Studio recording - Roland JX-8P synthesizer & Juno 6 / 2

Espen Kraft
Published on Jan 3, 2017

"A studio recording in session. Preparing the last track for my forthcoming synth-pop album due february 2017.
I'm auditioning sounds for the track while multitracking as well. Tonight I was going through the sweet Roland classics JX-8P, Roland Alpha Juno 2 and the Roland Juno 6 for sounds. All analog classics.

This album will be a homage to all my childhood synth heros, bands and artists that've inspired me throughout the years.

Some of the tracks will be instrumental, but most of them will have vocals in various degree.

Listen to more of my music on:

http://www.espenkraft.com
https://soundcloud.com/espenkraft

My tracks pay homage to all synth.pop acts of the 80'ies like Howard Jones, Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys, New Order, Thompson Twins, Tears for Fears, Ultravox, OMD, Euryhmics, Duran Duran, Giorgio Moroder, Jean Michel Jarre, Jan Hammer, A-ha and many more.

A use mostly old gear on my tracks and among them Roland Juno 6, Alpha Juno 2, D550 and JX-8P. Korg DW-8000. Roland TR-626 drum machine. Yamaha DX7 and TX802 and drum machine RX11. I use the Novation Mininova as a vocoder on all my tracks. Effects are usually handled by Strymon and TC electronics. Sampling is done on my E-MU ESI-4000 and I mostly use that for drums."

And one more minus the synth spotting:

Atomic Winter | KRAFT | Music Video 2016

Espen Kraft
Published on Nov 25, 2016

"A little colder synth-pop with inspiration from the 80s and groups like Alphaville, Depeche Mode and A-ha.
Using two excellent synths from that era, the Roland Alpha Juno 2 and Yamaha TX802 for all sounds except the drums. Drums used for this synthwave track is Roland TR-626 and Simmons SDS8 and Yamaha RX11."