Illangelo producing & mixing ‘After Hours’ by The Weeknd

Join us at OCL studios in Alberta for the second MWTM series with Illangelo! In this instalment, the Grammy award-winning producer and engineer gives you a detailed mix walkthrough of ‘After Hours’ by the Weeknd. With the Ableton session open, he explores every element of the complex project, demonstrating his workflow and revealing innovative techniques along the way. You’ll see how he used a plethora of tools to build an immersive soundscape with pristine vocals that cut through the instrumental. He shares his elaborate vocal chains, shows how he automates a variety of effects to occur at specific moments, and goes through his mix buss step by step. You’ll learn how he enhances clarity with filters, groove with intricate side-chain compression, and movement with modulation. Further to imparting his methods, Illangelo also discusses the inspiration for the record and its production process!

[marcusherbold]

The Weeknd & Illangelo are a match made in heaven.

[overflowbeats]

Something I learned. Soothe is industry standard and its so refreshing to see something other than Pro Tools for once.

[nidarshshetty]

i think its safe to say AFTER HOURS is one of the best produced songs;album ever

[maurov]

This guy's work in Trilogy is just perfect

[hummarstraful]

A lot of people don't get it. MWTM is the most phenomenal mixing/engineering site in the world. These series can be up to 4 hours long. The producers/mixers are the cream of the crop from around the globe. Best money I ever spent!

[DonnyJ]

This dude's like a mad scientist of music! Amazing depth of knowledge and application.

[itaibarak]

He's a GOAT for using Ableton for Abel!!!

[frankreynolds]

Unbelievable song. Unbelievable production and ear for a specific sound by this man. Hope to keep seeing him and Abel working together in the future.

[kylespeller]

Big fan of illangelo and the weeknd. Looking forward to watching this!!

[nnn-prvr]

When I first heard the trilogy I was trying to find out who produced those masterpieces, cool to finally see the producer behind the art!

[Truid]

Very interesting to see him mixing inside of Ableton. I always thought past v10, with the updated Utility, Ableton was starting to shine in the mixing realm. Great video!

[haakem]

This was actually a dope lesson. Most def worth the money 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[andrewzack]

He's been with the weeknd from Day 1

[westeggrecords]

man, i'm so hyped with this one :)

[thuglifeforeverbiyach]

Man this video looks like a puzzle for a diamond 💎

[RealProEntertainment]

I NEED MORE WITH HIM AND MORE RAP ARTISTS!!! PLEASE GET 40 !!

[jamalfuego]

Getting a membership for Mix with the Masters just for this

[gabrielsoriano]

appreciate all these videos, thank you

[Onlyclickz]

wow i look up how to remix this on youtube and you're the first video and im also in Calgary!!! Thanks bro subbed

[thegroove]

Yer man the mixing stage is where its at. Get that sorted then the mastering will be a piece of cake.