Mood jam with the Elektron Analog Rytm MkII, Korg MS-20, Meris LVX

video upload by Jay Hosking

"A live synth jam performed entirely on hardware.

The origin of this song comes from my friend Vincent's awesome new ambient album, "every day a part". (Check out more of his stuff at https://chonker.bot) Vincent was putting together a remix album and I was happy to participate.

Here, I took four or five snippets of a song, pitched them up, and rephrased them into a melody via the Rytm. Then I added drums and bass, with some additional sample manipulation for atmosphere. For the structure of the song, I simply chained some patterns and muted/unmuted as needed.

The track felt like it needed some melody, so I added the Korg MS-20; the MS-20 is one of the few synths that it makes sense to play with the filter resonance cranked up. To add space and dimension to the melody, I added the Meris LVX doing an ambient delay thing, closely based on one of the presets. I haven't explored the LVX too much so far, but I really like a lot of what it has to offer, especially in its flexibility of routing.

Altogether, it ended up a moody, thoughtful piece, and I hope Vincent (and you!) like it.

Elektron Analog Rytm MkII - Samples, drums, bass, texture
Korg MS-20 into Meris LVX - melody/lead thing

Performed and recorded live, with EQ, compression, and limiting on the master.

https://jayhosking.bandcamp.com"