Category Archives: New music

Roland Boutique JX-03 and process piece

Posted on January 17, 2017 by

The Roland Boutiques have been out a while now- and I fancied one since my partner Chrissie bought one – the JU-06 on a whim when they first became available and supposedly limited edition. One year on they’re still making … Continue reading →

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Experimenting with algorithms and Novation Launchpad #2

Posted on November 23, 2015 by

Following on from previous experiment, with this one I had streamlined the process and limited the input voices to one synthesizer the Korg MS20 (with effects) Also I streamlined the looping system in Ableton to only turn on a resampling … Continue reading →

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Experimenting with algorithms and Novation Launchpad #1

Posted on November 12, 2015 by

As a result of recently working with Steve Gisby on his “Four iterative pieces” album and really following on from my minimalist TGV album (see previous blog) I had an idea to develop a series of algorithmic experiments using Ableton … Continue reading →

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Improvising with SQ-1 #6- More gated reverb drum machines and sequences

Posted on October 5, 2015 by

The next two pieces are developments of previous hardware set ups; the first one Sunday interlude uses the SQ-1’s duty cycle on Maximum, with slides between the notes, which are then fed into  very long reverb and delay. Harmony is … Continue reading →

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Improvising (and composing) with the SQ1#5 Gated reverb drums and the longer game

Posted on October 2, 2015 by

This latest piece comes from a CSMA jam last Sunday when Chrissie plugged my volca beats drum machine into a reverb patched and gated it, making the classic 80s gated reverb sound much used in that time. I had forgotten … Continue reading →

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Improvising with SQ-1 #4 with Korg volca beats/ Ms20 mini/ Microbrute / Blofeld / streichfett

Posted on September 23, 2015 by

This piece “Metropolis” is one of the more difficult pieces I have been devising, to so wholly live. In this the roles of the various instruments have moved round- the SQ-1 now makes atmospheric backgrounds, bass rumbles and squeals, the … Continue reading →

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Improvising with SQ1 #3 and introducing a Korg Volca beats into the experiment

Posted on September 16, 2015 by

Paris to Toulouse is essentially a continuation and slight delveopment of previous track TGV with a different beat structure: In this ongoing series of looking at techniques of Berlin School electronic music/ techno and taking those techniques into minimalist composition … Continue reading →

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