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- In this video I try to uncover the secrets of the stellar 'Halcyon and On and On' by the mighty Orbital and featuring the vocals of Kirsty Hawkshaw from Opus III.
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Please do 'Out There Somewhere? (part two)'.
I can't believe there is a video on how this track was made!!
The intro pad is definitely a Wavestation - Try this :)
* Load RAM1 performance 'DebussyOnWheels' (#49)
* In the Wave Sequence editor change 'Unison' for 'DreamSq' (RAM1, #12)
* Hold down B and F#
This
What would you know about producing classic tracks? 😉
Wow thanks!! Amazing to get help from a big name like you. Respect!
😂😂😂
Daaamn Jody amazing 😍
years ago I bought a three day festival ticket in Berlin just to hear that one song live and it was worth every cent. I'm still so in love with that tune.
I'd be tempted to do that. Hard to find on vinyl too but hoping it'll be repressed soln
I once had a conversation with a guy who thought that taking stuff apart ruined their majesty. It reminded me of Keat's accusation of Newton that he was ruining the rainbow by trying to explain how its colours were formed. It led me to Dawkins' Unweaving the Rainbow, which argues how much more beauty can be appreciated once you understand what's going on. Great work here on one of the majestic tracks of all time.
Ah thanks 🙂 yes, I agree 👍
It’s like Professor Frink not allowing the kids to play with the toy as they wouldn’t appreciate it on as many levels as he does 😂
Udaman
Whenever I get writers block, I pick a song I like and dissect it, try to recreate it as best as I can, and figure out what is done to achieve a sound, and learn new tips and tricks. That’s how I’ve learned as much as I have about layering, sequencing, shaping, modulating, etc. I started listening much closer to individual instruments (especially layers and pads) to figure out and really appreciate all the intricacies in every sound.
I absolutely love these 'how it was made' videos. I've got not technical understanding at all but they are absolutely fascinating. Your choice of songs so far is just perfect too. If you are interested in 'requests' then Papua New Guinea or something from Underworld would be avidly appreciated!
Thanks. They're on the list
I am on board 👍🏻 Future Sound of London.
Up for a challenge? Belfast next ☝
Read my mind regarding Underworld. That would have been my first suggestion. I hope Gyu will forgive us making any suggestions at all. He's already made some of the most compelling production video's on here. I'm very grateful indeed.
Second papa New Guinea 🙏
Kirsty Hawkshaw starred in the original video for this track. This track was also written and dedicated to Pauls mother who was addicted to Halcion, a tranquilliser.
Halcion is FANTASTIC stuff.. I don't blame anyone for getting strung out on it.
One of the most magical pieces of music ever created - in three hundred years, people will talk about Orbital like we talk about Mozart. Great job replicating it 👍
it is my favorite track EVER made. I don’t know how many thousand of times i listened to it. Thank you for doing this, fascinating.
same here
The preceding albums are good, but In Sides is Orbital’s crowning glory. Some of the greatest electronic music ever recorded.
fact!
Agreed, although I do like Insides as well.
Untitled 2 (The Brown album) was by far their best in my opinion
@@jonathanchater6105 agreed
Ive been a massive orbital fan since early-mid 90s (Impact USA: Diversion was my first CD). However, i feel they lost their mojo from 'The Altogether' onwards. They never quite recaptured the magic of those earlier albums.
Please consider trying to recreate FSOL’s “Papua New Guinea” w/ the Liz Fraser vocals
Are there Liz Fraser vocals on that track?
The (sampled) vocals on PNG are by Lisa Gerrard, not Elizabeth Fraser.
@@chinnyreckon775 Dead Can Dance - _Dawn of the Iconoclast_ to be precise ;-)
I just asked the for the same lol!
Oh please please PLZ do this
It's a fine day by Opus III is one of my favourite tracks of the 90's, absolute classic.
I can’t wait for your new videos this is an absolute classic and one of my favourite tracks of all time. Keep it up and thanks for your efforts.
Ah thanks so much!
Granular would have worked well for that lost vocal clip. Great work around though! That's SO COOL the Paul chimed in and helped out! I love those guys and watching their behind the scenes stuff here on TH-cam. What a wealth of knowledge.
Thanks for sharing this recreation, very impressive! 🙏✨ Ths is one of my favorite songs of all time 🤩
Me and my brother played this at a HIFI show where they were showing off a load of incredibly expensive systems. Blew everyone’s socks off
Did the same thing once with "The Drug" by Royksopp. Just wanted to test if the woofers would hold.
This was my all time favourite song for many many years and I spent hundreds of hours in Fast Tracker II trying to remake it with the acapella from the Opus III CD, and I also came to the conclusion that some of the vocals were from somewhere else and listened to everything Kristy sang to try find them. When I discovered Spleeter it was the first track I split the vocals from to see if I could figure it out. Thank you for this.
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I highly recommend the original mix called Halcyon, on the self-titled EP and also on another little EP called Radiccio. Sorta gives more space to hear the samples than Halycon On & On allows. Either way, some of the best and most iconic vocal sampling ever put together imo.
Absolutely!
It also has a little less uplifting, I'd even say quite sad sounding pads, that aren't that prominent in On and On remix
I can't get enough of these! One thing that might be interesting to supplement these how it's made videos would be if you were able to do short companion videos interviewing any of the original artists who are willing, just to hear their thoughts on the original arrangements and whatnot. A tall order tho! Anyway keep putting out these banger how it's made clips.
I'd absolutely love that! Hopefully in the future
The live version where the guy yells "Play some fucking Bon Jovi" is everything.
dude how do I search that on youtube? I tried and got nothing and want to see it so bad!!
One of my favourite pieces of music. What a treat to see and hear a break down of how it was made.
In 1995 I was eleven years old. This track is seared into my brain and my goosebumps because of a very specific film opening sequence. I still remember every bit of that sequence and every bar of On and On.
Thanks for this. Long overdue.
Hackers, right? Me too.
Hack the planet!
The ending of Mortal Kombat for me lol
@@Made_In_Heaven88 MOOOORTAL KOMBAAAAT
I don't even care if I lose all my cred for saying so. I love that movie, and the Hackers soundtrack is absolute gold.
Truly 1 of my favorite tracks EVER!!
Please, please, please, please do Rez by Underworld!
I always thought Orbital's drum programming was the work of genius.
I don't know why TH-cam recommended this to me, but I really enjoyed this video. Such a great song, takes me back. I've subscribed 😎
Ah bud. You chasing a tune your mind wants poop out on one idle Thursday. I can't wait to hear it.
You’re doing all my favorites. Thank you.
Another absolutely sterling effort with a little assist from the venerable Paul H. no less. Very well timed for the Orbital *"30 Something"* release today (Friday 29th).
I'm so grateful to you for mentioning that when we spoke!
You helping me to progress in making music more than any online masterclass, because in your videos I can see the whole process in real life, and vid montage is superb. Thank you so much for your work, so glad I've found your channel!
Marvellous, Gyu. Thank you again. Your channel has that brilliant quality of ‘why has no one else done this, it’s kinda such an obviously good idea?’ Like the best ideas. But you pull it off with such skill and charm too.
Old fart reminisces time: This track takes me back to Club UK in the 90s, the first high profile London club to be shut down over people pill popping.
Orbital are brilliant live. Glasto in 94. Brixton god knows when. Them hilariously and brilliantly splicing a sample of Shot Through the Heart into a track.
Really digging your work. How about something by Fluke at some point? Underrated champions of dark electronica eclipsed by other names like Chemicals and Underworld. A track perhaps from Risotto?
Ah cheers, yeah I'll try to do something by Fluke at some point 👍🙂
Bravo, man. The discovering of the puzzle pieces while you're making these awesome vids makes them more beautiful. Love this song. Cheers from LA! Gracias.
I miss Belinda and/or Bon Jovi ;)
Could you do The Box too? That's really an Orbital masterpiece i think.
I love these videos. You get every track absolutely bang on. This is my 3rd and you absolutely nail it every time. I was expecting it to be so good. I knew it would be after your 1st video I watched. Hats off to you mate. You're an absolute legend.
Underworld? Everything they do thrills and bewilders me.
This track I had heard from the MORTAL KOMBAT & HACKERS Motion Picture Soundtrack in 1995, in that time I'm starting to listening Orbital music and collecting their albums...My first favorite UK Electronica band
This is so cool 😍
I've loved this track for years too - you choose such great tracks! Good effort. Recreating songs is next to impossible - in some ways it takes a lot more talent than creating original tracks
You my friend, have an absolute fantastic taste of music.
I was looking at your vids, and the list you have made so far is exactly the music I like.
Keep up the good work, thumbs up from here :D
Can we have Piano Please - TNT, Liquid Is Liquid - Liquid, I Don't Know What It Is - Sined Roza, Not Forgotten - Leftfield or Don't Deal With Us - JT Company next please 👍
Listening through there is one thing you appear to have missed, there seems to be some bassy toms on the drums.
It's not so noticeable when bass is going but when the bass drops out your mix sounds thinner.
Ah good spot!
Great selection of 80s to 2000 electronic classics. All favorites of my time. Would love to see a song from ´i care because you do´ from aphex twin. Alberto Balsalm is my favorite. But i wouldn´t know where to start with those songs. A lot of intricate drum rhythms, weird time signatures, micro scales built around a sample, heavy fx processing of samples etc... a big challenge,but seeing what you´ve done so far i think you could do it.
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Recreating anything Aphex Twins has produced has got to be a massive undertaking. I absolutely love Alberto Balsalm too!
Halcyon and On and On is my favourite tune of all time - thank you so much for diving into this awesome track. Keep up the good work your videos are excellent.
Oh man! If I remember correctly I picked up the Radiccio ep totally on a whim. Had never heard of Orbital, let alone heard them. (Maybe Chime on some compilation, not sure)
Once I got home and popped the cd in the player, I fell in love. Still am.
Amazing to find them like that!
Top work
Absolute masterpiece by, for me at least, the greatest electronic musical duo ever to walk the earth. Been obsessed with them for 30 odd years. Roll on Manchester in November for gig number 26
Three things that come to my mind when I hear Halcyon - Orbital On and On
1. Mortal Kombat
2. Hackers
3. 1990s
7:08 - my jaw hit the floor..... THAT'S IT?!!!? All these years I thought it was some super fancy chopping and editing... holy crap.
hehe - that's the way sometimes...
One of the greatest electronic tracks of all time. Awesome commentary / exploration of this fine track!
this track is an absolute work of art - it builds so nicely.. and that point at 24 mins when the extra vocal sample kicks in amidst all the bass and drums and harmonics.... brings tears nearly every time.
I've skydived to this tune... had it in my earpods on the way to altitude... one of the most sublime moments i've experienced... until the lads on board opened the door and pushed me out lol
oh btw... just a song suggestion - not particularly dance music.. but Brian Eno's "an ending" is incredible - would love to hear you talk about a track like that.
oh and you did the top 20 chill tunes... how about...
top 20 manic tunes.. eg higher state...
top 20 tunes that didn't quite hit the spot?
oh and one more - have a listen to Speedy J live - Fusion - that is a 90s banger (the whole album is amazing!)
ah man i could go on forever sorry!
This was really cool! Love it!!!
Man - this is my favorite band. Isn’t it amazing that even with today’s tools it is so hard to recreate the detail and nuance? To think Paul / Orbital created works like this before they ever existed just blows my mind.
What about analysing “Flaming June” by BT (Brian Transeau). I realise it’s a bit different kind of music (genre) from that you usually present, but it’s a great track anyway with a lot interesting things going on there. I would love to see your analysis of that track. Thank you. Best greetings!☀️
im requesting some fluke - they have such a huge catalogue - pick one...
I'll put them on the list 👍😉
Great shout!
Hell yea! Not sure how he’s gonna recreate the vocals though lol
… Some errors happen they won’t go away won’t make as many more today…
@@wicksee he's brilliant at piecing tunes together - the man has skills regardless of his singing...
Fluke "Reeferendum" is instrumental
Great stuff. Love your recreations man. ❤
You've made my day; this is one of my favourite pieces of music and I really appreciate the attention you've given it, particularly Kirsty's iconic vox. - And the bonus of getting insight from the genius Mr H himself! Wow!
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The drums in this track are sampled breaks and layered on each other. One sample is from Hot Pants by Bobby Byrd and the other is We Dub to Scratch (Be Bop Scratch Mix) by the Imperial Brothers.
I spent a day or so doing this very song about a month ago. One of my all time favorites from my all-time favorite band. Great work!
Are you sure that's not the original mix of Halcyon? I don't think there are sampled breaks in this version
@@GyuBeats You're absolutely right about that, good catch.
Awesome!
In 1988, Dade "Zero Cool" Murphy (age 11) is arrested and charged with crashing 1,507 systems in one day and causing a single-day 7-point drop in the New York Stock Exchange
I've not seen Hackers but I want to now!
Lovely track... Very interested to see how it was put together. 🙏
It went from being a kooky techno song (the original EP) to perhaps being, arguably, the most spiritual electronic song ever made (The Brown album) by rearranging the same sounds and adding some incredible string arrangements and new vocals.
If not the most, then at least second with _Unfinished Sympathy_ being #1
Heaven for the soul.
The joystick on the Wavestation reminds me of Korg's Kaosilator, which I love in the Android app form.
Thanks for this. I asked if you could do the intro track to Snivilisation but this is bang on and much more widely known. To actually get a reply from the man himself is awesome. Whenever I hear this I always recall the film Hackers. A super cheesy movie but I love it. Keep up the good work.
Snivilisation was the first Orbital album I bought and the first dance music... it's a great track but yeah, I went with a more well known one. Thanks! (I must watch Hackers - never seen it)
@@GyuBeats Got a good cast. A not well known Angelina Jolie at the time. I'm a software developer which makes it truly hilarious knowing how utterly disjointed from reality it is. It's got a cameo from the Eurythmics guy in it too.
@@doctorbunhead Ah cool :)
Love these vids !
My mind is blown. I had no idea this was It's A Fine day. I love both this song and the Miss Jane song.
11:02 sounds like the opening for Metroid.
Another 90s favourite of mine! Brings back memories of saturdaynights, coming home wasted from the pub and then watching MTV’s Chillout zone at 3am. The video was amazing (could be the booze/drugs) Anyway: love your video, keep them coming
Always takes me back to watching the sun come up in a field somewhere in the Midlands after a rather 'busy' evening, what a time to be young :)
Why Have I only just discovered this channel now 😮
Oh yes!
another great episode, and great choice of track ;) would love to hear you break down Andronicus - Make You Whole or Rhythm On The Loose - Break Of Dawn
Another solid and enjoyable breakdown. Dare you to have a crack at Manalyze This by Wagon Christ (Luke Vibert) 😎
I couldn't produce a track if my life depended on it but I absolutely love these videos! I can't wait to see your future uploads, I appreciate all of the work you put into these videos.
As soon as any one plays this all I think about is the Film Hackers!
Great video! I love how these older iconic tracks are actually incredibly simple. I think a lot of it just stems from the sheer cost of synths back then so artists really dig deep to get something original. I did a similar excercise to you a few years back on a Global Communications track called 1431. Luckily there was an article where Tom Middleton explains exactly how the tracks were created and I ended up on a 2 year journey actually buying some of the old (now very hard to source) equipment. And yeah, they just eeeked as much as they could out of it and a lot of the time, using the kit in ways it was never intended to be used.
Keep on the videos, I love this kind of stuff 😊
tell me why you arent right up there - you have supreme skillz...
Ah thanks!
Orbital is the Mozart of electronic music. No question.
One of the most beautiful songs from my techno times in the 80ies. In switzerland.
80s?
94,95 I think
Amazing AGAIN. Great selection of tunes I love too throughout your vids. Thankyou!
This song gives me so many emotions, one of the best tracks ever made and I love how it takes me back to that time, and I miss it.
Orbital are the absolute masters of progressively layering sounds.
One thing missing from the drums is a subtly mixed plate reverb on the 909 kick drums on the original, it has this huge warehouse sound that underpins the rhythm and makes it sound massive. I wonder if it’s even the drumbeat from Radio Babylon by meat beat manifesto heavily filtered. IIRC one of the tracks started life as a remix of MBM (earth is burning maybe?)
Yeah good point. It's a distinctive reverb 👍
This is the track of my life
Terrific job as always...you have a great ear. Many suggestions from people here from this era - FSOL, Underworld, 808 State, Plastikman, early Autechre, Aphex...although the latter will be difficult given all the customized steam-punk circuitry that Richard James was using at the time.
"Bring on the fucking Bon Jovi!"
Brilliant, how about a how it was made on the track that blew Orbital away when they first heard it at a Crusty Festival.....JOEY BELTRAMS "ENERGY FLASH"...bring it.
Awesome idea!
😌Thank you just recovering from Covid here, your enthusiasm, tenacity and joy in the music is really engaging. The tecnnical information is great and just at my (informed fan) level. Would love to see your take on Pearl's Girl or Jumbo by Underworld.... or True Faith from New Order? Thanks again you are becoming a legend....
Sorry but how can you remake Pearls Girl without access to the original vocals?
@@chinnyreckon775 Hey Mr "Snidey-Comment" thanks for taking time out of your busy life to post such negativity.
1. The presenter could do the same as he did with the "Protection" video (th-cam.com/video/e-n_q7put1s/w-d-xo.html) ?
2. the videos are about "How" a song was/is made and the presenter regularly points out where there are things he cant "remake". (eg here th-cam.com/video/XAkCBr8UmHE/w-d-xo.html)
3. Just why? have you realy nothing better to do?
sigh... Apology accepted.
11:21 that's actually her singing that part? 😮 that's incredible I always thought it was a shakuhachi flute or something?
Yeah this is a great series. Anything 90s-00s electronic/club/house/ambient/trance/etc. will definitely be nostalgia and completely awesome. Halcyon, Song of Life, Little Fluffy Clouds.... yeah you're on the right track. Keep this up.
i remember back in the day hearing that ATB - 9pm (til i come) and thinking the pitch shift guitar sounded like the same patch but a bit more saturated. love the vids!
One of my fav tracks ever, the latest released version from 30 something is superb + The live one with the "Heaven is the place on earth" and "You give love a bad name" is just lovely, shame, that they didn't included those samples on that 30 something mix
I'm not sure if someone else has mentioned it, but I believe there's a heavy tom hit missing in your recreation of the drum pattern. I achieved a similar sound by using an 80's style gated tom on every fourth beat when the drums are in full swing, it really fleshes out the drums.
Ah good catch! Yeah I must have missed it
@@GyuBeats happy to help! Love the vids, can't wait for the next :) (ps my personal request is "we have explosive" by Future Sound of London)
The Miss Jane version is also a cover from 1998. The original is from 1983 as you say but it's just Jane:.
Here is the original by Jane: th-cam.com/video/4vgcYBwyw28/w-d-xo.html
Here is the Miss Jane version: th-cam.com/video/xpGXNnYo0YY/w-d-xo.html
These How it’s Made videos are fantastic.
As a twist if you’re allowed could you play the original in full back to back with your version.
I kinda miss the days when you could guess what synths someone was using, because it was always a Roland JV, SH, Juno, TR/TB, or Korg M1, or Yamaha DX7, or Korg WaveStation.
EDIT: Oh, or a Kurzweil K2000 -- sorry, Robert Miles!
Holy mother of whatever! Orbital is out of this world. But you are just amazing as well. And I feel so close to you seeing you appreciate these subtle and sublime properties of this song. Just amazing video to watch. Thank you!!
Brilliant video 👍🏻. Have loved Orbital since the 90s, so many great tracks over the years with so much emotion and feeling in them. Great to see a breakdown of this track 🙏.
Every one of your likes on this video has "felt" your fudge moments!!
You're such an inspiration...
So you get the original
Then you get your version
Then you get us aspirators
Love it
Thanks, 13:33 helps a lot, I am trying to recreate this part on my Guzheng, and is impossible to find out about that specific part.😀
Man i just cannot get enough of your videos! I love seeing you go to work on these seminal tracks, it gives me a renewed appreciation for the music and you are really great company with your calm and measured delivery. Love it😊
this is hands down my favorite 90s track. One thing that I'm interested in is the actual composition process that these went through, like it blows my mind how the layering and stuff works.
ROM 10 - Patch 33 - 1 finger LSO - Also another famous preset for strings and rave chords !! check it
Maybe you could do some earlier FSOL (future sound of london) Papua new Guinea,
Juno Reactor
Young American Primitives
from that era ;)