Try (Acoustic Live)
Check out the link to the soundcloud page of Sumera.
An acoustic version of "Try" with Mathias Holzner on drums and me playing piano.
donderdag 29 december 2011
zaterdag 17 december 2011
First gig with Sumera
woensdag 30 november 2011
zondag 20 november 2011
Recording rig!
My new recording rig, ready to rumble!
top to bottom:
Yamaha MLA8
Apogee Rosetta AD
Digidesign 002R
vrijdag 18 november 2011
The only one - Amateur
"The only one" was done by using only one synthesizer. No drummachines and no other soundsource other than a Roland Juno 6 was used to produce this track. Enjoy!
The only one by Amateur
The only one by Amateur
woensdag 16 november 2011
Curtain that Falls - Sumera
Curtain that Falls
check out the latest track by Sumera, a project I'm working on!
zondag 13 november 2011
Indian style TR808, TB303 and Jupiter
"In 1982, veteran Bollywood composer Charanjit Singh visits Singapore and gets his hands on the now holy trinity of a Roland 303, 808, and Jupiter 8 - the core of acid house and arguably the precursor to electronic dance music as we know it today.
Later that year, EMI India releases an album limited to a few thousand copies: "Synthesizing: Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat". It presents Charanjit's effort at using what was then entirely new technology to bridge the gap between programmed beats, synth lines, and classical Indian music motifs.
It essentially sinks without a trace.
In 2010, Dutch label Bollywood Connection re-releases this LP to an unsuspecting and wholly ignorant public, convinced that these beats were established in the clubs of Chicago, Detroit, and Manchester in the mid to late eighties.
They weren't.
Charanjit Singh still lives in Bombay. We met him."
maandag 31 oktober 2011
Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!
No more Moog in my setup....
.....but I added these beauties.
Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!
.....but I added these beauties.
Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!
vrijdag 28 oktober 2011
zaterdag 22 oktober 2011
vrijdag 21 oktober 2011
More Moog!
The Ladder
Moog Music’s first 500 series module!
The Ladder is a Dynamic Transistor Ladder Filter
based on Bob Moog's original ladder filter design.
It is Moog Music’s highest quality filter SPECIFICALLY designed for use in the studio and on stage.
Moog Music’s first 500 series module!
The Ladder is a Dynamic Transistor Ladder Filter
based on Bob Moog's original ladder filter design.
It is Moog Music’s highest quality filter SPECIFICALLY designed for use in the studio and on stage.
maandag 17 oktober 2011
maandag 10 oktober 2011
Random Patterns - Köhn
After his exploration of the kosmische territory, Köhn reprogrammed his his brain to dive into another early synth passion of his: minimalism. Drawing inspiration from great masters such as Philip Glass, Steve Reich and Terry Riley, De Blonde recorded four late night ‘variations on a theme’. These are pure transcendental improvisations, meditations on minimal patterns and shifting arpeggios. Random Patterns lays bare and celebrates Köhn’s limitations as a keyboard player, exploiting the deep core of instant composition. All four tracks show a dynamic relationship between observation, evaluation, action, reaction, acceptance and attempt, provoking sudden moments of musical insight or even feelings of genuine inner tranquility. Random Patterns is a wonderful piece of synth music that is completely disconnected from recent revivalists and painstakingly focussed on the personal bond between man and painstakingly focussed on the personal bond between man and his instrument.
zondag 9 oktober 2011
zondag 2 oktober 2011
Get dizzy - Antoine Peters
vrijdag 30 september 2011
vrijdag 23 september 2011
maandag 19 september 2011
Kasabian - Velociraptor album!
First single was released already a while ago, but the album "Velociraptor" rocks like never before.
The boys keep em coming!
woensdag 24 augustus 2011
vrijdag 19 augustus 2011
woensdag 17 augustus 2011
dinsdag 9 augustus 2011
Amateur in the mix!
Cursed P - Sessión musica en la Casa Batlló by Cursed P
tracklist:
tracklist:
1. Remute - Welcome To Your Mom
2. Blake Baxter, Marc Romboy - Muzik (KINK Remix)
3. Virgo Four - It's A Crime (Caribou Remix)
4. Green Velvet, Russoul - Millie Vanillie
5. Gesaffelstein - Atmosphere (P's DJ Edit)
6. Bias, Alex Gomez - Revolution (Kolombo Remix)
7. Attaque - Light Falls
8. Deejay Punk-Roc - My Beatbox (Les Rythmes Digitales 'As De Pique' Remix)
9. Baskerville - Devil's Town (RipTide Remix)
10. Lone - Pineapple Crush
11. Amateur - G.O.D.
12. The Rapture - How Deep Is Your Love (The Emperor Machine Remix Edit)
13. The KDMS - Tonight (King Of Kong Beats Version)
14. Say Yes To Another Excess - The Cave
15. ???
16. Light Year - Movin' (Strip Steve Remix)
17. Mumbai Science - Lotus
18. Space Pirates - E! (Electrophants Remix)
19. Carte Blanche feat. Alexis Taylor - With You
20. Breakbot - Fantasy (Jacques Renault Remix)
21. Dj Sneak, Monoman - Sally Go Round (Azari & III instrumental)
22. Jan Driver, Siriusmo - Let's Do It Together
zaterdag 6 augustus 2011
TR808 flashdrive
Based on the ledgendary Roland TR-808 Drum Machine, the TR-808 flash drive does a brilliant job of recreating the most legendary vintage drum machine/synthesizer ever created. The TR-808′s signature synthesized drum sounds can be heard in nearly every genre of music, from Electronic to Country. The TR-808 played a crucial role in shaping many sub-genres of hip hop including bass and southern/dirty south hip hop beats. Hip Hop heads, Electro Heads, Synth Freaks, and more will all appreciate the detail put into this novelty 8GB USB Flash Drive.
zondag 31 juli 2011
Chilly Gonzales - Party In My Mind
After his Guinness World Record, the album and the Locarno film festival prize-winning feature filmIVORY TOWER, the single NEVER STOP chosen by Apple for their IPAD ad and the inter-planetary video hit YOU CAN DANCE with its near 1 million You Tube views, the musical genius brings us a Limited Edition of symphonic spoken word:
“THE UNSPEAKABLE CHILLY GONZALES”, the first-ever all-orchestral rap album and live show … the dramatic next step after piano-rap classics “The Grudge” and “Crying” from IVORY TOWER.
Chilly Gonzales warned us of rap with "no beats" in 2000 (The Entertainist). Since then, he created the all-piano rap mixtape “Pianist Envy” (250 000 downloads) and “Solo Piano” fan Drake hand-picked Gonzo to accompany him on stage. Today, he brings some “Gonzpiration” to the rap game. Accompanied by Hollywood swells, tympani rolls, noble French horns, hypnotizing bells and influenced by Prokofiev, Morricone and Phillip Glass among others, this record is Chilly Gonzales’ 'professional confessional', revealing more of himself on these monologues than ever before.
Accompanied live by a chamber orchestra, Chilly Gonzales will explore the idea of what a modern maestro is. The arrangements by his Hollywood film-composing brother Christophe Beck, take center stage alongside Gonzo’s eccentric personality.
“THE UNSPEAKABLE CHILLY GONZALES”, the first-ever all-orchestral rap album and live show … the dramatic next step after piano-rap classics “The Grudge” and “Crying” from IVORY TOWER.
Chilly Gonzales warned us of rap with "no beats" in 2000 (The Entertainist). Since then, he created the all-piano rap mixtape “Pianist Envy” (250 000 downloads) and “Solo Piano” fan Drake hand-picked Gonzo to accompany him on stage. Today, he brings some “Gonzpiration” to the rap game. Accompanied by Hollywood swells, tympani rolls, noble French horns, hypnotizing bells and influenced by Prokofiev, Morricone and Phillip Glass among others, this record is Chilly Gonzales’ 'professional confessional', revealing more of himself on these monologues than ever before.
Accompanied live by a chamber orchestra, Chilly Gonzales will explore the idea of what a modern maestro is. The arrangements by his Hollywood film-composing brother Christophe Beck, take center stage alongside Gonzo’s eccentric personality.
woensdag 27 juli 2011
vrijdag 22 juli 2011
Kitchen day: making Pesto alla Genovese
Kitchen day...
Home grown basil transformed into tasty Pesto alla Genovese!
donderdag 21 juli 2011
vrijdag 15 juli 2011
Martin Gore vs Vince Clarke !
Ex-Depeche Mode bandmates Martin Gore and Vince Clarke have finished recording an all-instrumental dance record and must now mix it — but Gore warns in a new interview with Billboard.com that “even though it probably will be finished quite soon, it might not see the light of day for awhile.”
That’s because Depeche Mode is busy promoting Remixes 2: 81-11 — which features a new mix of “Behind the Wheel” by Clarke — and, for his part, Clarke is finishing a new Erasurealbum and preparing to tour Europe and North and South America this year.
In the Billboard interview, Gore talks about the genesis of the album with Clarke, which he describes as “all kind of dance and instrumental”:
“Out of the blue I got an e-mail from (Clarke) just saying, ‘I’m interested in making a techno album. Are you interested in collaborating?’ This was maybe nine months, a year ago. He said, ‘No pressure, no deadlines,’ so I said, ‘OK,’ and that’s what we’ve been doing the last six months.”
According to Gore, they “didn’t have conversations about it. It was more just like e-mails and file-sharing. It was something completely different — no vocals, all instrumental stuff.”
Although it’s not year clear when the Gore/Clarke album will emerge, Gore is starting to get back into a Depeche Mode frame of mind. He told Billboard, “I’ve started writing again — writing songs and actually writing words again. I feel like it’s coming like a breath of fresh air after a long time of not thinking about them.”
Wugazi!
Wugazi is a labor of love by Cecil Otter & Swiss Andy. A year’s worth of cutting up every imaginable Fugazi record and trying out every Wu-Tang acapella they could get their hands on, resulted in Wugazi: 13 Chambers (a must listen for anyone who even looked at a skateboard in the 90’s).
Cecil Otter is an emcee & producer, and one of the founding members of Doomtree. He has contributed to over a dozen records. His most recent full-length, Rebel Yellow, was re-released by Sage Francis for Strange Famous Records. He’s now recording his solo project, Porcelain Revolver.
Swiss Andy is a musician & producer residing in Minneapolis. He has been a contributor to several bands including The Millionth Word, Field Guide and The Swiss Army. He is currently working on a remix of Rebel Yellow.
download "13 chambers" here!
vrijdag 8 juli 2011
Damien Hirst x Red Hot Chili Peppers
Controversial artist Damien Hirst has turned his artistic skills to designing the art work for the next Red Hot Chili Peppers album.
Hirst has long had a fascination with pills and medicines with pharmaceutical goods making regular appearances in his work and this cover work is no different. Designed for the bands new album, I’m With You, which is released on 3 August the cover shows a fly perched upon a pill capsule with the albums title print on it. Check it out below…
zondag 3 juli 2011
Purform - White Box
Not for sensitive ears....nor eyes
White Box is a work based on a new way of generating audiovisual compositions in real time and is a new piece in a cycle that began in 2003 with Black Box. This cycle metaphorically transposes, into sound and images, concepts from systems theory related to black, white and grey boxes
PURFORM: Alain Thibault (music) and Yan Breuleux (visuals)
Programmers: Jean-Sébastien Rousseau, Peter Dines.
More info: http://www.purform.com/projets.html
PURFORM: Alain Thibault (music) and Yan Breuleux (visuals)
Programmers: Jean-Sébastien Rousseau, Peter Dines.
More info: http://www.purform.com/projets.html
zaterdag 2 juli 2011
ANTOINE PETERS SS12 'GET DIZZY!'
Did the music together with Krause for the new Antoine Peters collection "Get dizzy"
vrijdag 24 juni 2011
GOOSE / SYNRISE - JEF NEVE PIANO VERSION
The amazing Jef Neve doing a version of Goose's Synrise! epic!
dinsdag 21 juni 2011
The cult of the amateur
The Cult of the Amateur - Andrew Keen
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet Is Killing Our Culture (ISBN 0385520808) is a 2007 book written by entrepreneur andInternet critic Andrew Keen. Published by Currency, Keen's first book is a critique of the enthusiasm surrounding user generated content, peer production, and other Web 2.0-related phenomena.[1]
The book was written after Keen wrote a controversial essay in The Weekly Standard criticizing Web 2.0 for being similar to Marxism, for destroying professionalism and for making it impossible to find high quality material amidst all the user-generated web content.[1][2][3] The book was based in part on that essay.[1]
zaterdag 18 juni 2011
Amateur magazine
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Amateur Magazine is an independent, artist driven print publication with an open eye on Swiss and international urban art, illustration, design, DIY cultures and streetwear. Done with a fuck you attitude and a big heart, Amateur Magazin is about creative people, projects, products and places.
Amateur Magazine is an independent, artist driven print publication with an open eye on Swiss and international urban art, illustration, design, DIY cultures and streetwear. Done with a fuck you attitude and a big heart, Amateur Magazin is about creative people, projects, products and places.
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