Get ready to be swept away in a whirlwind of joy with our brand-new single “Mon amie”!
This song celebrates male-female friendship with a touch of humor. You won’t be able to help but smile and tap your foot.
Listen now to a taste of what lies ahead.
And that’s not all! We decided to integrate AI into the creation of the album cover, which will add a touch of originality to this new track.
Tell us which image you prefer and don’t hesitate to give us your feedback!
Hi everyone!
Today, I would like to talk to you about Blue Noiz, a French Youtuber that I discovered a little over a year ago and already mentioned several times.
Blue Noiz is a “reviewer” that offers reviews of devices (synthesizers, drum machines, etc.). I was intrigued by his videos on the famous Soma machines, and I immediately appreciated his humor and passion for synthesizers and sound design.
He managed to amass more than 1000 subscribers on his Youtube channel, and I think it’s deserved. I really like its “long” approach to review devices user manuals, as it helps to understand all the features of these devices.
He ends his videos with his personal opinion on the advantages and disadvantages of the instrument, as well as a demo but also proposes short videos that highlight the sound capabilities or features of devices.
I highly recommend Blue Noiz to all synthesizer lovers who want to discover new devices in French. He meets a certain success and offers more and more interesting instruments. He has even managed to establish partnerships with manufacturers, proving its growing notoriety.
I had the opportunity to build a human relationship with Blue Noiz over the months, and I was even able to test the Implexus during an exchange with my Lyra and Enner. I hope to one day meet him in person to seal our friendship.
To give you an overview of his work, I invite you to watch the video that hooked me: that of the Pipe from Soma https://youtu.be/zvWnX9_0HU4
You can find more videos on his Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/BlueNoiz and on his Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/BlueNoizOfficial
Do not hesitate to discover his content and subscribe to his channel!
The reason we’re quiet at the moment is that we’re working hard on the live set-up.
The general structure of the album is taking shape.
Now it’s time for the technical choices…
The release of a Black Moon Tape album is always an event (for me). Of course there is a nostalgic side to listening to these melodies to which I contributed, a little bit, a long time ago, in the genealogy of the group.
But above all it is always a qualitative moment with a strong personality.
To consume and share without moderation, the latest album Asaliah
On Hello Birds Records
This time we are happy to announce the
H.E.L.E.N. for Human Extension through Linear Extrapolation of Nature develops a classic theme of science fiction, the exodus of humanity into space. This scenario is perfectly in keeping with the duo’s 80’s culture and the space visuals regularly associated with electro concepts. It offers the challenge of being able to develop the evolution of the protagonists’ feelings between the alarmist and definitive observation of the end of civilisation and the arrival on a virgin planet where everything can start again (Nephilion).
Although the story is totally fictional, one cannot help but identify a resonance with current events. The ecological problems, the health situation, the conflicts in the East, the progress in the field of space… However, it is by no means a moral work, even if it is based on deep foundations that can invite reflection. The works that inspired this concept give our duo a rather positive feeling.
Yet the health crisis inevitably influenced the album. Of course there was the uncertainty that accompanied the beginning of the pandemic. But above all, the confinement forced the duo to work at a distance, which led to a work based on virtual instruments allowing each of them to work on their own… And this choice marks a radical change in an approach initially based on physical instrumentation (hardware).
En attendant de retrouver notre album sur vos plateformes de streaming préférées, vous pouvez déjà retrouver nos morceaux en exclusivité sur notre chaîne YouTube et notre compte BandCamp.
Today I introduce you to State Azure, a UK-based producer of ambient electronic music.
His particularity is to offer lives sessions that easily exceed 3 hours in calm and relaxing style.
Furthermore, this musician has a nice studio very well equipped.
On the one hand, there is a modular setup that he uses, among other things, to produce generative music.
On the other side we notice a set of quality devices including the Waldorf Iridium.
Stater Azure has also produced a few videos centered on limited equipment approaching the mono-device approach.
This makes it possible to appreciate the qualities of the Iridium that also equips our studio and I will talk about one day in the context of granular synthesis.
To illustrate the work of State Azure, I propose you a video that I find mesmerizing, the cover of the excellent In the air tonight with a captivating female voice.
Do not hesitate to discover his work on the various streaming platforms or his Youtube channel.
Hello friends,
So far, we have presented you a few of our favourite hardware synthesisers (there are more to come… don’t worry 😉) but today we would like to say a word on the core tool that we use to gather all these instruments and let them play together in harmony… we name it CUBASE.
But what is Cubase? Probably everybody has heard about Photoshop and knows basically what it does. Well, here is a simplistic comparison: Cubase is to audio what Photoshop is to photo.
Cubase is a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) that makes possible to hold a mobile music studio in a minimal amount of space.
Image you can have this unaffordable setup we dream of…
…entirely built in into this nowadays common piece of technology
…so, it looks like
Using Cubase we record music notes (thank you MIDI) as well as audio waves (through audio card) from hardware synths, we arrange all recordings, we add them effects (e.g. modulation, delay, reverb, distortion, etc) to bring more life, we mix them all together so that they find their place in frequency spectrum, and we master the final output to match with today’s audio streaming platforms standards.
Cubase offers a huge – almost limitless – number of possibilities to transform and shape a sound, for example:
Cubase offers almost infinite options but its power can sometimes be buried in ‘hidden’ buttons or menus.
Luckily, we can rely on inspiring people to reveal Cubase little secrets and let the magic operates:
Thank you both for the precious tips!
We recently introduced you to Kebu, this friendly Finnish keyboardist. But what does this have to do with E-dipti-X?
Well, in addition to a source of inspiration for the play and the live setup, there is the sounds of these devices that awaken our ears. The 70s and 80s devices keep a stamp that modern machines never cease to want to imitate. Without making here the analog / digital, hardware / vst (software) debate (less and less relevant regarding computer progress), we can’t resist seeking to approach these famous sounds.
And we are equipped with 2 similar devices we will try to make the most of.
The first: DRM1.
This model was produced by 3 manufacturers (initially Music & More, TBS (Touched By Sound) and today Vermona).
It is an analog percussion generator with very vintage sounds.
A generator only and not a drum machine. DRM1 has no sequencer.
Its sound palette makes it possible to produce round and deep sounds for techno or much more aggressive sounds for a more industrial style that particularly interests us.
We will come back to this aspect in later post about Soma equipment.
Here it will be the characteristic effect side of the oscillator 3 “multi” that will arouse our curiosity.
Here is a demo that we made in single-device mode.
The second is the Yamaha EX7, a workstation that includes among other things the syntheses and sounds of the S series.
To taste again the sweet melodies of Kebu and discover the sounds of the Yamaha, I propose the track entirely based on the Yamaha S30 (mono-device) “The Lunar Effect”
Today I’m alone in the studio and I take the opportunity to work with the GR-1.
Updating the firmware, studying the manual to understand how to manage patches and performances and above all, working on the ambient sound that I have in mind for the intro of the live set.
I let you guess what the original sound could be 😉
I’ll take the occasion of another post to show you briefly how we use this very special device, the GR-1 granular synthesizer from Tasty Chips.
More info on the GR-1 to satisfy the curious: https://youtu.be/cYRCIcnGnbc
The sound is far from being finished. It will undergo another big modification by going through different effects. But that’s for another post as well (effects section).
Don’t hesitate to comment, share…
Today I would like to introduce you to Mr Firechild. He is a Swedish keyboardist who composes 80’s tracks on a collection of extraordinary machines.
His melodies are very nice and he has a real talent to showcase these exceptional synths.
Because yes, besides music, he makes all the keyboardists in the world dreaming by showcasing almost all the legendary synths in his studio.
He is an artist who likes to compose and record in “mono-device” way. Meaning he does everything on one single synth. Of course on many tracks in overdubbing mode. It’s not a set-up for live performance (like Kebu). This single-device approach is perfect to get an idea of the capabilities and sonic footprint of an instrument.
It is therefore quite logical that I present you Mr Firechild because he allowed me to choose some devices based on the sound that can be expected from them (for example the Waldorf Pulse). So I propose you the track “The Pulse of my heart”
Mr Firechild has plenty of other such demos and has also released many nice albums. Check out his channel and his website, http://www.firechild.se/
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