I remember making hip hop beats as the end credits song played to Fist of the North Star (anime movie) in my head wishing I knew how to mix and then there's Leon Carr's Urban Utopia (classic).
That was absolutely brilliant, I really enjoyed it. I liked how it explained so much! for people who are new to the lo-fi scene this is essential viewing 👏🔥
I was born in 79. All my first experiences with music were on vinyl, cassette and AM/FM. Music sounds naked to me if there isn’t some sort of hiss or crackle.
Thanks for the well done explanation! I’m 60 and just getting into music production. I still have about 400 vinyl records from when I was young. When I went to CDs in the mid 80s, the sound was so much crisper and cleaner and had a much bigger frequency range. There were always people who thought albums sounded more, um, organic, for lack of a better term. Well, my brother came over (we’ve both been vaccinated) a couple weeks ago and I put on a couple of albums and really enjoyed it. It did sound smoother, and it made me realize how much I missed the big album cover art, and playing sides that were, in many cases, designed to sound good in the order that was chosen. Anyway, getting into music production, I was wondering why you would want a plug-in to add tape hiss, but this video gave me understanding. Thanks to both of you!
Thanks for the insight Scott. Opening up a vinyl, checking out the artwork, and listening to the different sides continuously is a totally different listening experience!
I am new to lofi music. I am hip hop head but have just been introduced to lo fi and damn it I am loving it. I sleep peacefully with playing in the background, no more anxiety and it helps me find my peace❤️❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Finally I found myself. Really enjoy this genre and I believe this is a part of me. Really appreciate the guys who tried to distribute this genre to us♥️
Cool to see Fat Jon talking about this and embracing the Lofi term. I remember when he was in the group Five Deez and when he started releasing instrumental album in tjr late 90's early 2000's. Back then we called it just hiphop or instrumental hiphop and sometimes triphop in the 90's though that doesn't apply to all songs under the triphop genre. Cool to see sample based music carry on into the new generations .
I found him on a Mush records Acid Jazz and Downtempo mixtape back around 2000. I feel like downtempo is the best term to describe his beats because they're generally slower and are a bit moodier than modern "lo-fi" beats
Interesting history on how low fidelity production was used through analog recordings and samples, but a little odd that alternative rock artists like Beck were highlighted, yet no specific Hip-Hop producers from that era were highlighted. Since artists like J.Dilla, Q-Tip, Pete Rock, etc., were known for how they pioneered a lot of the Hip-Hop style of production in the 90's that clearly affected many of today's "lofi" artists, just felt like it would be worth highlighting them if alternative and indy rock artists were highlighted.
Especially Dilla in Particular - He May Indirectly or "Unspoken-Like" Be.... the Main Architect of that Lo-fi sound - his records were "Lo-Fi" When it didn't have a Name. But Respect to fat Jon Toonami is when the marriage took Place But rap Music has always been Fascinatated to Asian Culture from the Karate Fllicks in the 70's
This was so interesting! I got randomly interested in lo-fi at 1 am on a Monday and this video was perfect! Right to the point and yet so entertaining :)
Technically, I’ve been listening to Lofi all the time because I keep listening to Albums like “Everywhere at the End of Time” and “Hal Kemp: The Uncollected”
I remember the Mobb Deep records used to have the crackle on it. I would love it. It gave it such authenticity. Also Rza was the master at LoFi and pitching the samples differently. He has influenced countless producers, especially underground artists.
A part of that anime connection is Yoko Kanno, who did a lot of the eclectic soundtracks like Cowboy Bebop. She was idolized here in Australia by sample-based producers (Superfluid, The Avalanches, etc), the latter who were along with DJ Shadow and Dilla responsible for key albums. Labels like Creative Vibes, Modular and Ninja Tune also have a surprisingly overlooked role in the global distribution of the lofi/ samplephonic culture. But of course… you can draw a line to the “Ultimate Breaks and Beats” series. Without that, you wouldn’t have half the cultural influence (and odd chains of consequence, like Dre’s sample of the UBB version of Amen Brother being the NWA version that all the early jungle producers used, which is now core DNB history). It would be lovely to hear how each country contributed back to this sound as it formed over the 90s and 00s. Eg DJ Krush (Japan) in 94, DJ Shadow (US) in 96, Coldcut (UK) in 89/90, etc. impossible to ignore Kruder & Dorfmeister from 93 (Austria). Just like Avalanches in 2000, these breakout albums had surprisingly global impacts and inspired each local variation in waves. With that constant respect for the OG hiphop culture it spawned from. A beautiful thing to have grown up (and worn out a few MPCs) in.
Cooked well video ... This channel deserve more views ... Please make a specific video about anime samurai champloo and talk about the music production ..
I really liked this video. It was really helpful! :0) Please keep making more videos like this and other videos related to lofi music. The one about the 8 lofi chord progressions is good too. :) It would be cool to have a printout of the chord progressions that I could look at on my iPad or print on staff paper too.
I actually wonder. What people know as lofi today, put some vocals or samples back into it makes it sound like trip hop music, a genre or amalgam of genres I came back to in recent years. Some things never go out of fashion I guess.
Here are two videos on how to make lofi, arrange, mix and master: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LMtGh6bUGsc.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wxCEGBApyOM.html
To me it feels kind of weird to just not mention Nujabes when it comes to Samurai Champloo? To me it feels like he got glossed over in this video. Or was he not really contributing?
You’re the Nujabes comment I was looking for… He was actually my welcoming gatekeeper into Lo-fi music. I knew there was a specific sound before really discovering Nujabes, but he really helped my ears open up completely to the sound. To me, I’m happy he was even mentioned. But yes, I do agree somewhat that he was just kind of glossed over.
While I am all for Fat Jon getting praised as a legend, it is kind of weird seeing him getting categorized under this lofi term that suddenly became popular, it sounds like he is getting pigeonholed into one style music, which I would disagree. In the 2000s, no one was saying that about Fat Jon or Nujabes.
Why would we strive for hi fi music when we can do low quality? Isn’t lower quality better than good quality? Let’s apply this to food. Why eat good clean food when we can eat diseased spoiled food? Makes loads of sense doesn’t it?