Sequential Artist Spotlight: Mutant-Thoughts

Published on May 18, 2020 Sequential

"MUTANT-THOUGHTS fuse off-kilter cerebral rock with Latin influenced grooves and pop sensibilities. An Alternative Rock trio from Bristol - the band are a cunningly original amalgam of infectious beats, brooding atmospheres and restless rhythmic energy. After their time working with Grammy-award winning producer Sylvia Massy in 2018, the outfit now return with brand new music for 2020.

Keyboard player Han Luis Cera is featured in this spotlight with the Prophet X keyboard, accompanied by the Tempest being used as a second synth.

http://mutant-thoughts.com/"

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Sequential Artist Spotlight: Dräger

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"Dräger is the ethos of Spencer Draeger’s dystopian modern era. With his hand on the pulse of a generation saturated in anxiety and melancholia, part satirical, part sarcastic but overall playful—Dräger takes a light hand to the heavy themes of technology, love and society at the precipice of a new world. Atwood Magazine states, “…his new dynamic sound is an ingenious blend of old and new inspirations: the driving rhythms of late 70s punk, synth heavy pop of the 80s, and the druggy, electronic compositions of modern psych-pop.” He uses sounds of the past to talk about the future.

With only a handful of singles out on Cell Vision, owned and operated by dance punk Mattie Safer of the Rapture and Poolside, his debut album Goths à la Discothèque is set to release this spring on Brooklyn's Trash Casual.

This artist spotlight video features Dräger and the Pro 3 synthesizer.

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Sequential Artist Spotlight: Corbu

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"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.

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Follow Corbu here:
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Sequential Artist Spotlight: Shibo

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"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.

Follow Shibo here:
https://shibomusic.com/
https://www.instagram.com/eshiboski/
https://www.twitch.tv/shibobeats


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Sequential Artist Spotlight: The Graduating Class

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"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.

Follow The Graduating Class here:

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Sequential Pro 3 Demos by Jameson Nathan Jones

Jameson Nathan Jones was featured in a reecent Sequential Artist Spotlight video.

Playlist:

1988 // Sequential Pro 3, Fostex R8
Geometry // Sequential Pro 3 [Generative Ambient]
Maps // Sequential Pro 3
Misanthropy - Sequential Pro 3 Paraphonic Sequence
Evolutions VI
Tides - Sequential Pro 3 [ambient]
Paraseq - Sequential Pro 3 [Ambient Sequence]
Waiting - Sequential Pro 3 [Ambient]

Sequential Artist Spotlight Interview with JOSIE PACE & KEN ROBERTS

You can find the interview on Sequential's website here.

"As the saturated synths rise behind the lyrics “Just take your stamp off my design” in Josie Pace’s driving single, “Battleground” we immediately understand this is not an artist who is weak when abandoned. Instead, this Detroit artist’s music represents a piece of her solitude. The blistering glow of downtempo post-industrial beats, electro-pop melodies and layered soundscapes are home to Josie’s captivating lyrics; she is a songwriter in the purest sense. The result is a pulsating sound that will haunt you with vulnerability while basking in Josie’s world of self-reflection and unapologetic rock and roll attitude that Detroit is legendary for.

When musician and producer Ken Roberts saw an acoustic performance of Josie he was blown away. The raw and intimate performance captured the one thing all songwriters strive to achieve: believability. The two started working together with Josie’s songs as the foundation. As an accomplished guitar player, Josie molds and refines her songs acoustically only to tear them apart and rebuild them with Roberts’ grinding synths, unique production style, and the addition of Mark Damian’s live drums. Songs quickly formed into a unique sound that pull from the likes of Depeche Mode and Nine Inch Nails yet contain a high-art fashion swagger as if you just bumped into David Bowie at a Halston Party.

From the beginning, the style and the art of the music are just as important as the melody and beat. Josie’s first music video Torn introduced audiences to her unique brand of electronic rock and visual artistry. That theme continues with the videos for Battleground, NO, My Mistake, Lies of the Lovers and Fire where fashion and desolation hold hands with Josie’s in-your-face performance. Perfect Replacement would follow featuring a collaboration with another fierce female, Sammi Doll (IAMX). Josie carries the same commitment of style and artistry to her high-energy live performances having shared the stage with Tim Skold (Marilyn Manson, KMFDM) Daniel Myer (Haujobb, Architect), Powerman 5000, Stabbing Westward, and <PIG> along with successful headlining shows in New York, Detroit, and Los Angeles.

We chatted with Josie and Ken on how they have been using Sequential instruments in their music."

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Sequential Artist Spotlight: The Grownup Noise

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"Since releasing their self-titled debut in 2007, Boston's The Grownup Noise have evolved into a rousing and innovative pop-music outfit, bridging the gap between Americana music and Indie Rock. With a genuine respect for every style of music, this band and its songwriter, Paul Hansen, are song obsessed. After numerous sold-out shows, 7 national tours (many in a veggie-oil powered conversion van), and 4 albums, the band has grown many long sturdy branches, flowers, a few weeds, and has amassed a dense variation of meaningful characters along the way. People often ask about the meaning of the name; The Grownup Noise is something to rebel against, like fear, complacency, the closing of your heart, the stress of bills etc.

Guitarist/Keyboardist Paul Hansen is featured in this Spotlight with the Prophet Rev2 synthesizer, being used as both a songwriting and performance instrument.

http://www.thegrownupnoise.com/
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Sequential Artist Spotlight Interview with

You can find the interview on Sequential's website here.

"Dennis Guevara was born in Trenton, New Jersey and began his musical studies in piano at the Boys Harbor Conservatory of Music. He later graduated from Mercer County Community College, and the City College of New York with a degree in Music Performance, and Point Blank Music School for Mixing and Mastering. Guevara has performed with various Jazz, Latin Jazz, World Music, and Salsa artists and is also a runner-up winner for NAMM’s Coverband 2011. He worked as Artistic Director at AMLA Conservatory of Music in Philadelphia, and was invited to teach at The Kimmel Center of Performing Arts as Bandmaster for the Summer Jazz Camp. Dennis currently works as Musical Director for Grammy Award winning Pablo Batista’s Latin Jazz Ensemble and World Music artist Nina Rodriguez.

We chatted with Dennis on how he uses Sequential instruments in his music."
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Sequential Artist Spotlight Interview with EMERIC ZUBAR – BLAKE

You can find the interview on Sequential's website here.

"Emeric Zubar (artist name BLAKE.) has been a Hip Hop/Soul and electronic music producer for the past 20 years. With a varied discography, Emeric has built quite a catalog in the music scene with instrumental albums used by international TV shows such as So You Think You Can Dance, Dance On, 4 Weddings and 1 Honeymoon, and YAK FILMS.

In 2016, Emeric founded DRIVENSOUNDS, a sound design and music producing company. With DRIVENSOUNDS, Emeric collaborates with a large number of labels, artists, and companies in the music business to create compositions, music demos, and create sound design presets and sound packs for Native Instruments, Sounds.com, Presonus, Arturia, Loopmasters, and Applied Acoustics Systems.

We chatted with Emeric on how he uses Sequential instruments in his music."

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Sequential Artist Spotlight Interview with DREEK BEATZ

You can find the interview on Sequential's website here.

"Music producer Dreek Beatz based out of Atlanta, is the brainchild and sole producer behind Pushing Keys Music Productions LLC.

Dreek has produced for artist such as: Skrillex, Rick Ross, Meek Mill, Plies and Don Tolliver to name a few. In addition, his work has been featured on the movie soundtrack Suicide Squad.

We chatted with Dreek on how he uses Sequential instruments in his music."


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Sequential Artist Spotlight: Jameson Nathan Jones

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"Jameson Nathan Jones is a classically trained pianist, organist, and composer from Mississippi whose interest in modern electronics and sound design has led to a unique musical language all his own. Blending elements of modern classical and ambient music with the grittier analog textures often associated with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Jameson has created a sound that ranges from intimate and minimal to cinematic and raw.

Jameson's solo work has led to a number of film scoring opportunities, and his ever expanding sound palette ensures an evolving journey for the listener, though still rooted in his own musical language and style. This year has seen the release of his electronic/ambient LP, Signals, a collaboration with the popular YouTube explorers The Proper People. Jameson has also released a number of reworks, collaborations, and singles as he puts the finishing touches on a new album to be released in 2021.

This video spotlight features Jameson with the Prophet Rev2 and Pro 3 synthesizers.

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Follow Jameson Nathan Jones:
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Sequential Artist Spotlight Interview with MR.PHARMACIST (AKA GREGG FOREMAN)

You can find the interview on Sequential's website here.

"Mr.Pharmacist (aka Gregg Foreman), is a multi-instrumentalist musician residing in Los Angeles. He has been playing music for decades alongside of artists like: Cat Power, The Gossip, Beth Ditto, James Williamson (of the Stooges), Lydia Lunch, Alan Vega (Suicide), Martin Rev (Suicide), Jesse Malin, Lucinda Williams, Linda Perry, Toody (Dead Moon), Peter Buck (REM) David J (Bauhaus), Pink Mountaintops, The Delta 72, and is currently Band Leader and key synth player for Kat Von D.

Gregg has been using Sequential instruments since he was a kid — his relationship with Sequential started when he bought a second-hand TOM drum machine. Mr.Pharmacist refers to his style and genre as “Moth,” referring to being one part Mod and one part Goth. He draws his influences from the soundtrack music of Blade Runner and John Carpenter, and the post-punk sounds of Suicide, Fad Gadget, and Cabaret Votaire.

We chatted with Gregg on how he’s using the Rev2, Prophet X, and OB-6 in his recordings"
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Sequential Artist Spotlight Interview with JON SOLO

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"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"

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Sequential Artist Spotlight Interview with NICOLAS VELASQUEZ

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"Nicolas Velasquez is an artist and producer based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Falling in love with synthesizers about three years ago (about the same time he started producing music), Nicolas tries to enhance the organic capabilities that synthesizers possess.

His debut album Den stora kölden – Musik inspirerad av Trollvinter is an instrumental interpretation of the book ”Moominland Midwinter” by Tove Jansson.

We chatted with Nicholas about how he uses the Prophet Rev2 in his music."
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Sequential Artist Spotlight Interview with SHAI YALLIN

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"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.

We chatted with Shai on how he uses the Prophet Rev2 in his music."
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Sequential Artist Spotlight Interview with MARKUS LANGE

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"Ostblockschlampen, also known as Eastblock Bitches, are a German DJ and producer duo consisting of Sophie Schaefer and Markus Lange, which has existed and been active since 2009. Their music is a mix of Bass House, EDM, Trap and Moombahton, and their releases have reached over 20,000,000 streams.

Markus Lange has been a producer since 2003 and has released on labels such as Great Stuff Records. Sophie Schäfer has also worked as a DJ and producer since 2007.


We chatted with Markus on how he’s been using Sequential instruments in their productions."

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Sequential Artist Spotlight Interview with VICTOR ATANASOV

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"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."

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Sequential Artist Spotlight Interview with CHRIS HALL

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"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."

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Sequential Artist Spotlight Interview with DAVID JOSEPH WESLEY

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"David Joseph Wesley is a Grammy Award nominated composer based in Los Angeles, working in film, TV, and video games. You may have recently heard his music on several network TV, cable and Netflix series such as James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction, Chicago Fire, Veep, Saturday Night Live, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Santa Clarita Diet, and Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, as well as many trailers and commercials including Toy Story 4, Incredibles 2, Hotel Transylvania, Call of Duty: Ghosts, and Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Dave was also fortunate to work with composer Ron Jones on the music for several seasons of Family Guy, which also enabled him to work with the largest live orchestra in television history. One of his favorite projects is his work on the music for “Firefly Online,” the video game based on Joss Whedon’s groundbreaking Firefly TV series. Although the game was never completed, he released his music for the game via the album Music To Smuggle By in 2018 as a tribute to the fans and to keep the Firefly spirit alive.

Dave finds inspiration for his music everywhere. An avid astronomer, his love of space led to two albums, several singles and multiple YouTube jam sessions about the cosmos and space-phenomena. In 2019, he released the album, Cassini, as a tribute to the NASA Cassini mission to Saturn, written entirely on the Prophet-6. And in 2017, in collaboration with NASA, Dave wrote an album for the solar eclipse titled Syzygy, also created entirely on the Prophet-6. Similarly, his obsession with synthesizers and the 80s naturally led to his “Pumpkin Patches” albums of synth-based music inspired by 70s and 80s horror as well as synthwave music released under the name “Parsec.”

We chatted with David on how he uses Sequential instruments in his music."

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