New album - No Masters (self-titled Quadraverb abuse)

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#1

I’ve had a bit of a creative purple patch these last couple of weeks, largely a result of this great thread and have recorded enough tracks to put an album together.
It’s mostly some sort of Krautrock/shoegaze thing, a result of some pretty heavy Quadraverb abuse.
All the tracks are pretty much live recordings of me jamming out a different idea each night, the emphasis very much on conveying a particular emotion rather than lots of complex musicality.
Gear used was as follows:

Quadraverb
Octatrack (as mixer/FX, MIDI clock, no samples)
Erica Bassline DB01
Modal Cobalt 8m
Digitone
Soma Lyra 8
Model:Cycles
Analog Heat

It’s pretty lo-fi, but then most of it was mixed on the Octatrack so… :wink:

Also, don’t worry, headache lovers, another volume of amatuer techno bangers is just around the corner.

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#2

Good stuff man. I’ll listen to this when the power comes back on… storms ahoy here.

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#3

Thanks for listening, enjoy your storm.

#4

I particularly like the first track, Collisions - the “piano” arpeggio in the background switching back and forth between two chords gives it an emotional depth.

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#5

Still waiting on power so listening on phone for now. Lofi? Sounds fucking nice so far man, even through my phone.

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#6

Is that the Modal Cobalt 8m on Collisions?

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#7

The big flangy D50 style pad is, yeah, aided by copious Quadraverb.

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#8

That’s kinda the intention of a lot of the album, really, find an arrangement that conveys an emotion and jam the shit out of it. Simple music to convey complex feelings, I guess.

Anyway, thanks for listening, your feedback is much appreciated.

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#9

Bof! Power back on so real speakers now.
Very nice work. Approve.
I like it when you can hear the synth being itself.

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#10

Great job! Listening to this, I was telling myself what a nice lofi reverb ; now I know the source of it… Thanks for the gear rundown, really like the sound and feel of it all.

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#11

Thanks for listening and supporting.

I love my Quadraverb.
I’ll never sell it.

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#12

And I really hope you’ll keep using it.

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#13

Mr Junk, beautiful.

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#14

OT midi arp mate.

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#15

Fair enough! Bloody good.

Im up to Hero of the People now. Another favourite. This is a great album.

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#16

Really nice one!
I love what I’m listening to right now :slight_smile:

⇒ :beers:

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#17

Ode to Alesis!

This is a very good album. Congratulations @Fin25. Fine sounds indeed. Brings back memories of my youth, while sounding fresh at the same time. I love the distorted droney swirly-wirlyness of it all.

Edit: and the sudden stop ending, perfect

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#18

I love that you love it.

Thanks for the support.

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#19

I’ve always loved the feeling you get when suddenly confronted by silence.

EDIT: thanks for the support, too.

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#20

I know exactly what you mean. I am fond of ending tracks that way myself.

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