Here’s another track that’s been sitting on the shelf for some time, 90% complete and just needing a little something. I replaced the drums with a tighter sounding kit and livened up the performance, especially in the hi hats. I gave the B section bass some pop and a little more nasty, with dueling envelope filters that become easily excited with the octave accents. Then I recorded a live conga part, reworked some of the effects and sent off to Charley Webb for mastering.

Throughout the late 90’s, I got deep into downtempo, acid jazz and lounge music. The tracks that always seemed to peak my interest had a slightly shuffled backbeat, simple percussive polyrhythms and wonderfully lush chord progressions. I quickly learned this was bossa nova.