{"id":3798,"date":"2020-01-29T14:44:59","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T21:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=3798"},"modified":"2024-08-04T19:02:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T02:02:41","slug":"vagabon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/vagabon","title":{"rendered":"Episode 177: Vagabon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Water Me Down&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/SongExploder177-Vagabon-600x314.jpg\" alt=\"Vagabon\" width=\"600\" height=\"314\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/SongExploder177-Vagabon-600x314.jpg 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/SongExploder177-Vagabon-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/SongExploder177-Vagabon-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/SongExploder177-Vagabon.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"monetization\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 300px\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?ge=prx_93_4d287c35-c581-4fa1-86f3-5d3d38bf937f&#038;uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">LISTEN: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/re-issue-vagabon-water-me-down\/id788236947?i=1000660332418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">APPLE<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/58a85de5-7ebb-464c-a13e-9d3008deb3bb\/episodes\/4ef8a8db-926c-46ae-a654-6f3cf83c7e0e\/song-exploder-re-issue-vagabon---water-me-down\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AMAZON<\/a> \u00b7 <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/3YbjAkWMI5t6sX8UK3dt9j?si=5QuNnABiSO2dpIyYzxgXdA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SPOTIFY<\/a> \u00b7 <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/pod.link\/songexploder\/episode\/9076ed9f09e14ee0420ab1ae83b74759\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OTHER APPS<\/a><\/div>\n<p>When Laetitia Tamko started making the second <a href=\"https:\/\/vagabonvagabon.com\/\">Vagabon<\/a> album, she really wanted to produce the entire thing on her own. It would be a new sound, and producing was still a relatively new skill to her, but she wanted to tackle it head on, and do it all herself. On this song, though, &#8220;Water Me Down,&#8221; Laetitia actually has a co-producer, <a href=\"https:\/\/stevesobs.bandcamp.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Eric Littmann<\/a>. It\u2019s the one exception to her otherwise entirely self-produced album. In this episode, she breaks down how she and Eric made the song, and why it was worth making that exception.<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/i\/1466310113\">buy or stream &#8220;Water Me Down&#8221; here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mzFb1z_-Cvw\" width=\"600\" height=\"330\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/vagabon-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Illustration by <\/i><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Lerma<\/a><\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Korg_MS-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Korg MS-20 synth<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Korg_Minilogue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Korg Minilogue synth<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Water Me Down&#8221; LISTEN: APPLE \u00b7 AMAZON \u00b7 SPOTIFY \u00b7 OTHER APPS When Laetitia Tamko started making the second Vagabon album, she really wanted to produce the entire thing on her own. 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