Ghislain Poirier has been making girls shake they asses for what seems like forever. Known (by me) first for Montreal’s Bounce Le Gros (which roughly translates from French as “Serious Bounce”) club nights, which, besides being a serious party, were an awesome place to meet hot French-speaking girls. He’s now signed to Ninja Tune – one of the more sensible pairings in electronic music. I’ll never forget his African rap and grime mix for Mary Anne Hobbs a few years back – not many people are rocking African rap, in French no less! This track is from his latest album, Running High.
1. How’d you come up with the name of the track?
Just felt it was like running.
2. How long did it take to create?
I don’t remember. A few sessions over a few weeks/months probably. While digging into my archives I saw that I started the beat/idea while I was in Stockholm late 2008. That what’s usually happens, I just start quickly ruff ideas (but rarely on the road…) and go back to them and try to see if it can be a good tune or they need a vocalist, etc.
3. Were you sober?
Always sober when doing music.
4. Was there a separate recording/mixing?
Both in the same time.
5. Did you master it?
No. I can’t. I prefer to ask a professionnal! It’s worth it to invest for a good mastering.
6. What sequencer did you use?
FL studio.
7. How’d you make the bass?
Synth is from FL studio. I don’t remember the name of it,
8. Any essential plug-ins or FX?
Not really. I just use basic stuff like EQ, delay, reverb.
9. Did you record any acoustic instruments? If so, which ones, and what was your setup?
No acoustic instruments. In general it’s very, very, very rare that I put acoustic instruments.
10. What are you most proud of?
I wanted to achieve something that was very techno but also tropical/carnival in the same time and I think Marathon have that balance. Also, my idea while doing the structure was thinking about early 90′s techno that had macro variations, building blocks instead of playing with textures/knobs.
11. If there are things you dislike (you’re not obligated to mention them) do people notice?
It’s not things I dislike, but I do feel that Marathon can have a few variations in the future. I wish to do for fun a version around 100 bpm (slowing down the master or doing a new mixdown), and maybe another version with the a different melody but using the same sounds.
Bonus Question: Is there anything else you think readers will find interesting?
Music is about making decisions.
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