More deep house this week.

If you’re dreaming of sitting by a pool in foreign lands, or wondering whether you’ll even feel the sun this year, sit back and enjoy. Especially the bongos.

My favourite part of this track are the drums. It’s funny: I grew up a drummer, and before falling for electronic dance music, would regularly play drums with others. When I started producing, I may have taken drum production for granted, and assumed that my drums would work well.

Nowadays I know that drum programming does not happen by magic; it’s a craft to build a groove. For anyone interested, here’s a fantastic article from the good people at EDMProd: they call it The Ultimate Guide to Drum Programming. It’s not short.