NYZ DRN4 DECLASSIFIED

Exclusive mix on SoundCloud:


And a track from the release on Bandcamp:


Tracklist:

1. NYZ_FMMGKSQ_43t
2. ISR_16x16_WCM
3. CSN [excerpt 2 mono]
4. SWI_r170_16x32x32_B
5. SWI_FM1#16
6. NYZ-1_1#08_A [finite downsized]
7.CSN1 [excerpt 1 mono]

Be sure to see the MATRIXSYNTH exclusive further below!

FM EXPLORATIONS AND MICROTONAL DRONES FROM NYZ (AKA DAVE NOYZE, DAVID BURRASTON, NOYZELAB, BRYEN TELKO)

This is the first release by NYZ and is a superb musical collection of research areas classified to internal Noyzelab operations. Not even .MEDS label were informed of the secret processes underlying its creation, excepting that we know it involved Frequency Modulation (FM) synthesis! We have not been given any information regarding when this work was recorded, but we suspect the material spans at least a decade of David's FM algorithm research on numerous synthesizers, as well his own custom built ear deceiving gear...

According to one reviewer of David's previous musical output he "gleefully disrupts just about every standard convention of musical form you could think of, including those of so-called experimental musics."

Other reviewers have written that :
"His music is a bizarre, yet compelling journey investigating the outer realms of music generated on ancient & contemporary machines." "It's strikingly original audio that doesn't really sound like anything else I can think of." "Utterly sublime. So there you go, a life-affirming slab of mind-altering sound to reawaken you to the terrifying possibilities of creation."

"absolutely wreaks havoc" wrote Keith Fullerton Whitman on reviewing David's last release T. H. Cycle cassette on Important Records/Cassauna .

Cassette releases April 1, 2016

All Audio by David Burraston
Design Tom Knapp

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MATRIXSYNTH recently asked NYZ why he put together this new album of FM synthesis based explorations, and whether he would discuss some of the process behind it. The declassified information below has been put together by NYZ especially for a MATRIXSYNTH exclusive.

***BEGIN NYZ DRN4 DECLASSIFICATION REPORT***

DC REPORT STATUS: PARTIAL DECLASSIFICATION ONLY
PARTIAL DC STATUS: INCOMPLETE CELLULAR BINARY SPACETIME
PARTIAL DC LEVEL: SEMI-PICTORIAL_TEXTUAL_HIGHLIGHTS
FUTURE DC STATUS: _PENDING

The main reasons for making this album were an interest in FM synthesis in both analogue modular and MIDI/digital mediums. I had worked with digital FM synthesis since getting a Yamaha TX81Z when they came out back in 1987 (which I still have, along with another backup machine with a very hummy mains transformer which bleeds onto the outs). How me and another synth friend used to cry with drunken laughter at preset D11 Hole in 1... :) But after initially wondering whether I had just wasted about 350 UK pounds on an utter piece of shit... I quickly warmed to its better presets, and its very different approach to synthesis yielded enough interesting results early on for it not to get outed.

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Meadowphysics CV

Meadowphysics CV from Ted James Butler on Vimeo.

Grid, Aleph and Meadowphysics by Monome.
STO, System0 and System Concrete by Make Noise.
Phonogene in Broken Echo Mode.
Toraverb by D16 Group.
Valhallashimmer by Valhalla DSP.
Meadowphysics CV scene by Rayce.
Ergonomic modular synthesizer enclosure by Goike.

The April acid pattern

via Dylan:

"new acid pattern for April from http://soundcloud.com/ynohtna aka 'Low Brow Eye Ltd is Anthony Bowyer-Lowe's consultancy think tank dedicated to producing creative, cutting edge solutions to challenging problems through the synthesis of design, technology and artistry.' http://lowbroweye.com/


Aleph Null - Rocket 303 to Cosmos 808 [April Acid pattern] by ynohtna
Equipment used on the track is tb303 and tr808 and Alpha Juno (bass tones), Dark Energy (for filtering), 2x Lexicon Vortex, Lexicon Reflex, 2x Alesis Wedge, Ensoniq DP4, and tons of EQ and stuff.

Group trax are here
http://soundcloud.com/groups/the-acid-question/tracks"
The Monthly Acid Pattern

tropicobrillo

Published on Aug 23, 2014 Benjamin Kinsman

"this week i got a buchla/toppobrillo dual function generator and another op-1 (always regretted selling the first one).
main keys & main drums: op-1 into ssf ptg (just to boost the level) which is then mult'd to two destinations 1) optomx in with complex envelope structure from make noise maths and toppobrillo dual function generator, triggers from 4ms qcd 2) phonogene in broken echo mode
complex watery percussion: mutable instrument braids sequenced from uscale and wogglebug into the make noise echophon which is clocked from the end of gene out from the phongene. harvestman hertz donut mk 2 sequenced by the monome aleph w/grid 128 running the stepwavescv scene (pitch and fm cv) into make noise moddemix with envelope provided by make noise function (triggered from 4ms bcd)
rubbery "walking bass": make noise dpo sequenced by pressure points/brains which is clocked from the combined trigger outs from maths and dual function generator in a 4ms qcd with divisions of x 2, x 4 & x5 which is intern retriggering the envelope of maths into an optomix
vox chants and granulised percussion: monome grid 64 running max on the computer.
additonal clocking and modulation being provided by make noise wogglebug and pits lfo2"

dual

Published on Sep 6, 2014 Benjamin Kinsman

"two instances of meadow physics running, one with teletype (synth & midi) via max msp w/128 grid with midi into eventide space w/midi into mutable instruments cvpal for varied gates as mp events trigger and the other on the aleph running the mpdrumss scene which is fed into a deeper a-119 and generating a gate on the kick which is acting as a master clock (fed into 4ms QCD for divisions)

braids in wtx4 mode into make noise optomix w/ envelope from topobillo/buchla dual func gen triggered from QCD, colour cv sequenced from make noise wogglebug into intellijel uscale 2, out into make noise echophon for some echo and pitch shifting

make noise dpo osc 1 tri & sine/osc 2 (sequenced from make noise pp/brains) sine & final into mutable frames with approx 30 keyframes scanned thru from pgh lfo2 with the frame step gate out striking final out on the dpo. into optomix with env from make noise maths ch 1triggered from QCD, stuck from cvpal gate via meadowphysics in max msp toggled on/off in malekko switch triggered by pgh lf02 sqr

harvestman hertz donut 2 osc 1 & fm bus sequenced from pp/brains out from osc 1/2 into make noise moddemix with complex dual env’s from maths (retiggered by itself)

teenage engineering xylophone sample arp played by endless sequencer into aux in of moddemix
all outs into two manhattan mix’s then out to pgh outs module into audio interface.
fin"

Beat Space

Published on Jan 11, 2015 Benjamin Kinsman

"First proper vid with my new 'mini' setup"

Monome Aleph on the bottom left.

Monome ALEPH

via Control Voltage on Facebook

"a·leph
[älif], noun
1.the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet"

Little piece with Meadowphysics for Orac on the organelle

Published on Aug 31, 2018 junklight

"Someone ported the aleph monome externals over to the Organelle and I put one in an Orac module

Rather enjoying meadow physics and hoping to make a piece with the Ansible version in my modular soon.....

Organelle & grid owners can find the module here https://patchstorage.com/meadowphysic..."

Monome Aleph Sampler Contemporary Music Synthesizer

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Anthology of Dutch Electronic Tape Music Vol.1 1955-1966

Published on Jun 12, 2016 ozashikiTECHNO

Anthology of Dutch Electronic Tape Music Vol.1 1955-1966
00:00 Hans Kox - Three Pieces for Electronic Organ (1955)
03:54 Ton de Leeuw - Study (1957)
10:51 Jan Boerman - Musique Concrète (1959)
14:02 Jaap Spek - Impulses (1959/60)
22:07 Rudolf Escher - The Long Christmas Dinner (1960)
28:29 Henk Badings - Cain and Abel (1956)
37:32 Dick Raaijmakers - Piano-forte (1959)
42:35 Ton de Leeuw - Antiphonie (1960)
57:54 Frits Weiland - Study in Layers and Pulses (1961)
1:02:47 Hans Kox - Cyclophony III (1964)
1:10:25 Tom Dissevelt - Gamelan (1963/64)
1:13:34 Axel Meijer - Werkstuk-1964 (1964)
1:16:12 Robbert Jan de Neeve - A.F. (1964)
1:17:36 Peter Schat - The Aleph (1964/65)
1:25:29 Ton Bruynel - Reflexes (1961)
1:30:08 Will Eisma - BTH. 3457 (1963)
1:34:24 Klaus Gorter - K45 (1964/65)
1:40:09 Luctor Ponse - Etude-I (1964/65)
1:46:33 Berend Giltay - Polychromie-I (1965/66)

Update:

Anthology of Dutch Electronic Tape Music Vol.2 1966-1977

Published on Jun 13, 2016 ozashikiTECHNO

Anthology of Dutch Electronic Tape Music Vol.2 1966-1977
00:00 Jacob Cats - Cadence-1 (1966/67)
06:18 Tera de Marez Oyens - Safed (1967)
13:57 Jos Kunst - Exterieur (1967)
23:43 Gilius Van Bergelijk - D. E. S. (1967/68)
31:36 Frans van Doorn - Minnuet (1967/68)
40:48 Thomas Arras - A.B.C. (1968)
49:25 Simeon ten Holt - I Am Sylvia (1973)
1:05:05 Victor Wentink - Discours (1975)
1:18:32 Louis Andriessen - In Memoriam (1971)
1:23:42 Peter Smith - Etude-1 (1975/76)
1:32:49 Tony van Campen - Sintering (1976/77)

Simmons SDS IV Drum Synthesiser kick samples

Simmons SDS-IV: Aleph Null Kicks by ynohtna
via Low Brow Eye where you'll find additional details.

"So this is the exceptionally raw, powerful, and uncompromisingly synthetic sound of my beloved Simmons SDS-IV Drum Synthesizer kicking its toys out of the pram when tickled by a Roland TR 707."

Broken Echo Meadowphysics

Broken Echo Meadowphysics from Ted James Butler on Vimeo.

"Monome Grid and Meadowphysics running direct to Make Noise Phonogene in Broken Echo mode, through MMG and out to Aleph running Skitter. Very simple patch. Maths channel 1 modulates Phonogene vari-speed while channel 4 modulates MMG Freq1."

Aleph's Mochika Midi Jam

YouTube via atomolab
"Live Jam... drum pattern made in fruityLoops and synchronized to the Mochika2 by midi using a USB-to-midi adaptor cable, effects made with a MiniKaossPad. 18/8/2008"

MATRIXSYNTH NAMM 2014 Pics

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Update: added a few notes below.  I hate picking highlights because I honestly do love it all.  That and I don't like missing anyone or anything.  The focus is on what's new.  More will come with the videos.

This is the full set of 282 NAMM pics including the following sub-sets just posted:
MATRIXSYNTH NAMM 2014: WMD et al. Modular Booth Pics
MATRIXSYNTH NAMM 2014: Moon Modular Booth Pics
MATRIXSYNTH NAMM 2014: Miselu, Quicco Sound & Audiobus Booth Pics
MATRIXSYNTH NAMM 2014: Studio Electronics & Pittsburgh Modular Booth Pics
MATRIXSYNTH NAMM 2014: Schmidt Analog Synthesizer Booth Pics
MATRIXSYNTH NAMM 2014: Radikal Technologies Booth Pics
MATRIXSYNTH NAMM 2014: Big City Music Booth & Aerosmith Pics
MATRIXSYNTH NAMM 2014: Buchla Booth Pics
MATRIXSYNTH NAMM 2014: Elektron Booth Pics
MATRIXSYNTH NAMM 2014: Dave Smith Instruments Booth Pics
MATRIXSYNTH NAMM 2014: Monome ALEPH Looper Pics
MATRIXSYNTH NAMM 2014: Moog Music Booth Pics
MATRIXSYNTH NAMM 2014: Dubreq Stylophone Pics
MATRIXSYNTH NAMM 2014: Bob Moog Foundation Booth Pics

And that's it for my NAMM pics. Videos will follow over the coming days. As you can see I missed a few of the major synth booths including Clavia/Nord Keyboards, Waldorf, Access, Teenage Engineering, Korg, Roland, Novation, Studiologic and Yamaha. This is no slight to them. I would have loved to check them out, specifically the new A1 from Clavia and the new Waldorf 2-Pole filter.  I did see the new full size KORG MS20 kit but the booth was packed and I didn't get any pics. I knew anything AIRA was not going to be shown so I skipped Roland. I typically go to NAMM on Saturday as I'm literally glued to the site posting away all the NAMM news along with everything else that comes in up to then. By Saturday I have a pretty good idea of what has and hasn't gotten plenty of coverage on the site.  Based on that, new product announcements, and prior commitments with those that reached out to me, I go through my list of booths in order.

As for standouts, although I didn't get to try the new A1 from Clavia, I was impressed by the new oscillator and effects section in the demos to date. I like what I hear. I do think they made a mistake with the messaging on it being an entry level synth. Not sure why they chose to go that route as it degrades the synth's capabilities in my opinion and the price does not reflect an entry level synth.

The new Elektron Rytm sounded fantastic. I should have a video of Highsage jamming on it coming up. Hopefully the audio is good.

The Sub 37 is a thing of beauty.

I'm a fan of the Prophet 12 and the new Prophet 12 module. I'm a fan of mixing digital with analog and I think it is capable of timbres you simply can't get out of pure analog.

The Tiptop Audio system at the Big City Music Booth was absolutely insane! Tomio is a Jedi master on that thing. I should have video of it coming up.

The new Make Noise modules were a mind trip. Video coming.

Noise Engineering is new to the scene and their modules sound fantastic. I particularly like the drum module. They also have a vocal formant module. I mentioned the Yamaha FS1R's formant synthesis and they said it was actually based on it to an extent. Video coming.

The STG EMS Oscillator sounded insane. Video coming.

The new Studio Electronics Boomstars sounded pretty incredible. Video coming.

It takes quite a bit to surprise me.  Two things did.  Full on patch memory on a modular synth with the Buchla Music Easel and what's coming for Audiobus. The Miselu iPad keyboard and Quicco Sound controller were pretty cool devices as well. The Future Retro Triadex Muse based sequencer caught my interest. I didn't show it, but it definitely was a geek out moment for me and caught me by surprise. Who would have thought technology based on the obscure Muse would re-appear today.

That's it for now. The videos and pics should speak for themselves. I love it all.

GENESI - Festival (Official Teaser)

GENESI - Festival (Official Teaser) from Angle on Vimeo.

GENESI - Festival

31.12.2016

Bologna Fiere

www.genesifestival.it

Shot and Edited by ANDROMEDA

(Piero Fragola, Jacopo Cosmelli, Luca Ruggeri)

Music by ANGLE (Tiptop Audio Records)

Concept video-teaser for GENESI festival, by exploring a vision on the world's origin.

The Bereshit aleph, the first chapter of the biblical Genesis, was written on the surface of an egg, symbol of the principle of life, to tell how the Bereshit Elohim, principle transcending the divinity, created the sky and the earth, the life breath and the chaos.

We have written through images our idea of life birth, discovering a complex identity, between nature and power of the mind.

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And some info on the event, inspiration for the video, and the line-up via Piero Fragola of TipTop Audio Records:

"This is a music festival for new year's eve

There are 5 areas from techno to pop music, but the main stage is techno.

They asked me for a concept video-teaser and I have worked on the idea of the genesis as a moment before the human creation.

BLACK STAGE
SPEEDY J
REBEKAH
GARY BECK
BLACK ASTEROID
AMBIVALENT
MATH MIND
CHRIS SHAPE
THE ORION

RED STAGE
JAM & SPOON
MARC ACARDIPANE
MARUSHA
SACCOMAN
SENSORIA (live set)
RICCI JR
DJ PANDA

BLUE STAGE
JOHN JACOBSEN
ALEX KENNON
CIRCO NERO

GREEN STAGE
LA MAQUINA PARLANTE (music performance)
LINK DJs

YELLOW STAGE
we love 2000"

Monome Aleph Very Rare Synthesizer Programmable Effect Box

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Soundcomputer.

powerful audio processor, synthesizer, noise machine, rapidly modifiable instrument. a platform for experimental practice and organic discovery.

attachments.

connect grid controllers, modular synths, midi keys, stomp boxes, gamepads, hand-made circuits. for more direct control and uncommon pairings.

topography.

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pocket drop

Published on Nov 23, 2014 Benjamin Kinsman

"Haven't uploaded anything for a while, sorry about that!
No specific breakdown for this as it was to test out the midi/din to cv cable that i made but i will leave the patch assembled for a week if anyone has any questions.

Hope you enjoy it!

Gear used: Elektron Analog Rytm, 9u of Eurorack, Monome Grid & Aleph, Teenage Engineering OP-1 & Eventide space."

Slip Track

Published on Feb 22, 2015 Benjamin Kinsman

"Got this setup perfected now, really liking the options that i have, no more new gear for a bit (famous last words...)
Gear Used:
Elektron Octatrack & Analog Rytm
Teenage Engineering OP-1
Monome Aleph & Grid
Eventide Space"

Aleph Null - Wonky Tenori-onky

YouTube Uploaded by yoknapatawpha on Jul 4, 2011
via The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge
"Late night live jam with my Yamaha Tenori-on, recorded ~1AM, 5th July, 2011.

Not recommended for those allergic to synthetic cowbells.

Well, yeah, I've had the TR-808, TR-606 and mouth samples loaded into my TNR-W for years so it's about time I did something with them. And it's also good to force oneself to escape the seductive low-tempo ambient Tenori-on habit where most of it's sounds sit most comfortably, idly noodling along at 70 bpm. This is what resulted.

I don't know why the video glitches occasionally - I recorded the laptop's webcam with PhotoBooth - but I like it. Audio was taken directly from the Tenori-on into the MacBook Pro's audio input where Ableton Live was waiting to gobble it up. No post-processing was applied other than tweaking the level and a touch of soft compression & limiting. Monitoring was done through my Grado SR80i headphones, again plugged straight into the MacBook Pro's built-in audio output.

That's about as minimal a gear load-out as I can get without twitching. Oh wait, I guess a Yamaha BC1 breath controller should also be included as I used it to prop the laptop up at an effective angle for it's iSIght to catch all the high-octane point-and-poke 'action.'"

Parc

Parc from Ted James Butler on Vimeo.

"Monome 128 Grid running Parc with Logic Pro as audio source.

Channel 1: ES E, Pitch Shift, Inear Display Bow Echo, Valhalla Room, Compressor.
Channel 2: ES E, Delay Designer, Valhalla Room, Glitchmachines Hysteresis.
Channel 3: Retro Synth, Valhalla Shimmer.
Channel 4: Retro Synth, Valhalla Shimmer.

Channels 1-4 routed to Monome Aleph running Space."