Sun-Kissed Daze - Upbeat instrumental marrying a danceable groove with a shifting time signature

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Sun-Kissed Daze

Upbeat danceability

Unashamedly summery, Sun-Kissed Daze began as a study in creating a danceable groove across unconventional and shifting time signatures namely 7/4 for the verse, 12/8 for the chorus.

A wide stereo image is introduced by a phased electric piano starting off the song in a loungey manner, before the thin, clicking percussion kicks in forcing the hips into motion.

Further danceable additions come from a bass guitar played through an envelope follower for quirky vowel-like sounds added to the lower mids of the spectrum. Muddy electric and Latin-infused acoustic guitars complete the sound stage.

The initial recordings for this song originate from 2007 and span the first minute up to the second verse.

After rediscovering the project some five years later, the original recordings were reused to "comp" the remainder by re-assembling the original material whether in audio or MIDI form. Kind of like making music using samples. Only that you sampled yourself.

The coda concludes the piece with a final shift to a straight 4/4 motif.

Sun-Kissed Daze is released as a single under The Type 3 Civilization-moniker.

Sun-Kissed Daze

Sketches, 2012