DX5 playing Yazoo "Don't Go" (updated)

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See DX5's original cover including how it was created here.

"Extracted from the live streaming aired on October, 2th. This is an update of the version done twelve years ago, with improved lead sound. (There is some color saturation in the picture due to the analogue video capture device used for live streamings)

Gear used:
Roland JP8000
Emu Emax II (containing Simmons SDS 8 toms previously sampled by me)
Backtrack previously recorded in Pro Tools, track by track.
Original song composed by Vince Clarke.
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."

DX5 playing DM "The Landscape is Changing"

YouTube Uploaded by DX5 on Sep 28, 2011

"Gear used:

Left: Roland JP8000
Upper: Emu EMAX II HD
Mid: Emu Emax I
Lower: Kurzweil PC1x
Left; Yamaha DX7

All sounds synthesized and sampled by myself, or belong to my sampler libraries. (Some of the samples -wood type ones- are coming from a Roland JX8P)

Backtrack recorded with Pro Tools. JP8000 time sync'ed with it

Original track composed by Alan Wilder"

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DX5 Playing Talk Talk "The Party's Over"

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"A song from Talk Talk's debut album that I've been playing on some of my live streamings, recorded as an isolated cover now.

Gear used:
Roland JX-8P (5th riff)
Emu Emax (JX and Kurzweil samples)
Emu Emax II (Emu and DX7 samples)
Backtrack previously recorded by me, track by track, on Pro Tools, including Simmons SDS8 for toms.
Original song composed by Mark Hollis, Paul Webb, Simon Brenner, Lee Harris.
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."

DX5 Playing Trans X "Living on Video"

Premiere in progress. Started 2 minutes ago Published on Nov 19, 2019 DX5

"Rendition to one of the most influential disco tracks ever.
Recorded at first shot, therefore some mistakes can be found.
Gear used:

Emu Emax: Filtered lead (sampled from the JP8000).
Roland JP8000: left hand bass sequence (yes, I like to suffer playing live :) and right hand triangle lead/ saw solo (done my own way).
Roland Promars MRS-2: Bassline (triggered from Pro Tools, so I could tweak faders and knobs)

--- Backtrack previously recorded on Pro Tools including:
--- Arturia Jupiter 8V for the arpeggio style background sound).
--- Casio VL-1

Song composed by Pascal Languirand.
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."

DX5 Playing Bomb The Bass "Milakia"

Published on May 13, 2016 DX5

"Gear used:
Yamaha DX7.
Kurzweil PC1x
Access Virus TI Snow (triggered with my left hand).
Backtrack previously recorded in Pro Tools.

A song created by Tim Simenon and Martin Gore during the "Ultra" sessions (mid 90's) that was included in Bomb The Bass "Back to Light" album (2010). Original version available at !K7 online store.

Composed by Tim Simenon, Martin L. Gore.
Performed by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."

DX5 playing Talk Talk "Living in Another World"

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"Tribute to Mark Hollis, one of the most creative minds in music ever.
Gear used:
Yamaha DX7 (Harmonica preset)
KORG CX-3 organ w/ foot switch ("Leslie" slow/fast)
Kurzweil PC1x.
Backtrack previously recorded by me, instrument by instrument, on Pro Tools.
Original song composed by Tim Friese-Greene / Mark Hollis.
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."

DX5 playing Bronski Beat "Smalltown Boy" (single version) cover.

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"Updating a song I had already covered years ago. This is the instrumental single version.
Played on an E-mu Systems Emax containing samples previously recorded by me from a Roland JX-8P (pad) and Yamaha DX7 (harp lead).
Backtrack recorded on Pro Tools, including Kurzweil PC1x strings.
Song composed by Bronski/Cole/Somerville.
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."

DX5 playing Depeche Mode "Blue Dress"

Published on Aug 2, 2018 DX5

"Played with some minor variations (specially in the lower piano part). I also included the isolated instrumental final part.

Gear used:
Roland JX-8P
Emu Emax II (Kurzweil and library samples).
Kurzweil PC1x
Backtrack recorded from scratch in Pro Tools
Composed by Martin L. Gore.
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara"

DX5 playing Depeche Mode "Clean"

Published on Sep 5, 2018 DX5

Gear used:
Roland MRS-2 Promars.
Roland JP8000
Emu EMAX II.
Backtrack recorded on Pro Tools.
Composed by Martin L. Gore.
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara.

DX5 playing "Warm Leatherette" (The Normal)

YouTube Uploaded by DX5 on Aug 9, 2011

"Covering an experimental track from late 70's originally by The Normal (Daniel Miller) that also was the first "Mute Records" release.
Recorded at the very first take (without rehearsing)

If you didn't know the song, it can sound very repetitive, but once you listen to it several times you will enjoy it. Be sure to check Daniel's original one too.

Gear:
Upper: Emu EMAX II HD (with Kurzweil and Roland JP8000 samples)
Mid: Roland JP8000
Backtrack recorded in Pro Tools featuring JP8000 and Simmons SDS 8 sounds)

Composed by The Normal (Daniel Miller)
Performed here by DX5 (Jose Maria Bara)"

DX5 playing Imagination "Just an Illusion" cover

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"Instrumental (as always) cover song. Recorded at the first take (thus some timing offsets).
Gear used:
Roland JP8000: Reso lead sound.
Kurzweil PC1x: Rhodes and piano sounds
Backtrack previously recorded, track by track, by me, including Roland Promars MRS-2 (bassline) and Roland JX-8P (extra synth layers and pads).
Original song composed by Ashley Ingram, Leee John, Steve Jolley & Tony Swain.
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bará."

DX5 playing Alphaville "Dance With Me" (edit cover)

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"This is the first take, first time I played it on its entirely after practising section by section only, hence some variations can be found. Gear used:
Left: Kurzweil PC1x
Right: Roland JX8P, Emu Emax
Backtrack previously recorded by me on Pro Tools. All sounds were synthesized and sampled from my own synths, including a Yamaha DX7 II FD for the bell sound (which seems they used for the original track).

Original song composed by Marian Gold, Bernhard Lloyd, Ricky Echolette.
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."

DX5 Playing Live on Saturday: My favorite covers

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"Gear I am playing with tonight (upper to lower):
Left: Roland Promars MRS-2, Roland JP8000, Kurzweil PC1 X.
Right: Roland JX-8P, Emu Emax, Emu Emax II.
Backtracks previously recorded by me (DX5 Jose Maria Bara) track by track, in Pro Tools."

DX5 Playing Depeche Mode "PEACE"

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Gear used:
Left: Roland Promars MRS-2. Roland JP8000.
Right: Roland JX-8P. E-mu Emax.
Chorus variation (Emax) intentionally done as watermark.
Backing track previously recorded, track by track, by me.
Original song composed by Martin L. Gore.
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara.

DX5 playing Erasure "Sometimes" cover (Update)

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"Updating an instrumental cover I had already done years ago.
Gear used:
Roland JX-8P
Emu Emax
Emu Emax II
Backtrack previously recorded on Pro Tools, track by track, by me.
Original song composed by Vince Clarke/Andy Bell
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."

DX5 playing Depeche Mode "And Then"

Published on Sep 26, 2018 DX5

Gear used:
Emu Emax I and II (Emu libraries, my own libraries and some Kurzweil sampled sounds)
Yamaha DX7
Roland Promars (Bassline)
Kurzweil PC1X (Acoustic guitar)
Backtrack pre recorded on Pro Tools.
Composed by Martin L. Gore
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara

DX5 Playing RAF "Self Control" (Laura Branigan vers).

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"An excellent Italo dance anthem, composed by Raffaele Riefoli (RAF), Giancarlo Bigazzi and Steve Piccolo, covered here with the arrangements featured on Laura Branigan's version (which includes a lot of DX7 on it). The electric guitar doesn't fit much as on the original song; sounds a bit dimmed on the intro. I should have post produced it a bit more, but just did this on a hurry :)

Gear used:
Roland JP8000 (Slow attack filtered intro chords).
Kurzweil PC1x (Sampled guitar, fill chords, fast attack distorted sound)
Roland JX8P (filtered pad).
Emu Emax 1 (Programmed bell type sound, directly sampled from my DX7, including a second layer for the extra verse).

Backtrack previously recorded, track by track, on Pro Tools. Including Roland TR808 (intro drums with some random miliseconds delay) and a Yamaha DX7 for the bassline.
Peformed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."

DX5 playing Kraftwerk "Computer Love" cover

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In memory of Florian Schneider 1947-2020.
Gear used:
Emu Emax II (SE Synthesis sound).
Backtrack previously recorded (track by track) and sequenced on Pro Tools.
Composed by Karl Bartos, Ralf Hütter, Emil Schult.
Performed here by DX5 Jose María Bara.

DX5 playing New Order "The Perfect Kiss" (Video version) cover

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"New Order 'The Perfect Kiss' cover, as featured on the official video version.
Gear used:
Left: Roland JP8000 (triggered live from Pro Tools).
Right: Emu Emax (upper). Roland JX-8P (lower)
Backtrack previously recorded on Pro Tools, track by track, by me using the Kurzweil PC1x massively for Hook's bass sounds and a DX7 for the first "metallic" sequence that goes along the whole song. There is also an unknown frog sampled for the middle section (05:35​).
* Composed by Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Bernard Sumner.
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."

DX5 playing Depeche Mode "Shame"

Published on Jul 24, 2018 DX5

"This cover is a kind of combination of the studio and "Live in Hamburg" versions. Some lead sections were pre-recorded because I am not an eight arms octopus yet (but soon) ;)

Gear used:
Roland MRS-2 Promars (bass)
Roland JX-8P (Synth flute)
Emu Emax II. (Arco Strings and more..)
Composed by Martin L. Gore.
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara.
(for those that didn't know the song, that annoying flute is a part of it)"