Brainable and Rickachu have come together to create something funky. ‘You Don’t Want This’ is a catchy jam with experimental sound design that has a distinct classical Left Field Bass feel. We dove in with the producers to get some more info regarding the song.

Todd – So this new track you two have coming out, what’s it all about?

Brainable – Just the name is based on telling people, ‘You don’t know what I want or what I like, I’ll decide.’ It’s an experimental bass track with a lot of really wonky weird sounds. My general goal was to create sounds that people don’t normally hear in music and kind of push that sound and that type of music in a different direction.

Rickachu – This is also why I like working with Brainable because he doesn’t use the typical noises you might hear with others. I feel like a lot of the mainstream stuff is a reflection of people just playing it safe and aren’t willing to take risks. They’re doing what they know works instead of trying new things. I like that Brainable always pushes me to try new things and to take risks.

T – In what ways are you guys attempting to set yourself apart from other producers who make similar kinds of music?

R – Definitely the kind of sound design we’re doing. We’re trying to close the gap between Dubstep and Left Field Bass. We tried to change up the kinds of sounds you’ll hear through the entire song. We created a synth and used that for the foundation and then derived the other sounds from that initial synth. We were able to make a lot of different sounds from that, but because they all came from the same synth they all sound like they just fit together even though they’re all different you know?

B – I was the one who started the track and I sent it to him like half finished and then what Rickachu did was basically resample all of my bass noises and then recorded himself messing around with it in Serum. Then somehow he’ll just piece together a functional piece of music from all of that.

R – It definitely gets messy at times haha. It’s a bit of a destructive process because you get a lot of bad stuff from that process but you also get some really good sounds from it too. It also gives you a lot of control over the sound. You can come up with some really funky stuff that way.

T – What do you want people to feel when they hear this track for the first time?

B – I hope it gets in their head a little bit and they start to bob their head and vibe to it if they’re just listening to it in their car or at home. But if they’re listening to it on the dance floor I’m hoping they go nuts.

R – I hope they get that stink face where you know you hear a track and it’s just like ‘What the fuck is this?’ kind of face you know? That’s usually the kind of reaction I’m hoping for.

B – When I’m making music I usually don’t think about what people are going to think about or feel when they listen to it. I mostly make music that I love like I want to become like my favorite artists. That really helps me maintain my own freedom because I’m not making music for other people.

T – Are there going to be more collaborative works coming from you guys in the future?

R – I definitely want to continue collaborating with Brainable. Each collab we’ve done has started out as Brainable’s idea and not all of them make it to the finish line, but we keep working together and it’s a lot of fun and I always learn something new in the process.

B – I like making music with Rickachu. I also learn a lot each time we work together and it’s always a fun time and surprisingly it’s a quick process too like I’ll make something in a week and send it over to him and he’ll have it back to me in like a day or two. I feel like I could hit him up on a Monday and it would be done by Friday.