Sleep Whispers (from DJ M)
How we wrote it and the story behind it
DJ M was the name Ananta chose as his pseudonym, originally. But over time, DJ M’s character became central in the story on Meig’s album (in the process) later called Sleep Whispers from DJ M.
“Please DJ all around the world, I need your help to find my baby”
Listen to Sleep Whispers by Meig
The song was, at first, packaged in the Rock-Shoegaze genre. But Ranti, one of the producers of the song, described it as “unpleasant and not pop enough”. In rehearsals, Ananta plays guitar with chords around the Eb major chord to the Abm, Fb and Gb chord that is identical to rock song progressions, and by adding a matching guitar melody lick, it’s still not enough to make this song “light and pleasant” to hear.
Then, by taking a different mixing step, plus re-taking all the guitar parts, this song ended up satisfying us enough to create something that was almost “shoegaze” and still pleasing to the ear. Ananta is also the vocalist in this song, and the vocal mixing in this song is designed as close as a sleep whisper, like the title of the song.
Over time, this song became the initial foundation for the album “Sleep Whispers from DJ M” which tells the story of a character named DJ M and his life story in the galaxy. The writing session on this album isn’t finished yet, but we’re sure it’ll be done in the near future.