>In addition to the wall of sound, I really got into how Brian
>recorded and pieced together separately recorded sequences of
>music. Or, having a sequence of "walls" placed one after
>another to make a song. "Good Vibrations" is the most popular
>example of this, as is the entire "Smile" album.

Smile (meaning here the tracklist as put together in The Smile Sessions) was done really seamlessly imo. I love the bits in GV where you can hear the edits happening, like the end of the verses -> the chorus. But is Smile they are a lot harder to detect. Partially thats because the songs have actual pauses in them sometimes, but I also have to assume Brian got a lot better at it. Crazy how GV heralded an entire edit movement in disco/house/techno that was still a decade away.

>When I was on my MPC, a had an epiphany that he was basically
>making all these .seq loops and putting them into "song mode".
>That's how I connected his work to hip hop--basically every
>MPC user is incorporating his methods.

Having never delved into the MPC like that, thats interesting. Just goes to show that he quite literally was not made for those times.

>Specific producers, yeah Bomb Squad, DJ Shadow, Dangermouse,
>etc. Oh and The Avalanches (can't wait for the new album!!!).

Ahh Dangermouse...good one. Grey Album is dense as hell.

>EDIT: just wants to re-emphasize The Avalanches. Their stuff
>is DENSE.

Ive heard iffy things about the new one. Loved the first one and Id hate to have this make me think differently of them.

>Personally, I'm obsessed with making dense wall-of-sound
>beats. I LOVE that shit. Nothing feels better than finding
>like 20+ samples that work together. I start sparse and build
>to a climax.
>Here's a couple examples from me...
>
>https://chrisp.bandcamp.com/track/4-afeni-and-pac-phone-2-your-heartz
>
>https://chrisp.bandcamp.com/track/year-of-the-horse

I will absolutely dive into these over the weekend!