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From the 2015 album ‘No views, no polish’

Lead synthesizer: Rob Papen Predator 'Berliner Schule'

Backing synths: Gmedia ImpOSCar, Korg LegacyCell, Rob Papen Albino3 and Predator, reFX Nexus2

VSTi player and recording: Cantabile Performer 2

Mixing: Coolpro 2

Behind the song:

Well 'dreaming of tangerines' naturally leads to a dream(scape) of something ethereal like a tangerine fruit which grows from earth, water, air and sunlight. Of course the reference is made to TD, known a.o. for the Berliner Schule ... which made me decide on the lead synthesizer: Rob Papen's Predator, and the patch 'Berliner Schule'.

A rounded package recorded in 2 straight runs. Backing synths improvised in the first run, lead synth improvising in the second run. An experiment for me as I never made a 2 track recording before.

Regarding the wish for 'a few more synth variations'. I can see what people mean, but the track was already enough difficult to pull off for me in the first place. As said, the background synths was an improvisation to start with (only the wav available) so for the lead I had to guess/remember/improvise on top of this first improvisation. Although the chording is fairly simple, to get a 3 minute lead on top of that isn't that easy for me. By keeping the lead fairly simple I could mask my non-100%-memory:)