When creating in the style of Moor Mother, me and my partner wanted to firstly lay the foundation of the song, which would hopefully give us a sense of direction in were to take the song from there. So to lay the foundation we collaboratively tried to create the sonority of the song, laying just 4 chords played at a slow tempo of about 95BPM. We decided to then split up working on 2 different sections, one of us creating the ambient melancholic pieces like the violins and jazzy saxophone mirroring Moor Mothers style (Zach), which was made in Logic Pro X. And the other (me) creating the drum pattern, which was created in Ableton, trying to replicate the similar sort of syncopated and improvised pattern which had the same uneasy, unrestful style of Moor Mother. Once completed we merged the two parts together, to ensure they would fit together, we made sure that both of our DAW’s were set to the right BPM and that the key was also the same. In terms of the melancholic melody, we played around with the envelope of the sounds as well as adding compressors and low pass equalizers to try and obtain that Moor Mother sound. A way we changed the envelope for example was increasing the attack time on the chords, so this way it gave an eerie feeling of a slow moving piece, whilst then layering it with rapid moving saxophones and violins to portray the business and chaos that moor mother shows.

By working in this way, the potential of the depth of creativity expands greatly as there are two people producing at once, allowing more flow of ideas to arise. I think in terms of quality it improves as well, as you kind of specialize and focus on one part of the process entirely as well as your peer doing their bit too, so creating a higher quality product in the end.