Yo fellow Elektronauts!
Iām am excited to announce that I have put out some music and it is up for sale!
Please take a listen hereā¦
It is all mixed out of the box and here is the live performance video of the album.
Hereās the video link;
This album has been a year in the making and features the RYTM as the only sound outputting source. I realised that the RYTM is the key piece of gear for me and I managed to grab a Mk1 one year ago.
Now for the GEEKY stuff.
Hereās some history;
I moved out to Japan after teaching for a year and a half in Thailand. Iāve been making music on the computer with Logic since studying at college for a year back in 2006. I moved to Japan and came across loads of used goods stores and I started to buy hardware. For 7 years I experimented. I bought and sold equipment constantly in search of that mythical āperfect set upā.
Most memorable gear includes an OP-1 +cash for an OB6. A purchase of the Moog Sub 37 much to the distress of my wife and Granny bike that helped me carry it home. Picking up a DX7 with a flight case for Ā£10, buying soldering gear and a new battery to restore it to full power and glory.
Before settling on the RYTM I had 2 Octatraks!!! Yes, it was confusing. It was good but ultimately I wanted one box to jam with. Plus, the RYTM had separate outs, analog overdrive circuits to bring some flavours that are crucial to the mixing pot (namely an overdriven bass drum), and analog voices for my grimey, analog head.
I created a load of samples from my hardware before getting the RYTM. All the sounds in this album are either my own samples, analog voices from the RYTM, or a mix of both.
I loaded my samples in and went to town.
Here are some pictures of the final piece.
I donāt think Iāll say much else here. I just hope this comes across as a solid piece of work, the way intended it to come across.
I have no idea what genre this would fall under but Iād like to hear suggestions. Any feedback is always interesting.
I had a lot of fun making it.
Presale cassette tapes will be available soon.