When you began making this track, did you start off in Live’s Session or Arrangement View?
There are a lot of synthesizer-based recordings featured, with someone making really beautiful music in their garage-these have definitely influenced my work in the last year.
I’ve taken a lot of inspiration from a YouTube channel called Sounds of the Dawn, which features a lot of rare, new age, jazz, and ambient cassette recordings from the ‘80s. “Still Life” has more of a meditative vibe there are uplifting elements and a few melancholic components as well. With the music I have been making during the pandemic, it has ended up sounding either quite meditative or even a bit morose. When it comes to inspiration, it really depends on my mood on any given day. Can you please tell us a bit about the inspiration behind the track? XLR8R+ is a curated subscription service and music community delivering exclusive music and content every month, plus access to the XLR8R+ member’s area, where you can submit your music to be showcased across XLR8R’s channels and to the XLR8R+ community.īrendan, thank you for sharing such an interesting Live Set with us. You can download Merrin Karras’ “Still Life” via XLR8R+ once you subscribe here. Please note: this Live Set and included samples are for educational use only and cannot be used for commercial purposes. *Requires a Live 11 Suite license or the free trial. We caught up with him on Zoom to discuss the inspiration and techniques used to produce the track, and he has kindly shared a download of his Live Set for a direct look into his process.ĭownload the Live Set to Merrin Karras “Still Life” here*
There were no drums or percussion, and no samples however that has changed over time.”Īs part of this month’s XLR8R+ edition, the producer took us inside his new release as Merrin Karras, “Still Life”. “I came up with strict rules in the beginning. Gregoriy’s more recent, ambient productions under the pseudonym Merrin Karras reflect an evolution of his musical interests and processes: “With Merrin Karras, it was more about making music that was similar to what I was listening to at home,” he describes. Ireland-born musician and producer Brendan Gregoriy is known for his distinctive style of melodic house and techno as Chymera, with releases on influential labels such as Cocoon, Ovum, and Delsin.
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