“So, I was alerted to DJ Benji B’s BBC/Maida Vale Studios session where he used a live string orchestra to apply their accompaniment, composed & conducted by Grant Windsor, combined with his live DJ mixing of various popular songs, both underground and mainstream.The original keys from the original track are rudimentarily mediocre at best, so I added my keys over it to fill it up more with nicer chords, then I added an electric bassline that I felt was really needed, even though where it should drop out, I thought was effective and left the empty spaces alone. Then I added a nice warm synth pad near the end, and edited it down to take out the speaking parts and faded in at the intro and delayed at the outro” – Ahmed
Check out Benji B’s full set HERE and peep Ahmed Sirour’s contribution to our project On Deck HERE