We’re back after a brief blogging hiatus, with more cats and synths.
From gaetano di giorgio on YouTube, via this post on matrixsynth where you can see more videos.
If you are not familiar with Club of the Knobs (and I wasn’t), you can find out more here.
Handsome bengal cat poses next to a Roland synth that I had never heard of until now. Via matrixsynth.
“The Roland RS-101 is a 61 key string synth, which also includes a brass section. Being a string synth, it is fully polyphonic, but programability is limited. This is in pretty decent condition, and comes with a flightcase.”
Presumably, cat not included.
Via Paul Appliancide on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge.
I only know “Klee” to refer to the artist Paul Klee, whose work I admire. I was not familiar with the Klee sequencer module until now. It looks pretty intense.
From paul mungru on YouTube, via matrixsynth. Spot the kitten!
The DX7 a sonic legend. I have made this synthesizer my project for over 20 years. They said it was impossible to program. They were wrong. Its different but once you know the major sound shapers.
There is no pure synth in history that can surpass what a DX7 can do straight from its own engine. As always 100% DX7 sounds.
I still have a Yamaha TX81Z and TX802 in the studio, but rarely if ever used these days. Part of it is the tedium of programming, though a good editor/librarian can take care of that. It would be interesting to combine the TX81Z and analog synths in the same composition, something that was rarely if ever done in the 1980s.
From Keith McMillen Instruments (KMI), via matrixsynth.
“To celebrate the 1 year anniversary of QuNexus, KMI is proud to announce the QuNexus Video Contest.
For full contest details visit: http://www.keithmcmillen.com/QuNexus/contest.
Coincidentally, I just acquired a QuNexus, but I don’t think I will be participating in the video content. But if you have one, you should. And if your entry includes a cat, send it our way (either via the contact button or leaving a comment here) and we’ll repost it 🙂
From Hernán Baldi on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge.
“That cat has one nice Yamaha CS30L.”
Note the box on floor for both “Micro Moog” (sp) and Moog Prodigy.
Via matrixsynth.
Spot these synths (every costume color plays a different track):
– Nord Modular G2
– Nord Rack 2
– Korg Kaoss Pad Mini
– AcPad Guitar Prototype (acoustic guitar with drum pads and MIDI controllers)
– an Electronic Drum Kit
– Bilbo The Cat 🙂ROLE FOR GOLD is the first single of the upcoming SYNCHROTRON E.P. by the Berlin based one-man-band joint venture of drummer Sebastian Arnold and Robin Sukroso on guitar.
Slipping into the colourful roles of different electronic instruments, the two instrumentalists discover a golden place in the summer heat.
Concept: Arnold+Sukroso
DoP & Editor: Paul Alpha
Camera Assistant: Jonas Niemann
Set Manager, Costume Design & Make Up, Catering: Chrissi
Music written by Rainer Hirl
Music produced by Sebastian ArnoldPart of ‘Synchrotron E.P.’, Release 09.05.2014
Thanks: Location Reitwein, Boris, Tine Margot, Helene Cat Bilbo
No animals were hurt during production (except mosquitoes).
Today we look back at Reconnaissance Fly’s recent performance at DUENDE on Oakland. DUENDE is a venue and tapas restaurant/bar that has been quite supportive of the new music community (I have been remiss in writing reviews for some of the other shows I have seen there), and also has delicious food and wine.
The patatas bravas are simple but delicious. The Tempranillo was quite nice as well.
The performance itself was fun. We had a good audience, mostly filled with familiar faces but that is always welcome. And we premiered a couple of new pieces, Spirograph by Polly Moller and Undeciphered by Tim Walters, which featured text in the undeciphered Linear A script (go look it up). Here are some views from the show.
[Photos by MSW.]
Yes, I deliberately matched the color of the Nord.
Rounding out the band as always were Rich Lesnik on reeds and Larry the O on drums.
We are now busy working in more detail on those pieces and at least one more new one for our next show at the Makeout Room in San Francisco in early May.
