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New Instrumental Hip-Hop Album from Duke Wonder

Excited to announce that I’ve submitted my first instrumental hip-hop album. It was made entirely on iOS and will hit stores in December 4th. Any and all support would be greatly appreciated! ❤️

https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/dukewonder/foundation-2

Comments

  • Isn't instrumental hip-hop an oxymoron?

  • edited November 2020

    @McD said:
    Isn't instrumental hip-hop an oxymoron?

    I know you’re being funny but I LOVE instrumental hip hop. Hip hop 12s always had the instrumental on the B side. It inspired the whole MoWax / trip hop genre which was a blast if not totally authentic. These days the genre seems to be defined in the mainstream as LoFi on Spotify and the like. That’s the closest I could find to an instrumental hip hop playlist anyway.

    Wicked jam @DukeWonder ! Nice work 👊

  • @DukeWonder Do you put this music out for dancing or as a kind of backing track for people to Rap over or just for listening? I have actually got up for my headphones yet to heck this out but I'll need to pee sometime tonight. Sometimes I check "Creations" to see if something slipped through without a single comment and I put it back on page 1 for another
    pass through the gauntlet.

  • @McD said:
    @DukeWonder Do you put this music out for dancing or as a kind of backing track for people to Rap over or just for listening? I have actually got up for my headphones yet to heck this out but I'll need to pee sometime tonight. Sometimes I check "Creations" to see if something slipped through without a single comment and I put it back on page 1 for another
    pass through the gauntlet.

    Mostly listening for enjoyment but also as a sort of marketing tool so people can get a few for my production style if they were to want me to produce a beat for them. I appreciate you bumping this.

    @gusgranite said:

    @McD said:
    Isn't instrumental hip-hop an oxymoron?

    I know you’re being funny but I LOVE instrumental hip hop. Hip hop 12s always had the instrumental on the B side. It inspired the whole MoWax / trip hop genre which was a blast if not totally authentic. These days the genre seems to be defined in the mainstream as LoFi on Spotify and the like. That’s the closest I could find to an instrumental hip hop playlist anyway.

    Wicked jam @DukeWonder ! Nice work 👊

    The whole LoFi thing is really what encouraged me to release these as an album instead of trying to sell them as beats. There’s all sorts of LoFi Hip-Hop but all of it seems to be jazzy and sample-based. Which is fun but I wanted something a bit more modern out there. Also thank you 😁

    Funny enough, I just uploaded a video for one of my favorites from the album. I was playing around with arped chords and found something I really enjoyed.

  • @DukeWonder said:
    I appreciate you bumping this.

    Good stuff can roll off the front page because people forget to comment. It's OK to just add your own comment to insure a few more views before it's lost to the archive forever.

    But it's great when a conversation breaks out around an idea, a style, an artist, etc. That's where we learn more by getting some extra context and can test our assumptions.

    I was in a coffee shop and a guy was sitting with his Mac and a small pad controller making beats for clients. Using Ableton. He gave me a link to check out his work.

  • Yeah I didn’t want to do that and seem like I’m pushing my stuff too hard but I’ll keep that in mind.

    Also yes it certainly is nice when that happens.

  • Sounds great @DukeWonder! I can definitely imagine this with some good rapping or singing over the top. I like that arp near the end of Fin too - guessing this is your sly nod to the music you mentioned before you'd rather be making - EDM? 😉

  • I will buy it now with out listening because of that cool AF trailer!!!!!!!!! 🔥

  • @Gavinski said:
    Sounds great @DukeWonder! I can definitely imagine this with some good rapping or singing over the top. I like that arp near the end of Fin too - guessing this is your sly nod to the music you mentioned before you'd rather be making - EDM? 😉

    Thank you. I think arped chords are my new favorite thing. And yes haha I think I finally figured how how to really combine the two in an effective way.

    @onerez said:
    I will buy it now with out listening because of that cool AF trailer!!!!!!!!! 🔥

    Thank you 😊 can’t take all the credit though. Distrokid made it possible.

  • Really cool, @DukeWonder
    Awesome promo... Loved Fin :heart:
    Looking forward to this :sunglasses:

  • @senhorlampada said:
    Really cool, @DukeWonder
    Awesome promo... Loved Fin :heart:
    Looking forward to this :sunglasses:

    Thank you very much!

  • The single is up on Spotify and I’m stoked. I was worried the extra compression I applied to the final master for the album would squash the dynamics but it still sounds fantastic. ToneBoosters really knows what they’re doing. ReelBus + Barricade tightened everything up perfectly.

    https://open.spotify.com/album/53E6HdGDCqKoihNdm90pF1?si=28psGe_URCGIbU36dXwAkA

  • edited December 2020

    The album is live on all major streaming platforms. Posting Spotify since it’s my favorite.

    https://open.spotify.com/album/6hGbYn9zBC8wstZzeTDufk?si=T-MVEbMnSC68Y-nzEnheUA

    This was produced entirely on my iPhone 11 and iPad Pro using Cubasis for composition and AUM for mixing/mastering. My most used instruments were BLEASS Alpha, Lagrange, Kronecker, Bass 808, and EG Pulse. My most used effects were FAC Maxima, FAC Phazer, BLEASS Filter, BLEASS Chorus, and everything ToneBoosters.

    I also realized I misspoke previously when I said this was my first instrumental album. What I meant to say this was my first instrumental album under the Duke Wonder name. Earlier in the year I released an album for my side project Chanced. The songs were made entirely on my P.O. 33 using chopped jazz samples and P.O. 32 drum kits made by @jakoB_haQ that I sampled onto my P.O. 33. I then recorded them into GarageBand on my iPhone using an iRig.

    https://open.spotify.com/album/0pxLsfTZaELSZtx9IwHiw7?si=Hx9rQzNRTg22Q8lVwhuPUA

  • Bumping this back up because I think some of you will appreciate this.

    Also, this forum overall was very helpful in making this happen.

  • Very nice, just enjoying ‘Smokey’, definitely worth a listen if you like mellow beats and atmospheres...

  • Loving the track Pending !

    But they are all so well produced I’d have thought I was listening to Jon Hopkins making music love to Fourtet :smile:

  • @Krupa said:
    Very nice, just enjoying ‘Smokey’, definitely worth a listen if you like mellow beats and atmospheres...

    Thank you! It’s my favorite on that album.

    @dasgoods said:
    Loving the track Pending !

    But they are all so well produced I’d have thought I was listening to Jon Hopkins making music love to Fourtet :smile:

    Thank you! I don’t know about all that, definitely have some refining to do. But really appreciate it!

  • Sounds great! Excellent production!

  • @Intrepolicious said:
    Sounds great! Excellent production!

    Thank you very much.

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