Not only does Diplo’s “Climax” have pretty much the same tempo and rhythmic profile as “Wildfire”, but it’s in the same key too. So what about this “wildfire” beat? “Wildfire”, it turns out, is the name of a track by UK electronic musician SBTRKT (pronounced “subtract”). I was making something like a minimal techno record with Atlanta strip clubs in mind.” The idea of pushing cut-off on a synth used so much in progressive house music but pulling back. “The production actually started as a house thing with a chord progression that I wrote, but with some time in the studio alone I was making a sort of ‘wildfire’ beat out of it. Diplo talks about the origins of the song: The baseline/chord progression pulses away at an eighth-note speed while subtly morphing in timbre via its frequency cut-off setting. Second, the song’s sequenced baseline is simultaneously its chord progression. First, the song’s 138BPM tempo does double duty, suggesting a fast speed with its quick ticking hi hats while keeping a half and quarter time feel with a snare drum that hits once a measure and a kick drum on the downbeat once every two measures. What makes Usher and Diplo’s song “Climax” compelling to me is how it makes the most of so little.
(You can read more about the documentary here.) Diplo, by the way, produced the excellent documentary Favela On Blast, an inside look at the culture of electronic music making and dance parties situated in the favelas in the hills surrounding Rio de Janeiro. We recommend the first song called Usher - Rivals ft Future. The backing track is by Diplo, a globe-trotting DJ/producer/cultural broker who is also a respectfully inspired seeker and popularizer of dance musics from around the world. Usher - ABC Song Usher - Caught Up Usher - Climax Usher - My Boo Usher.
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This song caught my ear the first time I heard it: I recognized Usher’s R&B falsetto singing, of course, but what really got me was the sparse electronic backing track comprised of little more than a sequenced bassline, kick, snare, hi hat, plus bits of piano and a string arrangement by Nico Muhly. “We are in a place now where fans don’t have conviction to one sound.”
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