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#Synthatter- so far
Back in March 2020 lockdown, with all gigs cancelled for the forseeable future and production projects on indefinite hold, like many I divided my time between youtube, doing some work from home and jamming in the studio. I did learn … Continue reading
Improvising with Bastl Kastle
Bastl instruments are well known for thinking outside the box of conventional synthesis, and the Kastle doesn’t disappoint- its one of the strangest and most intriguing things I’ve come across in a while. Its got to be one of … Continue reading
Electromatronic 4 at Sonophilia, Lincoln 2nd October 2016
We were delighted to be asked by Amie Slavin to host an Electromatronic evening as part of Sonophilia, Lincolns festival of Sound and Music at St Nicholas Church, Lincoln. For this event we curated… Source: Electromatronic 4 at Sonophilia, Lincoln 2nd … Continue reading
Electromatronic 3 at Margate
We started out Autumn series mini-tour at the wonderful Tom Thumb Theatre in Margate. This lovely intimate space made for a different atmosphere than the usual large open spaces we’ve played … Source: Electromatronic 3 at Margate
Music Fail- God that sounds shit
There was an article posted in the Guardian website recently entitled Audio Fail that has got a lot of people in a lather; sound artists foamed at the mouth and spat blood on Facebook whilst more traditional composers behaved rather smugly … Continue reading
CSMA album and interview
In January this year, myself and Chrissie signed our synth duo CSMA to Altitude Records- here is our first release. There is an accompanying interview here, which contains a spontaneous improvisation We will be performing … Continue reading
Winter synth jam, Boxing day 2015
Last piece of 2015, this was an improv, with some pre-prepared sound design that Id done just before the Christmas holiday, specifically for this improvisation. There is a rough resemblance to Berlin-school electronic music here.
Experimenting with algorithms and Novation Launchpad #4
In this next experiment I added the Korg MS20 being driven by the SQ-1 Sequencer as loop material but also made 2 process changes Drum machine and SQ1 synchronized by Ableton master clock Quantise being used on the recording … Continue reading
Experimenting with algorithms and Novation Launchpad #3
Following on from yesterdays experiment with the Korg Ms20 and the launchpad algorithm I now subject the Korg volca beats drum machine to the same process- only with an addition that within each loop iteration (recording a new loop) one … Continue reading
Experimenting with algorithms and Novation Launchpad #2
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
Stuart Russell 