Rhodes chords and solo

32.00For the Fender Rhodes chords and Daniël’s solo, the duo employ the Scarbee Mk1 Rhodes library, running in Kontakt. “It isn’t a really fancy sounding Rhodes,” says Hans. “It’s really straightforward. We have Keyscape from Spectrasonics, which is a much more fleshed-out plugin that sounds really good and detailed. But we tried to use that and it didn’t feel right, like it was part of the track.”

Daniël: “Keyscape sounded too good!” Hans: “The main Rhodes part – the chords – brings some really nice vibes to the track, and then we wanted to add a solo. It gives it a more melancholic feel, and this is where Daniël really shines, because he’s the better keyboard player. The purpose of this was that we wanted to bring it to life and make it feel like a live band, so what it needs is live instrumentation, and this is our way of approaching that. We recorded a lot of the solos, trying to get it just right.”