Archive for November, 2008
Time to put up the first music preview. This track was made back in 2002 together with Rvaggelen in one sitting. I guess this would best be described as tech house… After the long intro there are some sweet vocodered vocals from the ever wonderful Tori Amos.
Korg has put out some very cute (i.e. tiny) USB MIDI controllers a while ago that are worth a mention. It’s a series of very affordable and portable controllers, consisting of:
1) Rotary knob / fader combo
2) Twelve-drumpad controller (like the pads on AKAI samplers)
3) Two-octave piano keyboard
The controllers are small indeed but knowing it’s Korg they can’t be bad. At least they won’t take up much of your desk space :)
Each one of these will only set you back EUR60 max! Looks like a perfect set of kit to include in your laptop carrying bag too.
Click to visit the Korg Nano series website
Also sold online by Thomann Cyberstore
Dutch techno legend Jochem Paap - aka Speedy J - has launched an interesting concept: harvesting sound bits and parts of tracks from producers in the Soundcloud community to use for his upcoming album. An interesting way of using your unfinished tracks as a starting point for new material, anyone who is a member of Soundcloud can send in their material. Soundcloud is open for free registration to all which means basically anyone can compete. The Open Collabs website states that it accepts “[…] synth jams or loops you ended up ditching because they didn’t work, or parts of tracks that you got stuck with […]”. The sample material is all in the techno / ambient / electronic style with the main focus on 4/4 techno. The website states that all material sent in will be treated as raw material, so it might end up different than you intended.
If this sounds interesting to you: signing up is free and easy: just follow both links in this post and follow the instructions within each site. I know that I will definitely send in some material and see if it is accepted and turned into something new or exciting. Should your material be used in the final production it is good to know that you will receive a share of the profits that the Open Collabs album generates.
Some fresh new music is out and I caught it! Almost in time… Robert Babicz has released a nice three track EP called Dark Flower on Audiomatique, a sublabel of Pokerflat. My favourite track of the EP is Joris Voorn’s remix of the track. The main reason for this is the really groovy bassline that the remix has. Robert Babicz’s personal site has some nice DJ sets up for streaming that are well worth listening to.
Click the play icon to listen.
Another great tune missed upon its release: Matthias Meyer’s Reichenbach. Released on the liebe*detail label together with Ndru’s strangely titled track, A Pony Named Clipklop, back in 2005. I first heard Reichenbach in James Holden’s DJ set at Doornroosje and was pretty excited to find out what it was called. Thanks, Google! Anyway, a pretty minimal track that starts with only a few basic sounds plus a short-delay transformed stab then has some sweepy synth sounds added halfway to really get it going. Upbeat and of course with that lovely untz to it. Click the play icon to listen.