Podcast 27

While i was researching for something, i ran into this website: http://www.sidlovesturbo.com/. Here you cand find mixes from artists like Jori Hulkkonen, Tiga and much more. It's obvious that i was impressed with Jori's mixes, there are two actually, because they include a lot of tracks from the 80z, and also new tracks he made.

As i listen i realise that there's something strange about him. Too much good music in one man, that's alomost impossible in our era.

En fin, nice tunes, you should give it a listen!

You can download the lasted mix, podcast 27, created on 27/03/2008 here.

The first one, podcast 19, published on 19/11/2007 is avalibale here.

Lisa, the queen of all queens

So, it's no surprise to anyone that i love almost anything that moves and has furr. A few days ago i presented Ebola, my hamster, now it's time to make Lisa famous!

Back to the roots

When i grow up i wanna be a rock band


The Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)



I can`t really say that i`m too impressed by their live performance with this song, but i still like it a lot.

Still, i can`t wait to see Kaiser Chiefs live, this summer, at Bestfest.

Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby - WIIIIII! :))

The Mist

I`ve just came back from the cinema. I saw The Mist, a film by Stephen King. SF in all ways, but very human and emotional, pretty violent too. I recomend it. It`s not a typical USA movie and it has the weirdest ending i`ve even seen (after the others). It`s sad and it gives you the creeps.

Roland TB-303 - Aceeeed for life!

Roland TB-303 Bass Line este un sintetizator cu sequencer încorporat, produs de compania Roland în 1982, care a avut un rol determinant în dezvoltarea muzicii electronice contemporane.
TB-303-ul a fost vândut iniţial chitariştilor care vroiau să exerseze singuri şi aveau nevoie de acompaniament la bas, 303-ul fiind instumentul ideal pentru acest lucru. Sintetizatorul s-a produs timp de 18 luni, rezultatul fiind de 10.000 de unităţi. În zilele noastre, aparatul este considerat a fi piesă de colecţie, vânzându-se la preţuri între 800 şi 1000 de dolari.

Spre sfârşitul anilor `80, producătorii de muzică electronică din Chicago i-au descoperit utiliatea în contextul dezvoltării acestui gen de muzică, urmând ca la începutul anilor `90, să se dezvolte noul curent numit Acid, în care 303-ul era utilizat cu preponderenţă. Acel sunet specific acid-ului se producea prin repetarea unui pattern de note în cadrul TB-303-ului în timp ce se modifica filtrul CutOff, resonance sau envelope modulation. Accentul 303-ului controla modificările amplitudinii notei, filter resonance-ul şi envelope modulation, permiţând variaţiuni în timbru. Pentru a-i da TB 303-ului un timbru mai dens, mai zgomotos, este adesea folosit un efect de distors, fie cu ajutorul unei pedale, fie supraîncărcând intrarea audio a unui mixer. Rezultatul este un sunet mult mai bogat din punct de vedere armonic.

TB-303 are un singur oscilator audio care poate fi configurat pentru a produce fie un sawtooth wave, fie unul square, un envelope generator cu un controler de decay, un lowpass filter cu o reducere de -18 dB pe octavă şi controlere pentru cutoff frequency, resonance şi parametri de envelope modulation.

Pe la mijlocul anilor `90, cererea de unităţi TB-303 a coincis cu dezvoltarea muzicii electronice de dans şi tocmai de aceea majoritatea producătorilor de echipamente de acest gen au început producerea de multe instrumente similare TB-303-ului, numite "clone". Primii care au produs acest gen de clone au fost Novation Electronic Music Systems care a lansat primul echipament portabil generator de linii de bas în 1994, urmând TeeBee-ul produs de Syntecno, MS-404 şi Freebass FB-383.

Pentru că popularitatea acestor clone creştea necontrolabil, Roland a hotărât să lanseze propria lui clona de 303, producând MC-303 Groovebox. În ciuda eforturilor de a păstra aceaşi linie ca pentru TB, MC-ul era un produs complet diferit de original. Diferenţa majoră era în includerea unui sintetizator digital în schimbul circuitului analog inclus în primul.

În 1997, sintetizatoarele în versiunea software au început să câştige tot mai multe teren, unul dintre cele mai populare fiind emolatorul ReBirth produs de Propellerhead Software, cei care au produs şi soft-ul Reason. Pentru cine nu ştie, Proppellerheads a fost o trupă extrem de populară care ne-a vizitat ţara în urmă cu câţiva ani, cântând în deschiderea concertului Moby.

Printre artiştii care au folosit acest Roland TB-303 se numară: Aphex Twin, The Future Sound Of London, Massive Attack, Air, Moby, Underworld, The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, Pet Shop Boys, Orbital şi chiar Daft Punk. La toate aceste nume il adugam si pe Jori Hulkkonen, artistul F Com., responsabil si pentru So Run The Tears As Wine" Acid Symphony.

Clipurile concertului la care a participat si Jesper Dahlback sunt ceva mai jos in blog.
Pentru ca vazand acele clipuri mi-am amintit ca am facut si eu o prezentare a 303-ului in defuncta clubbing mag, am decis sa urc materialul aici.

Hope it helps!

My first Korg

This is my (and V.) first Korg.

I wish i had more time for it. :(

More to come... :D

Thaddeus Cahill's "Dynamophone/Telharmonium" (1897)

Let me introduce you the first synthetiser ever built.

Dynamophone/Telharmonium - 1897

In 1897 Thaddeus Cahill patented (pat no 580,035) what was to become the "Telharmonium" or "Dynamophone" which can be considered the first significant electronic musical instrument . The first fully completed model was presented to the public in 1906 in Holyoke, Mass.






The Telharmonium was essentially a collection of 145 modified dynamos employing a number of specially geared shafts and associated inductors to produce alternating currents of different audio frequencies. These signals were controlled by a multiple set of polyphonic velocity sensitive keyboards ( of seven octaves, 36 notes per octave tuneable to frequencies between 40-4000Hz) and associated banks of controls.
The resulting sound was audible via acoustic horns built from piano soundboards in the early models, later models were linked directly to the telephone network or to a series of telephone receivers fitted with special acoustic horns - this was the only way to amplify the sound in this preamplifier era (Cahill's invention had predated the invention of amplifiers by 20 years). The Telharmonium supplied 1 amp of power to each telephone receiver on the network this was much more than the telephone itself but was enough to be able to hear the music without lifting the receiver speaker to the ear however this also masked and disrupted any other signal on the line. The instrument was usually played by two musicians (4 hands) and reproduced "respectable" music of the time: Bach, Chopin, Grieg, Rossinni etc.

Go here for more details: http://www.obsolete.com/120_years/machines/telharmonium/

A couple of years ago, when i was wrinting for an electronic music magazine, Clubbing Mag, i had to write the technical page, so i decided to start with the first electronic music instrument ever built. I was extremply happy to find out about the Telharmonium. It is a wonderful piece of art.

Unfortunatly, they stoped manufacturing this instrument because the wireless technology evolved and it was obvious that people would rather use that than this way of transmiting music.

This is how it looked: