=Silent Shrapnel=

Title link takes you to =Silent Shrapnel= on MySpace. When you get there scroll down to just below the embedded Thomas Dolby vid. You will see a "Sounds Like" label and to the right of that an embedded audio player. The track is untitled. It features and Akai AX80 for bass and the other synths listed below. I ran into dave of =Silent Shrapnel= in the comments of this post. He actually won the AX80 posted and used it for the bass in this track. Obviously check the rest of his music as well. There are a couple more gear shots in the pics section of his space.

Akai AX80 - bass
roland JV880 - strings
ensoniq VFX - echo plucked sound
ensoiniq SQ2 - blues guitar sounding lead part.
yamaha sy77 - fairlightish sounding bits
emu pro/cussion - all drums
digitech tsr6 - reverbs on jv880 and sy77
all fed into 2 motu mixer 7s
with their outputs going ito a alesis 3630
compressor.

About =Silent Shrapnel=
I'm =DÂV€=, A Visalia Calif. based Electronic Musician. Started Playing with Computer sequenced music back in the Late 80's using an Amiga 500 connected to a Roland D5 synthesizer. The sequencing software I used back then was called Music-X. I'm self taught, no formal music training. I love analog and metallic noises. Over the years I have aquired Most of the Music gear I've always wanted. My favorite will always be my beloved VFX because of its Matrix-like modulation routings and wealth of Patch parameter programming.

studio2

flickr by JSRockit.

Raymond Villeges Drum Machine

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

Details:
"Add a useful member to your band, an interesting piece to your collection or BOTH... is it Art? Is it an instrument? (Well, the debate is still open on whether or not a drum machine is actually an instrument, but I digress) IT'S BOTH! This fully functional artistic drum machine is perfect for the edgey musician or DJ who needs a pal, the collector of one of a kind art, or the lover of cool electronica... Measures 42" tall, 21" at base and 18" at its widest on the top and has 3 cord jacks... don't let this lil mutant guy (guys?!?!?) languish in artistic limbo, he needs to lay down some bomb beats with you today!"

via Mike.

ROAR!!!

Studio Electronics Harvey TR-808

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

Racked Roland TR-808

via JB.

NW Electronic Music Online Store

"Decibel and the soon to be launched Crazy Bird Record Label out of Seattle
are teaming up to bring you the NW Electronic Music Online Store (proper
name to follow). The initial concept will feature NW electronic music
artists (Seattle, Portland, Vancouver, etc) with plans to expand out to
national and international acts in 2008. That being said, Decibel is seeking
MP3 submissions for this on-line music store.

REQUIREMENTS:
- NW artist only
- Must be some form of electronic music (Electro Pop, Dub,
Dance, Hip Hop, Ambient, Noise, etc)
- Exclusive content (negotiable depending on your label
arrangements)
- Up to 10 submissions per moniker
- 320k size MP3 files only (high quality MP3)

SUBMISSION PROCESS:
- Please send MP3 LINKS (NOT ACTUAL FILES) to sean@dbfestival.com
- Use the follow naming configuration for the files
(artist title_song title.mp3 )
- If you are selected, we'll be contacting you with further
information (PLEASE DON'T FOLLOW UP)
- If you don't have the means to upload / link MP3 files you can
also send a CD to:

Decibel
8816 10th Ave SW
Seattle, WA 98106

Contracts, fees and percentages are currently being negotiated. Rest
assured, the main focus of this on-line store will be exposure for the
artist, not profit margins.

The top artist submissions will be selected to perform at the VIP Lounge
(Neumos) as part of the 2007 Decibel Festival's "NW Showcase".


Let's hear what you've got Cascadia!!! :)

Cheers,
Sean Horton
Decibel Festival
sean at dbfestival.com
www.dbfestival.com"

Via Mark.

Arp Odyssey Knob tweaking

YouTube via furiousjiefu.

ARP Odyssey Model 2821 Synthesizer

Part 1


Part 2


Part 3

YouTubes via retrosound72.

Monster & Maskiner live i Headspin to Backspin

YouTuve via jourtor.

Yamaha SK-50D

YouTube via fotoplastikon.

"Fotoplastikon performing 'Inferno' theme on Yamaha SK50D with Dynacord VRS-23 reverb.
Drums: Trax - Drums Power (Part 1)"

cz101 music video

YouTube via robotpickle.

"perhaps the geekiest thing ever. a video of a song entirely made up of sounds from the Casio CZ101 synthesizer. i wrote and produce the song and put together this gem of a video. its very sexual. look at my stubby hands with fat fingers. you know what they say about stubby fingers. THICK"

Update: This was originally sent my way via Chris on 11/8/6. I accidentally double posted this. I removed the prior post as this one has comments.