Analyzing Björk's HUNTER - It took me MONTHS to get this beat right | Drum Patterns Explained

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We picked apart the beat of Björk's Hunter - a true 909 classic programmed by techno pioneer Mark Bell (LFO) that took the iconic drum machine to its limits. Find out what's so special about this rhythm and how to recreate it in our newest episode of "Drum Patterns Explained"!
Featured drum patterns (transcriptions available on Patreon):
Björk - Hunter
Gear used:
Squarp Hapax
D16 Drumazon
Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol M32
One Goat
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#909 #drummachine #analysis #musicanalysis #musicproduction #beatmaking #beatmaker #björk #bjork #drumpattern #electronicmusic
0:00 Introduction
0:39 Pattern 1
5:50 Pattern 2
6:05 Captain Pikant goes a little off the rails (a.k.a. "The 909 Murder Mystery")
9:47 Easy solutions for modern sequencers
13:20 The Other Patterns
13:41 End Jam
Produced by Jean-Claude Dirckx and Sophie Hoppstädter

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@MrCshmn 11 месяцев назад

It was probably a 909 sequenced using a Notron hardware sequencer (it looked like a toilet seat). They were using that quite a bit while making this album. I know this for a fact as I visited him at his friend Richards studio in Wakefield during the time of the sessions where I heard some rough mixes. He was using a lot of pro tools audio editing at the time too as this was a new technique to old school technoheads. We we all using AtariST machines a lot up until this point. Ideas were recorded live without sequencing then edited into form. It’s also worth mentioning that Bjork doesn’t get enough credit for the musical ideas. She knew how to use all the gear. Mark was in absolute awe of her.

@CaptainPikant 11 месяцев назад

Hi MrCshmn, we finally found some time to dig through the manual of the Notron and confirm that it is indeed possible, as we speculated in a comment 10 days ago. It has red/green velocity groups which can be used to comfortably place unaccented/accented steps and it has an additional accent to push the 909 to maximum oomph. Microtiming per step is also possible. We took Björk's statements as the reason to start this deep dive into the 909's sequencing capabilities - so even if they used the Notron, we proved that it can be done with only the internal sequencer :)

@leepshin 11 месяцев назад

Atari ST's should never be overlooked as they're "still" used today. I'm still using mine even though I use Reaper, FL Studio, have a Beatstep Pro and a Roland MC50 in my musical arsenal. The Atari is still extremely useful and fun to use thanks to those inbuilt MIDI ports.

@sub-jec-tiv 10 месяцев назад

Bell said once in an interview that it was a Novation DrumStation doing the actual sounds. You can also see the DrumStation being performed in his rack in the live video too. (That tour was amazing! She toured with Bell and strings.) I don’t know who to believe, i wasn’t there! Anyhow, doesn’t matter how they did it, it’s amazing.

@airfixx_8952 10 месяцев назад

"She knew how to use all the gear. Mark was in absolute awe of her." Hanging out with Nellee Hooper & 808 state in the early 90s would have been quite the education I'd imagine.

@MrMikkyn 10 месяцев назад

This is such a fascinating story from the perspective of a techno musician. Thanks for sharing.

@neniv 11 месяцев назад

Homogenic was an album so far ahead of it's time. A genuine masterpiece of music.

@ai8ght871 11 месяцев назад

REALLL

@matthiaslachmund3303 10 месяцев назад

Absolutely, timeless too and imho by far the best Björk album after her debut.

@abraham3673 9 месяцев назад

vespertine sliiiiightly better

@Stella___9 9 месяцев назад

Overall Bjork was always way ahead of her time

@twoeggcups 11 месяцев назад

Mark Bell did so many brilliant tunes. Absolutely love Homogenic. RIP Mark.

@alvareo92 11 месяцев назад

Still can’t believe he’s not in this world anymore 😔 such an amazing musician

@duuuuuuuuuuude 11 месяцев назад

I don't know him, did he compose for many Bjork's songs?

@twoeggcups 11 месяцев назад

@@duuuuuuuuuuude He was in a brilliant band called LFO

@d_vibe-swe 11 месяцев назад

@@duuuuuuuuuuudeI don't think he composed any of her songs? He produced some of them together with Björk though :)

@Viczarratt 10 месяцев назад

Mark Bell, wasn't he half of M&N alongside Nick Hatcher? They released the 1994 hardcore tune "You'll be there"

@edsohovocals 11 месяцев назад

This must be one of the most in depth dissections of one of the most complex rhythms ever. And it's so simply and professionally presented. Just wow.

@mmummumm 10 месяцев назад

Really impressive

@alecchase2176 10 месяцев назад

This is minimalist sound design 101. By lowering the amount of sounds on display, but ramping up dynamics, it does a lot to draw the listener in as they can hear the evolution of a few basic sounds. Love it.

@chriskelvin248 11 месяцев назад

I always assumed the “ghost kicks” were simply a function of a delay effect.

@Fabbv001 4 месяца назад

yes now i understand why it felt like complete chaos

@philhasacomputer 10 месяцев назад

i also tried to rebuild that pattern in VCV ... after a few days I gave up. I thought I'am too stupid ... but you showed me, no Im not too stupid ... Mark Bell is just too brilliant! really really really thanks for that tutorial and transcription. this is mind blowing for me!

@odesseus 11 месяцев назад

Hunter is an amazing song. I have to admit I never realized how amazing the drums were (though I thoroughly appreciated them). Thanks for this!

@-Pol- 11 месяцев назад

Yeah I agree, this has totally opened my ears.

@jeanetteandrews3319 10 месяцев назад

Same here!! Thank you!!!

@MrSkelleteen 10 месяцев назад

I love videos analyzing Björk songs. A lot of people don't understand the technical or structural aspect of her stuff and this explains everything very detailed. Thank you for this. ⚡️

@beetheimmortal 11 месяцев назад

It's amazing how many sounds he managed to make with just two instruments.

@esc8engn 11 месяцев назад

I'm a huge bjork fanboy, with some musical background. going into the vid, i was a little worried you were gonna break the magic, but no. it's super deep. and i love it all the more now.

@christianwheeler8386 11 месяцев назад

I've been chasing this drum beat since I first heard it all those years ago. This is amazing.

@Waevform 11 месяцев назад

Wow this was so informative! I’m totally ignorant to drum machines but this was fascinating as a Bjork fan

@sub-jec-tiv 10 месяцев назад

The triplet fill is a hook. Bell was a genius.

@KarmaPaym3ntPlan 11 месяцев назад

Your transcription of this absolutely deserved a video. Top tier

@CaptainPikant 11 месяцев назад

Thanks! That first transcription from a few months ago was almost harmless in comparison though. After finding all those extra details we knew we had to make an entire episode on it :)

@michaelmann8800 10 месяцев назад

Absolutely beautiful. "Hunter" just gives me the chills every time I listen to it.

@SuperPillage 11 месяцев назад

Rest in peace Mark Bell.

@Stopinvadingmyhardware 11 месяцев назад

Now my suspension from Twitter makes sense.

@nutster9000 11 месяцев назад

Exactly what I was thinking. LFO were one of the finest electronic acts of the 90's.

@bupkis7505 11 месяцев назад

RIP Art Bell too

@GNeuman 11 месяцев назад

????

@grimmwerks 11 месяцев назад

@@bupkis7505didn’t realize the host from C2C was an electronics legend

@Kablehead 11 месяцев назад

Björk and Mark Bell are both geniuses.

@albertpauw8234 11 месяцев назад

What an effort figuring this one out. Well done! 😊

@CaptainPikant 11 месяцев назад

Thanks Albert :)

@kianhendrick3794 11 месяцев назад

@@CaptainPikant Could you share the midi files ?

@tr606 11 месяцев назад

RIP Mark Bell Outstanding video by the way, as usual ❤

@GNeuman 11 месяцев назад

I saw them perform this live at the Montreaux Jazz Festival, Switzerland, back in 98. The drum programming makes the album, it's unique

@abraxasjinx5207 9 месяцев назад

This beat always gave me a feeling of a soldiers' march. Great song.

@ThizOne 11 месяцев назад

Great dissection of a mind boggling 909 pattern. Mark Bell truly was something special. R.I.P. L...F...O!

@nsjx 11 месяцев назад

agreed... ELeh eFFF eFff... OHh!

@st0rmchild 11 месяцев назад

The real LFO! Those other knobs should have picked a different name.

@BenGeorge77 11 месяцев назад

You really brought home the goods on this one.

@etainafuzz 11 месяцев назад

That beat has always stumped me on parts of it as to how it was done. Thanks for the excellent explanation (and work to dissect it!)

@zacharieschlouch7171 11 месяцев назад

I bought my first drum machine because of this song and I’ve gained interest to drum machines because of your channel so thank you for this video

@TheActualJae 11 месяцев назад

Fun fact, I sequence my TR-8 purely from Ableton because, as much as I love classic sounds, I don't love classic workflows. I totally support you just using the Hapax to get this right.

@sullycliftona 11 месяцев назад

Tr8!and tro8. Are a nightmare I have three Roland’s and that’s still got me wandering all th time

@Labyrinth1010 4 месяца назад

What a fun fact.

@RandomNoiseMusic 11 месяцев назад

Fantastic work 👏 the programing and performance on this track is incredible and you reverse engineered it masterfully 🙌 I’m a big fan of Björk, she and the artists she worked with throughout the years have always been pushing the boundaries of music making

@cstevenson1234 11 месяцев назад

My mother had this album back in the day - the cover used to terrify me

@justinmarney1850 10 месяцев назад

This was truly epic! Shows absolute mastery of the 909, but also HUGE props cuz this is also amazing modern day programming & reverse engineering!

@RealGengarTV 11 месяцев назад

Your really bringing back the goods on this one

@unduloid 11 месяцев назад

This sounds like some of the rhythms we would sometimes play in the latin percussion group I was part of, with the bass drum part played on a surdo.

@CaptainPikant 11 месяцев назад

I noticed that spanish/latin influence too and then Björk actually said in that very same podcast that they took Ravel's Boléro as an inspiration :)

@Labyrinth1010 4 месяца назад

Cool! I didn’t know that.

@B0K1T0 11 месяцев назад

Very cool you made a video about this track! ♥Just happened to listen a lot to her music lost week, especially Homogenic. Hunter has always been my favorite track on the album (although All Is Full Of Love is so hauntingly beautiful as well). I've always found the drum patterns so incredibly creative and it's really interesting to see how insane they actually are. Much respect for the hard work 😅

@KarlSadler 11 месяцев назад

Wow, that was peak nerdyness and ticked all kinds of boxes, well done!!!

@thesurgingmass 11 месяцев назад

Just brilliant! Really love your work and the mind numbing attention to detail! Looking forward to more.

@robertcarolinar 10 месяцев назад

This video is amazing, thank you for taking the time to explain this! ♥

@humanprogram 11 месяцев назад

What a brilliant beat, and wonderful explanation as usual!

@real_anxst 11 месяцев назад

One goat. Price well paid, glad I could help make that happen. Honestly, amazing work here beat bunnies. Thank you!

@edsohovocals 11 месяцев назад

This is exceptionally good work. Thank you so much. 🙌🏻

@RaquelFoster 11 месяцев назад

The pattern reminds me so much of Girl/Boy Song from Richard D. James Album - and that was a year earlier. Girl/Boy Song is like a happy lullaby, and Hunter is the ominous version. 🙂

@CaptainPikant 11 месяцев назад

Interesting! You're right, there are some similarities :)

@karl.weaver 11 месяцев назад

Well observed, maybe Mark was inspired by it?

@alexjeanedvard 11 месяцев назад

Björk has said that she and Richard were friends / hanging out in the 90s

@tomhekker 10 месяцев назад

Björk and Richard D. James were/are pretty good friends, wouldn’t surprise me if they inspired each other 🙂

@RaquelFoster 9 месяцев назад

@@alexjeanedvard Yeah Bjork loves Aphex Twin. She liked the Come to Daddy video so much that she got the director to make the All Is Full of Love video.

@els1f 11 месяцев назад

OMG this is my favorite artist and one of my favorite songs of hers! I'm so glad you did this🙌🙏

@tomasflorez 11 месяцев назад

Wow, great explaination! I was just looking for something like this just two days ago, fantastic job!

@Waldemar_la_Tendresse 11 месяцев назад

What a genius drum pattern. And what an outstanding work of recreation of that pattern. Your videos always deliver!

@bosnianlain 11 месяцев назад

this was one of the songs that made me really interested in drum machines some years ago, great video as always, and that cover at the end was sick

@olliec6996 11 месяцев назад

Such a great video! Love how clearly you explain things, and the colour palette and production value of your videos really stands out among many other boring channels - keep up the great work!

@CreationTVstation 10 месяцев назад

Love Björk! Fantastic video breakdown of the drums!

@mathewreeve8634 11 месяцев назад

I’ve always loved Mark’s 909 patterns, especially on his Speedjack album, thank you very much for explaining the method. Amazing video.

@Mewted 11 месяцев назад

your solution is actually pretty elegant. only other option i can think of is an external clock that has a pattern chaining mode itself with defineable steps or step length divisible by all patterns..like 8 and (4 with a reset), so maybe even something like the EH 8Step or just a good ol late 70's/early 80's cv seq. i think that'd get more complicated though and not as conveniently recalled as using the internal seq and song mode... so I'm pretty sure you nailed it. esp. given bjork's statement.. and yeah, im sure he came in with this pre-planned or at least in the armory. no way he committed that kinda murder on the spot without premeditation. RIP Mark Bell! Legend.

@GonzaloTong 19 дней назад

I’m extremely thankful for the RU-vid algorithm for this mind-blowing introduction to your channel. I’m was a subscriber just a few minutes in. And also, the care put into your patrons’ names ❤.

@RaskolnikovR 11 месяцев назад

excellent video (also 1997 ? i feel so old now ;) )

@CaptainPikant 11 месяцев назад

Thanks! I know, right? :D

@prepetually-exploding-mind 9 месяцев назад

Your commitment to detail is wonderful. Thank you.

@d_vibe-swe 11 месяцев назад

I absolutely love Homogenic and Björk. Thanks for showing these expressive 909 patterns!

@giullianomartini 11 месяцев назад

Mark Bell is an underrated genius. Their work with Björk is pure treasure on her first three albums. I think Hyperballad is produced by him too, another absolute masterpiece. RIP Mark, we miss you as LFO and Björk composer too.

@superhumantrueman 11 месяцев назад

Couldn't agree more. I was lucky enough to see LFO live, easily one of the best sets I have ever seen.

@jeshkam 11 месяцев назад

@@superhumantruemanAs a duo or after Gez left?

@superhumantrueman 11 месяцев назад

@@jeshkam It was just Mark I am afraid. He opened for Squarepusher, but IMO he stole the show.

@stamen_ 11 месяцев назад

He's not underrated. We all love him X

@giullianomartini 11 месяцев назад

@@stamen_ Underrated for mainstream and the media in general, it's simple. He is like Squarepusher, a gold gem of treasures.

@noou 10 месяцев назад

Really cool, I've always been fascinated by that pattern, and not knowing all those 909 tricks, they sounded like crazy single note programming on an external sequencer to me. Now I see it's so much more than that. Thanks!

@lepooploser 11 месяцев назад

This is one great video, I got teary ay the end when it was played. Homogenic is such an amazing album.

@jeremyjohnson7441 11 месяцев назад

Fair to say, this has got to be one of the most complicated 909 patterns ever programmed. Can anyone suggest other contenders? I really can’t think of anything else that’s even close. (So happy to see this deconstructed. This pattern has fascinated me for the past 30ish years!)

@teagancombest6049 6 месяцев назад

I'm not sure what drum machines were used but Objekt's track Cactus is probably my favorite beat to confuse people.

@mac__tv 11 месяцев назад

Damn! I've been looking for this for ages. Thank you man

@michaelkonomos 11 месяцев назад

Man this is SO good. You are really expert at this.

@pwaegemans 11 месяцев назад

Awesome breakdown of a beautiful and hypnotic song. I wish somebody could explain it to me like this back in the 90s when I tried to make music like this but had no clue about what was going on.

@tidalboxer 9 месяцев назад

God this beat is just amazing. It’s one of my favorite beats ever. You are right. It’s like they talking yo each other. And the small variations in different bars is what makes it less boring and interesting as hell. I wish Bjork would make more stuff like this. After around Volta I just couldn’t find was she started to delve into interesting. I’ll always have her early stuff though. Edit: actually that’s a like. Vulnicura was amazing.

@Labyrinth1010 4 месяца назад

Biophillia is awesome, too! I think Fossora may be great too. I need a few more listens.

@hasush 11 месяцев назад

Beautiful. You opened a brand new world for me. Thank you.

@drdef 11 месяцев назад

Great drum track and an excellent breakdown in this video... blew my mind when I found out it was supposed to be inspired by Ravel's Bolero

@ricardojmestre 11 месяцев назад

Brilliant! I don't know how have figured out this one, many thanks!

@arasharfa 11 месяцев назад

this song changed my life.

@llittlegreyhound 11 месяцев назад

Your production and value iare amazing captain!

@Aeon_Replicant 11 месяцев назад

This video is a dream come true. Thank you vey much.

@RetroPlus 11 месяцев назад

I love this pattern, i'm impressed you were able to accurately figure this out, or should i say sussed it out

@khalylehagood3222 11 месяцев назад

This video is so thorough and amazing.

@alantaylor2694 11 месяцев назад

'That'll be one goat please'. Love it. Your videos are sooo well done.

@rachofthetower 11 месяцев назад

thank you for the lovely tut! 🙏

@Senshobeats 9 месяцев назад

Brilliant as always!! You guys are incredible

@CaptainPikant 9 месяцев назад

Thank you so much Sensho 🖤

@toja16 11 месяцев назад

Great work as always

@quixotic333 10 месяцев назад

björk is one of a kind, and truly the best of our time

@nickwallette6201 11 месяцев назад

Was just listening to this album a week ago. It's so good.

@igordemelo4128 11 месяцев назад

Bro this is the sickest video on internet dude

@petrolotommaso 11 месяцев назад

wow this is incredible, thank you so much

@Jimantronic 11 месяцев назад

Another awesome exploration, thanks 👍

@Lia-A-Eastwood 10 месяцев назад

Brilliant detailed explanation. 👍🎵

@mattsephton 10 месяцев назад

What a brilliant video. I imagine Mark would appreciate this level of nerdery. Top stuff!

@leaedenk5975 10 месяцев назад

You did an amazing work.❤ But I must admit that I prefered the kick and snare together.. even if this is one of my favorite songs of Bjorg. Very interesting to hear all this separately. Thank you for sharing.

@appidydafoo 10 месяцев назад

Amazing. Thank you.

@marcpinion 11 месяцев назад

fantastic work

@katelikesrectangles 11 месяцев назад

incredible, great job

@bensilicate 11 месяцев назад

Wonderfull work !!

@Trovadorz 11 месяцев назад

Amazing video. I was able to follow you and recreate on the Circuit Tracks!

@smol.robots 11 месяцев назад

I NEED this channel to be bigger.

@suki4410 11 месяцев назад

I love this song, but i will never build this pattern in a drum machine. Thank you for this detailed explanation of this genius music!

@omniosi 11 месяцев назад

Fantastic lesson and presentation. down to the scripted thanks at the end!!!

@christophervincent77 11 месяцев назад

This is a really awesome breakdown - that whole album is an underrated masterpiece. I've always thought it was because so little of it is "danceable".

@passengerseed 11 месяцев назад

I'm pretty sure homogenic is very well rated and seen as an extremely influencial piece lol

@christophervincent77 11 месяцев назад

@@passengerseed maybe I'm either just out of the loop or traveling in the wrong circles then. I just remember when it came out that people were still stuck on Army of Me :)

@SamiJumppanen 11 месяцев назад

Yes, the album is very special! It is very strong, different, controversial, sensitive, calm, storm, everything. The harsh machinery hurts the ear before you sink in and understand it all. Brilliant.

@Labyrinth1010 4 месяца назад

“Underrated” Hilarious.

@scartissue121 11 месяцев назад

Love the breakdown of pattern 2 completely

@ljdobles8104 10 месяцев назад

Excelente explicación. ¡Gracias! ❤

@karaloca 11 месяцев назад

Marks drum programming in his track ‘Freak’ is outstanding.

@georgeglen 11 месяцев назад

Fantastic! Thanks for that.

@fRUTTiFrESH76 9 месяцев назад

Great Work!

@shaktidevii 11 месяцев назад

This is awesome and what a freaking brilliant song and album

@davidgermain 10 месяцев назад

Bjork is massively underrated.

@sewaprolo 9 месяцев назад

Definitely not underrated. She was one of the most influential artists of the 90s and 2000s in the world and has won awards left and right throughout most of her career, not only as a musician, but even as an actress. Her music has been on top of the charts many times, as well; her swan look at the Oscars remains one of the most iconic in the history of Hollywood; and she inaugurated what were possibly the most important Olympic games in history. Underappreciated (especially nowadays) yes; underrated, heck no!

@thugundeschain383 10 месяцев назад

It’s definitely an artistical choice of hers. She doesn’t do mainstream anymore.

@matthiaslachmund3303 10 месяцев назад

Underrated? Nah…she’s got a huge following and is true avant garde.

@jdmjesus6103 9 месяцев назад

Maybe not underrated, but so many people don't know what she's about. I've met so many people that only know that one song of hers, it's great to open their minds about what she does. I've only seen her live once, and it was amazing.