Colin Benders - Reunion - #Eurorack Jamsession & an Analysis by BRiES

Sep 5, 2016 video upload by Colin Benders

"Ever since I came back home I've been pushing out tracks non stop. finally got something of a workflow going it seems. Not looking forward to editing it all later but thats another story.

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2020 Edit:
Still haven't released this track lol. I have been plenty active since I have recorded this track though!"

BHSTS / REUNION by Colin Benders / compositional analysis

video upload by BRiES

0:00 the track
17:33 the analysis

On the larger system:

ER101 & 102 Microtonal Experiment | Modular Mayhem with Colin Benders

video upload by Colin Benders

"Last weekend I was asked to do a full ambient show with no drums, so I got creative with some patch ideas and stumbled upon a feature I had never used before... let's see how deep we can go with this! expect lots of polyphony and wild sequences, things can get crazy today...!

Go ahead and have some fun with the 'Prignalia' stems: https://linktr.ee/colinbenders
You can upload version over there if you want to! _________________________________
Sole but far-from-lonely emperor of a monster 243-module rack, genre-unbound sound explorer, modular mad scientist to the bone, call him whatever you like it’s a fact: Dutch wave-tumbler Colin Benders defies the conventions of so easily tag-slapped electronics as much as his music confronts gravity itself. Untamed and unshackled from today’s main line of tepid production behaviourism, striving in an artistic lane truly his own, Benders has completely veered off the grand street's accepted modus operandi to operate his gear and imagination in utterly innovative fashion.

Having garnered a more than solid experience of the first-hand musician-to-listener experience, Benders keeps on cutting new trails for live electronics, away from drowsy standards and mimetic attitudes. Instead, the Dutch performer pledges to rethink our whole consumption and digestive process of music through lengthy, free-jazz-like momentums to lose your mind and body to. The knowledge and time spent perfecting his craft both apart and before his online audience shines through these patched-up symphonies of boisterous sine-waves, all-engulfing lo-end swells and hair-raising crescendos that have already conquered the likes of Dekmantel, Awakenings, ADE and Berghain. #modularsynth #colinbenders"

IT’S ALIVE!!! My monstersynth is done!

video upload by Colin Benders

"Its done!!! The synth is up and running! after 3 weeks of chaos and many more of evading the task, I finally have the layout I always wanted... time for a quick recap! I'll take you through the steps of how I approached the eurorack design of my monstersynth in this final vlog entry of my build series.

if you're interested in the layout and have a look at the guts of this gargantuan thing, follow these links!

https://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/v...

https://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/v..."

Against The Clock Lab w/ AMyn, Colin Benders, & Sjamsoedin

AMyn - Against The Clock Lab Published on Oct 25, 2017

"Last weekend, we took Against The Clock to Amsterdam Dance Event’s Sound Lab and the results were spectacular. During the event, we had three artists create a track completely from scratch in front of an audience.

First up, Belgian producer AMyn steps up to the plate and creates a soulful hip-hop instrumental."

Colin Benders - Against The Clock Lab

Published on Oct 25, 2017 FACTmagazine

"A modular synth maestro.

After AMyn’s soulful session, modular synth wizard Colin Benders showed us his impressive setup, creating a powerful performance with a wall of modular synth gear."

Sjamsoedin - Against The Clock Lab

Published on Oct 25, 2017 FACTmagazine

"After two great sessions from Colin Benders and AMyn, Dutch producer Sjamsoedin takes the spotlight.

During his 10 minutes, Sjamsoedin creates an experimental jam using an MPC, a vintage synth and a small modular rig."

Colin Benders - Skydive (Eurorack Jamsession)

Published on Apr 10, 2017 Colin Benders

And the 3 hours and 55 minutes making of video "(its a long one so skip to around 1 hr in)":

Modular Mayhem with Colin Benders 16: Song building mode

Streamed live on Mar 28, 2017 Colin Benders

Eurorack Live Streams and Modular Music Videos by Colin Benders

Eurorack Jamsession - First Livestream on my channel!

Streamed live on Apr 22, 2016 Colin Benders

Update: Day 3 live jungle jam added below.

You might remember Colin Benders from the Studio Stekker posts here and here.

"Huzzah!
Got the streaming setup to work (thanks Geert!) so from here on out I'll be doing a lot of streams from my studio while I work on new tracks. Like & subscribe if you feel like joining in on the fun Live. and if you have a feature request for specific modules in my setup, drop a comment below!"

Day 2 - EURORACK CHALLENGE: Only Use The Rejects!

Published on Apr 23, 2016

"So someone came up with the idea to focus a lot around the modules I hardly ever use. Result is this self-regenerating patch that gradually built up over the course of a 1 hr noodling session."

Day 2: Downtempo to 180BPM - Eurorack Jamsession

Published on Apr 25, 2016

"At the end of the livestream things heated up a bit more. what started off as an ambient downtempo jam escalated into full blown 180BPM madness - even into the Tekno territory :-) Scroll to 3/4th of the video for a more fast-paced experience!"

Day 3 - Eurorack Jungle Jam

Cosmotronic Peradam - Sidechained Distortion

video upload by Cosmotronic

"Peradam is an analog distortion module with an internal sidechain, like a compressor's twisted brother. The input signal is split up in a main signal that goes into a VCA, and side-chain. The side-chain is first phase modulated, and then ring modulated by itself, to create a signal at twice the frequency of the original. This signal then modulates the amplitude of the VCA, creating complex self distortions in the main signal.

That output then goes into a dual band drive circuit, similar to the one found in Cosmix, before entering a soft clipper output stage. Things get really wild when you start feedbacking this output back into the input, creating very rich feedback tones.

The module even goes into self oscillation at high feedback levels, producing all sorts of crazy sounds. Modulating all these parameters gives a broad palette of distortions, from subtle saturation to massive clipping and complete destruction.

Need a bit more drive? There's a handy +6dB gain switch on the input for that. A blend slider allows you to further dial in your tones, and mix in the distortion to taste.

MSRP € 270
Pre orders open now
Estimate shipping date: January 2022

For a more musical context please check it out in Colin Benders live set."


Live Setup PT 2 | Modular Mayhem With Colin Benders | S3E14 | Eurorack Jam Sessions

video upload by Colin Benders

About 8 minutes in.

"Modular Mayhem is back!!!!
we'll have a fresh episode and a whole season ahead of us! expect lots of nerding with gear, lots of patches, lots of modular things and lots of music.
All under the watchful eye of the most amazing community I could have wished for. Streampunks baby!"

Modular on the Roof 3 - Colin Benders (Kyteman)

Published on Oct 14, 2016 pyrofiliac

"I invited international conductor and modular synth artist Colin Benders for a live session on the roof.
Colin's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx74...
Live here: https://www.twitch.tv/colinbenders
Check out Colin's orchestra here: https://kyteman.com/"

Modular Mayhem: Midsummer Space Session with Colin Benders

Started streaming 24 minutes ago Colin Benders

Modular + Flugelhorn No.1 - Eurorack Jamsession

Published on May 25, 2016 Colin Benders

"So this happened. Maarten convinced me to bring along the Flugelhorn and play along. I did not expect much of it but it worked out in the end. Also Playing Piano and Flugel at the same time is a hassle."

Update:

Modular + Cello No.2 - Eurorack Jamsession

Published on May 27, 2016 Colin Benders

"Modular and Cello end up going well together."

Modular Mayhem with Colin Benders #11

Started streaming 26 minutes ago Colin Benders

Control Event: Machines In Music 2016 - Full Details

Full details on the upcoming event are in via Control:

"Machines In Music is a 2-day festival that bridges artists, musicians, and instrument builders, with a focus towards modular synthesizer hardware. The exhibition is free and open to the public of all ages.

This year we are proud to host the event at the cross-disciplinary art and performance space Knockdown Center in Queens, NewYork, as well as the DIY community space Trans-Pecos.

Saturday and Sunday daytime exhibitions are free and open to the public with 47 exhibitors displaying modular technology from North America and Europe, as well as presentations by MJ Caselden, Thom Holmes, Colin Benders, Skooby Laposky, Michael Johnsen, Ronald Kuivila and others ranging from histori- cal works to technical design. Visual art from Benton C Bainbridge, Ben Laposky, and Sabrina Ratté will be exhibited during the daytime exhibition. Exhibitors are listed on our website.

Saturday Night’s concert presents live performances from Suzanne Ciani, Alessandro Cortini, Mark Verbos, andTearing Light From Sound.
Tickets can be purchased here: http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?eventId=6908615

Sunday Night’s Wind Down is a chance to showcase a variety of performers from manufacturers to users at Trans-Pecos. Modular Performances by Colin Benders (Kyteman) GIOIA, Jean Marcel Fricke, Keven Michael-Onur Kalaycıoğlu-Żłobnicki, Kodek, Sjam Sjamsoedin and ZV_K.

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Modular Mayhem with Colin Benders

1st video streamed live on Dec 19, 2016 Colin Benders

Colin Benders Live at Amsterdam Dance Event 2016

Published on Oct 25, 2016 Colin Benders

"I did a livestream of my entire ADE performance at de melkweg in Amsterdam. I had been sick as a dog for a week so I took it a bit slow. eventually I couldnt help myself so I brought some chaos in the mix. was fun. lets do it again sometime!"

Modular Mayhem: Finishing this monster tune

Streamed live 5 hours ago Colin Benders

"in fact, lets call it Monster"

Another multi-hour eurorack modular stream from Colin Benders; this one just over 3 hours.

Update: You can find the end result of this session here.

Colin Benders - Monster

Published on Oct 25, 2017 Colin Benders

You can find the making of this tune here.

Modular Mayhem with Colin Benders #3

Streamed live 5 hours ago Colin Benders

Colin Benders - Modular Lockdown! Self Isolating the fun way

Published on Mar 18, 2020 Colin Benders

"With the Corona virus wreaking havoc, I have decided to self isolate for a while. I brought some toys with me and will be streaming while I work from home for a while :) stay safe out there!"

Colin Benders - Modular Lockdown! - Day 2

Published on Mar 19, 2020 Colin Benders

"With the Corona virus wreaking havoc, I have decided to self isolate for a while. I brought some toys with me and will be streaming while I work from home for a while :) stay safe out there!"

Modular Mayhem with Colin Benders #12

Started streaming 43 minutes ago Colin Benders

Let's Patch - Modular Synthesizer Experiments with Colin Benders 3: Derping around with rhythms

Streamed live on May 11, 2017

Four hours of Colin Benders on his modular system. I thought this was one was particularly interesting as he discusses what he is doing as he builds a complex patch from scratch.

"We tried to feedbackloop clocks and found out why we can't directly feedback loop clocks.
We did some Zombienation
We did a lot with clock multipliers/dividers/probability
We found out Circadian Rhythm does not like variable clocks (or variable pulsewidth) but the A-157 does not mind
Zetaohm dropped by in the chat and showed me how to do polyrhythms with his FLXS1"

Live at SUPERBOOTH17 - Performances by Ströme and Colin Benders

Published on Apr 24, 2017 akirasrebirth

"Ströme live at superbooth 2017"


Published on Apr 24, 2017

"Colin Benders live at superbooth 17"