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The Synth and I: "The World's Gonna Spin With or Without Me"
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The Synth and I. Obsessions and Excursions into Synthesis and Sound. Wednesday, March 4, 2015. The World's Gonna Spin With or Without Me". Recently electronic music auteur Richards James (aka Aphex Twin) posted over 170 (so far! Isn't that surprising if you know how he operates. Update: The User487363530001 soundcloud page has been removed: WATMM has archived the tracks for download here:. Http:/ forum.watmm.com/topic/85636-richard-d-james-soundcloud-a-gift-to-the-fans/page-274#entry2286407. I recently d...
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The Synth and I: Buchla Beatz... LoFi Style
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The Synth and I. Obsessions and Excursions into Synthesis and Sound. Sunday, November 16, 2014. Buchla Beatz. LoFi Style. Like this - can lead to an environment that encourages a higher level of creativity and, god Forbid, FUN. We "recorded" many of our shows and even studio tracks on toy tape recorders, cassettes, and even old tube reel to reel players using found or improvised microphones. The goal wasn't to get pristine audio quality or a perfect take; the idea was to capture something. Perhaps in a f...
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The Synth and I: August 2015
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The Synth and I. Obsessions and Excursions into Synthesis and Sound. Friday, August 7, 2015. Noise Annoys. or not? I should be working on finishing the nice quiet ambient Music For Isolation Tanks. CD but this is what happens when you have so many cool instruments in the studio begging for attention:. Two Beat Blues by David Talento. The one-of-a-kind Vision Well was calling my name from the corner. Mondo Locto, Noise Swash. Buzz, Fizzle, and Fuzz on! Links to this post. Music For Isolation Tanks. Legion...
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The Synth and I: October 2014
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The Synth and I. Obsessions and Excursions into Synthesis and Sound. Tuesday, October 7, 2014. An Artist, a Gentleman, a Cheshire Cat. Geoffrey Holder (1930- 2014). I remember my first road trip to NYC with some friends in college. While seeing the sites we stopped in one of the fancy department stores. As a bunch of scruffy college boys from central PA we were promptly (and probably deservedly) given the stink eye by the staff and patrons. Well, he had that. Sure enough, I had the autograph of Geoffrey ...
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The Synth and I: June 2015
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The Synth and I. Obsessions and Excursions into Synthesis and Sound. Monday, June 8, 2015. Does more than create and play electronic music. In this NPR Tiny Desk Concert. He shows how much fun being a dorky, geeky, beautiful human machine can be. He's also very creative in his choice of tools and in this performance he brings out a midi controlled acoustic Piano. Contrast this to my phone grabbed pic from his most recent tour where he tried out actual robotic triggered acoustic drums as well:. ETHERra VI...
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The Synth and I: November 2014
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The Synth and I. Obsessions and Excursions into Synthesis and Sound. Sunday, November 16, 2014. Buchla Beatz. LoFi Style. Like this - can lead to an environment that encourages a higher level of creativity and, god Forbid, FUN. We "recorded" many of our shows and even studio tracks on toy tape recorders, cassettes, and even old tube reel to reel players using found or improvised microphones. The goal wasn't to get pristine audio quality or a perfect take; the idea was to capture something. Perhaps in a f...
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The Synth and I: Ambient Tease...
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The Synth and I. Obsessions and Excursions into Synthesis and Sound. Wednesday, December 17, 2014. My first "Electronic Music" project was under the name Music For Isolation Tank. S in the early 1990s. I released a homemade cassette tape and sold it via mail order and local shops. It was recorded on a stereo cassette deck (I later upgraded to a Tascam Porta05. A few years later I made my first intentional album during a move from one tiny apartment to another (hence the name "Exile"). Legion is a human o...
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The Synth and I: How to and Why...
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The Synth and I. Obsessions and Excursions into Synthesis and Sound. Monday, May 4, 2015. How to and Why. Electronic musician's are notorious for liking and creating obtuse, experimental, and downright uncommercial. This Season's first Episode. And hick punkish manifestos " Stuart. The two videos from this series show just how sophisticated that "unsophisticated" veneer really is. The series focuses on two videos; one of the " Artist. And one of the " Production. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Vicmo...
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The Synth and I: February 2015
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The Synth and I. Obsessions and Excursions into Synthesis and Sound. Monday, February 23, 2015. Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo. Fame gives a tour of his studio in LA and explains backwards masking to the masses. Cool Hunting Video: Mark Mothersbaugh's Synth Collection. Links to this post. Monday, February 2, 2015. I've been working on a post about Susan Ciani for a few weeks. In the meantime, here's one reason why. I am working on a post about Susan Ciani. Full info on this excursion here:. Links to this post.
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The Synth and I: Game, Set, Bleep, Bloop...
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The Synth and I. Obsessions and Excursions into Synthesis and Sound. Thursday, September 11, 2014. Game, Set, Bleep, Bloop. Environmental sound has been used as long as man has been creating music. Drums mimic heartbeats, mutes on horns mimic voices, everything from the demons of hell ( Saint-Saens Danse Macabre. Have been invoked or actually produced to flesh out scores and performances. James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem. Teamed up with Tool designer. And his team to come up with an interactive self gener...