Tasty Chips GR-1 (mutlitimbral mode)

video upload by Luca Longobardi

"Four different granular layers for a multi-timbral unique polyphonic synth.
P.s.
I wasn't experimenting with any new piano techniques with my left hand right at the beginning: it's just that I find creative ways not to cover the camera view while shooting."

Onde Magnétique, Monome Norns and Teenage Engineering TX-6

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"Is not that the meaning cannot be explained. But there are certain meanings that are lost forever the moment they are explained in words
(Haruki Murakami, 1Q84)

Take this track as an ‘After-Dune-Part-2’ side effect."

Elektron Digitakt (OS 1.30)

video by Luca Longobardi

"If you are an 'Elektronaut' you probably already know about the Digitakt major upgrade that brought on board a second LFO, extended pitch range, improved multimode filter and much, much more.If you don't, here a short example of what I like to do with these new amazing tools.
Better with headphones on."

Soma Cosmos and Teenage Engineering Op-1

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"This pedal is an instant machine for ambient music"

Chase Bliss Audio Reverse Mode C and Teenage Engineering Op-1 Field and TX-6

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"Time moves in it special way in the middle of the night.
(Haruki Murakami , After Dark)

If you were wondering what the new Reverse Mode C from Chase Bliss audio sounded like, here's a little example.
The simple sequence played by the OP-1 is first only effected by the TX-6's reverb. Then the Reverse Mode intervenes, reproducing one of the three voices of its delay (reverse in octave). Then the second voice (normal reverse) and then all three voices with modulation in synch and the volumes managed by the same pedal which 'sequences' the entries. Press and Hold on the right button to immediately have the delay action at half the tempo.
Enjoy this little night spell!"

OP-1 and Norns (Icarus Script)

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“From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.”
― Franz Kafka, The Trial

Monome Norns and Grid (Goldeneye Script) and Hologram Electronics Microcosm

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"Étude 1022 (Tunnel)"

Polyend Medusa and Strymon Nightsky

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"I particularly love when I manage to create a sound that is alive on its own, that evolves, changes, finds its way. It's something that really feels like you've given birth to something."

Sequential Prophet 6, Novation Peak and Strymon Bigsky

video by Luca Longobardi

"Girolamo Frescobaldi - Adagion in E minor (Recomposed)"

Teenage Engineering OP-Z, Landscape FM Stereo Field and Strymon BigSky

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"Étude n.331

(better with headphones on)"

Sedimented

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"Impermanenza is the title of my new album (to be released in the first half of 2024). The album describes a precise way of writing music based on the unrepeatability of some details, on the discovery of new possibilities of one's setup, on experimentation based on practical intuition . A sort of 'method' that has matured and unconsciously settled during the last year of work. This song was conceived, written and recorded this way this morning. And exactly like the concept of the unexpected, I decided that it will be a bonus track of the album (but also the first single dropped without warning today only on my social channels).

On setup:
_ drone from OP-1 using the Hold sequencer;
_ Awake from Norns into Crow that manages Just Friends. Arpeggio created by setting the Time knob in order to rhythmically phase out the two melodic lines of Awake;
_ Dradd provides via granular synthesis to 'cover' the arpeggio making it a chord progression in the first and last part of the piece.

Enjoy!"

Teenage Engineering OP-Z, Strymon Timeline and Bigsky

video by Luca Longobardi

"One of my secret dreams is to bring a A/V live performance in a dome. This could be a track to open with, so that in the first few seconds I could enjoy the space and its effect firsthand, before devoting myself entirely to the public. Can you imagine what could come after these few notes?"

Elektron Octatrack, Teenage Engineering OP-1 Field, Chase Bliss Reverse Mode C

video upload by Luca Longobardi

"Lay down your mind and peace will come. A peace deeper than anything you have known.
(Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World)

About Octatrack setting:

Track 3: Piano sample recorded on the Octatrack
Track 2: glitch drums
Track 6: OP-1 tape live through a THRU machine
Track 1: Same piano sample distributed on a slicing grid to be used as a melody through manual use of the fader (scene change).
Fast movements of the fader create further glitches in the feedback of the Reverse Mode C which reacts like a sort of arpeggiator."

Sedimentazioni

video upload by Luca Longobardi

"This composition consists of a main sequence (Make Noise Strega), recorded live for the collective project Declinazioni promoted by POST Factory, a pre-recorded loop on the Op-1 and four notes played by the Tombola sequencer that add an element of randomness.

The track, together with the images of the neighborhood in which I live, taken during the second lockdown in Italy, tell about the process that elaborates the idea to the point of capturing its primordial elements."

Teenage Engineering Op-Z and Monome Norns (Tapedeck Script)

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"Summer 1980"

Cocoquantus 2 and Plinky

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Mutando riposa.
(Eraclito)

Monome Norns and Grid (Cheatcodes) and Teenage Engineering OP-1

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"Morning Loop n.925"

Monome Norns Fall, Dave Smith Evolver and Strymon BigSky

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"A Chromotherapy Session For Miniature People

I particularly love the kind of sound that came out of this setup. The Norns running the Fall script and the Dave Smith Evolver are playing in unison via midi.
The sound of the Norns is filtered by the Input Hack of the Evolver while its 4 LFOs create a movement of the 4 oscillators that generates a melodic looping line.
The Strymon Bigsky adds the right space for the warmth of the analog circuit to express itself at its best."

Plinky (arpeggiator)

video by Luca Longobardi

"Things come and go.
Just fooling around with the arpeggiator and some euclidian combinations in a day that has given me so much and taken away from us so much."

Imaginando FRMS, Birdkids OffGrid and Cocoquantus2

video upload by Luca Longobardi

"I put together a very special live set that will debut very soon.
Looking forward to tell you more about it."