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This track is one of my most experimental and provides an interesting culture clash. It is like a Japanese Caribana song. I focused on some Japanese percussion and wrote with the sound of a Shamisen, a traditional Japanese three stringed lute with a square body played with a large plectrum. In it there is a tropical swing feeling dub step break and some glitches that give an overall Caribbean feel. I had been to Caribana in Toronto and some of the rhythms I saw there are coming out in this song in the form of some glitchy micro funk bass shots. I wrote this while drinking a wheat ale at Molly Bloom's. I showed it to the owner, Rob Wigan when I was done. He told me that it sounded like Bonobo. I check that artist out when I got home and found that my style was akin to theirs with the inclusion of global sounds and electronic music.

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from Flavours of Inspiration: Best of 2014​-​2015 Mixtape, released November 27, 2015
Recorded at Molly Bloom's in Stratford.

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Nathan McKay Stratford, Ontario

Nathan McKay is from Stratford ON Canada. He is an eclectic artist musician that considers himself more of a Sound Painter and Improviser. He loves beauty in dissonance. He loves playing out of time signatures and keys as it can be limiting. He takes you on a journey around the world through various genres he fancies and loves to play. When he's not recording, he is usually promoting other artists ... more

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