Dear Elektronauts,
‘Sender’ is an ambient album made entirely on the Tonverk, using samples from my Kalimba only. It consists of six calm longform pieces that were recorded straight to 1/4" tape in single takes.
Working with limitations is what’s most inspiring to me, but at the same time, the Tonverk is so powerful that I still feel I only scratched the surface. I tried to approach it differently than I would use the Digitakt. Especially when it comes to layering/resampling effects and of course playing sounds polyphonically. I was really surprised how different these two samplers feel irl. (The album was made on FW 1.20 btw)
While I enjoy all kinds of music making, these longer compositions are especially fulfilling to me. I just love feeling out a track while the tape is spinning. Making many subtle changes and letting the sounds evolve over time. There are videos for each track that I will post on youtube over the next weeks, the first one is live already:
This release is also a collaboration with my wonderful friends at Elektron. They will share a video walkthrough of that first track in the near future (I believe next week) and possibly some additional content, too.
‘Sender’ is available digitally and on cassette. Downloads are name-your-price for one week and cassettes are ready to ship. Elektron also has a batch of cassettes.
I hope you enjoy the music. If you have any questions about the album, just ask away.
Thank you!
