Mixing Nate James – High Times.
High Times is a song on Nate James’ second record Kingdom Falls. After releasing the record Set the Tone as well as the EP Funkdefining, Kingdon Falls was a surprise to many with a very different sound and musical direction. Hildebrand was asked to mix the track High Times and give it brash and dirty, yet still popular sonic quality.
“The brief was particular interesting as it was also about pulling the sounds closer together and introduce additional drive. Often the feel for the tempo is changed when mixing a song and obviously the aim in this track is to make it feel faster. So first I introduced a lot of ‘natural’ distortion into the sounds and worked the EQs out so that the drums become a gel between programmed and natural and a unit in the mix. In comes the Manley Vari-Mu and its great bounce together with the bass. Getting that right lays the ground for the whole track and forms the basis for the rest of the sounds”, comments Hildebrand.
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