Step from Makeshift Drivel by gusto shade
This joint is one of my favorites that I've done so far. That day I was having a hard time finding a sample to use, until I stumbled upon the 1972 single 'Deiyo Deiyo' by The Hykkers, a Nigerian psychedelic soul band that played around the time of the Nigerian civil war. I was drawn to the unique sound of this song but wasn't really sure how to use it at first.
At the time I wasn't using any MIDI equipment, so it was just point and click for me. I wanted to make a beat that sounded off-grid with no quantize. I tried to grab a few different instrumental bits of the sample and that didn't work out in my favor with how I was doing it. Finally, I realized that the sound I was looking for was in their vocal performance.
Sampled that part of the chorus and I was really cooking with gas from then. The song had various different versions over the first half of 2020. I eventually decided to remove some of the excess kicks when a friend had suggested it. Later on down the line I added some fat synth bass and called it a wrap to add to this project.
Tracklist
| 4. | Step | 1:14 |
