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'This Is For You' From Eric Lau
Coming at us straight from Lau HQ is Eric Lau giving us a glimpse at his music-making process. This behind the scenes video shows the man in action in his home studio as he details the steps he took to record a new track. The song in question is entitled "This Is For You," which he is giving away to his fans as a gift for their our support of his last two instrumental albums. It is quite fascinating to see how Lau takes a sample of Ahmad Jamal's 1973 record "Children of the Night"
and chops, slices, dices, and flips it like a flapjack into this new recording with an additional vocal sample of rapper Wildchild to sweeten the pot. The four-minute video is quite a fascinating watch, and the end result is a head-nodding track that I only wish was a little longer. Watch him do his thing below, and then bounce on over to his Bandcamp page for the freelease.
Tags: ahmad jamal, eric lau, wildchild