Imagination - Just an Illusion - Synth Jam

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  • Опубликовано: 2 ноя 2024
  • Back in 1982, Imagination dropped the incredible album - 'In the Heat of the Night'. So many amazing tunes on it but the one that stands out for me is 'Just an Illusion'. It get's the Friday Funk Jam treatment today and features my Rhodes electric piano which was one of my first acquisitions when I started assembling a studio. 🎹🔮🎹
    Drums - Linn Lm1
    Bass - Moog Multimoog
    Electric Piano - Rhodes Mk1 Stage Piano
    Strings - E-mu Emulator ii
    Synth Chords - Roland Jupiter 4

Комментарии • 243

  • @paulinfrancis
    @paulinfrancis 3 года назад +147

    Man I wish these were longer, so many bangers!

    • @BboySalamon
      @BboySalamon 2 года назад +8

      Me too, excellent job. I also adore Imagination's "Music & Lights", very beautiful Discofunk song, from 1982. Wish that Mr. Million will also make his rebuild, for this song.

    • @karolyzsolthajdu8767
      @karolyzsolthajdu8767 2 года назад +1

      Profffff...!!

    • @memorialgardens1664
      @memorialgardens1664 2 года назад +1

      🧠💪🎼🙋‍♂️

    • @HunterSkowronPDX
      @HunterSkowronPDX 2 года назад +2

      I mean you could just go listen to the original

  • @fubarsweeklund2141
    @fubarsweeklund2141 2 года назад +8

    1982- Inter rail travelling across Europe with my cousin, bought this single in Paris after listening to it in Italy, this was the times🤩

  • @theway3058
    @theway3058 2 года назад +30

    This was bananas. These synths sound amazing. An played by true player.

  • @flowmaka
    @flowmaka Год назад +18

    Luke my man!!! The cuts you recreate are literally my faves! These cuts were very synth heavy which I absolutely loved! That bass line with the right amount of pitch is key to that sound. Best recreation I’ve heard besides the original! Kudos again my brother!

  • @pmberry
    @pmberry 2 года назад +9

    Never has pitch-bent synth bass felt so good. No wonder Imagination built a whole career around that sound.

  • @GNeuman
    @GNeuman 2 года назад +45

    That bassline is mint

    • @tijay8507
      @tijay8507 2 года назад +5

      The original is FAR better

    • @adamgilbert8474
      @adamgilbert8474 2 года назад +1

      Played on a Wal bass with an envelope filter if my 40 year flashback is correct.

    • @tijay8507
      @tijay8507 2 года назад +3

      @@adamgilbert8474 Nope!

    • @Mr.A_LDN
      @Mr.A_LDN 2 года назад +7

      @@adamgilbert8474 According to Tony Swain it was the Roland sh1000 through a Boss ce-2 chorus pedal and then compressed with a dbx 160

    • @thedoc1210
      @thedoc1210 2 года назад

      stinky as pHk

  • @anthonykay6301
    @anthonykay6301 Год назад +2

    Totally brilliant - I agree with the comment below - I'd like to hear the full, extended version (5 - 7 plus minutes) please.

  • @MrSavantas
    @MrSavantas 9 месяцев назад +2

    Please make a longer version! This sounds fantastic!

  • @yk9mmj
    @yk9mmj 3 года назад +19

    I'm in love with this mix, been listening to it for hours

  • @trevorbrown6654
    @trevorbrown6654 2 года назад +3

    Excellent. The memories this brings back. I think I have the 7 inch single of this in my collection. It's 1982 all over again when life was fun once more and there was plenty of good music like this to go to school to.

  • @scottptolomey3498
    @scottptolomey3498 2 года назад +6

    Love how you just have such cool flow and enjoy playing just brilliant

  • @856dejavu
    @856dejavu 4 года назад +7

    Nice!! Specially, Love that part you played on the Rhodes!! Keep it up👍👍

  • @omarthompson3957
    @omarthompson3957 9 месяцев назад +1

    I play 🎹🎹🎹🎹 .. I know Imagination would of loved this tribute ...... Phenomenal!!!! 👍🏿
    👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
    👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
    👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
    ✌🏿❤️

  • @pascalmarfaing4945
    @pascalmarfaing4945 2 года назад +11

    I love Imagination !

  • @bendennis7730
    @bendennis7730 2 года назад +7

    Just genius - the sound of ‘82

  • @flavioraffa6771
    @flavioraffa6771 2 года назад +1

    These sounds could probably last like an endless loop in my mind, never getting bored

  • @RaulGarcia-rk1hp
    @RaulGarcia-rk1hp 3 года назад +11

    please make the videos more long, you are a genius

  • @morpheusQ
    @morpheusQ 2 года назад +2

    Nice, good sound selection and solid performance... Imagination forever!!

  • @peterbense5650
    @peterbense5650 Год назад +1

    This is an incredible, timeless jam. And I love your interpretation/cover!

  • @carlbowles1808
    @carlbowles1808 2 года назад +1

    Still loving that song 🎵
    Thanks for showing how they did it. 👊👏

  • @MikeUIibarri
    @MikeUIibarri Год назад

    Everything about the 80's. This channel inspires me and my machines. ty

  • @timwood8773
    @timwood8773 2 года назад +1

    You are SO amazing!! Love your style… and your collection of vintage instruments is spectacular!!!

  • @christophgmeiner9701
    @christophgmeiner9701 2 года назад +3

    Why does everything from you sound so much fuller and better than everything on RUclips? Its amazing! Even high quality records can hit your uploads.

  • @marcostena1960
    @marcostena1960 2 года назад

    Bravo !! Pensa che quasi tutti gli strumenti musicali di quegli anni li ho suonati e alcuni posseduti. Io del 1960 nel 1978 già stavo in giro a suonare. Ci portavamo in giro quintali di peso. Erano troppo belli quegli strumenti. Sei molto bravo. 👌👍✋

  • @5starstudiomedia
    @5starstudiomedia 2 года назад +1

    WOW you nailed it! One of my favorite songs of all times. Thanks for sharing

  • @stephaneneron
    @stephaneneron 11 месяцев назад

    That song is one of my favorite fron the 80 era. Nice recreation from the best!

  • @senianns9522
    @senianns9522 2 года назад

    Wow! How did I get here! It's 10pm in Thailand and I'm just reliving this 40 years ago moment!

  • @tricatfilms6136
    @tricatfilms6136 Год назад

    I LOVE this song so much and somehow just recently discovered... thanks for covering it Luke!!!

  • @fubarsweeklund2141
    @fubarsweeklund2141 2 года назад

    😍 1982 Paris- I was Interrailing trough Europe together with my cousin.
    This one was high on the chart during that summer all over Europe and in Paris I managed to get a 45'er (7 inch ).
    Once home it was already off the charts but I still loved it and I still do.
    The baseline is epic.

  • @MagicianPrestoDC
    @MagicianPrestoDC 3 года назад +3

    This is one of the best ! Especially the arpeggios in the end. Please keep going. It's awesome Luke !

  • @4TheMotorist
    @4TheMotorist 2 года назад

    Oh dude, you just gave me chills.
    This was a brilliant movie and this song, wow.
    Im off to listen to the whole song.
    Thanks 4 the upload.

  • @TheGodParticle
    @TheGodParticle Год назад

    Gave me goosebumps, 1982 you totally nailed it. Cheers

  • @trevorbrown6654
    @trevorbrown6654 2 года назад

    If anyone is interested, Leee (yup, that's how he spells it) John from Imagination is doing a gig at Esher theatre in Surrey on October 1st 2022. Considering the gig is called 'just an illusion' it's a fair bet this song will come up.

  • @Daehawk
    @Daehawk 2 года назад

    I was a teen in the 80s. At first I hated synths....looking at you Van Halen. but then they grew on me...stuff like Howard Dolby, Eurythmics, Herby Hancock. And now I miss them so much.

  • @KuroMicra
    @KuroMicra Год назад

    These sounds give me goosebumps. Awesome!

  • @margix1172
    @margix1172 3 года назад +1

    GREAT!!!! The firt 2 Imagination albums are 2 masterpieces!!!!!

  • @LFOVCF
    @LFOVCF 2 года назад

    I stood taking to Leee John at a bar 30 years ago, after he did a set in a night club. lovely guy.

  • @alanmodimages
    @alanmodimages 2 года назад +1

    I love this song! Still in my playlist today. Well done :)

  • @OldTooly
    @OldTooly 2 года назад +1

    I've had a MicroMoog for 32 years and I never got it to sound like that.. Kudos my friend.

  • @Tjoppy
    @Tjoppy 7 месяцев назад

    Well done and great collection of keyboards/synths!

  • @d4ben
    @d4ben 2 года назад

    Absolutely gorgeous, love this so very much...Thank you

  • @englezadeafaceri8509
    @englezadeafaceri8509 2 года назад

    Wonderful and short! Like the life

  • @asklfhjaw8o48934
    @asklfhjaw8o48934 2 года назад

    My eyes bugged out to that phat bass, right, but with portamento. Brilliant. Instant like.

  • @amblin69
    @amblin69 2 года назад +2

    Me quede con ganas de mas Imagination..por favor un album instrumental con todos estos exitos.

  • @TheDavidPoole
    @TheDavidPoole 2 года назад +2

    Imagination (or whoever produced them) were one of the few bands that used the Roland TB303 as it was designed. I always loved that sound.

    • @tijay8507
      @tijay8507 2 года назад +2

      Red bus records in North London

    • @TheDavidPoole
      @TheDavidPoole 2 года назад +1

      @@tijay8507 thanks for that Ti Jay

  • @enrycone
    @enrycone 3 года назад +1

    Great job guy! Me and my son (4 years old) listening for hours and hours!

  • @mancavemusician
    @mancavemusician Год назад

    Oh man, you're absolutely killing it !

  • @gilbertomendes1964
    @gilbertomendes1964 2 года назад +1

    Beautiful! Greetings from Brasil.

  • @joglou7247
    @joglou7247 2 года назад +1

    Mate ! that last solo was worth a million

  • @sergeeternal3778
    @sergeeternal3778 13 дней назад

    Just awesome!

  • @danielcondins5812
    @danielcondins5812 Год назад

    Great cover :-) Wondeful song!

  • @PHOTOGRIFFON
    @PHOTOGRIFFON 2 года назад

    Superbe. Quelle facilité ;-)

  • @leebrowwski
    @leebrowwski 2 года назад

    Great music here. The end with effects communicated the illusion mentioned in the title.

  • @codigoluz5567
    @codigoluz5567 2 года назад

    Siempre se corta en lo mejor... cuando uno ya a cogido la frecuencia del ritmo...

  • @fernandopobletebyfepo4820
    @fernandopobletebyfepo4820 2 года назад +1

    Que hermoso sonido, y añosos recuerdos, saludos desde 🇨🇱

  • @tinchogs594
    @tinchogs594 10 месяцев назад +1

    Esto es excelente me suscribo!

  • @autom0rph_2024
    @autom0rph_2024 2 года назад

    Yeah I got the feeling... You groove man!!!

  • @maximilianoInfinito
    @maximilianoInfinito 2 года назад

    OMG! so much funk oozing from that moog its dripping!

  • @Soundartprojekt
    @Soundartprojekt 2 года назад

    Hi Luke very great Cover with super Sounds

  • @Keyboardhugo
    @Keyboardhugo 2 года назад

    Love this Music. Also love the moovie.

  • @samsamm1045
    @samsamm1045 3 года назад +1

    just amazing !! thanks for sharing ,continue, you do it very well it's sound so funkyyy so good, so right ! pink floyds tee shirt .?

  • @peterjones596
    @peterjones596 2 года назад

    Very nice playing, and also very close...

  • @bigpluck51
    @bigpluck51 2 года назад

    Great work there Luke. You really took me back with that beautiful MultiMoog there. I was more familiar with the MicroMoog until the band I went to play with (Rare Essence) from Washington, DC had a MultiMoog and many other classic synths of yesteryear. I'm sure they're all still locked away in the basement where we used to rehearse. Man how I miss the sound of that thing.!
    -BiG Pluck

  • @georgechops
    @georgechops 2 месяца назад

    Great bass , great song well done :)

  • @Rob_Dekker
    @Rob_Dekker 2 года назад

    Yeeeeeh another successful Friday Funk Jam!
    Thank you Luke and may the force be with you.

  • @keithjack38
    @keithjack38 Год назад

    that is fantastic!!!!

  • @wuukaa9079
    @wuukaa9079 2 года назад

    That's 99.99999% just an illusion!! You are so good

  • @tijay8507
    @tijay8507 2 года назад +2

    You went a long way off at the end but still a nice tribute to Imagination.... the band is still going strong with Leee John as the front man!

  • @NicolasMelis
    @NicolasMelis 3 месяца назад

    that moog bass 👌

  • @mexton
    @mexton 2 года назад +1

    Love it!

  • @ajs41
    @ajs41 2 года назад +1

    The end bit sounded more like Shakatak than Imagination to me. But fantastic video.

  • @emmomartins5383
    @emmomartins5383 2 года назад +1

    l;uv it! the bass slide is a still deeper/longer, congrats!

  • @speakertreatz
    @speakertreatz 2 года назад +1

    your bass is even funkier than the original, so much rhythm

  • @topofthemornintoya
    @topofthemornintoya 2 года назад +1

    Wow those EP parts are genius

  • @vco8450
    @vco8450 3 года назад +1

    Awesome stuff! I need more!

  • @alexandermccarthy
    @alexandermccarthy Год назад

    What a banger this was back in the day!

  • @eiandolo
    @eiandolo 2 года назад

    Fantastic!!!

  • @koolkatfelix9500
    @koolkatfelix9500 2 года назад

    Uh, uh, yeh, yeh!
    Lovely!

  • @BlondieHappyGuy
    @BlondieHappyGuy 2 года назад

    Oh that RODES! Sweet!

  • @bassbeatzproductions8479
    @bassbeatzproductions8479 Год назад

    The moog is just too good !!

  • @jonise2524
    @jonise2524 2 года назад

    This guy has Emulators and everything, Nice !!

  • @maxsweet3000
    @maxsweet3000 Год назад

    Love that Rhodes.

  • @pasromano75
    @pasromano75 2 года назад

    Just wow!!!!

  • @RogerioValgode
    @RogerioValgode 2 года назад

    Great live performance! Love your channel.

  • @kamilajibril
    @kamilajibril 7 месяцев назад

    Ça c'est un pro bravo❤

  • @jorgebenjamin
    @jorgebenjamin 2 года назад

    Stunning!!!

  • @YavuzSavata
    @YavuzSavata 6 месяцев назад

    luv this song❤️

  • @MsKiko2100
    @MsKiko2100 2 года назад

    Amazing.

  • @BEHEDETY
    @BEHEDETY Год назад

    THIS IS THE BEST SONG EVER

  • @markhall6601
    @markhall6601 2 года назад

    Marvellous

  • @demnos2879
    @demnos2879 2 года назад +1

    Awesome as all of your vids. Just wondered why you left out the iconic piano lead on this one?

  • @VintageDual
    @VintageDual 2 года назад

    Love the fat Multimoog Bass . Good Job

  • @Kneichion
    @Kneichion 2 года назад

    Excellent!!

  • @emilyschmanks
    @emilyschmanks 2 года назад

    this is amazing

  • @SergioGarcia-jg3yy
    @SergioGarcia-jg3yy 2 года назад

    Wonderful!!!!

  • @NuclearSnak3
    @NuclearSnak3 4 года назад +1

    Really great man, love your setup too!

  • @TuscanTalent
    @TuscanTalent 2 года назад

    You are an artist!

  • @MaverickM1
    @MaverickM1 2 года назад

    That was awesome!

  • @ridgerider7402
    @ridgerider7402 2 года назад

    Inspirational . Nice work 🙌

  • @templarseries
    @templarseries 2 года назад

    Cool, I love that song, used on fx murder by illusion.