![]() I did that by going deep on the width of the track as well as his vocal chain by EQing his voice to bring out his rich mid-tone. I had to open Che’s eyes to there being a way to make it knock, but also get it to play against your favorite Pop artist on the radio. Initially, the mix was really narrow, like if you played it at a block party it would hit, but if you were to play it at a high end studio, on headphones, or in your car it wouldn’t translate the same way. ![]() I took the essence and made it feel mixing wise a lot closer to “Dark Days”, which became the benchmark for the polish that was on it. My job was taking the mix and mastering component and really elevating everything that was already there. This one was more boxed and ready to ship and I put the bow on it. “All credit here goes to Tony Bones, the main producer. When I brought those string parts in for the final session with Che he said, “Bro I literally can’t believe this is my song.” It’s all about capturing the artist’s best version of their story.” “My Block” by Che Lingo We ended up using musicians from the sunshine orchestra from AR Rahman’s KM Music Conservatory he built in India. That’s where the string section comes from. The harp is so iconic on it and to match it emotively with something else we went full in. I tried to approach this in the same way, rebuilding from the ground up what was great about the original demo with something that matched both their flows from a percussion and mix perspective. ![]() They have these parallel cadences between percussion and the sample if they use one. a J Dilla, Kanye, or Timbaland thing where the beat is rapping to you. I did a mix pass on the stems and got into the pockets of matching Che’s flow with the drum patterns and the breaks with the silences that fill the space. Something to stitch the more introspective with the Drill or upbeat UK Hip Hop. The rest of the album needed a sort of bridge song. Che had brought me the stems from a producer called D’Artizt, which was just a bunch of loops with his and eventually Kojey’s vocals. These two products are now both sold and used by top tier producers worldwide. He helped develop the Maschine Mk2 for the company Native Instruments as their project manager and also helped create the Roli Seaboard Piano Keyboard. In addition to his music production, Dave also has fused his software knowledge into his work. Dave has gone on to produce for various artists including executive producing Che Lingo’s epic 2020 album T he Worst Generation, which has led to his current publishing deal with 7Wallace and Universal Music. ![]() Rahman introduced him to soul singer PJ Morton, which led to Dave co-producing Morton’s 2013 single “ Heavy” featuring Maroon 5’s Adam Levine. This all eventually led to Dave linking with legendary composer AR Rahman before he composed the Oscar winning score for the film Slumgdog Millionaire. Dave‘s indy work eventually led to him getting his first major label placement in 2008 which had him working on a track that was for Japanese special release. When he connected with UK rapper Messiahbolical he garnered his first solid indy placements. While studying Software Engineering, Dave made connections on Myspace with other artists to produce for. His passion was truly ignited at University when he saw others diving headfirst in music while pursuing other degrees. When he was 15 he got one of the original versions of FL Studio on a home computer which sparked his lifelong production interest. Raised by parents from India, Dave took in the sounds of Classical Indian and Bollywood music in his upbringing as well as whatever was on Top of the Pops. North London raised producer, engineer, and creative technologist Manon Dave has of the most wide ranging careers we’ve covered in the column thus far. ![]() We hope to bring their stories to the forefront instead of kept behind the artist they are producing for. The Producer’s Voice is a new series for GUAP where we highlight the stories of instrumental crafters. ![]()
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