the magnetic bug never stops talking

Published on Aug 6, 2015 pianoloft

Great mood kicks in after :50.

"a lot of oscillators are interacting at the magnetic bug, which is built by folktek ( http://folktek.com/instruments/Insect... ). there are magnetic points to change the connections of the oscillators and some knobs to manipulate the unique and not really predictable soundresults. sometimes a delay (echopark by line 6) is added, and later on a casio sa-46 starts, run through a pitch shifting effect of the roland sp-404sx and the EHX memory man."

musik aus dem koffer von martin kratochwil

Published on Oct 2, 2012 by pianoloft

"electronic music devices, packed in old suitcases, called 'musik aus dem koffer' (suitcase music). the components are considered as a sytem of single modules, put together for a whole setting, played like one instrument. in that case circuit bending devices from folktek (microgarden, omnichord), hellrunner synth, a modified synth by manufactured ZR30 and a feedback connection with korg od20 and alesis bitrman are working together.

the video is taken by my art-partner max lorenz at the wabi-sabi pavillion ( http://wabi-sabi-pavillion.blogspot.co.at/ ), music and dance-sequences by martin kratochwil.
have fun !"

edith lettner und martin kratochwil dezemberimprovisation

edith lettner und martin kratochwil dezemberimprovisation 1
Published on Dec 21, 2012 by pianoloft

"a quiet and fragile improvisation with saxophon player edith lettner. the sax is run through a kork kaosspad 2 and a memoryman from electro harmonix. roland gaia synth is also used. electronics: martin kratochwil."


edith lettner und martin kratochwil dezemberimprovisation 2
Published on Dec 21, 2012

"some improvised music with saxophon-player edith lettner. the sax-sound is run through a korg kaospad 2 for spontaneous sampling and through a memoryman delay from electro-harmonix. yamaha pss-100, modoiied by squidfanny, and roland gaia synth are the other devices. electronics: martin kratochwil"

roland gaia going crazy

YouTube Uploaded by pianoloft on Feb 3, 2012

"there are crazy things, one can do with the ROLAND GAIA SYNTH. here you can here a distorted gaia lead sound, in combination witk KORG ER1 and EM1, ROTA SYNTH, SHERMAN FILTERBANK and a PIANO."

weird sound generator wsg

Published on Dec 18, 2013 pianoloft·244 videos

"the weird sound generator in that special form (built by subtle noise maker: http://subtlenoisemaker.com/ ) includes a poti on the right side, that deceases the current. it´s a nice instrument with a warm and powerful sound and a lot of surprising possibilities.."

clicking cracking screaming madness

Published on Mar 5, 2017 pianoloft

"Gijs Gieskes built that crazy analog hard disk synth. which is based on a hard disk drive. a contact mic is used to amplify the sound, which is created with those mechanical movements, you can watch, and the sound is run through a boss OD 20 distortion unit, am ambience reverb (tc electronic M300 and echo park delay."

the postcard weevil and other strange sound devices

Published on Nov 12, 2013 pianoloft·225 videos

"the main instrument of this setting is the postcard weevil ( http://www.bugbrand.co.uk/ ), a very smart and small synth with a neverending range of sounds. there are 3 squarewave oscillators, which are combined in two ringmods. small dials - one is a starve dial - and body contacts alter the signal flow. there is also the noisebrick by dr. moonstien ( http://www.youtube.com/user/drmoonstien ), run through the rainbowmachine by earthquaker devices, and a crazy circuit bent casio keyboard with a great comics design, created by dementia labs:
( http://www.youtube.com/user/SuperRoss007 )."

magic drone _ a psychodelic soundtrip

Published on Feb 1, 2013 pianoloft·177 videos

"the "optical noise brick", a handbuilt synth by dr.moonstien ( http://www.youtube.com/user/drmoonstien ), run through the pitch shift effect of the roland sp-404sx. a lot of nice frequencies are created with that combination - a real psychodelic soundspace"

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the future fish

YouTube Published on Aug 19, 2012 by pianoloft

"there was a big dark fish, i met in the aquarium of barcelona.
the music is realised with darkstar xp2 by redsound and the noisemachine by drmoonstien."

the magnetic bug is eating your soul

Published on Nov 1, 2013 pianoloft·218 videos

"the 'magnetic bug' by folktek ( hhttp://folktek.com/instruments/Insectan ) is one of the most extraordinary instrument i know. the oscillators interact by connecting magnetic contacts, creating a soundfield of permanent changing artefacts. there are also knobs influencing the tuning of the connections. the design is unique - wooden case, big old knobs and very special materials, creating a kind of individual character, as so as the 'plastic world' never took place."

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trumpet of noise

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YouTube Published on Jul 10, 2012 by pianoloft

"that circuit bent instrument is built by drmoonstien (http://www.youtube.com/user/drmoonstien/videos). i packed it into an old travel case with a nice mirror inside and it fits very well. for the video i combined it with dementia dm1, running through a boss sl 20 and rainbow machine to add some noisy backgrounds and pulses. it´s a real wonderful beast, that noisy 'trumpet wodden synth creation'."

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white silence - omnichord and zapcase

white silence part one _ the omnichord


white silence part two _ omnichord and zapcase

Published on Oct 15, 2013 pianoloft·212 videos

"useing the dam drum 2.0 by bleep labs, run through the alesis metavox, a casio sa-20, modified by dementia labs, which i call zapcase because of the special design with some trashy comics and the omnichord, modified by folktek, combined with memory man by electro-harmonix."

http://bleeplabs.com
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DSI evolver

Published on Apr 1, 2014 pianoloft·258 videos

"the evolver by dave smith is a very useful machine, with an agressive sound, and if you get close to its functionality, it is not difficult to get nice sounds and sequences. korg er1 and korg em1 are combined with an evolver-line, and an atmpsphere created with the roland sp 404SX."

fragile soundscape

Published on Jul 28, 2015 pianoloft

"slow and quiet pice, realized with a casio sa 46, run through a korg kaospad 2 and a roland sp 404 sx, ueseing a pitch shifter effect, and a memory man delay"

rolling eternity

YouTube Uploaded by pianoloft on Feb 24, 2012

"a rough and hypnotic groove, created with KORG ER1 and EM1, a monotonous sequence with ROTA SYNTH and SHERMAN FILTERBANK, a dirty sound constructed with ROLAND GAIA SYNTH, a piano and the idea of a piece of music, which could go on and on and on forever.
infos about my paintings: http://martinkratochwil.blogspot.com/"

soundclouds with the omnichord ( folktek-version )

Published on Jul 31, 2015 pianoloft

"the omnichord, modified by folktek, owns touch points to produce and manipulate tones and sounds. the result is run trough a pitch-shifting effect of the rouland sp404sx and a delay (echopark by line 6).
info: http://folktek.com/instruments/symbio..."

the magnetic bug _ an insectoid

Published on Jan 12, 2013 pianoloft·172 videos

"the music is played with the magnetic bug, an handbuild synth by folktek, from the insectan family ( http://folktek.com/instruments/Insectan ), combined with roland gaia SH-01 synth, a piano and a kaos pad 2 for some live-sampling."

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tape attack

YouTube Published on Jul 20, 2012 by pianoloft

"music is created with roland gaia synth, rota synth by trax, sherman filterbank, korg er1 and that crazy noisemachine, handbuilt by drmoonstien (http://www.youtube.com/user/drmoonstien/videos )."

the magnetic bug _ talking alien

Published on Jan 11, 2013 pianoloft·171 videos

"the magnetic bug by folktek, talking to a piano, combined with a korg kaos pad 2."

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omnichord and rainbow machine _ melting sound

YouTube Uploaded by pianoloft on Jan 7, 2012

"a hypnotic soundscape, improvised with the omnichord (modified by FOLKTEK), and routed to the rainbow machine by earthQuaker. the rainbow machine is a strange effect device, which adds basic polyphonic harmonies from a 4th down through a 3rd up and every atonal pitch in between. a special function, called "magic", creates wild pitch take offs and descend’s, chaos chorusing and other random results."

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