Tate Sedar Digs Up His Past and Drops It Into a Drum & Bass Drop

"Take It All Back" was an unfinished demo that spent a year collecting dust before being revived by an unlikely hero on the radio.

While some songs fall into oblivion, this one nearly met that fate.

This song's beginnings included a melody, a few nostalgic chords, and one vocal sample which created an awesome drop before it was abandoned. It was originally created by Tate Sedar for a collaborator who went silent after receiving it. Therefore it remained on the producer's hard drive for a year.

Then something fabulous happened: it was played on Tomorrowland's One World Radio by Laidback Luke. Sedar was indeed encouraged to finish the song by him.

And it's such an interesting song. “Take It All Back” begins in the electro house genre that used to be popular in the 2010s – the kind of sound being called complextro by Porter Robinson. The producer was a teen when this type of music started being popular, so that’s what he has always thought about while making his music.

Before anyone even realizes it, the track takes a right turn and shifts into drum & bass, a genre he acknowledges he had to pick up completely from the beginning. You can tell he really worked hard for this track, and that’s what makes it charming. The signature pop guitar sound can be heard. You can hear hyperpop glitching at the sides. There’s a female voice that combines it all.

Moreover, his record label has an interesting backstory. Big Fish Recordings, home to Zedd, Lucky Date, and Porter Robinson, has been known to Sedar since he was in high school and addicted to YouTube and SoundCloud. And now his song has joined the famous lineup.

His bio is long and rather impressive: born in San Francisco, spent seven years in London, and got a chance to perform at Virtual Rave-a-Thon in 2020. However, the song tells the story better than the biography. It's a story of getting to finish things you leave behind.

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