"Shai Yallin is a cross-genre keyboard player, composer and producer from Tel Aviv, Israel. Combining influences from his roots in proto-electronic music and progressive rock, he has been making music in his home studio and with bands since the early 2000s. His past work includes keyboards, arrangement and engineering with progressive rock band Solstice Coil, and composition, keyboards, arrangements and engineering with electo rock project Salvya. Currently Shai is active as a solo electronic music artist under the moniker electricmonk, as well as handling keyboards and arrangement duties with Subterranean Masquerade.
"Behind the music of Frenzy Jones and Dope Buzz is Victor Atanasov. Victor has been involved with the electronic music scene for more than a decade and has worked with the likes of the featured female vocalist on Prodigy’s hit single Smack My Bitch Up, as well as with Prodigy’s engineer. Victor’s music has been played numerous times on the biggest radios such as BBC Radio 1, Kiss 100 among others with great feedback from some respectable names in the music scene and business. In the recent years Victor has experimented with new sounds and genres with synthesizers and drum machines. We chatted with Victor on how he uses Sequential instruments in his music."
"This piece was premiered on April 10 on Modular World Spotlight Belgium hosted by Johno Wells, San Diego, SoCal.
You can watch the entire show here: [below]
I was honored to curate this show with the help of Jan De Block from Modular 404 : https://modular404.com
Unfortunately I can't remember what the patch was exactly.
Just follow the sound.
For best sonic quality, please use headphones or nice speakers."
"We return with another SPOTLIGHT show, this time setting our sights on the vibrant scene in Belgium. Curated by Jerome Mardaga (THAMEL) and Jan De Block (modular404), this line-up goes deep in almost every direction and will leave you wanting to visit Belgium! Jerome will also be co-hosting the show with Johno.
00:00 - Pre / post show music from Tangled Waves, and their new release, 'Space'. https://tangledwaves.bandcamp.com/alb... Tangled Waves is a Franco-Estonian electronic modular synthesis / audiovisual duo, formed in London and based in Montreal. Alien worlds, impossible creatures, blinking space machines, live performance and one take recordings... What could possibly go wrong? ________________________________________________________ 07:17 - Show starts / welcome / introduce Jerome Mardaga
2:08:24 - THAMEL 2:20:04 - Chat with THAMEL https://www.instagram.com/jeromemardaga/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClFe...
2:25:05 - WRAP-UP / THANK-YOU / ANNOUNCEMENTS 2:27:32 - Post show music from Tangled Waves (info above at start of show) _______________________________________________________ Please visit https://modular404.com/ Jan De Block curates an ongoing compilation of modular artists performing 6:44 tracks. The project started in 2018 and has proven to be a mainstay of the modular community. Check it out. ________________________________________________________"
"Next in our Dreamsynth Sound Designer Spotlight is Julie Kathryn (@IAmSnowAngel)'s composition based on her sounds, 'I AM SNOW ANGEL X DREAMSYNTH.' Her presets are part of the collection of over 1100 included in Dreamsynth, created by our "Dream Team" of pro sound artists. Stay tuned for more and check out #Dreamsynth at the link in our Profile."
"Portland band The Graduating Class describe their sound as "Anderson .Paak and Daryl Hall going on a three week bender in Quincy Jones’ studio." Stylistically, the group blends modern production techniques with tonal and songwriting influences from the 1970s and 80s, and guitarist John Queant serves as the lead producer on every song.
This video spotlight features John Queant with the Prophet Rev2 and Prophet-5 synthesizers.
"LA-based musician Shibo is a loyal Sequential user, creating and recording his own samples in a unique & profound way. Better than words, he enjoys recording himself live, performing his production process in order to share it with his community on Instagram and Twitch.
This video spotlight features Shibo and the Prophet Rev2 synthesizer.
"Gene Paul Gayol is a songwriter, composer, producer, keyboardist and has participated in Latin Grammy & Golden Globe winning projects. He has also performed or recorded with Platinum & Grammy award-winning recording artists. More recently GP’s keyboards can be heard in the Disney film Encanto.
Avenoir, a band made together with his friends during the pandemic, released their debut record New Year’s Day 2022 and features the Prophet-6 & vintage Prophet-5 synthesizers.
"Jon Solo began playing the piano at four years old. In his youth he went on to become a top ten finalist in The International Young Keyboard Artist Competition, and a regular cast member of the television show Music Magic, which was regionally broadcast and filmed in Seattle.
Solo was awarded a scholarship from Cornish College of the Arts where he earned his Bachelor of Music in Jazz Piano. He moved to New York and began cutting his teeth playing in renowned Jazz Clubs throughout the city. In the last 11 years he’s been a regular band member for Angus and Julia Stone, Brett Dennen, Passenger, and Dope Lemon, playing sold out world tours and major music festivals, such as Coachella, Bonnaroo, Governor’s Ball, Outside Lands, Hang Out Festival, Austin City Limits, Bumbershoot, Osheaga Festival (Canada), Rock Werchter (Belgium), Pink Pop (Netherlands), Hurricane Festival (Germany), Montreaux Jazz Festival (Switzerland) Falls Festival (Australia), and many others.
Other career highlights include national television performances on The Dave Letterman Show, Jay Leno, Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, Craig Ferguson, Good Morning America, and The CBS Morning Show.
In 2017, Jon Solo created Naneum, an ambient-piano based project. Since then, he’s released four full length albums and one EP. He was recently featured on NPR’s regularly broadcasted Echoes with John Diliberto, playing a live concert and interview. In 2018 he performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland and licensed a song to Apple, which is on the iOS in the photo memories section.
We chatted with Jon on how he uses the Prophet-6 in his music"
"Bryn Bliska is a musician, composer and producer based in Brooklyn, NY. Her sound merges a childhood soundtracked by ’90s pop and R&B jams with her jazz training and affinity for technology. Her creative mission is to support historically marginalized and underrepresented people and to amplify their sounds and stories.
Bryn frequently collaborates with artists & producers across many genres, including Jacob Collier, Karol G, Rozzi, Lawrence & Sofi Tukker. She has scored video & podcast projects for the New York Times, NPR, TED, and the Getty Museum, writes for Universal Production Music, and received the ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award in recognition of her composition Bilateral.1. She is also a co-founder of nu.wav, an independent sample label distributed by Splice. Her Splice Originals sample pack, “Soul Jazz With Bryn Bliska,” reached the Top 10 of the Splice charts in Spring 2020. She also sound designs for Reason Studios.
Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Bryn graduated magna cum laude from Brown University in 2014 with a degree in Neuroscience before spending a year as a Graduate Research Assistant in Tod Machover’s Opera of the Future group at the MIT Media Lab.
We chatted with Bryn on how she uses the Prophet Rev2 in her music"
"Dr. Tara Rodgers (Analog Tara) is a multi-instrumentalist composer and historian of electronic music. She is the author of Pink Noises: Women on Electronic Music and Sound (2010) and several essays on the history of sound and synthesizers. Her music includes recent techno EPs on 1432 R (DC), several self-released albums, remixes for Beauty Pill and Le Tigre, and a compilation release on Move D’s Source Records. She has presented music and public lectures at MUTEK, Ableton Loop, and many other forums.
We chatted with Analog Tara about how she uses Sequential instruments in her music."
“Les” — Progressive Soul. This is a mellow and melodic groove built around the warm textures of Prophet X electric piano, tasty B3-style organ, a lush synth pad, and punchy synth brass.
It’s no secret that the Prophet X is Sequential’s most ground-breaking evolution of the Prophet yet. With an ultra-powerful synergy of two simultaneous 16-bit, 48kHz sample-based instruments plus two high-resolution digital oscillators — all processed through analog filters — it covers a vast expanse of sonic and stylistic territory.
To test the limits of what the P-X could do in the hands of one of our most talented artist friends, we asked keyboardist/composer/producer J3PO (Julian Pollack) to stretch it in every direction possible. He responded by unleashing his creativity on five original short pieces, inspired and created entirely by the Prophet X.
We share them with you here — proof that the Prophet X can take you anywhere.
2. Prophet X Showcase With J3P0 - Tribal Feud
'Tribal Feud' — Cinematic. Equal parts tension and release, this piece is a mini master class in film scoring. It features breathy Prophet X choirs, orchestral-style percussion, sparkling acoustic guitars, and silky synth strings.
3. Prophet X Showcase With J3P0 - Home With You
“Home With You” — Americana. The spotlight here is on an expressive, crystalline solo acoustic guitar, complete with hammer-ons and subtle, slide-type embellishments. This is the Prophet X at its most expressive, with its tonal richness and nuance on full display.
4. Prophet X Showcase With J3P0 - Neon Skies
“Neon Skies” — Synthwave. With a moody 80’s-style cinematic vibe, this piece showcases powerful Prophet X drums, thick synth bass, a swirling synth pad, and an anthemic synth lead.
5. Prophet X Showcase With J3P0 - Thunder
“Thunder” — Experimental Trap. A moody showcase of synth build-ups and breakdowns. On display here are sizzling Prophet X electronic drums, tuned percussion, atmospheric pads, and soaring synth leads.
"The Korg OPSIX is under the lens for this edition of our video spotlight. After flipping through a few presets we get into showing some of the hands on capabilities that were once unheard of in the realms FM synthesizers. With dedicated controls for all of the most important parameters and an added multimode filter, the path to worlds of experimentation has been laid bare!
On top of the extra sound design features there are also key internal additions; 32 voice polyphony, powerful effects engines, sequencers and arpeggiators just to name a few!
Nightlife Electronics is a shop based in Vancouver, British Columbia that specializes in the sale and service of the world's finest drum machines, synthesizers, eurorack modules and samplers. Visit our online shop to see what we have in store or if you are in the Vancouver area please stop by and try some amazing synths in person!
"Corbu is the music and visual art made by a grown-up choirboy-turned-psychonaut, and a hairstylist/lyricist who had barely touched an instrument until she was playing on a Jumbotron at Austin City Limits. Jonathan Graves and Amanda create dirty, electronic dreampop as a kind of medicine, trying to lure their audience deeper into their own subconscious while giving them something to sing along to. Jonathan has written a number of Corbu songs in his dreams, and Amanda contributes real-world, "non-musical" samples and textures that push and pull against the pop song format, as they occasionally dive off a cliff together into a pool of abstraction and ambient noise. Corbu has toured with Bloc Party, performed with Goldfrapp, played at Austin City Limits and Electric Forest festivals, and finished their debut album Crayon Soul with Dave Fridmann (Tame Impala, MGMT, The Flaming Lips). Their Lost & Found EP, featuring a collaboration with Jimi Goodwin of the band Doves, is out now.
This video spotlight features Jonathan Graves of Corbu and the Mopho x4.
"Chris Hall sings and writes music for the electronic rock band Stabbing Westward. They have had 2 Gold Records from 1996-2000 and continue to record new music and tour.
We chatted with Chris on how he’s been using Sequential instruments in his music."
"Musician, producer, composer, writer, and singer – DeLaurentis is one and more. It’s the story of a French little girl who would watch her dad playing music, and quickly understood that musical notes could spring up and fly away from her arms, her hands, her fingers. The music was a part of her. With this revelation, the sky opened up to her. After several years spent at the Conservatory she became a self-taught producer, and discovered the world of computer music influenced by Laurie Anderson, one of the first women to pioneer electronic music. DeLaurentis settled in Paris in 2015, and released her first two EPs. She started to get noticed then, with her unique universe and music videos. Her new album “UNICA” is due to release on September 3rd, 2021. We chatted with DeLaurentis on how she uses the Prophet Rev2 in her music."
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"Hailing from Sydney, Australia, Karl Learmont / Angelspit is known for vicious synths, slamming modular distorted drums, and lyrics with a twist of sarcasm. Angelspit’s new album The Ignorance Cartel is their nineteenth release since their inception in June 2004. Currently based in LA, Angelspit has toured the USA and Europe multiple times – dragging their synths around with them.
We chatted with Karl on how he uses the Prophet Rev2 in his music."
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Gabe Miller Music Beats on the Novation Circuit Rhythm (multiple genres, custom sounds)
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loopop Review: Circuit RHYTHM vs TRACKS // Full sampling and workflow tutorial for Novation's new sampler
Sample, make beats, and perform like never before, with the latest addition to
the Circuit family. The wait is finally over. The next addition to our Novation
Circuit family is here to bring new life to beatmaking and turn samples in to
stellar tracks. With eight sample tracks, built-in recording, performance
effects, on-the-go capabilities and more, Circuit Rhythm is the beatmaker’s best
friend. In a brand-new direction for Novation, Circuit Rhythm puts sampling in
the spotlight and provides a whole host of fresh features aimed to take
beatmaking to new heights.
Sampling is at the heart of Circuit Rhythm. Record straight into Circuit Rhythm
through the audio inputs, and instantly capture sound from records, synths, or
even a phone. Designed with a focus on immediate sampling and artistic
expression, users can capture creative ideas quickly and stay inspired.
With a lightning-fast sequencer, beatmakers can start turning those samples into
killer beats with ease. Whether playing in drums, making basslines or chopping
straight from vinyl, music makers can play back samples however they want and
listen through stereo out or with headphones. Re-sample and sculpt sounds with
limitless creative possibilities.
Circuit Rhythm’s eight sample tracks, each with their own 32-step patterns
chainable for 256 steps per track, gives creators sample space to find their
groove and craft killer tracks, all with an intuitive screenless workflow,
common to all Circuit products. Stay quantised or give beats real human feel and
go off-grid and record to micro steps. Keep beats interesting with probability
and pattern mutate.
Performers can take to the stage with Circuit Rhythm and bring vibrant
performance- focused Grid FX to their beats. Give samples character with beat
repeat, vinyl simulation, and many more effects to really create massive sound.
Circuit Rhythm is well-equipped to handle any scenario and is brilliant for
making dope beats in the studio or used to capture creative ideas for beatmakers
on the move. Make Circuit Rhythm part of a studio set up with full-size five-pin
MIDI in, out, and thru, and analogue sync out, and monitoring through audio or
headphone outputs.
Circuit Rhythm is completely portable. With a compact and tough build, built-in
rechargeable battery and microSD card slot for expandable storage or loading in
samples and projects, music makers never have to stop creating with Circuit
Rhythm.
With Novation’s online companion Components, Circuit Rhythm’s creative potential
expands even further. Users can dive into Circuit Rhythm using the browser-based
or standalone desktop app, and load samples, backup projects, download
artist-made soundpacks, and create custom patches so that creators can give
their music production their unique flavour.
"Tony Sway aka T-Sway is a Singer/Songwriter and Producer. He has placed his beats with Grammy winning & award winning artists such as Krayzie Bone, Tyga, Frankie J, Quincy and Al B Sure!, just to name a few. His most recent production for Cookiee Kawaii-Vibe is certified gold! Sway also serves as a producer for artists and labels via his website, where he has leased and sold thousands of beats over the years. Combined, Tony Sway has generated over 300 million plus streams from producing other artists as well as his own releases.
We chatted with Tony on how he uses the Prophet-10 in his music."
"Visual artist, performer, jewellery designer, DJ, producer – Metaraph has many strings to their creative bow, occupying a unique space where the boundaries of many artistic disciplines are blurred. Much in the same way, Metaraph celebrates and lives the truth of their non-binary identity with the same fluidity. We spoke with the Berlin-based multidisciplinary artist to understand more about what it means to exist as a queer artist in the music industry today, and how they hope to use their artistry as a platform for their own self-expression and inspire more to do the same."
"Unbridled passion drives Paula Maddox as she finds her sound through synth creations.
Captivated by the perplexing synth sounds of the 1980s and driven to recreate the beloved melodies of her favourite songs, Paula Maddox has had a fruitful career in music tech. As a synth afficionado turned designer, Paula has been at the helm of many groundbreaking synth creations, and has also founded her own synthesizer company, Dove Audio. We spoke with Paula to learn more about her career as a trans woman in music tech, and how she infuses purity, integrity and love into her work."
