Sasazuka - Modular Synth Live Session

video upload by Senti mental

"Modular synth live session in Sasazuka, Tokyo from July 2022. Fully live set with the addition of some ambient recording from film clips used; f.e. 04:00 min min semi (cicada) started singing in the tree above during my session.
Best listened to with decent headphones or good audio equipment.

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Patch Notes:

Squarp Hermod as main sequencer for Tiptop Audio Ones, 2hp Pluck and MI Rings (arpeggiated).
Tiptop Audio One left plays bass sample (from Pro2), going into Shakmat Dual Dagger
Tiptop Audio One right plays ambient patch (from Pro2) going into Black Hole II with ganular delay.
2hp Pluck into Black Hole DSP, reverb distortion mode
Rings into 4ms Dual Looping Delay creating dense texture
Modulation by Ochd
Out thru Intellijel Mixup into MixPre3.

Sasazuka is an interesting district not far away from Shinjuku. It is a quarter in transit with many changes going on; there are still many old houses around, aswell as their sometimes also very old tenants. Young families are increasingly filling the area, many different eating places and coffee shops are now run by young enthusiastic people and you frequently see foreigners around. According to some people we talked to, the government is obviouly interested in buying as much ground as they can, either for greater living areas or for business improved areas.
This video was recorded on a old trail, that conneted Edo through a small river/ stream with Tamagawa river. Occasionally, you can see the water, which is running all along the path, coming up to the surface under the urban structures, that have over a century been built up on top. At these small creeks, which you can find all over Tokyo, there is a lot of "wild life" going on - birds, beetles, that have dissapeared in other areas, wild bees and frogs etc. In the urban enviroment of today, they are precious outbursts of nature in an otherwise totally controlled city life. Photos in the end taken with Rolleiflex 2.8C, Planar, more on my Instagram."