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Here is a list of my – now searchable – posts – newest to oldest. Some have audio and a few have video
Remembering: Kenny Everett’s Bottom Thirty Show – How It All Started
How a two-year radio show began from the most unlikely starting point. Well really, indirectly, if anyone was to blame it was Gerry Marsden’s fault when he released his version of Elton John’s ‘Your Song’ (1975). Both Capital Radio DJ’s Kenny Everett and Roger Scott quickly named it the worst record ever released. . . […]
Remembering: Arthur Conley Tour 1970
A personal memoire of the tour in my previous life as a trumpet player, including the events at the 1970 Bilzen Jazz Festival . . . Substack link: https://open.substack.com/pub/georgebarker1/p/remembering-arthur-conley-uk-tour?r=3jbpj6&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Modrwy Jam
Featuring the Modrwy module from Dwyfor Tech, a magical wavefolding ring modulator! This jam is with my Klee sequencer, sine and triangle waves into Modrwy, then to Thomas White low pass gate. I am using two quantizers here – the Tip Top Quantizer which is great for live stuff and also an Addac quantizer for […]
More Sequencer Adventures
Featuring Eurorack – using a range of modules including Verbos Harmonic Oscillator, Bastl Timber, Thos White Low Pass Gate and Black Sequencer plus AJH oscillators and filters, O-Coast and Instruo Seashell. Recorded as usual into Pro tools with various effects including Wellspring and Nightverb reverbs.
Don’t You Just Love Sequencers – 2
Another Black Sequencer-based track! This one is all from my Eurorack set up. Features AJH Synths oscillators and filters (MiniMod and Sonic XV) plus Verbos Harmonic Oscillator. For one pass a sequential switch moves through three different oscillator/filter configurations. Outboard/plugin effects include Wellspring and Nightverb reverbs, Sound Toys EchoBoy, 112db’s Mikron Cascade and Delay and […]
ANS Synthesizer on iPad!
The ANS synthesizer was a photoelectronic musical instrument developed in Russia in the 1930’s. The ANS made it possible to draw music in the form of a spectrogram. This emulation was developed by Alexander Zolotov and more information may befound here: https://warmplace.ru/soft/ans/ For this track I used a section of a Fractal image with some […]
Folktronica – 7″ Vinyl Single Released
Finally we have the 7″ vinyl single of the two traditional Scottish songs, sung by Helen McCookerybook in Gaelic with synth musical arrangements. The single is a very limited run and is pressed in translucent blue vinyl and is available here The tracks are also available to download and can also be found on streaming […]
Don’t You Just Love Sequencers?
Of the many sequencers that I own I am mainly using Erica Synths Black Sequencer – although for this track there were elements where I simply used the Arturia Keystep 37. Most sounds are from my Eurorack modular synth with additional parts from my latest acquisition – the Instruo Seashell Got quite carried away with […]
Instruo Seashell + Pocket Scion
More adventures with the amazing Instruo Seashell – this time with added Pocket Scion. All sounds are from the Seashell driven by my Erica Synths Black Sequencer. Effects include Teaching Machines Wellspring, Erica Synths Nightverb, Audiority Ursa Major Space Station and 112db Mikron Delay.