Nov
25
Vocal stuff
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For the last couple of months I’ve been taking singing lessons, which is new to me but something I’d highly recommend. Last night’s singing lesson might be my last with my current teacher though as I’ll soon be moving cities again. It was a really good “last lesson” with my teacher and she imparted a [...]
Oct
24
Guitars 001
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Been procrastinating on a remix so I thought I’d take a snap of the guitars for no particular reason.
Oct
11
Ambient track on soundcloud
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Sometimes you sit down in the studio, surrounded by all your synths, setting out to make a club hit or killer single, but when you reach for the keys and knobs all that comes out is an ambient soundscape. This is what happened today. Maybe it’s the fact that I was drinking last night and [...]
Aug
23
DSI Mopho audio demo
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This post is a bit of another cheat in that the DSI Mopho I’m demoing isn’t actually mine. My friend James bought it recently and it’s been at my studio for the last couple of weeks.
Even though I’ve had it for a while I’ve only really gotten around to using it today. Kong and [...]
Jul
9
Access Virus TI Snow
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The latest addition to my studio is the Virus TI Snow, which I picked up a few weeks ago.
I had previously played with my friend’s Virus TI Polar, which suitably blew me away and since that point the seed had been implanted in my mind to obtain this new synth.So why didn’t I get the [...]
Jul
6
Here’s some studio footage while working on a new Shiv-r track. This will be one of the final ones to be written for our album:
Apr
9
New mic: Shure 520DX
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I got an interesting new mic last week - the Shure 520DX:
My hypothesis for picking this up comprises of the following points (in order of importance):
It looks cool, like something from another time;
It’s something a bit different to your stanard SM58-shape, so would be cool for live performances;
It’s technically a harmonica mic, designed to be [...]
Apr
2
Check out the new Implant album, “Implantology”:
I contributed guitars for several tracks on this album, as well as programming the MIDI files for the 2 covers on the album. The guitars were recorded in my London apartment, using my Gibson SG Menace & Line 6 Pod. Len from Implant sent me the demo tracks as [...]
Mar
23
So this videoblogging business is pretty addictive. Check out the latest video I made:
I’m working on a Crystalline Effect remix for an upcoming compilation. In the above video I am adding the final “swooshes” or “cymbal crashes” over the top, and for this I use the Andromeda A6.
Mar
9
Cubase, Moog LP & Andromeda
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I’m still in the process of moving over to my iMac and getting all my software set up on it. I ended up installing Windows XP on it via Boot Camp so I could get all my audio software to work, and it’s running great now. So the above video is pretty much just me [...]
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Shiv-r is a new force in the field of dark electronic music. The heavy and unsettling atmosphere generated by the band is at times intended for the clubs, and at times drawn to a slow, grinding pace for full dramatic impact.
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