future engineers - eden

heard this one first on juno a few years ago when i was buying some new drum & bass and this one stopped me in my tracks. i was always under the impression that future engineers did this combination of techy & atmospheric and i wasn't expecting something in the liquid stylings. it also before i heard their previous release on covert operations recordings which did tell that there was a change in sound.

the second reason i kept listening to the clip on juno over and over was because i heard some keys that i recognized and it took me a minute or two but then i remembered. "eden" is built around the track "shibuya" by keyboardist roger joseph mannings jr. & brian reitzell. it's taken from sofia coppola's film "lost in translation" and soundtrack, the original track can be heard when scarlet johanson is crossing the crowded streets of shibuya.

future engineers used a whole lot of the original track and used the spooky beginning & end for their intro which gives me goosebumps every time. the leitmotif from the original is however what is heard mostly throughout the track, but it goes into some tweaking halfway into the track. they attach another synth that first plays on it's own after the sample is taken off right before the breakdown. it then goes in again right after the break but paired up with the original and the effect is well nifty.

there is also another huge sample that is implemented and this one is from actor terry o'quinn as john locke. it's from the fifth episode of the first season of tv-series "lost", called "white rabbit". when the track breaks down you hear some mumbled dialogue and then:

"not a big believer in... magic. but this place is different. it's special. the others don't wanna talk about it because it scares them, but we all know it, we all feel it. / but what if everything that happened here happened for a reason? what if that someone you're chasing is really here? "

and

"i've looked into the eye of this island, and what i saw... was beautiful"

now this is all googled info as i wasn't part of the cult of lost and have never seen one single episode nor do i plan to. but i do like this tune even though it rides on two huge samples and isn't really as clever as previous future engineers productions but you can't please everyone can you.

listen here (youtube)

p.s. i have not mentioned that it does include amen drums & reese bass but mentioned those is like constantly bringing up that the tr-909 was used in chicago house or whatnot. the actual reason for not saying it does have them is because i don't really like their use of the amen.