Tubular Cruise from DMC12 by Rob Simmons
DMC-12’s first single has its own story behind it...
The way these two sonic guerrillas work is unique. DJ Deluxo usually comes up with a concept for a song – a story or a theme. Johnny Fingers takes that concept, generates a bunch of musical ideas and the mad sonic science begins in earnest. Working from an idea for a song or a new genre of music is one way Johnny Fingers gets inspired. Another is digging into a new instrument (real or virtual), going through the sound banks, finding those intriguing sounds, and trying something new. It’s a surefire way to come up with something when you have a blank and invisible canvas in front of you...or behind you for that matter.
With “Tubular Cruise,” for example, the idea was pretty straightforward: write an instrumental song about driving a DeLorean through the streets of Tokyo at night. After hearing what Johnny Fingers came up with, it was all DJ Deluxo could do to not immediately stuff his DeLorean into a shipping container and jam over to Japan so he could experience it for real.
When they sent the track to mixing wunderkind Rick Carson at Make Believe Studios in Omaha, Johnny Fingers’s off-the-cuff bon mot about Trevor Horn inspired Carson to bust out his ADR SCAMP rack – a set of outboard compressors, EQs, and delays that Horn was famous for using in his studio. Carson used it on “Tubular Cruise,” and it’s part of what makes the song both unique and eerily familiar sounding. But don’t call it “tubular,” man...that’s the wrong end of the ‘80s.
Tracklist
| 3. | Rob Simmons - Tubular Cruise | 4:13 |
Credits
Mixed Mastered by Rick Carson at Make Believe Studios in Omaha
