"Green Bokeh Trance" (Future Retro Zillion & Hydrasynth) - modularman

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"Hello Dear Friends - I recently watched an interesting talk here on YouTube by musicologist Ted Gioia, where he posits that when music is at least ten minutes long, the listener's brainwaves sync up with the rhythm of the music, and can create a trance state. So with this idea in mind, I decided to record a longer piece to attempt to produce this trance state. The tools I used are the Future Retro Zillion to generate the notes into the ASM Hydrasynth. No other treatments or external devices were used to create this piece. Every sound is made by the Hydrasynth in one take.

A tip of the hat to Jeffery Beach of Beachfront Productions, for providing free use video clips on his website.

Does it work? You tell me. This sort of thing isn’t for everyone, but if you enjoy lying back, closing your eyes and meditating to pseudo-random generative style music, this just might be your cup of bananas.

Let’s hear from you!"

"That's You!" - Dave Lakes & The World Of Tomorrow

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"This time out it's a jaunty Synth-Pop tune from the masters of madness, Dave Lakes & The World of Tomorrow! Do it today before a new virus gets us all!"

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"Slow Poison" - Dave Lakes & The World Of Tomorrow

Published on Sep 19, 2019 modularman

"Let's get one thing clear: this is an ANTI-DRUG song / video.
The real star in this song is the use of the PAiA 9730 Dual VCF to achieve the pure filter self oscillation to play the 'melody'. This was done by feeding the filter resonance control voltage through a foot controlled volume pedal. In this way the filter oscillation was 'played' with precise control. If you are not familiar with the PAiA 9730, do yourself a favor and check one out. They are one of my very favorite voltage controlled filters. Too many features to go into here, but the PAiA website has a detailed description of this DIY kit.

And don't do drugs!"

"List Of Grievances"- Dave Lakes & The World Of Tomorrow

Published on Aug 24, 2019 modularman

"Dipping our collective toes into a different genre for us, why not?
Much of this done on Live with it's various synths and beats and some Roland V-Synth, Yamaha MX49, assorted samples and a pig."

New track and video from supporting MATRIXSYNTH member, modularman.

Family Farms - Dave Lakes & The World Of Tomorrow

Published on Jul 10, 2019 modularman

"Don't let the banjo intro fool you, this turns into a full blown synth-fest pretty quickly! Features the Roland System 8, Dave Smith Instruments Tetra, Bebot, Yamaha MX 49, Roger Linn Adrenalinn III, and others."

"My Plastic People" by Dave Lakes & The World Of Tomorrow

Published on Jun 7, 2019 modularman

A new song and video from supporting MATRIXSYNTh member, modularman.

"Hello Dear Friends,
I recently discovered that in addition to the fun of making synth based music as a member of the band 'Dave Lakes & The World Of Tomorrow,' I really enjoy making music videos to go with the songs.
Would love to see some comments if you decide to take the 2 minutes to check this one out!"

And the description from YouTube:
"This video for 'My Plastic People' from synth heavy band Dave Lakes & The World Of Tomorrow takes on consumerism, society and reminds you 'They Live!' Features Roland System 8, DSI Tetra, Yamaha MX61, Reason, Live and the dulcet tones of Dave Lakes vocal."

Modularman Scarab T-Shirt - Black Light Bliss

My Modularman Scarab T-shirt came in the other day. The first thing I did was check it out under a UV/black light and man does this thing glow!!! If you want to get noticed in a club or party this T will do the job. Note the top two pics in this post are actually not in the UV lighting - that's just natural sunlight. The bottom two images are. It doesn't come out in the image well, but trust me it glows like a beacon. The reason I included them is to show that in black light the black of the T is jet black! Very, very cool.

The Ts are currently available on eBay here. You can find additional pics at the auction and in this previous post.

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Modularman Scarab Synthesizer T-Shirt

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"This bug is wired! He's plugged into a modular synth and transmitting his insect waveforms to the universe. Cool design available only from the mind of Modularman!

This is a high quality art shirt made from hand pressed computer cut vinyl in eye popping neon colors of an intensity that no screen print could ever match. Shirt is a black Fruit of the Loom and is available in 2X, 3X and 4X. State size needed in checkout comments. (Smaller sizes of S, M, L,and XL available in a separate auction.)"

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