Deconstructing "CAN YOU FEEL IT" Larry Heard's MASTERPIECE 

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All of the perfection of digital signal processing these days, and what makes the track sound 'nice' is the noise, distortion, reduced dynamic range and saturation from an analogue tape recording.

Hi. Chicago House Head here. I have danced to this so many time. And your channel with this track came up in the algorithm because I was listening to t he original. Your breakdown was fun. And like you I prefer the vocal version. And you're 100% correct in that the tape sound makes the biggest difference! I'm not into this producing thing but thought I'd give it a watch. We sometimes get over protective, us old school folks, and I wanted to make sure it was being represented correctly. LOL Much respect! I did remember that in the U.K. House took off big time back in the 80's. It's so wonderful to see it still alive in some form across the pond. Cheers!

This song, one word: _sublime._ Grown adult and this tune touches every emotion from childlike joy to wanna bawl out cryin'.

I loved and still love these kinds of tracks where it’s all just loops and the art is in the sounds, simplicity and mix. It’s a whole vibe.

Probably the greatest track ever made for me! So ahead of its time!

Such an amazing track, some of the most incredible moments in my life were spent dancing to this, it evokes memories of my late brother and I just grinning at eachother lost in the sound :( A melancholy tune for me now, I love, it brings me joy mixed with with a little sadness, amazing track.

I've tried remaking this several times. One of the problems I initially had is that several of the releases (and RU-vid versions) are "out of tune", as they appear to have been sped up. I think Larry played it in A minor, but the master was varispeeded up so the released version is halfway between A and A sharp. So whenever I tried to play along to the reference track, mine always seemed too "dull" and off key. Larry's drums are also about 50 cents sharper than typical 909 samples which makes them sound a bit more cutting.

I remember a older mate of mind dropping that track at his appt after a weekend of partying and it totally melted me

Now this is how you create a classic deep house track! Sounds fresh!

Larry is a bonafide genius

Each time you played a new part I got them goosebumps all over again, this track will be played at my funeral on the way in 💪 Roy Ayers Everybody loves the sunshine on the way out ❤️🏆

A classic. Thanks for breaking this down. The honest simplicity of the time makes the track a tune, the basic technology and the tapes give the tune some style and signature but it’s those simple chords that give it it’s charming almost sorrowful Detroit beauty. It’s the man as much as his machines.

YES! This track hit me hard back in the day, and still hits me now after hearing it countless times. Thanks for doing this reconstruction, it was always such a mystery to me back then how these were made. Instant subscribe!

Undoubtedly one of the proper classics of house music ,I’m a absolutely a old house/ techno head .The simplicity of house music it what makes it so good it’s total grooves ,love your recreation’s of some of the tracks you choose I feel like your looking through my record collection and pulling out the classics…..maybe your get to Break For Love by Raze,Strings Of Life by Derek May or go on a few years to Energy Flash by Joey Beltram.

An absolute classic, it can’t be overstated. Well done!

one of my favourite ever tracks ! Really enjoyed this and its brilliant simplicity , nice one

Another epic recreation! Amazing work.

‘80s Chicago house = pure gold

hi and thank you so much for recreating my all time favourite house track. absolutely nailed it. kind regards.

Very nice reproduction! I love this song and you're an amazing producer. Thanks for sharing.

Awesome as always. Top work.

Absolutely love and respect that you did this track .

Wow! This has to be one of the best recreations of a classic House track I’ve ever seen and heard. Well done man 👏👏

Massive respect to you for that tutorial that's such a classic .

Amazing tune. What a classic. Thanks for the breakdown.

Your recreation sounds so original! Great tutorial, thank you :)

I really know my House Music and lived it all from the beginnings and must say, this all time favourite House tune! Great video to get an understanding on how it was made. This song has SOUL!!

That was ABSOLUTELY AMAZING mate! I'm going to be a supporter pretty damn, soon, I found this track by accident just scrolling, I knew the track from my rave days, and to see you break it down so well, deconstruct it, its truly wonderful! That "tape" bit is so class, lol

Great choice. Love this track. 👍

Congratulations on your 10k subscribers. Enjoying all your videos, GYU beats.

I was an Hip Hop head back when this was out, I loved this track!

Your videos are great and I think you are a great teacher, I love you can explain complex things with simple layers. Big up again!+++

loving what you're doing sir.

Should have commented when you did Little Fluffy Clouds, but seeing you re create these old classics are just such a huge treat! You got a new subscriber for sure!

this song never gets old

this made my day

Incredible breakdown of this iconic snapshot of my youth ❤

Fantastic recreation. What a tune!

Yep I agree the ride is so prominent but wouldn’t be the same without it. Epic job on an epic track….another one, thanks mate 😊

Perfect.

Didn't see this one coming! Love it!

Classic! Thanks for this :)

wow, so cool

another great video, straight to the point & well edited ;)

Superb deconstruction again. Age Of Love - Jam and Spoon remix next please....

I learned a lot here, thanks for the quality upload. And a special thanks for expanding my vocabulary with 'nicefies' I am going to start using it immediately ;-)

One the best records ever made

Great music deconstructions of classic electronic music! I am doing something similar but for other kind of music, but is always interesting to see other producers nailing the original records.

Wicked tune. Wicked video. Wicked tute.

Very cool episode. . Funnily enough I've recently dug up some old gear and been dumping DAW tracks to my Fostex R8 tape machine - well worth the time, and sounds GREAT .. Love your show - best on RU-vid. The Russian Dude is also worth a watch in 2022. ..

The A/B comparisons at around 8 minutes was very telling. Good work.

Mister! Mister! Mister! You're taking me back to my teens, in Trinidad and Tobago! Radio 95.1 FM, on a Saturday morning! Thank you!!!

Great info in this tut, thank you :)

Thanks for doing this for us! I followed along with community-made Reaktor ensembles "Ronald" Juno-60 and Tape Mate. Very interesting! It's amazing how much of this track's DNA is still heard in house music today.

Larry was a true master...and this track will be something that all generations who appreciate music will listen to throughout time. Endless

Anyone that prefers the vocal version doesn’t really understand the beauty of this track.

That Satin plug-in is nuts! I’m gonna have to buy me a copy of that. Great video by the way

Really enjoyed the video. Thanks .

Another great remake, Gyu. Always so detailed, accurate and entertaining. I have to admit, I get a tad excited when I see you've uploaded a new one. A suggestion for one of your future ones: "Andronicus - Make You Whole". I'd imagine it's fairly straightforward, but would love to see you do it.

As a 51 year old ex raver from back in the day I love what you do, What a great recreation… there are just so many tracks I would love you to cover I can’t wait to see what unfolds.. here’s a few - voodoo ray , hallucinogen, Orange Theme, Energy Flash, French Kiss, Age of Love, Your love Prodigy, I could go on and on and on ❤❤

Nailed it, well and truly nailed it. The peak of a mis-spent youth.

Love the bass.

Thanks Gyu, just used that Choral tip on a similar Bass line I have been working on and it punched me in the face! 😆 Cheers!

Nice one guy.

Quality re make, subscribed! 🔥💎🔥

Amazing how simple the synth sounds are

Great remake congratulations 😁😁👏🏻👏🏻

Great job

Its simple and basic something a beginner would write who has spiritual emotions..and good ears for drums..I started making tracks like this in mid eighties and have a few good ones..cheers to Larry's vibe

Probably one of the most important dance tracks in House Music history. Deep House at its finest.

Thank You!

I bought 'The Jacksons Live' LP years ago, as I was listening I heard 'Can You Feel It!!!' blast out of the speakers. I couldn't believe it!

i had the crowd pumping way back and threw this on. the resident DJ almost ripped it off the 1200s. not fast enough, he says. it turned out ok. it was fast enough.

It’s in my playlist as of now I rock it daily at work 2022

nice one

Yeah this track changed everything for me. Working as a kid on Romford Market, East London, this track kicking out from the record stall. I didn’t just hear it, I FELT It ! Acciiiiiiiiidddd 😊

Wow, the tape effect makes such a difference, adds a nice warmth to it.

From the time I heard Can you feel it back in the late 1980's, I bought it right away!

All these years, now I know where it came from & have just listened to Jackson 5 1981 tour live

This track is eternal

Please do something from Yello's second album Claro Que Si. Daily Disco would be so interesting to see broken down. Loving this series so much. Brilliant 🙂

Logic - Final Frontier Chesus - Newark Mr Fingers really inspired some heavy hitters!

It's all about the feel of that track ✊

Nice channel - subscribing for the nerdy stuff which I love haha

I was 16 when I first heard CYFI. Still listening to it. One of my favourites

I swear to God I was listening to this yesterday and wanted to suggest it to you.

brilliant. id love to seem more of these classic rave era ones but possibly going deeper into the rabbit hole as it were. when people mention "classic house" you always get the same tracks that appear on compilations but rarely mentioned are the tracks that reall glued those dj sets together back in the day that dont get much credit. it would also be cool to see a hole thread of producer specific breakdowns like kevin saundersons work and for a uk twist how about baby ford.? edit: also how about new fast automatic daffodils "big" jon dasilva mix

still remember Tony Humphries playing this to open his show at times on 98.7 kiss fm. classic track

Absolute genius track. Thanks for the vid. I prefer the no vocals original. Just following those perfect changes as things come and go. Love it

This is such a tune, imo if you do a house mix tape this should be the opener, classic 😎

Fantastic I dont love the idea of giving you suggestions because i am actually finding a lot of brilliant tracks through this. For example, never heard the underworld one, even though im quite a big fan of theirs. But, I would love to hear odyssey to anyoona by jam and sppon. Its a relatively simple song but the pads and strings are so nice i'd love to see how you'd go about making something like that. Or stella because that is another absolutely iconic track

Please do more of these house how was it made videos

AWESOME!!!!! JUST ONE QUESTION, HOW YOU CAN ACHIEVE TO DIVA LOOKS LIKE THAT??? IT S FANTASTIC!!

Love these. Could really go for a "James Brown is Dead" breakdown!

The tape is brilliant. It homogenizes the sound and somewhat gates a lot of the frequencies. - And it _actually_ made it sound like the original. Only after that step did it sound right.

great desconstruction of the track. good work. can you do Dream 17 by Annette? great track out of manchester cannot for the life of me work out the 303 line. they also use an Korg M1. cheers

All these years I thought it was a Jupiter 8! Thankyou you Sir! Larry Heard Aka Mr. Fingers is one of our Godfathers of House music where I grew up listening and dancing to the music of the group Fingers Incorporated along with Robert Owens, He is without a doubt, one of the finest musicians and songwriters of his generation, to give you a glimpse of his Art, check out his amazing album “Introduction” where he shows incredible versatility the warmth of his voice is organic

I’m gonna go with the intro from Addis posse-let the warriors dance, funky drum mix for that missing bit at the end

Excellent breakdown as usual : Is the tape effect doing similar to a glue compressor with a bit of added colour?