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No public interview names Claptone's studio or booth hardware by brand. In a 2022 interview Claptone said time on the road means working mainly with software. In MusicRadar, Claptone has said they love records such as Kraftwerk's Das Model, New Order's Blue Monday and Daft Punk's Around the World.
“Lucy in the sky with Diamonds is one of my highlights from the legendary Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Album.”
“The song is now almost 30 years old, but it still sounds as fresh and distinctive to me as the first time I heard it.”
“When I think of Blue Monday, the first thing that comes to mind is the knocking bass drum of the Oberheim DMX drum machine combined with the pulsing synthesizer bass from the Moog Source.”
“To get the most from the song, I just lean back and enjoy the silence”
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“Lucy in the sky with Diamonds is one of my highlights from the legendary Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Album.”
“The song is now almost 30 years old, but it still sounds as fresh and distinctive to me as the first time I heard it.”
“When I think of Blue Monday, the first thing that comes to mind is the knocking bass drum of the Oberheim DMX drum machine combined with the pulsing synthesizer bass from the Moog Source.”
“To get the most from the song, I just lean back and enjoy the silence”
“This song hasn’t lost its magic and still touches me in a massive way.”
“The rough, organic drum loop mixed with those lovely Rhodes licks and delightful melodies sampled from old jazz and funk records, gave the track a beautiful, warm feel.”
“after listening to it several times I discovered that there was a great pop song lying behind the experimental structure waiting to be unleashed.”
“The production is very minimalistic, but that’s its genius because Around the World is a masterclass in simplicity.”
“no matter how many times that you hear the song, the vocal samples won’t start to annoy you.”
In a 2015 MusicRadar feature Claptone named ten records, including The Beatles' Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Kraftwerk's Das Model, David Bowie's Heroes, New Order's Blue Monday, Massive Attack's Unfinished Sympathy and Daft Punk's Around the World.
Mostly software. In a 2022 Groove Cartel interview Claptone said that being always on the road means working mainly with software, while still enjoying playing around with hardware.
Claptone told MusicRadar the first thing that comes to mind is the Oberheim DMX kick drum and the Moog Source bass, and called the track a link between disco and the house boom.
Claptone is the Berlin-based masked house DJ and producer behind The Masquerade parties and the Golden Recordings label. This guide covers the records Claptone has named as formative, from sourced interviews.
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