Nik Kershaw - Cloak & Dagger (cover)

This is a remake of my favourite Nik Kershaw track from his debut album Human Racing. I have always been fascinated by how this track was constructed instrumentally. The arangement is a master piece. All the little gaps and instrument used ontop of a very tight drum track and bass sequence is truly unique. I have not heard anything like it ever since.
The whole album is brilliant, but this track always stood out for me.
I tried to copy each sound as much as I could, with the drums sounding most different to the original. All was recorded in Logic-Pro.
The alternate outro is something I came up with myself, but all credit to Mr. Kershaw, whom I think should go back to making music like this again.
Oh and, of course, this is instrumental.

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• Cloak
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• Human
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• Addictive-Drums
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• DX7
• Dtronics
• MDCB60
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• Roland
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• MPC
• MSQ700
• FM-Synthesis
• TX816
• Super-Jupiter
• MKS80

[jonannlou]

its amazing what you've done here G. You deserve to be a rich and famous man... J

[Geeljasjes]

@jonannlou

I am rich, just not in terms of money.

I am famous too. I only want people like you to listen to my music.

[TheSynthFreq]

Awesome song! Love the bass line and the drum track too.

You have a Yamaha QX-1?! I have one of those monsters too. lol I have the QX-3 that works perfectly to this day. My QX-1 worked but the disk drive was not working well. Both sequencers are awesome machines. Beautiful Jupiter-8 too!

:) TSF

[Geeljasjes]

@TheSynthFreq

Yeah, them 5,25-inch floppies are anciet and prone to ailments.

This QX1 I haven't used yet, it was chucked in as a freebie when I bought the TX816. Amazing about the QX1 is that it has 8 MIDI-Outs.

I love old sequencers, as they're very hands-on.

The MSQ700 is even more excentric.

Will do a video on that soon.

[schybba]

Nice cover. I can't tell with 720p HD if the hi-hat is playing 4/4 or 8/8? Maybe you have a bit too much reverb on the track. With the original I really like the mix of acoustic drums and electronic percussion between the beats and the fact that the track is really tight and simple.

[mirzamarco]

Brilliant, mate! This kicks some serious ass, I wish I could add vocals on it!

[TEEC4C]

Spot on ,,,,,, let me put the vocals on

[Enigmatism415]

I think that all of the arrangements on this album, as well as its sister album "The Riddle," are masterpieces for much the same reasons that you describe in the video info section... Kershaw is one of the most brilliant and underrated song-writers and music-arrangers of all time.

[namco21gamefreak]

Absolutely spot on my friend nice work!

[beng1lh00ly]

it's crazy how nearly every bit of gear you have was also owned by mike lindup :p excellent cover

[jonannlou]

brilliant, very classy. all sounds perfect, the slap bass sound is identical too!!