The Stomper mix in more detail

On video, Mousse goes into more detail on his favourite ever remix, the Mousse T. Ultimate Stomper remix of Quincy Jones and The Brother Johnson’s Stomp!

> Step by step Beats and chords

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First Mousse shows how the beats are laid out in the Ultimate Stomper remix of Stomp!, with several audio tracks combined as shown.

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However, rather than use sampled loops, in this case he got a local Hanover percussionist in to record several live loops – up to 14 in this instance,

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Mousse T. is a sucker for great chords so uses the Charlie Wilson a cappella vocal as a guide. “I still work this way today. If I have a great vocal I like to come up with great chords and a harmony.”

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Mousse likes to mix programmed parts with audio loops; it’s a common practice to help bring variation into a house beat.

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Mousse then often cut each loop up and either rearranged it or replayed it by mapping sounds across the keyboard as he does with vocals and other audio.

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“I like to always have a live element in my music which is why it’s great that it is almost on trend again to use live musicians again and then cut it up and make something new from it.”