Logic and field recorder: We discover the way in which the UK producer has made limited tools work to his advantage.

what do you know, he looks like Jonathan Rhys Myers

Nice Interview, i am a huge fan of field recording this way!

I first heard of using this technique in old hip hop tracks but glad to see its moving into a genre i love so much!

When I first heard his tracks and when I hear them now, I say to myself 'this shit is wicked, what is this guy doing in the studio.' Keep up the quality control Tommy, techno needs ppl like you more then ever!

Really interesting to read an extended interview on this sort of project - thanks RA!

Apologies for the self-promo, but anyone interested in this kind of work might be interested to hear this EP from last year - a somewhat similar concept at work...

http://soundcloud.com/vitreous/sets/geosync/

nice!!!!

great job tommy

nice interview

Tommy has just raised the bar for techno production

separated @ birth

good to see someone at the top of the dancefloor based techno scene who is actually interested in sonics and audio texture...

..Rather than purchasing the latest sample dvd (we know who you are we can all hear it ;-).

Either that or thinking if they buy a 909 there contributing to the scene.

Really nice guy as well, happened to cross paths twice in my previous local scene..

Hey, does anyone have a link to 'BassIsm' the plugin he was talking about? I googled it and could not find it.

he has a cool technique. But i also disagree with it. he says he gets tired of hearing the same hat or synth. Music has been made for hundreds of years using the same sounds. The basic rock/jazz drum kit has been used in thousands if not millions of songs.

Tommy is a top chap

Lovely job Tommy. Really great project and exciting times ahead

t47 has made a mix for my show in celebration of the Primate release which you can download for free here http://electronicexplorations.org/the-show/148-tommy-four-seven-and-ital-tek/

what is the maschine under the mics and the headphone in the picture....

But i think what Tommy is doing is providing something brand new...

Those other sounds are fine and many great Techno tracks have been made using sounds from librarys...BUT...with Tommys tracks it is like nothing you have ever heard, i think it is a breath of fresh air and is much needed! If enough people support this it could probably form its own sub-genre.

I for one will now be trying to recognise which sounds he has been using when i listen to his album...is that a train? is it a washing machine? lol

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Its not that new and exciting of a concept. It is good and its the attention to detail that i like lots, quality being a high priority, plus its a nice organic way to make music, using the sounds of your environment but he's by no means the first and will by no means be the last.

Matthew Herbert anyone?

let me first say, i like the candid interview...and i enjoy what t47 comes up with.
i made the same ref to herbert to myself. but in fact, there's so many ref to pull from ... whatever.
i happen to gravitate to t47's over driven sounds and basically the whole palette of sounds he's creating.
whatever he's doing it's reminding me of other artists like Shed for instance in this regard:
the sounds are familiar sometimes totally recognizable...but it benefits from their personal treatment that makes it their unique sound signature.
so whether it be reminiscent of something or totally abstracted...it's fresh and new...
just my two cents. whatever.

The music may well be fresh and new, and yeah the sounds certainly will favour certain people.

My point is, there are a bunch of posts above us creaming themselves over the fact that a man has used sampling to create techno. its a bit idiotic really, as T47 is doing what so many other people have done before him. Its good that his music sounds fresh and he is being creative, i think more artists should pay such close attention to what they do, but comments like saying he has just raised the bar in production etc is ridiculous, he has used samples to create music, that is all.

It never ceases to amaze me, the sheer snobery of some people on RA!

I dont think anybody was quite "creaming" themselves, I personally think what Tommy has done is a great job. Techno had gone slightly stale with the same sounds being used, the same white noise, same kick, same hi. Tommy has approached this with a different outlook and to just dismiss it as "he has used samples to create music, that is all." thats the idiotic statement!

Lets hear your tracks Burnibus?

Sorry Mr candlelight snobbery?

which part of my previous response was negative about T47? or snobby? surely being a snob is being elitist and / or dimissive out of hand? i was neither of those things. What i did was try to express myself clearly in relation to peoples reactions. Ok maybe using the term "creaming themselves" was a bit cynical and im sorry.

I dont disagree that techno has gone stale either, alot of it is very similar and now very dull.

I stated very clearly that i think its great T47 is being creative and using fresh ideas to make music which sounds different. I am all in favour of what he is doing, and and no point criticised this mans production techniques or his productions.

What is a fact though is that T47 uses samples to make music. Thats the bottom line of it, this is not an insult its the truth. he is making music using samples which he has spent the time to record and create himself. that just the way it is. what doing that is not, is something new and revolutionary and setting a new standard in audio production as stated above. Electronic music, has a history of great artists using found sounds and exciting sampling techniques to make their music. Lots of great artists have done this dating back to when sampling was first being used and discovered (depeche mode is a great early example in electronic music.

People getting excited about the quality of someones music is great, there is no doubt about that. People getting excited about someone using samples to make music (the process as opposed to the artistsic product) saying he is doing something brand new and raising the bar is idiotic.

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Dear Burnibus,

"Raising the bar" is an extreme statement and i agree with you on that.

What i was slightly disgruntled by was the sentence - "he has used samples to create music, that is all"

This seems very harsh considering he took the time to research his sounds, manipulate them and has produced a whole album (and a fantastic album i might add) using nothing but original sounds, That sentence above would have been more appropriate on an album such as the huge flop that was Marco Corolas "play it loud", now that was just sample library raiding and generic arranging at its worst!

Sorry bout the misunderstanding im certainly not dimissing this guys music, i just find the production techniques unimportant and certainly not revolutionary and people should remember that the way has been paved for guys like us and T47 by many many extremely inventive and creative electronic musicians of the past.

I am yet to hear any of his stuff so ill have a listen this weekend but it sounds right up my street, crunchy tough found sound techno is the business.

T47 is a Techno legend in the making, a top bloke who has the technical skill, and foresight which helps him to create such an extensive soundbank of quality sounds.
All techno producers should aim adopt this work ethic once they have mastered their software / hardware.
Go Tommy Go!!! album of 2011

nyone interested in this kind of work might be interested to hear this EP from last year
Fancy Dress Shop

it sure is an interesting interview, his music is cool, but for the category "machine love" can you please pick someone who actually has some gear next time?

gear talk = boring

i'd rather know what makes him/her tick, what inspires them..

I get where Mr Four Seven is coming from and I find it quite interesting, although with all that said, the results are too harsh, sometimes unlistenable for an ardent techno fan like me.

primate is a great album! it remenber me the industrial sounds of the last 90's but it sounds more fresh! and the various distortion that tommy used is darkly good! i've the same feeling with logic and... totally support Tommy four seven and his album!

dug this.
i want learn more of this skill and put it into play.
love his music, thanks RA.

Great Album ! love so much of it ..

T47 is definitely on an innovative vibe, (in his own way) but those who think he is a pioneer of a new style, seem to forget the producers who paved the industrial and sonic landscape 'path' before him... Neil Landstrumm, British Murder Boys, Matthew Herbert, Surgeon and Regis, just to name a few....