Click here for a number of SoundPage Flexidiscs (flexi disk) sent my way via Ron aka nonbeing. Enjoy. The following is the full track listing:
DISK 1 (One)
1. “Cranes In Their Nest”
Arranged, performed, and produced on synthesizer by Isao Tomita (with Goro Yamasuchi on Shakuhachi)
Soundpage No. 11 (August 1985)
Flip Side: Blank
2. “My Wife with Champagne Shoulders”
Composed, performed, and produced by Mark Isham
Soundpage No. 14 (November 1985)
Flip Side: Blank
4. Flip Side of 3: “An Introduction to the Kurzweil 250”
5. “Sometimes . . . Not Always”
Ralph Grierson
Soundpage No. 20 (May 1986)
6. Flip Side of 5: “The Kurzweil 250 Rock Block – A Demonstration”
Original music composed and performed by Paul Heckert live to 2-track master using Kurzweil 250 presets only.
"One thing that I haven't tried with this synth yet is a good old meditative generative ambient (for those who aren't familiar with the concept, it's a piece of music created itself from an initial set of musical elements and by specific rules defined by the composer and his machine).
So, I created three self-generating patches that play simultaneously at 40BPM and several sequences with modulation frequencies. The three LFOs are now playing ping-pong with each other. Of course, everything follows predefined rules to avoid a complete mess. They just "modulate together" in harmony. It's basically FM synthesis. But FM can be hazardous, eventful or even crazy. It takes time to reach something pleasant and relaxing.
The Novation Summit and the Novation Peak do have a strong FM engine and these synths can be turned into a modular synthesizer. Then I just had to add some real-time effects on everything and off we go.
It might sound easy, "you just ask the synth to play music for you", but there is a lot of preparation that goes into making it all work. It's far from easy. I mean, anybody would do it overnight otherwise. In fact, you can't just snap your fingers, it often takes more time than creating a new song from scratch. But the result is totally different as you can hear. It is therefore more of an exercise in style. Something that I've always wanted to try and I've had this synth for three years now (almost to the day).
Although, my cup of tea is more about creating melodies than planting a seed and waiting for it to germinate, hoping for the best and wrapped in some technical demo. But when it works, it can be very soothing. I almost fell asleep the first time I listened to the final result^^
It's so much fun though and I'm still a big fan of the genre. It creates something different than usual. Something fresh and unpredictable. So, for those who have 20 minutes to spare, I invite you to use headphones, close your eyes and meditate with me in the ethereal world of procedural music."
Novation Summit - Generative ambient & FM synthesis (part 02)
"Just another try with something a bit weirder and some floating notes on the Push. I turned the comments off because I don't want to be like "buying your interest" but if you wanna share something, don't hesitate to do it on part 01 and I'll answer to you with great pleasure.
"'The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you'. (Neil deGrasse Tyson)
As far as I'm concerned, 2025 will have been marked by the rise of a musical movement that defines me, that suits me. A movement that I arbitrarily named Brussels School, in a very unmodest homage to the Berlin School movement.
For me, electronic music must above all be a piece that takes you on a journey, a piece with a soul that tells a story, not a technical sound demo or some random AI soup...
So, let me remind you how I define this movement. And again, I'm not claiming it's new or exceptional; it's simply the style of electronic music I like to produce and listen to. The album in early 2026 will simply be the conclusion of all my work in 2025.
'Brussels School' can be defined in this way: "haunting and captivating electronic music. A fusion between trance music and electro-ambient. Hypnotic vibrations that transport you. A paradoxically warm and cold magnetism, a refined sound that lulls the listener into a long, minimalist, repetitive and yet captivating and trippy rhythm"
Headphones 🎧 recommended
My Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/artist/3MAeb...
My Bandcamp : https://nolake.bandcamp.com/"
"'One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.' (Bob Marley)
Whatever the style, whatever the reason, music unites us under the same banner, the same freedom, the same language. A unique, universal and strange language.
"Such a weird game. Hated by some and idolized by others. But he leaves no one indifferent. And it is an inspiration for new musical creations.
Remixing one of the original tracks wouldn't have made much sense, so I went for a completely new mood and I came up with something totally different but with my signature sound.
"What is Brussels School? I have no idea… but if it existed, I would like it to sound like this.
Something languorous yet captivating.
Electronic yet organic. Deep yet light.
This track can be found on my latest album 'Speaking of Analog', available everywhere. Feel free to ask for free Bandcamp key, just contact me: nolake.music@gmail.com
Headphones 🎧 recommended
The album is composed primarily of analog instruments. This track features a Summit layer, but (and few people know this) the Summit is equipped with analog filters and analog VCAs, so we are not completely far from the initial idea :-)"
"Just a few words to let you know that I'm still here. I'm currently working on the new era of my music. It's heading in the direction I wanted it to go. I introduced you to the concept of Brussels School, which means everything and nothing, and I realize that it's ultimately something that suits me.
So what's next? I'll gradually introduce you to jams based on this concept. Rather long pieces that take the time to establish an atmosphere. Something absorbing, bewitching, with a hypnotic and almost insidious rhythm. Something along the lines of "Illusion" or "Hypnosis," which were two of the channel's top three hits. I take this as proof that I'm on the right path.
As explained three weeks ago, there will no longer be videos every week. They will arrive when they arrive. The long-term idea is to rework all these jams to create a real album centered around a single philosophy, but this is another story for later.
Wishing you a great day! See you soon.
My set up:
Ableton Live 12
Novation Summit
Moog Sound Studio
(Moog DFAM)
(Moog Subharmonicon)
(Moog Mother-32)
Ableton Push
Novation Launchkey 49
Akai Mini
Sonicware Liven 8Bit Warps
My Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/artist/3MAeb... My Bandcamp : https://nolake.bandcamp.com/ My Soundcloud : / frederic-kuyl "
"This is the long version of my latest short. I thought the M-32 sequence was interesting so I decided to add the Subharmonicon to the party and create a proper piece of it. I hope you will like it. Headphones recommended."
"'I am merely a conduit, a kind of big hairy tool. I am just a plastic funnel connected to a Moog.' (Vangelis)
The full description of the 'Brussels School' project can be found in Day 1.
This second jam offers a slightly different, more downtempo with a touch of atmospheric ambient.
I wanted to close the year with the best of myself. I don't think I've ever been so psychically invested in a jam. I am in love with both of these machines. Nothing less, nothing more.
I wish you all good times with your family and friends. Cheers everyone, Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to all of you!
"Trying to forge a movement, a style, and stay true to the original plan is not easy. The more I work on it, the better I understand it. The more I'm around it, the more I appreciate it. Next year's album is slowly taking shape, note by note. Emotion after emotion. Improvised jam after improvised jam.
A demo of a effect sound i made, Under the Name The Abyss, its a strange sound. And only the EX5 can achieve this type of sounds, I used no external FX for this and there is almost no layered tracks, mostly one continous recorded track. I used the AWM/FDSP engine for this, Cheers!
Yamaha EX5 Demo The Abyss
2. Public Transport (Yamaha EX5 Demo)
A ambient track, where i mostly use my Yamaha EX5, and most specifically a sound i made under the name Transporter, which kinda sounds like a bowed string instrument, where i used the FDSP synth engine. I also used my Korg M50 and Kawai K5000s for some more layered sounds. All the sounds were made by me.
