MATRIXSYNTH

Karen Gwyer - Against The Clock

Published on Apr 5, 2017

Moog Mother 32, Elektron Octatrack & Analog Rytm.

"Karen Gwyer goes live from her London studio.

Karen Gwyer’s sound is always in flux. Whether she’s making sonic leaps between records or creating mini symphonies within a 10-minute track, Gwyer makes music that evolves like a living organism.

As well as killer records for No Pain In Pop, Opal Tapes and Alien Jams over the past few years, Gwyer was responsible for one of 2016’s best techno records: Prophase Metaphase Anaphase Telophase, a three-track EP that showed her prowess at crafting colorful, acid-tinged hardware jams.

Keen to see her in action, FACT TV visited the Michigan-born artist at her studio in London for a hardware-heavy episode of Against The Clock, where she used Moog and Elektron gear to make an analog groove in under 10 minutes."

Loose Canons 2.0

"Loose Canons 2.0 is an epic soundtrack of imaginary video game music and sounds as composed for the Micromoog synthesizer and arranged into ten separate tableaux. For the 8-bit soul in all of us.

Loose Canons 2.0 is the culmination of years of melodic electronic synthesizer experiments by multi-instrumentalist/composer Steven Jaime Giacomelli, whose dual abstract and hook-laden sensibilities were on display in multiple bands in the Gainesville FL underground music scene in the early 2000’s. Chief among these was The Ohm, an instrumental four-piece with a varied m.o. of instant composition, epic noisepop psychfuzz and atmospheric environment enhancement.

A series of underground self-releases yielded new projects, new bands and new contexts, with Giacomelli stretching compositionally into classic American song forms, from doo-wop to metal to orchestral pop to country to surf rock to soul to baroque pop to hip-hop to americana to spoken word soundtrack to blues to ambient, all the while honing theoretical melodic approaches and atmosphere exploration that would ultimately express themselves after a chance re-discovery of the work of Californian composer Terry Riley and an embrace of a lifelong influence of the classical canon form & video game music.

Now making his home amongst analog synths in a valley of silicon, with Loose Canons 2.0 now transmitting and primed for placement, Giacomelli continues to work on his next opus.
credits
released July 12, 2016

Composed, performed, recorded, & mixed by Giacomelli at West Coast Hohm Studios Sound Lab in Silicon Valley, April 2016.

Mastered by Jason Hatfield at Hatfield Digital in Santa Cruz, CA, June 2016."

TH-0 - Critter&Guitari Organelle Arpeggio Synth

Published on Apr 6, 2017 Tristan Musikgear

"simple patch. A touch of reverb. Recorded directly on the iphone."

New GEM Promega 2+ - Musikmesse 2017

Published on Apr 6, 2017 Sound On Sound magazine

microKorg XL in action

Published on Apr 5, 2017 Alba Ecstasy

"First hands on a microKorg XL and I really don't know why i waited so long to grab one! Simply, I'm in love!
This is an arp I made on the microKorg Xl, from the upcoming preset bank. The editor is excellent and very usefull, since I'm not willing to browse the menu from the synth's panel!
Probably, I'll end to grab the microkorg XL+!
In this POV video demo, microkorg XL is helped by JU-06, microKorg and JD-xi drums."

microKorg XL in action - part II

Published on Apr 6, 2017

"Another patch I made for the upcoming sound bank for the microKorg XL /XL+.
This little synthesizers keeps amazing me after so many years since it was released: so glad I finally have one!

PS: I may have pushed up to much on the pad's volume..."

Red Roland SH-101

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Rebuilt Minimoog Model D

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Guessing "Filter 3" below actually refers to Oscillator 3.

"Owned by Richard Connelly Smith, Jazz musician New Orleans. This along with additional instruments, recording equipment and tons of vinyl records are for sale.

The keyboard has been resurfaced, balanced and leveled. Filter 3 was replaced from an older unit, all parts are Moog, salvaged from older models. Sturdy, fully lined custom case. Was restored by Jacques Greyson JJ & R Restorations
Professionally used in 2015 Jazz Festival New Orleans.
Looks and sounds fabulous. It has been well taken care of and preserved"

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