Battle/Beat Box - Art of Noise | Instrumental Recreation by Raimundo Ladrón de Guevara published on 2021-04-09T16:43:52Z In late 1982, Trevor Horn (music producer) began working with J.J. Jeczalik and Gary Langan (sound engineer) on the production and recording of Yes' eleventh album "90125", subsequently released in November '83. During this period Horn acquired the Fairlight CMI IIx series, considered the first digital sampler in history, with which he began to experiment with sounds and sequences using the Page R (programmed by Jeczalik). One such experiment was to sample Alan White's drums (specifically on "Leave It"), thus creating the rhythmic pattern of "Beat Box". And so the Fairlight became the fundamental machine for Art of Noise development. Trevor's Fairlight was notably used on ABC's record "The Lexicon of Love" (1982) as well. "Beat Box" was featured for first time on "Into Battle with the Art of Noise" EP (1983), released through Horn's label ZTT. This track was remixed, extended and released again on debut '84 album "Who's Afraid of The Art of Noise". It took me about three months to find the samples (between AoN sounds, the Fairlight IIx library and WhoSampled webpage), program the sequences and achieve the same sound in the original. To import the samples I used only Arturia CMI V. For sequences and mixing process I used PreSonus' Studio One 4. I thank SynaMax who provided me with some samples that I needed to complete this project. Listen his music here: https://soundcloud.com/djsynamax Genre Experimental Comment by BulliSpace wow - fantastic recreation 2021-08-28T05:36:41Z