Resilio Versio

The reggae organ bubble and guitar chops into the tape echo, clocked to the tempo on dotted eighths. In the last bar the band stops and the echo answers.

Transcript: An organ plays the reggae bubble, a shuffling two-handed pattern of short chords, over A minor seven and D nine at 76 bpm. A clean guitar chops on beats two and four. Each chord comes back as dotted-eighth repeats that fall between the beats and thicken the shuffle. In the last bar the organ stops after two beats and the final guitar chops repeat on their own and fade.

A trombone calls and the echo answers in the gaps. On the last phrase DECAY comes up so the repeats pile up, then a turn of TENSION bends the tape.

Transcript: A lone trombone plays three short phrases in A minor at 74 bpm, leaving a bar of space after each. The echo fills the space with a few dotted-eighth repeats. On the last phrase the repeats grow longer and louder and keep going after the horn stops. Near the end the repeats swoop up in pitch as the delay time shortens, then fade.

Dub techno in F minor. Short minor-ninth stabs feed a held spring bed that ducks under each kick, with WOBBLE far left for a seasick tape warble. DECAY comes down at the end to let it go.

Transcript: A four-on-the-floor kick at 120 bpm with a quiet offbeat hi-hat, and short, syncopated F minor ninth chord stabs on a bright FM keyboard. The springs hold every stab as a continuous wash that dips with each kick and swells between them. After the last stab the wash hangs on for two seconds, then fades away. The bed wavers in pitch the whole time, like a badly worn tape.

One chord every two bars into the tape echo on dotted eighths. TONE rides from warm and dark all the way up to a thin telephone ring, then back down, the classic dub techno filter move.

Transcript: A single F minor ninth stab every two bars at 120 bpm, sometimes with a softer second stab pushed just after it. Each stab repeats as a trail of dotted-eighth echoes that fall across the beat. Over the clip the repeats slowly brighten, then darken again.

Slow minor-ninth chords on soft vibraphone, with a warm tail and a little tape drift.

Transcript: A vibraphone plays gently rolled chords in D minor, one every few seconds, with a few single notes in between. The springs add a soft, wide bloom behind each chord that drifts very slightly in pitch, and the last chord rings out with a high note on top.

Sparse plucks on a Vietnamese zither, each one dripping into a single spring. Bent notes and a quick run up the strings.

Transcript: A Dan Tranh, a plucked Vietnamese zither, plays a slow pentatonic figure with long silences. Every pluck sets off the springy drip of a single reverb tank. Midway there is a fast run up the strings, and two notes are bent upwards after they are plucked.

Bongos and an 808 cowbell. A few cowbell hits are thrown into the spring and splash, while everything else stays dry.

Transcript: Bongos play a busy sixteenth-note pattern of open and muted hits at 118 bpm, with an 808 cowbell on the offbeats and a soft kick from the second bar. Now and then a single cowbell hit bursts into a short, metallic splash of spring reverb while the rest of the groove stays dry.

A clean guitar letting slow E minor chords ring, with WOBBLE right of noon for a steady tape warble and TENSION loose for a big, slow boing.

Transcript: A clean electric guitar picks slow, ringing arpeggios over E minor nine, C major seven, A minor nine and B seven sus at 72 bpm, ending on a soft strum. The spring tail wavers evenly in pitch, a gentle vibrato, and each note blooms with a deep, slow boing.