from now if someone was able to re-create the types of sounds you guys were making, would he basically have to re-discover a lost art? I'm thrilled to see my favorite electronic artist (you) taking the time to revisit your classic work and talk about it with us. It's the coolest possible addition to a chapter of music that I thought was forever closed, and here I am in 2021 getting to discover more pages. You have no idea how excited I am. Thank you. Oh yeah, and to you they may be garbage, but if you ever made available the unheard tracks like you show us here, to us they'd be pure gold! (hint hint) Greetings from your biggest fan in Texas!
Dear Mr. Simon, what a wonderful music used to be. Now there is no such thing. I have listened to many of the Elite Force songs. But there is no such wonderful sound. All music has become simpler and easier. Is it possible to revive Lunatic Calm? Yes, there are not many of us, but we are, lovers of such beauty. Of all the bands, I'm still loyal to Lunatic Calm, Overseer (Fatlantic) and Rob Dougan. You have raised your sound to the skies. You gave us real music, thank you.🙏😇
Very happy to hear the LC stuff still resonates with you after all this time. I wouldn't say music has become simpler and easier though - some of it has, but there's a ton of music being made now that's challenging, fascinating and as edgy as ever. I think we often look back at the music of our younger lives and imbue it with extra significance because we listened to it in our most formative years.
@@SimonShackletonMusic I agree with you that there is a lot of music, but the sound that you did, those basses, drums, melodies, they are not repeatable. Now there is no such qualitative analogue as the Lunatic calm. Your music has been featured in many games and movies. It says a lot. I have a licensed disc
Metropol. And I'm proud of that. You did more than music. No matter how much I live, I will appreciate, respect, listen, glorify the creativity of Lunatic calm among my friends.
I am very glad that you are doing well, my compliments, Mr. Simon.
@@dartforce2950 Thank you mate :)
@@SimonShackletonMusic By the way, I adopted part of my nickname "force" over 10 years ago thanks to you (Elite Force). I think it says a lot🙂
Tribute to the idol.
@@dartforce2950 That's amazing. Thank you!
So glad this exists. Endlessly grateful, really. This song was essential to me every since I first heard it as a 13 year old via the Motorstorm intro. Thank you.
Thank you my friend!
I remember back in early 2001 there were original vocal/instrumental loops available on original Lunatic Calm homepage for download in order to make your own remix. I had them downloaded and was fooling around for a while. Too bad i didn't keep them after 24 years!
Haha I ended up on this video after going to watch The Matrix at the cinema tonight (25 year anniversary 🤯😭) and hearing this song reminded me of those loops, I used to play around with them all the time. I suspect they’re long gone but I will check my old hard drive in case they’re still there somehow.
@@tdmusic So did you manage to find them? Really would love to hear them
I love Meteopol Album and songs "roll the dice" "leave you far behind" long live Lunatic Calm!
Thank you :)
God, Roll the Dice was one of the edm songs that inspired me to start producing! That bass line alone 🤤
This is superb. You have managed to improve it in every way possible. This was hugely informative and a fascinating insight for fans of your early work. Many thanks, and I look forward to more of this!!
Thanks so much mate - I certainly didn't want to sanitise it in any way, but instead wanted to connect to the essence of what we created back in the day and attempt to give all the elements the space they deserved.
If you're interested, I just started a new community Discord to share the love of all things music production-based and look at ways of overcoming creative roadblocks so we can all create more cool art > discord.gg/zg9svWPQ7G
Hey Mr. Simon is it possible for you to release the original prototype seen in 7:30 - 8:39?
It amazes me that you've kept all these original stems after so many years. Thank you for this, really inspiring video!
Well these aren't the original stems, but they are the original masters. So glad I rescued them off those decaying DAT tapes in time!
wow, i just opened ableton to work on a remake of this song for fun, and looked it up only to find this absolute gem of a video recorded this year! this is incredible! no point in me remaking it, ill just wait for your official release!!!
Thanks Ian. watch this space :)
If you're interested, I just started a new community Discord to share the love of all things music production-based and look at ways of overcoming creative roadblocks so we can all create more cool art > discord.gg/zg9svWPQ7G
@@SimonShackletonMusic sweet!
Where can I find the new version of the track?? Great song and great production on this one man
This is fantastic. I hope this continues because I'm a huge fan of walking through all of these!
Definitely - I enjoy doing them, so watch this space :)
Thank you for this, even though I'm a touch late! I wish more artists would do this. This was wonderful to watch as a fan and as a producer. LC was such a colossal influence on my style early on, huge part of my foundation!
It's so cool to hear how the track evolved, how much stayed and how much went. I've lost so many tracks due to bad archiving habits 😩 you've inspired me
Thanks so my my friend. It never gets old to hear that your music has had some kind of impact on peoples' lives. Totally hear you on the archiving side of things - we're now at a point, 27 years on from that music where being able to recreate it or reproduce it would be next to impossible. Thankfully I do have many of the samples in digital form despite the fact the originals were all stored on media that is rapidly disintegrating (syquest discs, 3½ inch floppies!).
This song is one of my earliest memories, and still one of my favorite songs of all time. It's so cool to see this
Thanks so much my friend!
I looked up this track hoping somebody had maybe recreated it or had stems of some sort to see how it was produced and then I find the original artist breaking it down and recreating it! This is perfect, thank you Simon for having made this video!!
I love hearing about your creative process. I deal with camera only tech, so I have no idea the tools you’re using to compose, but the process translates perfectly. You could be talking about light and it is parallel. It’s about feel.
Such an interesting connection - I think that's partly why I enjoy photography so much too, and also enjoy the post-processing side of it almost as much as the location side (sometimes more!)
The ominous bass stabs give off a very cyberpunk feel
Very nice!!! Been waiting for this for a while!!!
You're welcome :)
Wow, the A/Bs in the end sounded like you were switching from 240p to 1080p :) Awesome work, waiting for the release!
Crazy, right? Really interesting project for me ... makes me want to go back and take a fresh look at everything, although I very rarely look back when it comes to music production.
If you're interested, I just started a new community Discord to share the love of all things music production-based and look at ways of overcoming creative roadblocks so we can all create more cool art > discord.gg/zg9svWPQ7G
This makes so much more sense now.
Really looking forward to more of these too, Shack. Nice work!
The next episode in the series dropped yesterday mate - check it out!
If you're interested, I just started a new community Discord to share the love of all things music production-based and look at ways of overcoming creative roadblocks so we can all create more cool art > discord.gg/zg9svWPQ7G
This is great. I always wanted to see A-list producer's workflow. Thanks Simon. -edit: So satisfying when you A-B test your original vs new. Can't wait for the release of the Remixed/Remastered version
Thanks so much Max - excited to look at creative ways to unleash it.
Dude this track is sooooooo goooood!!! Huge development from the first iteration but so happy with the direction you guys took.
This is so awesome. I finally had the opportunity to get my CD copy of Meteopol, I was a teenager when it came out and couldn't find it at my local music store here in Brazil. What a masterpiece! Almost 20+ years later it felt really good and nostalgic to hold the physical copy in my hands. Thank you fo making such amazing/epic/timeless music. Greetings from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil!
That's an awesome story Marcelo - so happy you managed to track down that physical copy in the end. There's definitely something special about that!
Thanks for making it. I loved the story of production of our favourite track. However, I still prefer the non remastered version. The dirty vibe it radiates gives me shivers at times. It sounds kinda muffled and the vocals seem alot more passionate. Almost as if a maniac would scream it to his victim. Also the overloaded, noisy and distorted sound has always been like honey for my ears. Not just in this track. Some others too. I am fine with being called ignorant for that, because I indeed am. Regardless of my preference, I DO appreciate all the hard work. It was trully entertaining to see how uve overcome all the challenges on the way and managed to explain it in relatively simple language. Looking forward to browse this channel. Cheers.
Revisiting and remaking old music is tricky as hell. This is a fantastic example of doing it right. Thank you Simon, huge pleasure to watch this and get to know so much information about your process
Glad you enjoyed it Greg ... and you're absolutely right, it's extremely challenging to revisit old material, especially when you have so little of the original source material to hand!
If you're interested, I just started a new community Discord to share the love of all things music production-based and look at ways of overcoming creative roadblocks so we can all create more cool art > discord.gg/zg9svWPQ7G
A heads up, if you're ever looking for a great TB-303 emulation, check out Audiorealism ABL-3 VST. This is great if you want that old school pure 303 sound. Probably the best emulation of the original, even better than Roland's own digital version. They also got ReDominator, a hoover synth recreation.
I have the ABL3 and it's a good emulation of a 303, however it doesn't come close to emulating the sound of the overdriven Nord, unfortunately!
@@SimonShackletonMusic Of course. That's why I used "pure 303 sound" as the Nord takes it another level, but figured just a cool tool to have in the arsenal. 😉
Sounds wicked. A Metropol Remixed, Remastered, & Expanded release? 😉 2022 happens to be the 25th anniversary of Metropol. #JustSaying
now that would be something to die for
@@pot5664 🤘
It'd be a HUGE undertaking given how hard it is to reconstruct those tracks - I would love to hear that whole album remade from the ground up, though. There are tracks like 'It Evolves', for example, that turned into a real beast when we played it live, but the recorded version's super tame in comparison.
@@SimonShackletonMusic Fixed it: "Metropol 25: Remixed, Recreated, Reimagined, Remastered, & Expanded" 😉 I'm sure fans wouldn't mind live amped up reworks of tracks. Doesn't need to be an exact 1 to 1 recreation. The original album is always there for folks who want it. I'd be interested to hear "Choke" and "Neon Ray" reworked. 😍
Really interesting breakdown! I remember picking up the 12” of Flicker Noise’s ‘Information is Power’ back in 1995 and then really liking Lunatic Calm a few years later - having no idea you were behind both bands.
the legend
great work! we are waiting for new releases and new tracks! =)
I hear you - it'll be a while yet for any new material, but will keep you all posted on this channel :)
Dude, man, this is awesome...Give me the link to the remastered stuff please. Let me buy this crazy and lunatic stuff...
At some point it will see the light of day ... hoping in 2022!!
Those new drums, god damn they are something to behold, I could listen to those drums in isolation for hours on end.
Really impressive work, been a big fan of this track for so long.
If you ever have more time time and a want to recreate/remaster anymore I would love to hear you recreate the Lunatics Rollercoaster Remix of this track in a similar fashion but with the orchestral and cinematic feeling amped up to 11, maybe even including some of the gong elements that got added in the Matrix sequence as they just fit oh so well. "The Sound" is another track I would love to hear remastered too, my second favourite track off of Metropol. Sounds like this was a loooot of work though so well done, it sounds absolutely rad! :D
Hey Alex - thanks so much mate. I have the same limited amount of source material for all of the tracks so it would be a lot of heavy lifting to rebuild any of them, but it is something I enjoyed the challenge of, so you never know!
If you're interested, I just started a new community Discord to share the love of all things music production-based and look at ways of overcoming creative roadblocks so we can all create more cool art > discord.gg/zg9svWPQ7G
So the track that defined late the 90s and early 2000s was written in 95. Mindblown!!!
Will you release the early versions of LYFB?
Do you still have the original MIDI cubase project file?
You just revealed the biggest mystery for me at 7:05 :) I was wondering for years what was that snippet.
The dirtiness of production you desctribed is exactly what gives Metropol its edge and charm imo.
Why the instrumental of LYFB has a different synth from the vocal version?
Thanks for the breakdown!!!
I don't have any of the original MIDI files as far as I know ... Howie *could* have them in deep storage somewhere mind you!
This song is incredible, can you share those versions ? by the way, pitbull came to Lunatic Calm studios to use the songs on their games ? really love the songs.
This is so great! I always wondered.
Glad it was helpful my friend :)
where did you get those samples/stems from? would really love to be able to use that drum loop for fun
Somewhere WAY back in the mists of time!!
Thank you so much for doing this Simon. Beyond words for you explaining Lunatic Calm stuff, my biggest influence.
You're very welcome, Brady. Let me know which other tracks you'd be interesting in me remaking!
@@SimonShackletonMusic Resurrection City. I'd be over the moon haha. Cheers man, hope you been well. Haven't chatted in a while since I hopped off Facebook but good to hear from you again.
Again, thank you for doing this.
@@SimonShackletonMusic if it's a more recent/easier session to break down, I'd LOVE to see you do EF - Kick This!
@@bradylasserre9320 Definitely no chance of finding any parts to Kick This! That one's long since disappeared.
I was a huge fan of "Leave You Far Behind" growing up, hearing it often on a whole load of soundtracks back in the day.
I always felt the original mix very much felt representative of the period it came from, but that new mix sounds absolutely great. Would love to see a release of that new mix, hopefully soon! :)
Thank you mate - I agree, it definitely felt it was 'of its time' but I'm excited to be able to hear it now with a much more up-to-date production quality to it.
This is such a gem of a video. I'm so incredibly grateful that you would spotlight this song. Its such a classic and the roller coaster remix is arguably even better than the OG version. I can't wait to hear the 2021 version. Any idea when that's going to be released?
It's not really been discussed as yet - I didn't think much further than seeing whether I could remake it from the little original source material I had.
I will love this track forever
Thanks mate - that's a good shout. Would have to see if I have any working Ableton files from that era.
I love videos like this. The thought process behind music is just endlessly fascinating to me. I would also urge everyone to listen to the Breaking Point album, which was one of the albums that made me want to create music myself. I still play it regularly.
Thanks so much mate - so happy to hear that album, in particular, influenced you to want to create music yourself :)
If you're interested, I just started a new community Discord to share the love of all things music production-based and look at ways of overcoming creative roadblocks so we can all create more cool art > discord.gg/zg9svWPQ7G
WOW this is a true gift out of the blue, thank you so much for taking the time to show this absolute classic the love it deserves. Hearing about both the story and the technical production details behind the original was a treat, I've always been fascinated by the process behind your tracks 20 years ago. Love the idea of this series and definitely am looking forward to more!
Also, any chance of putting out the previous LYFB versions + the remake somewhere? The reimagined version sounds incredible and the 2nd iteration is so so good, I'd love to be able to hear them fully.
Bonus question: The LYFB stems seem to have been available on the now defunct LC website for a remix contest back in the ancient era, are those lost to time? Or maybe there is a version of the website still lurking on a forgotten hard drive somewhere...
That's great knowledge mate - I do have a folder which says LYFB stems on it, but unfortunately the files themselves are 0kb. I wouldn't be surprised if Howie has them stored away on one of our old military grade hard drives!
@@SimonShackletonMusic haha, looks like we will never know. I'm also interested in the contents of that LUNATIC CALM folder you can see in the vid... :)
@@pot5664 ... just a shopping list for snack food.
If you're interested, I just started a new community Discord to share the love of all things music production-based and look at ways of overcoming creative roadblocks so we can all create more cool art > discord.gg/zg9svWPQ7G
Simon, do you remember the Lunatics Soundscape mix of Metropol? This was my all time favorite Lunatic track. It sounded like you used the same synth as in Neon Ray, and as much as I love the banging stuff, I think I love your mellow atmospheric ones even more, like Neon and Your Future. There are some areas in life where certain technologies become so far behind us that even though much more simple, we lose the art and can't really re-create them when we try to for nostalgia's sake. Like the greatest photographic printing process, the nixie tube, analog circuitry. Do you think such is the case for your music from the 90s? In other words, 100 years from now if someone was able to re-create the types of sounds you guys were making, would he basically have to re-discover a lost art?
I'm thrilled to see my favorite electronic artist (you) taking the time to revisit your classic work and talk about it with us. It's the coolest possible addition to a chapter of music that I thought was forever closed, and here I am in 2021 getting to discover more pages. You have no idea how excited I am. Thank you. Oh yeah, and to you they may be garbage, but if you ever made available the unheard tracks like you show us here, to us they'd be pure gold! (hint hint)
Greetings from your biggest fan in Texas!
Such a wonderful comment my friend. Thank you so much!! Lots of food for thought in here :)
So new Lunatics album and tour? :)
Never say never ...
So amazing! ❤️❤️❤️
this song is my favourite (i think i gonna make the playlist named: music for racing)
anyway
when we gonna get the remastered released?
I can't say unfortunately - if it were just up to me it would have been out a couple of years ago!
@@SimonShackletonMusic yeah ok
Will you make the stems available for remixing?
No plans to do that at this stage
They need to use the new version in the new Matrix movie
Yes. Yes they do.
46:32 let's starting up
Hello, Simon. Great job, btw! in the film itself, the original song was used, or another mix, especially composed for the training scene?
It was a version of the Rollercoaster Remix we did that appeared on the Leave You Far Behind single.
You should see if the developers of the new RedOut 2 game are interested in putting the new version of this song in their game. It would fit perfect
Great call!
Say what you want, but METROPOL is a gem, little bit obscure and only people with Good taste will find it.
But there were small mixers and console mixers,you could have learnt to mix.
What do you mean?
We had a Mackie 32:8:2 mixing board
Fuck me, it's better Thank Netflix! 🤟Thanks!
more chocolate..
bruh cant watch most of your videos rn, it tells me no connection
Could you explain what you mean?
@@SimonShackletonMusic was a weird bug with youtube, fixed itself, literally only on your videos lol