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01 ‘Animal’ – Miike Snow (2009) – Miike Snow

  • layering at the start (build 3 chord progression)
  • reggae offbeat beat
  • the initial chord stabs are off beat (on the ands) but this is not revealed until the kik comes in (9th bar)
  • pulsing (kik, synth chord, kik, synth chord – 1 and 2 and 3 and etc) consistent throughout track
  • chords and the melody (and chorus lyric) repeat yet the layers are different everytime
  • I / / / IIm / / / VIm / / / / / / / – that’s it! for the whole song ! … E / / / F#m / / / C#m / / / / / / /

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. layering at the start
  2. reggae offbeat

Miike Snow (2009) – Miike Snow

  • catchy cool melodies
  • with dark, cryptic lyrics
  • synth pop, electropop
  • dense production yet crystal clear mixes
  • simple 3 chord progressions but cycling through many layers of melodies, instrumentation etc
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