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Borderline Dispute

By impbox on January 3, 2026 11:41 am

Happy New Year and Happy WeeklyBeats 2026! I'm excited to make music with a deadline again!

Wanted to do something triphop inspired, I don't think that's really what came out at the end, but that's fine. I'm not sure what I'd call it. Started with some strings from the Digitone 2 and a slow chunky beat, lots of chopping, guitar and bass layering. Ended up changing the tempo/key quite a few times to try and find a nice balance, ended up slightly pitched up and faster (+10 bpm) than the original. Had lots of fun using heavy feedback distortion on many things via OT's cue send.

Used the Octatrack for most of the beat making and arrangement
Digitone 2 for strings and some drums
Guitar and Bass sampled into the OT for chopping
Positive Grid Spark 40 amp FX for distortion used as a send from the OT
M8 for EQ, OTT, tweaks and cleanup

FAT!

Industrial shoegaze triphop maybe? In any case, it's a wall of dreamy grit and I love it.

Loving the distortion. Very oppressive.

Amazing!

Nice see you around in 2026 again smile Looking forward to seeing what you do the rest of the year. Nice, crunchy wall of sound start.

Nice job, man! This is epic.

Interesting to see the M8 used for editing/mixing.

This gets better as it goes. Love the guitar sample build up towards the end. I thought it was a vocal at first!

happy 26 wb! dark and textured big_smile love it!

GregVK wrote:

This gets better as it goes. Love the guitar sample build up towards the end. I thought it was a vocal at first!

Cheers, there's some chopped up vocal towards the end, though with the distortion the guitar and vocal definitely overlap a bit

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Dark AF.  Really mushes together in a delightful way.  Interesting you used the M8 at the end of the line to do the EQ and comp.  The more I use the little OTT setting the more I'm pleasently surprised what it can add.  Good luck this year!

this is frickin cool. brutal and uncompromising. driving and epic. love it.

yoooooo what a mood

Thicc.
- Devieus

super crunchy grungy underground. really dig it

Ooof love how the intro starts dark and then it's like the whole groove decided to stand up and kick ace left and right.  Especially enjoy the fills and breaks.  The grittiness from the guitar and the massive drums makes it an epic head nodder.  well done!

You win for being the only person to use the triphop tag for Y26 W1.

I'm not so sure you really missed here, man, this is sounding pretty trip hop-y to me! This sounds like an underwater guitar concert, it's awesome!!!
Great way to kick off the new WB season!

Tastefully drowned in grime and crunch. Impressive how you're willing to let certain elements just go under in the noise and let others collide and blend into eachother, while still managing to keep things together as a coherent song.

I don't know what it is, but I know I like it.

Second Opinion: Fiancé shouting )from a few rooms away) "how great this one is"

Depth for days.

that 1:40 oppression D:

DISTORTION!

There's still a definitive trip-hop spark in this, but there's more drive and urgency than I'd come to associate with that genre. And the guitar-like solo and other distortions make me think of bands like 65 Days of Static or Mogwai. So you landed on a unique post-rock/trip-hop combination and it's a winner to me!

Lovely late night vibes 😊

sounds great! everything is v dark. this is way more my shit than triphop tbh. way more human also, def because of the real instruments used.

kind of reminds me of a microcassette! really dig the drum programming! definite cyberpunk vibes

listen to the track: love it
find out its made with an octatrack: actually this is the greatest piece of recorded music in history

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LOVE this blown out sound - this is why i spent all that money on an analog heat

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