The cynic in me feels there aren’t too many great new love songs made these days, Inside Voice from Joey Dosick certainly bucks that trend. Joey is part of the Vulfpeck collective and released his EP Game Winner back in 2016, pointing out this was recorded while he was recovering from a basketball ACL injury.
Is there an instrument more synonymous with a mood than the theremin? I’d hazard a guess no. Probably the kazoo, didgeridoo or other more novelty instruments might be in with a shout, but the theremin holds the prize of being considered a serious instrument and being totally bonkers at the same time.
The track I want to look at today is Erykah Badu’s 2007 single Honey. It’s produced by 9th Wonder, who has worked with Mary J. Blige, Jay-Z, Drake, Destiny’s Child, J.
Back in May this year I contacted Million Machine March about the possibility of modifying my old, battered Korg Mini KP into Eurorack modular format. The owner, Chris, responded to me and we exchanged ideas about how it could be done as well as considerations.
Radiohead’s Idioteque was released in October 2000 and is probably one of the clearest examples of what they were trying to achieve sonically with Kid A.
Recently a I completed a sample pack for Sample Magic with a good friend of mine titled Modular Electro. Readers of this blog know I am keen modular synth collector and I was in my element with this pack.
I’ve tasked myself with doing this in my lunch break, so here goes… Air’s Moon Safari is one of those 90s coffee table albums along with Zero 7’s Simple Things and various others that helped bring the sound of downtempo and chill out to the masses (there are tonnes more but I’m against the clock here…)
Moon Safari was released in 1998 and produced three singles – All I Need, Sexy Boy and Kelly Watch the Stars.
Extralife is back again with another mesmerising DIY video, this time on how to etch designs into homemade guitar pedals – something close to my heart.
As avid readers of these pages will know I am a huge Arturia fan, and when given the opportunity to review one of their new hardware additions for Garnish Music, I jumped at the chance.
We are currently in the midst of a golden generation of MIDI controllers. No longer are you confined to various guises of MIDI keyboard or MPC-styled drum pads.