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Canyon Jump

By NickLong on July 19, 2026 7:06 pm

Nice and simple this week.

Some very wonkey dusty instrumental hiphop

Using my beloved U-He trifecta of Diva, Hive and Repro + Sublab for the chonky 808s.

Weird chords as it's all minors with some chromatic mediant changes to throw you off a bit so no idea what key it's in.

Some Samples from Mars goodness on the drum loop.

Absolutely loads of automation and FX sends with liberal use of Shaperbox, Flangers, Delay and Arturia Fragments.

I was very slightly inspired by the meme tastic CBAT by Hudson Mohawke, but it's not quite that off kilter.

Video concept by my son Leo.

But the weird chords are fun. It feels like a level in a videogame that I don't want to leave because its a lively but also hilarious place.

Nice hip-hop, groovy track.
Love the brass and the slight detune on the different elements.
Don't quite get the CBAT vibe off your track, yours is way cooler. smile

awwwwww yes
i also really like the detuning, and how the drums are sitting

Crash Overture wrote:

But the weird chords are fun. It feels like a level in a videogame that I don't want to leave because its a lively but also hilarious place.

I love game music so I'm super happy with that.


AiDeRen wrote:

Nice hip-hop, groovy track.
Love the brass and the slight detune on the different elements.
Don't quite get the CBAT vibe off your track, yours is way cooler. smile

Thanks, I kind of both love and hate CBAT. I used to put it on for my kids and they would go crazy big_smile



jwh wrote:

awwwwww yes
i also really like the detuning, and how the drums are sitting

The detune is "Tape Mello Fi" which I'd never really used before, but now I really love. It's the tape emulation section from Arturia's Melotron plugin broken out into an effect. It basically makes everything sound like it's being played on the tapeloop of a broken melotron which is kind of awesome.

I feel like this song declares its identity loud and clear right around 1:30ish, when that slower plucked counter-melody enters and shifts the groove in an amazing way - somehow that one melody really unites the off-key detuned playground that's happening into a really focused moment. Which then primes us for another little bridge of delightfully unpredictable. This works really well, very groovin' lol heart

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