cars flowers

2011-10-19T17:52:00.000-07:00

I'm going to see Adrian Utley perform this weekend in Berkeley.

Black Dog Productions

2011-09-02T22:38:00.001-07:00

What did the instrumental set-up for the very first Black Dog-tracks look like?
[ken] Commodore Amiga computer (for sequencer and samples), DX7, Alesis HR16, Roland 202.
[Martin] My first set up was just a Roland W30, small mixer and two reverb units, I still have them but they had nothing to do with the early tBd tracks.

2011-08-16T22:31:00.000-07:00

Icelandic redheads are my new favorite thing.

2011-06-09T10:58:00.000-07:00

Silver Apples live in Los Angeles, 1968.

2011-06-05T21:41:00.001-07:00

Bob Moog's original 24-band Multiple Resonance Filter Array

2011-06-05T21:33:00.000-07:00

Bob Moog's original 24-band Multiple Resonance Filter Array

2011-05-10T18:06:00.000-07:00

Chemical Brothers' Studio

2011-02-27T15:48:00.000-08:00

I was only five or six but I have romantic feelings about the Associates.

2011-02-14T20:41:00.001-08:00

I'm going to Dearborn to see this.

2010-09-06T20:56:00.001-07:00

Tactile switches: Alps vs Omron?
http://www.firstpr.com.au/rwi/dfish/tact-switches/

2010-07-19T10:58:00.001-07:00

I can't wait for the live album in September!

2010-06-16T22:11:00.000-07:00

Johnny Marr
"This is the Gibson 355 that I first used on Sheila Take A Bow. I wrote and played I Started Something, Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before and Death Of A Disco Dancer on this guitar. It can be heard on the start of Paint A Vulgar Picture, and on Nothing But Flowers by The Talking Heads, and seen on The Smiths Top Of The Pops appearance for Sheila Take A Bow, and when we played The Tube. It's now owned and used by Bernard Butler who I gave it to in the mid 90's."
"1960's Gibson Firebird 12 String"
gibson 330 guitar"I used this guitar a lot throughout the nineties with Electronic. Bernard Sumner and I got one each and our third album has them all over it."
This is a 1961 Gibson Les Paul Special that I used with Electronic.
This 1957 Gold Top Les Paul was used on the Healers Boomslang album and Ed O'Brien used it on Radiohead's "In Rainbows".
An original 1965 Vox Teardrop.
This is a 1966 Gibson 335 12 String. They came in three colours : Black, Red and Sunburst. I still have a red one. I gave my Sunburst one to Bernard Butler.
Thinline Fender Telecaster guitar This late 60's Thinline Fender Telecaster once belonged to Donovan. It was the first electric guitar he ever owned and he played it at the Isle Of White Festival in 1970. Bernard Sumner used it with New Order during the Technique period and was seen with it on Top Of The Pops when they did "Round And Round.
My 1964 Rickenbacker 12 String that once belonged to The Who.
This is a 1954 Gibson 295 or "Scotty Moore" that I used in the video for "The Boy With The Thorn In His Side" and on some of "The Queen Is Dead" album.
My 1962 Fender Jaguar that I use with The Cribs and Modest Mouse.
The Gretsch 6120 that I used to write and record "Stretch Out And Wait". You can hear it on "Is It Really So Strange ?" too. I got it from The Who and It's one of the best old 1960's Gretsch's that I've played.
I wanted this 1963 Fender Jazz bass for a long time. It belonged to Paul Ryder from Happy Mondays and was on a lot of their records.
This is a custom colour 1959 Gibson 355 that I used on "Forbidden City" with Electronic. It's on the cover of "Get The Message, The Best Of Electronic.
This Blonde Gibson SG was made for me and is a one of a kind.
My Fender Bass Six, or Baritone Guitar. I used it on "Helpline Operator" by The The. It's tuned to A D G B E A."Gary Jarman played it on Stick To Yr Guns from Ignore The Ignorant by The Cribs and Ryan Jarman played it on Save Your Secrets."
The Martin twelve string that I used on "Unhappy Birthday" and "Bigmouth Strikes Again" by The Smiths, "Get The Message" by Electronic...amongst many others.
This is my 1983 Black Rickenbacker 330 that I used throughout The Smiths. I got it from A1 Repairs on Oxford Road in Manchester and it was my main guitar at all the early gigs. It's the sound of the riff on "What Difference Does It Make" and "Reel Around The Fountain", all of the first album and on other albums too. I still use it now.
This is a 1962 Epiphone Coronet. Shortly after I got it I put it in "Nashville Tuning", which means putting on an electric 12 string set (the bottom four strings are an octave higher than standard). It feels like your playing backwards because the higher strings are at the bottom. I used it to double a lot of the Rickenbacker arpeggios on Smiths records, most notably on "William It Was Really Nothing", it's also the main guitar on "Half A Person".
This is my White On White Fender Jaguar. It's a '62 body with a '65 neck. The pick ups were made for me by Tim at Bare Knuckle to the original 1963 spec and it has a custom made white pickguard. I've been playing it exclusively on the recent shows with The Cribs and it's my main guitar at the moment.
The 1963 Epiphone Casino that I used to record the main tremolo sound on "How Soon Is Now". I recording the rhythm part and then sent the track out to four Fender Twin Reverbs all with tremolo on and had to keep stopping the song when the amps went out of sync. It took quite a long time.
I wrote "Nowhere Fast" on this guitar and played it at the Glastonbury Festival in 1984. The picture on the inside of Hatful Of Hollow was taken in the dressing room before we went on stage so I have the guitar on in that picture.

2010-05-22T21:11:00.000-07:00

Concerts during 1981:

1 Moog Source synth
1 PPG Wave 2.0 synth
1 TEAC A3440 Tape Machine (w/ D.B.Y. Unit)
1 REVOX A77 Tape Machine
+ some other stuff

Some shows in the beginning of 1982 (See You Tour):

Martin: PPG Wave 2.0 and a Yamaha CS-5.
Fletch: Moog Source
Alan: Roland Promars (a monophonic JP-4, without the arpeggiator and less keys. It also has CV/gate in and outs.)

In the article named "The New Sythesizer Rock" (Keyboard Magazine 1982) the following equipment was listed: ARP2600, Moog Source, Roland Promars, Roland SH-1, Roland MC-4 (early digital sequencer), Korg KR55 (preset drum machine) Roland TR808 (programmable drum machine)

A Broken Frame Tour:

Alan: Roland Jupiter 8

Martin: PPG Wave 2.0)+ a small keyboard thing (Martin's small keyboard had "Fairlite" (compared to the 100.000 USD Fairlight CMI sampler) written on the back of it:)). The small keyboard could actually have been a Yamaha thing (Yamaha 5), which guys used when they started playing synths.

Fletch: Moog Source

Construction Time Again Tour:

Alan: Roland Jupiter 8 + another keyboard (don't know which one)

Martin: Emulator I, Yamaha DX7

Fletch: Oberheim OB8

Some Great Reward Tour:

Alan: Emulator II, Roland Jupiter 8

Martin: Emulator I, Yamaha DX7

Fletch: Oberheim OB8

Celebration Tour

Alan: Emu Emulator II, Korg DW 8000

Martin: Emulator II, PPG Wave 2.3

Fletch: Oberheim OB, two Prophet 2000 samplers
The triggers were translated w/ a Roland Octapad and sent to Akai S900 samplers for the sounds.

Concert for the Masses Tour:

Alan: EmaxHD & DX7II triggering EmaxHD Rack for Spare

Martin: Same

Fletch: EmaxHD & DW8000 triggering EmaxHD for spare
Percussion pads behind them played the Spare Emax Tascam 48 Tape (Main) Tascam 38 (Spare)

World Violation Tour:

Alan, Martin & Fletch: Two EmaxII turbo (Main & Spare)
All Pads and Alan's Mega Drums triggered EmaxII turbo rack (became an Akai S1000 in Aus when the Emax died)
Two Tascam MSR16 Tapes (Main & Spare)

http://www.tuug.utu.fi/%7Ejaakko/dm/keyboards.html#q

2010-05-02T21:24:00.002-07:00

2010-05-02T21:24:00.000-07:00

Hard Wax photos (stolen from Amon Tobin's page)

2010-04-07T20:38:00.001-07:00

Basic Channel

2010-03-24T09:34:00.000-07:00

For 20 years now, I've wanted to see this kind of tour around Vince Clarke's studio.

2010-03-24T09:22:00.000-07:00

Cosey Fanni Tutti talking about art and music.
I like the part where she discusses her nude pieces. It made me more fully able to appreciate her TG centerfold work.

2010-03-04T15:23:00.000-08:00

Michael Penn and Patrick Warren with his Chamberlin.

2010-02-22T15:38:00.000-08:00

Toe Rag Studio

2010-02-22T15:15:00.001-08:00

The Dust Brothers

2010-02-22T15:12:00.000-08:00

Steve Albini

2010-02-22T14:41:00.000-08:00

Brian Eno - Another Day On Earth
The studio is based around two Apple Mac G4 computers running Logic, plus a selection of outboard including (right) the Digitech Studio Vocalist used extensively on Another Day On Earth, a Lexicon Jam Man loop sampler and an Eventide H3000 Harmonizer.

2010-02-22T14:31:00.000-08:00

Tori Amos

2010-02-22T14:23:00.000-08:00

The Walkmen - Pussy Cats

2010-02-22T14:14:00.000-08:00

I don't really care one way or the other about Stockhausen.

2010-02-22T14:08:00.000-08:00

Mogwai

2010-02-22T13:46:00.000-08:00

Giorgio Moroder - I Feel Love

2010-02-11T17:28:00.000-08:00

Autechre

2010-02-09T22:14:00.000-08:00

Trent Reznor

2010-02-04T21:20:00.000-08:00

Vince Clarke, Andy Bell and Daniel Miller recording Light At The End Of The World

Vince Clarke (2010)

2010-02-04T21:11:00.000-08:00

STUDIO EQUIPMENT LIST
ROLAND SYSTEM 700
ROLAND 100M
ROLAND JP8
ROLAND JP4
ROLAND MKS80
ROLAND SH1
ROLAND VP330
ROLAND JP8000
ROLAND JUNO 60
ROLAND JUNO 106
ROLAND SUPER JX
ROLAND D550
ARP 2500 MODULAR
ARP 2600
PPG WAVE 2.2
WALDORF MICROWAVE
WALDORF PULSE
MOOG MODULAR
MINI MOOG
MOOG SOURCE
EMU MODULAR SYSTEM
PROPHET 5
PRO ONE
OSCAR
SYRINX
KORG MS20
KORG MS10
KORG 700
KORG M1
KORG DVP
SERGE MODULAR
POLYFUSION MODULAR
OBERHEIM XPANDER
OBERHEIM SEM SYSTEM
RSF KOBOL
SYNTHI VCS3
SENNHEISER VOCODER

2010-02-04T21:06:00.000-08:00

Vince Clarke

2010-02-04T20:34:00.001-08:00

Vince Clarke Studio For Sale

LINK via Alex.
"Due to Relocation... Vince Clarke from Erasure is Auctioning over 160 items of Audio Equipment from his UK Studio. All have been regularily serviced. Most have documentation. Five items a day will be Auctioned starting from Wednesday 24th October.

Items that will be sold:
Gentle Electric Model 101 ---------Ear 822Q --------Drawmer DS201 Gate -------Drawmer DS201 Gate-------- DBX 166A Comp------- DBX 166A Comp----- Yamaha SPX90-------- Roland SDE3000A --------Eventide H3000-D/SE------ Bel Electronics BD-80-------- Lexicon PCM70-------- Bel Electronics BA40-------- Korg Stage Echo----- DeltaLab Effectron ADM1024------ Orban/Parasound 106CX------ Korg Signal Delay----- Roland Space Echo----Lexicon Primetime-------- Peavey Reverb -----Ear 823MQ------- Drawmer DL221---- Roland GS 6 --------Otari DTR-7-------- Aiwa XK007 Excelia------ Denon DCD 595----- Furman Sound RV-1------- Astorias Classical Accoustic GTR JM155------- Martin&co Steel String Accoustic---------- Yamaha NS-10 Pair--------- Yamaha NS-10 Pair------ Ear 509mkII Amplifier-------- Ear 509mkII Amplifier ----------Ear 549 Amplifier------ Ear 549 Amplifier------- Ear 549 Amplifier-------- Ear 549 Amplifier-------- Un-named Studio Control Speakers-------- SAE P50 Amplifier----- SAE P50 Amplifier------- NAD 3020A Amplifier------- Akai S1000------ Roland A110 Midi Display-------- Alesis DATA DISK-------- Dual 505-2 Turntable------- Revox 1/4 inch 2 Track Recorder --------David 9000 Speakers ---------Studer C37 Type828 2 Track Recorder----- Studer A80 24 Track Recorder ---------EMT 140 Plate Reverb ------UMI Computers x 8 with drive and memory cards-------- Optikenetics Solar 250 Light --------Speaker Stands 45cm High --------AS Filter Bank FB3----- EMO RackLight RK1-------- Sycologic AMI------- Sycologic M16x ---------Sycologic PSP------- FriendChip SRC-------- FriendChip SRC/AT ----------Ensoniq KMX-16 ---------DAC High Capacity Storage System------- Amek Mixing Console -------Groove Electronics MC-Lites Midi Box---------- JBL M553 Crossover --------Tascam DA-P1 DAT-------- Arun Oxley Pin Patch--------- Otari Radar 24 Track Hrd Drv Recorder Plus SCSCI Drive--------- Otari RE-8E Controller--------- Amek Mice Controller----- Studer A80 VU Remote Control----- Studer AutoLocator-------- Bantam Jack Patch 6 1U units of 96 inputs--------- A/DA GTR Flanger ----------ProCo GTR FX RAT------ DaneElectro Tuner---- Signex CPM22 MIDI Patch--------- Symetrix Headphone Amplifier SX204-------- Fairlight C.M.I--------- Erasure MIDI/Gate System --------Beckmann9020 Oscilloscope------ Roland PMA-5----------- Roland PMA-5------ Roland MC-4 Micro Composer---------- Roland MC-4 Micro Composer------- Roland MC-4 Micro Composer------- Roland MC-4 Micro Composer --------Roland MC-4 Micro Composer---- Roland MC-4 Micro Composer--------- Roland CV Interface 0P-8M ----Roland CV Interface 0P-8M -----Roland CV Interface 0P-8M---- Roland CV Interface 0P-8M ------Roland CV Interface 0P-8M-------- Roland Digital Cassette Recorder MTR100------- Roland Digital Cassette Recorder MTR100 --------Roland Digital Cassette Recorder MTR100 ------Roland SBX-80 Midi Sync Box ------Roland MC-300 Micro composer-------- Roland MC-500 MKII Micro Composer---Behringer Ultra X crossover---- BSS DPR522 Gate----AB 215 EQ--- Behringer ULtra Q Pro--- BSS FCS 926 Varicurve--- BSS FCS 926 Varicurve--- BSS FCS 920 Varicurve--- Klark Teknik DN514 Auto Gate--- Behringer Multicom 4ch Compresser--- Behringer Composer Pro 2ch Compresser---- Roland SDE 3000--- AB 215 EQ--- Roland SDE 3000---Yamaha SPX90---Yamaha R1000 Reverb--- DBX 120-DS--- BSS Soundweb 9088i Signal Processer--- BSS FCS 920 Varicurve---- Yamaha SPX90MkII---- Behringer Composer Pro 2ch Compresser--- Behringer Virtualizer Pro--- Behringer Multicom 4ch Compresser---- BSS DPR502 Midi Noise Gate---- DBX 500 SubHarmonizer---- DBX 160 2ch Compresser VU Meter Version---- AB 215LT EQ---- Yamaha PM180 Rack Mixer---- Behringer Tube Ultra Q---- Behringer Tube Ultra Q---- Behringer Tube Ultra Q---- AB 231 EQ---- Roland Dimension SDD-320---- Citronic V-4.5 Conquest 2ch Amplifier---- White Parametric EQ---- White Parametric EQ--- Crest Century 24ch Mixing Console---- Crest 32ch Mxing Console---- Duke Box----"

2010-02-04T17:21:00.001-08:00

Alan Wilder

2010-02-02T18:45:00.000-08:00

Mark Van Hoen

2010-01-31T18:40:00.001-08:00

Adrian Utley

2010-01-31T18:32:00.000-08:00

Animal Collective

2010-01-30T14:18:00.000-08:00

Hans Zimmer's house, whoever he is.

2009-10-22T11:25:00.000-07:00

Moby discussing his drum machines.

2009-09-28T19:16:00.001-07:00

Moby and his drum machines.

2009-08-25T14:41:00.001-07:00

Moog Parametric Equalizer

2009-08-25T10:26:00.000-07:00

Going to Carlsbad to see a Moog retrospective.

2009-07-15T08:31:00.000-07:00

2009-06-20T21:12:00.000-07:00

2009-06-19T13:10:00.001-07:00

This is a ridiculous statement but 15 million dollars does not seem like that much.

2009-05-31T12:32:00.001-07:00

A few more stolen from the Underworld site.

2009-05-21T09:23:00.000-07:00

As described by the seller on eBay: "This really an electrical and mechanical wonder. First, it has a motor which moves across a field of contacts at a speed set by the tempo control. There are a few dozen neon lamps which trigger to (I guess) give that percussive sound. This is quite a light show."

2009-03-12T21:56:00.000-07:00

I have made my peace with modern analog technology because I have no other choice. Those old machines are dying. The TR808s and SH09s... so Brianna and I bought this Moog for each other at Christmas. It's incredibly well made. I feel like it's almost too nice for us to have. I'm used to things that are well used and 70-90% functional. This, it's kind of like a modern Cadillac. Have you ridden in one recently? They are really nice.

2009-03-12T21:35:00.000-07:00

Someone at work today told me if I was an animal I would be an Ibiz (?).

"What is that?"

"A deer-like animal with a big head."

I have heard the deer/gazelle reference a few times.

body dysmorphia

2009-02-27T10:35:00.000-08:00

This is the kind of garbage I spend hours looking up.

2009-02-21T13:34:00.000-08:00

Cylob, Volta, and Circon are the things I have been looking at today.

Saville Associates

2008-09-20T20:01:00.000-07:00

This is a nice poster.

Frank (Stella) Lloyd Wright

2008-08-29T10:14:00.000-07:00

This is a nice fabric.

2008-07-26T16:44:00.000-07:00

Sometimes I wish I had a passion for the computer:
www.underworldlive.com
www.fischerspooner.com

www.theknife.net

www.nin.com

2008-06-21T15:19:00.000-07:00

It makes me happy when people share valuable things for free:
http://www.cyndustries.com/synapse/intro.cfm

2008-05-30T16:26:00.000-07:00

CAN's studio transplanted

2008-04-16T20:57:00.000-07:00

I imagine this would be an excellent way of controlling an electronic instrument. "Bob Moog's own handiwork, serial number TP010. When he started back into music manufacture in the early eighties, the model 300 touch-plate was one of his first products. This is the prototype Synton received from Bob for demonstration purposes. It has its own inbuilt power transformer, and the outputs are available on six 1/4in jack sockets, Moog knobs for controlling sensitivity. It has a Synton sticker on the back, saying 'TOUCH PLATE USA'. Synton and Moog had a close relationship in the 80s, with reciprocal import/export. It is untested. This is from the collection amassed by Felix Visser, former head of Synton. All items were destined for a national technology museum project, many years in the planning, but finally cancelled by politicians and planners. They have mostly been stored unused for a number of years."

2008-04-03T23:40:00.001-07:00

This is coming out. I forget to listen to The Breeders. I've always liked them better than The Pixies. They set simple but important standards. It's neat they say "everything should be an analog sound recording of someone playing or singing, rather than using a computer to generate or digitally manipulate sounds separated from the dimension of time which they were performed." It is a Vaughan Oliver sleeve and a Steve Albini recording, the songs almost don't have to be any good.

2008-03-31T10:15:00.000-07:00

Musical equipment should be expensive. I expect to see evidence of personal sacrifice when I watch a good band. I am always disappointed by a convenient and often flimsy setup. This Throbbing Gristle photo is not necessarily related to the above statement, I just want it saved if it disappears elsewhere. However, it is a beautiful setup. I have heard Roland sponsored the band at the time. Amazing if this is true. I was four or five.

2008-03-18T20:48:00.000-07:00

$75+120=$500

2008-02-06T23:12:00.000-08:00

I'm obsessing again about Cabaret Voltaire. I wish this picture was bigger.

Lake again

2007-05-21T12:44:00.000-07:00

We are back at the lake. The boats are much bigger this year. Either people in Fresno are making dumb amounts of money or the people of Los Angeles are running out of ideas for what to spend their money on.