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The production on Underscores‘ latest album is crazy, and it really demonstrates a certain sound I’ve been trying to identify for a long time.

it’s a “sound“ or “feel” that is also present in Dijon’s music and is charactized by sounds having a lot of dimension, character, and each sound cutting through the mix without competition somehow

It’s hard to verbalize, but her music does a few things:

1. Depth: the sounds don’t just feel wide, they also feel long(?) like, the snare in “Innuendo (I do)” feels both wide and also like it extends both forward and backwards around me
2. Fullness: It feels like the entire spectrum of frequencies is filling the space but it never feels muddy. Nothing feels thin, from vocals to bass, it feels round and 3D
3. Bass: The bass feels deeper and wider than most bass, but also still bright somehow? It almost feels like she used stereo widening, but isn’t that like “forbidden” on bass (at least sub 200hz)? Is it layered sub with another sound? I can’t tell

Is it parellel compression and stereo width on every sound?

is it a skill of mastering reverb and panning until the dimension “clicks” into place?

is it a mastering thing?

is it a plugin or practice that I dont even know about?

please let me know, lol