091102 Headroom

in the premise of this set there’s a rather simple technical idea, to create an instrument with one oscillator, filter and FX’s, that “sequences” solely by 3 LFO’s. no keyboard attached. while working on it, a second oscillator joined and one basic step sequencer for more rhythmical action.

i used the Ampere Modular macros made by Chet Singer in the Reaktor User Library. An amazing work, inspired by the Nord Modular virtual analog system.

all the sounds in this session created by the different versions of this instrument and mixed down in Ableton Live.

p.s.
for reaktor users, the ensemble (wt “elef-oh”) is not yet ready to be published in the user library, but those who like to give it a test drive can send me a note.

13:09 min.
 

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090730 reconn

things went lalala lately. the summer. the light. also, as the Jam goes public, it loses much of the roughness around its edges. so it’s just possible that ‘reconn’, a nervous drone, dynamic and very loud, is a one step back to abstract basics.

i realize how un-sexy it is to tell the world how you technically make your art. so i try to do it without really doing it. because writing a little poem alongside the music can be even more pathetic.

i want to say that Kore2 is the best hands-on interface i came across until now. as soon as it’s wired to my favorite instruments, it’s just a dream to perform.

have i mentioned – it does get loud.

 

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090608 KBCycle

yo! another day another upload. you sure didn’t expect that to happen.

i pushed record while giving this new setup a first test drive. mingling on with Terminal Glitch and yet another new resident in the bottomless reaktor library: cirklz, sonictwist’s beautiful granular delay. more of the oriental sound and microtuning experimentations.

not too many hooks, in this agressive session. just plain knob-ride the good old acid way.

excited by the Open Jam on thursday. make sure you’re paying us a visit if living in the area!

11:25 min.
 

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090606 CaptainZorna

long time. in which i have managed to start a band, seeing it breaking apart, having my website wiped out from the server.. and all the way back, as you see, i’m alive and posting.
this one called CaptainZorna after the sound that comes around the 3rd min. that sounded like Zorna (Kurdish instrument?) to me. plus, a little tribute to plastikman, those who know, know :) it’s all made with multiple instances of this genius piece of work: “Terminal Glitch”, a reaktor ensemble by Dean Lowe.

05:50 min.
 

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090510 fmfunk2

going back to the fmfunk from february with this spacey euphoric revision. i will not attend to the next Live user group in Berlin (May 12th) but might be able to stream Live performance of this set from the hotel in Hockenheim . . . !

04:04 min.
 

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090430 gravl2

human after all.

02:50 min.
 

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090228_1 tempelhof

as winter loosens grip, Substance G comes back to the Jam, brings some self-crafted instrument racks loaded with samples, together with his waldorf pulse, to this tensed, somewhat industrial, as always dark set.

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11:45 min

 

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G + me go melo… a little interlude.

04:52 min

 

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090228_3 the deeper

… featuring Leonard Cohen

05:28 min.

 

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090223 haus im walde

yesterday night. hotel room somewhere in the middle of germany (small, picturesque. i asked 4 times today “so.. where are we really?” and somehow my brain refuses to save this name. i only know it’s somewhere close to Köln!) more Live8 beta resulting neat minimalist percussive sounds that max up my cpu.

from the woods…

07:23 min

 

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