Captain Pikant

Every once in a while we discover some great or unconventional tricks and techniques that we immediately mark down as "must try". In this episode we'll show you 7 of our absolute favourites - to use as inspiration for your own beats.

In this episode we're analyzing the rhythms of Radiohead - one of the few bands who managed to successfully reinvent themselves and pull off the transition from rock to electronic music. Lucky for us they also embraced drum machines in the process, using them in many different and interesting ways. We'll examine some great Radiohead beats, you'll hear how they work in context and once you see how it's done you can also use those ideas in your own tracks.

The drum pattern of Michael Sembello's "Maniac" is positively insane. It's what you'd get if you made a Synthwave drum track, decided it wasn't complex enough, glitched it up with a tiny dash of Aphex Twin and then put a second drum track on top of that with over a dozen Tom fills for good measure. Pure '80s maximalism with two of the most iconic drum sounds of that era.