{"id":88,"date":"2023-10-03T19:31:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T15:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.avinashmeetoo.com\/music\/?page_id=88"},"modified":"2025-12-27T08:11:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T04:11:41","slug":"my-singles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.avinashmeetoo.com\/music\/my-singles\/","title":{"rendered":"My Singles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bouncy (2021)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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For the first time in my life, I released a single. Bouncy is a track which I started working on a few years before but I really invested time in it in 2021. I made the decision to release it as a single because I only had one other completed track but the two didn\u2019t really fit in a mini album. Bouncy is my first attempt at piano house and I am very happy with the fact that it has a 90s vibe in some places (because of the Korg M1 piano sample I used) and a much more modern twist elsewhere (the bassline and drums are groovy and the dubstep bridge, well, hits hard). In some ways, this release allowed me to experiment with a new way of working where the processes of composition, production, mixing and mastering are somewhat distinct. Interestingly, all of these steps are as interesting to do but each require a different mindset. I wonder whether I should not start teaching those aspects one of these days\u2026 I am sure a lot of people would like to learn how to create music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Composed and recorded using Cockos Reaper, UVI Falcon, KV331 Audio SynthMaster 2, XLN Audio Addictive Drums 2, two samples from Cymatics and a drum loop from the Apple Logic Pro X Drummer. Hardware used include a Focusrite 2i2 Audio Interface, my old Kawai K4 and an M-Audio Oxygen 61 MK IV as controllers and a pair of Yamaha HS5 studio monitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mixed using Waves SSL E-Channel channel strip, Waves Non-Linear Summer (NLS), Waves H-Comp compressor, Waves CLA-76 compressor, Waves Vitamin for harmonics, TAL-Chorus-LX, Soundtoys EchoBoy delay and Waves IR1 reverb. On the master buss, I had NLS, the extraordinary Soundtheory Gullfoss intelligent equalizer, Waves SSL G-Master Buss Compressor and Waves J37 tape saturation plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mastered using Tokyo Dawn Records SlickEQ Mastering, Waves L2 Ultramaximizer and Youlean Loudness Meter Pro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a9 2021 by Avinash Meetoo. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bonzour Tou Dimounn (2022)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The UNDP Accelerator Lab for Mauritius and Seychelles was officially launched on 21 April 2021 and, for the occasion, I composed a one minute track inspired by the melody of a song acquired by UNDP for Accelerator Labs worldwide. During the next few months, I would create a much extended version of the track with a new bridge, a new chorus, me playing my trusty ravann and vocals. I felt that, while the melody was interesting, it lacked punch so I replayed it again using Roland ZENOLOGY and the JUNO-106. I asked Christina (from Mauritius), Allen (from Seychelles) and Daniel (from Rodrigues) to record a few words which I added at the end of the track. I made the decision to call the track Bonzour Tou Dimounn as this was precisely what Christina said in her take\u2026 I decided to wait until the 1st of January 2022 to release the track. 2022 needs to be a new beginning (“Bonzour”) for everyone (“Tou Dimounn”).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Composed and recorded using Cockos Reaper, Roland Cloud JUNO-106 and ZENOLOGY, me playing my trusty ravann, vocals from Christina, Allen and Daniel, a djembe sample from UVI and a hihat sample from Slate Digital. Hardware used include a Focusrite 2i2 Audio Interface, my old Kawai K4 and an M-Audio Oxygen 61 MK IV as controllers and a pair of Yamaha HS5 studio monitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mixed using Waves SSL E-Channel channel strip, Waves Non-Linear Summer (NLS), Waves Brauer Motion, Waves H-Comp, Waves CLA-76, Waves Vitamin, SPL\/Plugin Alliance Transient Designer Plus and Soundtheory Gullfoss for the ravann, Soundtoys EchoBoy for delay, and Waves IR1 for reverb. On the master buss, I had NLS, the extraordinary Soundtheory Gullfoss intelligent equalizer, Waves SSL G-Master Buss Compressor and Waves J37 tape saturation plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mastered using Tokyo Dawn Records SlickEQ Mastering, Waves L2 Ultramaximizer and Youlean Loudness Meter Pro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a9 2022 by Avinash Meetoo. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

California (2023)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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When I was a 10-years old child, I had a blue sweatshirt with \u201cCalifornia\u201d written on it. When I got to visit the state of California in 2011, I was amazed by San Francisco and I really thought that I was going to live there for some time. This did not happen but I\u2019ll always have a soft spot for that city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For some reason, the working title for this single has always been \u201cCalifornia\u201d. I was on the verge of renaming it to something more flashy but I didn\u2019t. The track is electronic in nature but the tempo is relatively slow. I\u2019ll say it has a progressive house and downtempo feel. While listening to it, I feel like walking on the San Francisco piers just after sunset and this is what I have tried to convey in the cover. I like the miniature effect I have used for the photo\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

California has been produced using Cockos Reaper as DAW and the Roland Cloud JUNO-60, UVI Falcon, KV331 Audio SynthMaster 2 and Plugin Alliance bx_oberhausen as software instruments. I also used one kick drum sample from Wave Alchemy and LetiMix GainMatch, Plugin Alliance DS Tantra 2 (which is a magical and fun plugin) and SSL Native FlexVerb and Native Channel Strip 2 for further processing. Hardware used include a new Focusrite 4i4 Gen 3 Audio Interface, a new Akai Professional MPK mini mk3, my old Kawai K4 synthesizer and an M-Audio Oxygen 61 MK IV as controllers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mixed using Solid State Logic (SSL) plugins mainly including SSL Native Channel Strip 2, SSL Native X-Saturator v6 (which I have used on each channel and which made me smile) and SSL Native FlexVerb (which is very flexible and powerful). One of the tracks lacked body and I used a Native Instruments Guitar Rig 6 guitar amplifier to make it beefier. I also use the Tokyo Dawn Labs TDR Nova GE dynamic equalizer to tame down some resonances. I was quite surprised by its effectiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mastered using a fantastic chain of world-class plugins: Soundtheory Gullfoss Master (to beautify the audio), Plugin Alliance Shadow Hills Class A Mastering Comp (a great glue compressor), Plugin Alliance Black Box Analog Design HG-2MS (for a bit of saturation), Tokyo Dawn Labs TDR SlickEQ M (to slightly equalize towards a pink noise), Softube Weiss MM-1 Mastering Maximizer (for extraordinary punch!) and Tokyo Dawn Labs TDR Limiter 6 GE (to catch any misbehaving sample).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For monitoring, I relied on Waves Nx Ocean Way Nashville with Sony Professional MDR-7506 headphones. I also used Yamaha HS5 studio monitors. For metering, I have always been a Youlean Loudness Meter Pro person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a9 2023 by Avinash Meetoo. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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