Remixing Glok’s Weaver – first steps > Step by step Remixing first steps

On video, Chloé talks through how she starts a remix from scratch, on this occasion with the track Weaver, by Glok, aka Andy Bell

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Chloé initially adds all the audio stems she is given – in this case quite a few – into an Ableton session. She finds the BPM using rekordbox DJ software. 2

She’ll then identify which of the audio stems she’d like to work with. In this case she was spoilt for choice but identified a great modular bassline. 3

She also chose some of Andy’s original atmospheric guitar parts which she took sections of to either loop or, in this case, pitch upwards. 4

Chloé then took out a slide guitar stem to be her main component, lessening its Ry Cooder character with Soundtoys effects. 5

Next up it’s time to lay the foundation of the track with a kick drum. Chloé has quite a few different sample libraries which she utilises for kick samples. 6

With chosen samples from the original, including a couple of guitar and bass parts, it’s then a case of getting a simple arrangement together to build on.