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Saturday, March 23, 2019

Music for Hard Times [Episode 128]


Published on Mar 23, 2019 CatSynth TV

Anyone ID what's below the Buchla?

"We return to the Luggage Store Gallery in San Francisco for a performance featuring Music For Hard Times - Paul Winstanley and Tom Nunn - plus special guest Thomas Dimuzio on modular and other synthesizers.

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Music For Hard Times is a duo with Paul Winstanley, electric bass with multiple effects pedals, and Tom Nunn, original experimental instruments such as space plates, electroacoustic percussion boards and various "skatch" instruments. MFHT has worked together since 2010 and has recorded over 200 sessions, from which nearly a dozen limited run/online CDs have been produced as well as a published CD, "City of Cardboard," and a vinyl record, "Giant Powder Dangerous." MFHT has performed in the Bay Area at venues including Center for New Music, The Makeout Room, [etc.]… In 2015, MFHT was invited to perform as part of the Sudden Sound Festival at the Krannert Art Center in Urbana, Illinois, as well as performing at Experimental Sound Studio in Chicago. Paul’s sounds range from staccato noises to a vastness of sustained tones, using refined implements and highly developed techniques that, at times, defy recognition. Nunn’s space plates, skatchboxes, Lukie tubes and harmonic rods bring a truly unique sound universe to the group that variously blends with, complements and contrasts the “expanded” electric bass. "Music For Hard Times never hit the listener over the head in order to get their attention. They simply get down to the Zen of their other worldly duo exchanges, and, if one is inclined to go along, one will surely find much intrigue." - Mark Pino

Paul Winstanley is an improvising electric bass player from New Zealand who specializes in extended techniques for that instrument. In addition to trying to make his bass sound like electronics he is interested in making electronic music that sounds like natural environments. He has several solo projects including Sci Hi (electronic feedback), Speed Cook (music from sound samples and non-musical sounds) and The Complete Recordings (artificial simulations of field recordings). Paul lived in Auckland, New Zealand for 10 years where he was part of the growing local and national experimental/improvising music scene, playing in groups w/luminaries like instrument inventor Phil Dadson, percussionist John Bell, radical concert brass band The NZ Dominion Centenary Concert Band, folk icon Fats White, abstract electronic supergroup Plains and improvising electronic trio Audible 3.

Tom Nunn has designed, built and performed with original musical instruments since 1976, having received a B.Mus. and M.A. in music composition from the University of Texas at Austin and S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook, and post-graduate work at U.C. San Diego. His instruments typically utilize commonly available materials, are sculptural in appearance, utilize contact microphones for amplification, and are designed specifically for improvisation with elements of ambiguity, unpredictability and nonlinearity. Tom has designed and built well over 300 instruments, representing three basic types: space plates, electroacoustic percussion boards, and skatchboxes. Nunn’s work with experimental instruments since 1975 is thoroughly reviewed in Sudhanshu G. Tewari’s doctoral dissertation, “Confluence: Tom Nunn’s Sculptured Musical Instruments for Improvisation,” University of California Santa Cruz, Dec. 2017.

Thomas Dimuzio is one of unsung artistic figures whose influence and abilities have substantially outstripped his visibility. Composer, multi-instrumentalist, sound designer, experimental electronic musician and recording studio owner, Dimuzio has been busy doing his thing(s) since the late 1980s with critically acclaimed releases issued by the legendary house of audio misanthropy, RRRecords and former Henry Cow drummer (and current Dimuzio collaborator) Chris Cutler’s well-regarded ReR Megacorp label. Equally fluent in a nearly every contemporary post-techno style, Dimuzio’s work clearly demonstrates an insider’s knowledge of older experimental musical forms such as musique concréte and electroacoustic, as well as contemporary ambient-industrial and noise. Thomas Dimuzio has performed and recorded as a solo artist and collaboratively with Fred Frith, David Lee Myers, Dan Burke, Due Process, 5UU'S, Matmos, Wobbly, and many others."

Friday, August 04, 2017

How to play Joy Division Decades , with Vodka


Chris-Cook
Published on Aug 4, 2017

"I did take this down , but had requests to re upload"

Hopefully this one will stick. You can find some other videos from Chris-Cook previously posted here. Unfortunately quite a few have been removed. People don't remove your videos! Someone out there will enjoy them and they are bits of synth history people in the future will appreciate.

Friday, July 14, 2017

Trying to do Are Friends Electric , when on Vodka and cant sing ,


Published on Jul 14, 2017 Chris-Cook

This should get some views. :)

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Update: more just went up:

OMD ALMOST cover , by obviously novice lol

Published on Jul 14, 2017

"Cant sing I know , but puts song into perspective , couldnt play Vox sample live as cant sing and play same
time"

Why I love my little Korg M500 Micropreset so much

Sunday, June 25, 2017

25 June 2017


Published on Jun 25, 2017 Chris-Cook

ARP OMNI 2, KORG Micro-Preset, Clavia Nord Electro 5, and Boss DR-55 pumping out some Joy Division style sounds.

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Custom White Joy Division ARP OMNI 2

Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.

via this auction

Video of this one posted here.

"Ok , where do I start , as you can see its a bit tatty , thats because , ive put this one together from spares , as I buy ARPs and repair them , well I ended up with lots of spares , and a body that was so bad with rust etc , I thought why not just for my self a JD tribute spare , so when I get a Omni in for repair , I can just use this to put other boards in to see if they are at fault etc ,, so I sanded it down and sprayed it white anyway this is fully working apart phaser switch not working on Synth section when selected , which I personally never use when just synth is selected , so didnt bother , it is fully recapped , although upper string board is roughly recapped by previous owner of that board , only looks untidy , he had a few shorts , which I corrected , and it works , as in photos keys are rough condition , in appearance , dull , scratched , marks etc but work , so as you can see im not expecting much , im having a clear out to make room , so selling a few more vintage stuff including Roland cr78 , , maybe a lovely Arp pro dgx too. Please arrange own pick up service etc ,
SEE VIDEO of it , I have my own Youtube channel , just put in Chris Cook Arp Omni 2 , joy division and you will soon find a little bold headed drunk buffoon doing JD , OMD , synth repair videos etc etc heres link , this vid is about 4 months old https://youtu.be/19LXIUtihhE [above]"

Friday, April 07, 2017

Joy division , new order Drunk In a lonely place cover on Arp Synths , of course


Published on Apr 7, 2017 Chris-Cook

Thursday, February 02, 2017

Chris-Cook - First Recording in New Studio w/ an ARP Quadra, Odyssey, Axxe & OMNI 2


Published on Feb 2, 2017 Chris-Cook

Can you recognize the track?

All ARP synths & Roland CR-78 for drums. Check out the custom white OMNI 2 at the end. KORG Micro Preset in there as well.

Thursday, December 15, 2016

Custom White Joy Division Arp Omni 2 Progress


Published on Dec 15, 2016 Chris-Cook

"Sorry memory ran out later on i found lots of bits of solder shorting resister network legs from whoever recapped it before plus shorts on those caps"

Saturday, July 30, 2016

ARP QUADRA , ARP ODYSSEY , UNDERPASS JOHN FOXX


Published on Jul 29, 2016 Chris-Cook

Saturday, June 25, 2016

ARP QUADRA , ARP OMNI 2 , ARP AXXE , ARP ODYSSEY , OMD MESSAGES COVER


Published on Jun 25, 2016 Chris-Cook

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Are Friends Electric on ARP synths cover , lots of mistakes ,


Published on May 31, 2016 Chris-Cook

"Excuse mistakes , hadnt rehearsed enough to my own backing track , im novice with guitars too incase you cant tell lol"

Still pretty awesome in my book! :)

Sunday, May 22, 2016

Gary Numan Down In The Park on ARPS & MELLOTRON


Published on Dec 30, 2015 Chris-Cook

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Chris Cook Seaboard RISE composition for the The Abbey Road Institute


Published on Mar 15, 2016 ROLI

Monday, May 19, 2014

Chvrches: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert


Published on May 12, 2014 NPR Music ·549 videos

Update: make that ALTO, not LTO. Only one previous post on MATRIXSYNTH. Synths include the DSI Tempest, Mopho x4, and Teenage Engineering OP-1.

Update 2 via Chris Haynes in the comments: "That ALTO is controlling a Moog Minitaur for the bass drones."

"For a brief moment, I imagined hearing Chvrches perform "Recover" or "Gun" with a couple of acoustic guitars and perhaps a shaker or two. And, though these songs would surely stand up well when broken down and bared, I'm thrilled that Chvrches came with a small arsenal of synthesizers to perform a few highlights from last year's album The Bones of What You Believe.

Seeing these now-familiar earworms executed up close was nearly as much a campfire moment as an acoustic set might have been, except the flames burned brighter. Lauren Mayberry's voice felt powerful and vulnerable, while Iain Cook and Martin Doherty kept those memorable synth lines bubbling underneath. The result works as a perfect introduction to the Glasgow trio, but also a reaffirmation of talent and longevity for those already love with the band. --BOB BOILEN

Set List

"Recover"
"Gun"
"The Mother We Share"

Credits

Producers: Bob Boilen, Denise DeBelius; Audio Engineer: Kevin Wait; Videographers: Denise DeBelius, Olivia Merrion, Stephen Thompson; photo by Meredith Rizzo/NPR"
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