Category: Music
Music is a huge part of my life so it’s almost certain that this category will have a lot of stuff in it.
Martyn Ware at the Bowers and Wilkins Society of Sound stage at WOMAD
Martyn Ware’s 20 synth
A bit of set up trouble
Synth 20 is an OP-1
Yay!
This was a great talk from Mr Ware from Heaven 17. I really enjoyed it, he had some great insights into the development of synths since the 1970s. Of course it wasn’t for everyone, but I thought it was awesome, especially as synth 20 was an OP-1!
Some new music: There are always interruptions
I started this ages and ages ago, but only finished it off last night as I was trying out the latest version of Music Studio.
Real World 25
I felt compelled to get this nice little box set at WOMAD this year. I’ve got quite a lot of the tracks already, but it’s really well put together and it came with a load of bits and pieces like postcards and stuff, most of which have actually survived the weekend and trip home.
I think it goes on general release soon if not already and I’d recommend it to anyone who has been to WOMAD in the past, or who plans to go in the future.
A bit of practice for a bit of live stuff at WOMAD
It’s become a bit of an annual thing really. Whenever these three are at WOMAD some sort of live open mic thing must be done. It’s always fun and it always involves me doing some kind of electronic thing. This time on my iPhone and also on a Kaossilator 2 as well.
I enjoyed it anyway.
Another thing made by me using Korg’s Gadget app
Like so many things I do this started off in a very different direction to the one it ended up being. Never mind. I still quite like it though
Untreated Expression, made in Korg Gadget
Patchblocks at NIME 2014
Shows what you can do with these little things.
Brute LFO and Molecule Synth
I do like using this app with stuff. You can get some really interesting sounds and effects from the various modules in my molecule synth.
Matt Johnson (The The) on Soul Mining at 30
Well, to be honest, it is Soul Mining at 31, but who’s counting right?
Last night I went along to Rough Trade East to listen to Matt Johnson from The The talk about Soul Mining, The The and what he’s been doing. I went with a certain sense of trepidation as I always worry that I’ll listen to someone who’s music I’ve enjoyed for many years and then I’ll listen to their opinions about other stuff and I won’t be able to listen to their music anymore.
Not so with Mr Johnson. No, we was excellent. Funny, insightful and full of interesting stories about the album and the music. I really enjoyed listening to him talk about each song as well, it gave interesting background, without breaking the spell of what has long been one of my all time favourite albums.
Of course, the evening was even better as I walked away with the 30th (31st to be precise) anniversary box set of Soul Mining, and it is a thing of beauty I have to say.
So now it deserves a proper listen. Well that won’t be a chore will it.
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