Dimmu Borgir

flickr by by Vanessa Decampos
DIMMU BORGIR
April 30, 2008
The Culture Room
Fort Lauderdale - Florida
The Invaluable Darkness Tour II
Legions Of The Chosen Few

http://www.dimmu-borgir.com

via poler303

Ocean Orbit on WNUR tonight

via Mr. Array

"My bandmate and I will be on Northwestern University's WNUR radio station tonight. We're scheduled to play a couple of our songs live, and then the rest will be broadcast from pre-recorded material. We're scheduled to go on at 11:30 PM Central time, if you want to listen in to the live webcast: http://www.wnur.org/" Update 10:05PM: they are on now.
Be sure to see this vid later, and of course: http://www.myspace.com/oceanorbit

Alka New Release - A Dog Lost In The Woods

http://www.reverbnation.com/buryn

"new full length release on EE records, "a dog lost in the woods".

On Amazon

EMS Synthi AKS

Hard-FI: Rockin The city Podcast 26 "THE SWEAT FILES"

YouTube via hardfiband. via JZ. DSI Prophet '08 comes in at 1:43.
"Hear brand new Hard-Fi music in the latest episode of the Rockin The City podcast."

Jerusalem - Electronic tomita style

YouTube via paulshillitomusic
"Jerusalem - Electronically reworked for the 21st century, the Hubert Parry classic hymn but without the words, which many think is or should be the national anthem (the original, not mine, though I would like that ! :-).

After I had made the music and was wondering what to put on the video, I had the idea to do something a little different and instead of the normal celebration of the long gone days of empire and grassy fields, to make it a celebration of the modern day Great Britons that have influenced millions of lives around the world in one way or another.

The list is in no particular order though is was drawn from the top 100 Greatest Britons survey conducted by the BBC in 2002, I have included the following on the basis of their contribution to the 20th-21st centuries, HRH Queen Elizabeth II, Francis Crick and James Watson, Sir Antony Hopkins, J.K Rowling, John Lennon, John Logie Baird, John Peel, Sir Frank Whittle, Paul McCartney, J.R.R Tolkien, Prof Stephen Hawkings, Sir Tim Burners-Lee, Alan Turing, Sir David Attenborough, Sir Robert A Watson-Watt, Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Alexander Fleming, Diana Princess of Wales and finally the Unknown Soldier for all those who fell to keep Britain Great.

There where many more that could be included but with just 2:27 seconds I couldn't put them all in.

The music was created and arranged on computer using Cubase 4 with varous soft synths including Moog Modular V, Jupiter 8V and Omnisphere with styling cues from Isao Tomita and ELP."

Debussy Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (Tomita Style)

" Debussy Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum recreated electronically in a Isao Tomita style, with of course my own take on it.

I was not that familiar with this piece until recently but the more i listened the more i liked it and it works well with synth sounds so after a few days of arranging, here it is.

My wife thought that the piece reminded her of falling leaves, so for the want of a better idea the forest montage was used and it seems to work though I'm sure a purest somewhere would disagree.

Sequenced and audio mixed on Cubase 4 using Omnisphere, Arturia's Analogue factory and NI FM8 soft synths, then uploaded in 1280 x 720 HD format which keeps the audio sounding better."

Acid Alert - Traffic Jam

YouTube via dodddigital. http://www.oliverdodd.com/
"Acid Alert - Traffic Jam
Analog production from Oliver Dodd
Featuring:
TR-808 TB-303 SH-101 TR-707"

Subway II

via Zachary via BLEEP: "Soul Jazz's very own in-house electronic disco group Subway return with their first full length album since 2005's 'Empty Head' set. The list of equipment used to fashion this album includes an enviable roll call of Roland Jupiter 6, Korg MS20, Univox SR55, Roland MKS80, and a Moog Prodigy alongside the usual guitars, drums and tape loops proving that these guys are a fully analog outfit. there's no radical departure from their previous sound, sticking to what they do best with intuitive dancefloor jams and spacey head-music sounding like they could have come from any point between the late 70's and today with elements of NYC avant-disco, Krautrock, German electronics, Radiophonic ephemera and proto house sculpted into a unique sound. Recommended!"

Suicide Lane - City Skies 09

via Suicide Lane:

http://virb.com/suicidelane

http://soundcloud.com/suicidelane

"Live set from last Saturday at City Skies has posted [here]

Much much respect to Jim Combs for keeping up this monthly event as it gives electronic music performers a chance to go out and play. Looking at past events, there are quite some big names that performed there. Even better, thevenue is just about a mile from my house.

Gear used: Moog LPTE, Elektron MonoMachine, Jomox XBase 09, TC Nova Delay, Korg KP3, Mackie 1402.

Photos can be seen here"

Juan Maclean

full interview on Resident Advisor
"RA continues its new feature series, Machine Love, with a look into the working methods of a man devoted to hardware: The Juan Maclean.

The Juan Maclean just released his second full-length album, The Future Will Come, earlier this month. His history goes far beyond the two albums he's released since 2005 under that moniker, however. John Maclean's music career started in earnest in 1992 when Sub Pop signed an up-and-coming post-punk synth rock band from Rhode Island called Six Finger Satellite. Maclean got his start as a guitar player, helping to create a sound which to this day is lauded for its forward-thinking fusion of electronic and post-punk."

via Brandt: "I saw this band live in Chicago on Tuesday night, and they're really fantastic. The 'live' sidebar is hilarious and essential reading for any synth enthusiast."

Raglani Interview and Call for Help on Stolen Gear

This is a bit of a double post. First there is a great interview on Raglani in the River Front Times here. The article covers Raglani's use of synths. It also covers a very unfortunate event.

"On May 16, as Raglani was beginning his first U.S. tour at Brooklyn's experimental-music festival No Fun Fest, his van was burglarized and all of his electronic gear — synthesizers, effects pedals, speakers, merch and more, all valued at nearly $10,000 — disappeared while Raglani stopped for dinner.

Any musician or artist can sympathize with the devastation that accompanies such a loss; the sentimental value of losing, say, your first electric guitar or a journal full of sketches is normally as great as the financial hit. But for a musician like Raglani, who uses vintage analog synths alongside newer (and pricey) boutique gear, these instruments can't be replaced with a trip to Guitar Center."

The following is the list of gear that was stolen with serial numbers. If you spot any, contact Raglani at www.myspace.com/raglani or at pegasusfarmsrecords at gmail.com. Of course check out the site for his music as well. And be sure to check out the interview.

Moog Voyager Old School White Wash # OS0217
Moog VX-351 Expander with cable
Sequential Circuits Pro One (J-Wire) #3775
TWO Traynor KB-4 Keyboard amps # 8091747, 8119734 (Raglani stenciled in white on bottom)
Flower Electronics Little Boy Blue Deluxe Custom build modular synth with wood sides. Discontinued- Legacy edition (notes written in marker on front panel)
3ms (4MS) Noise Swash Pedal. Silver
Boss Super Shifter (blue pedal)
Boss Re-20 SPACE ECHO PEDAL # 0685725341
SONY walkmen (black with eq on front)
Behringer 12 channel Mixer (silver)
Moog Ring Modulator moogerfooger pedal
Line 6 DL4 delay modeler. (number 2 written in marker on left hand side)
Shure Microphone beta 51
Moog Micromoog with flight case
Moog Lowpass filter moogerfooger pedal
Frostwave resonator filter pedal
Akai Headrush pedal
Boss Graphic EQ (white Pedal)
E.H. Small Stone Phaser pedal.
Behrenger xenix mixer
Mac Powerbook Laptop with black cloth case
Crucial Gizmo 8GB
Garmin GPS nuvi 205 ppp# 502264
DJ case with new headphones and tools. All my patch cords. Including several expensive adaptors and color cables.
Pelican Transport Case (model 1650)
Moog Voyager Road Case (Raglani stenciled in Black)
Pedal Board case
Sennheiser headphones (model hd280pro)

Update via fluxmonk in the comments:
"Also: Steve Hauschildt from Emeralds had his stuff stolen at the same time:
Moog Micromoog with flight case
Moog Lowpass filter moogerfooger pedal
Frostwave resonator filter pedal
Akai Headrush pedal
Boss Graphic EQ (white Pedal)
E.H. Small Stone Phaser pedal.
Behrenger xenix mixer
Various cables and adaptors

Bigtime drag for some super nice guys. keep an eyeball peeled... "