MATRIXSYNTH

Sweeps - Missing Pieces

via marko:

"the new Sweeps album cd "Missing Pieces" is out now.

In the appendix you can find some nice album artwork

http://www.myspace.com/thesweepsmusic"

Out with the kids

Out with the kids from Uralove on Vimeo.

"Me, jamming with my silver boxes." TR-606 and TB-303

Marshall Allen and the Steiner EVI

via vgermuse: "photo from the NY Times of Marshall Allen, 85, at the Abrons Arts Center in NYC playing an early version of the Steiner EVI (all analog). The reviewer writes, "He also coaxed loopy frequencies from an electronic valve instrument, making use of a pitch-modulator knob; its timbre suggested a steelier, less vocal-sounding theremin." He is the focus of the Vision Festival happening this weekend in NYC." Update: here's a link to the article in the NY Times.

Note Marshall Allen played with Sun Ra in the Sun Ra Arkestra.

"Mr. Allen, who turned 85 last month, has been a member of the Arkestra for more than 50 years: he joined the ensemble almost at its origins, spearheading its reed section and faithfully minding the various edicts of its namesake leader. When he took the helm himself in the mid-1990s, after the deaths of Sun Ra and the tenor saxophonist John Gilmore, Mr. Allen set his sights on continuity. He has kept the band together and working, with one eye trained on the legacy of an expressly future-oriented music."

Modular sequencer

via Davide

"Planned and drilled today. Yesterday 's night the firmware was made in bed :) Next step: connect everything and go!!! (the design is original, based on Arduino)"

Working the Moog Voyager Touchpad

YouTube via Oxix52
"Here, I play a bit with the touchpad on the Moog Voyager. I used LFO from the CP-251 to modulate the filter and wave shape while the built-in LFO modulates the pitch with a square wave. The Korg EMX-1 provides a simple kick drum to provide a beat which the LFO is synced to."

Quick Voyager demo

"This is a quick(and sloppy) improv on the Voyager over sequences coming from the DSI MEK and Nord G2X. The Korg EMX provides the drums. All original patches and sequences."

Genoqs Octopus Vampire Youtube 2

YouTube via Oxix52

"The Octopus is driving a Moog Voyager, a DSI Evolver keyboard, a Nord G2X, and a Korg Electribe. As usual, just playing around...."

Genoqs Octopus Vampire and Kore 2

Train to Utrecht - The [Law-Rah] Collective

YouTube via amsterhamster
"The [Law-Rah] Collective creates heavy atmospheres with self built analog synthesizers that are quite soothing, yet somehow foreboding at the same instance. At other times, the collective uses more intense noise based electronic sounds creating increasingly aggressive tracks that are still quite easy to become absorbed by..."
"homebuilt modular (MFOS and CGS modules) as well as a little MFB sound."