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(Originally posted on the Blatherchat at electricpenguin.com.)

One of my all-time favorite XTC songs is "This World Over", from "The Big Express" (and the "Upsy Daisy Assortment", their greatest hits collection). Instrumentally, it's a rather minimal song -- vocals, block organ chords, piano, bass, and drums. The words are post-apocalyptic. But the drum sounds on that track are phenomenal! I don't know if it's two drummers, or one drummer with a drum machine. I'd love to get a set of electronic drums, or find an old LinnDrum somewhere (like on eBay).

Some other songs with drum tracks/sounds I absolutely love:

  • Head Like A Hole by Nine Inch Nails
  • The Working Hour by Tears for Fears
  • Let The Good Times Roll by the Cars (old Synare drum sound)
  • The Old Ways by Loreena McKennitt (processed bodhran)
  • A Criminal Mind by Larry Gowan (100ms flanged delay)
  • Master And Servant by Depeche Mode (electroclang at its finest)


What are some of your favorites
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