Surachai – Embraced Vinyl
The Embraced records arrived today and they look, feel, and sound incredible! Embraced was structured and composed to be released specifically on vinyl with the beautiful gatefold artwork from Caspar Newbolt, the audiophile quality weight of 180 grams, along with the logo card and stickers with an order.
The record, like previous vinyl releases, sounds more aggressive with more of a bass response and smoother highs. I’m very pleased with how Shawn Hatfield dominated mastering and Roger Seibel produced incredible lacquers. You can read about the entire process of the creation of Embraced HERE.
I want to thank everyone for the support so far. The response has been overwhelmingly positive and I did not expect the music to connect with so many given how it lacks a proper genre specification and an associated record label. Again, thanks for the support and I’ll be giving out free download codes periodically on the Surachai Facebook page.
- Both Vinyl & Digital are available at Surachai Bandcamp
- Surachai Facebook
IMPREC Podcast Debuts Alessandro Cortini’s Gloria
IMPREC podcast #3- “The Synthcast”
This weeks show will focus on the role of the analog synthesizer as a creative tool in the production of electronic music, modern composition, and sound art. This podcast highlights artists in the Important Records catalog that have made a connection with specific systems or instruments in the analog domain. Some artists have made momentary, inspired connections and managed to capture those results while others have spent decades exploring and mastering their given voltage-controlled instrument.
Each track represented in the podcast brings something unique and challenging to the table. This is not an attempt to fetishize or promote analog synthesis hardware; it is a snapshot of the results that are yielded by careful study, improvisation, and creative approaches to the technology available to artists at a given point in time. Although some may consider analog synthesis an archaic mode of expression, the tracks here attest to the opposite. There are three tracks featuring the EMS Synthi on this podcast but if you expect to hear something akin to “On The Run”, well…you’re in for a wild ride.
Track Listing:
Alessandro Cortini makes his Important Records debut with the track “Gloria” from the upcoming Forse 1 album. Alessandro created the Forse series of recordings using an original Buchla Music Easel. 2012
Pauline Oliveros- ‘A little Noise in the system’ (excerpt) from Reverberations (2012) was created on the Moog III modular system at UCSD in 1968.
Eleh- “Indictiva” from the Return LP. Eleh uses a custom Serge Modular. 2009
Jessica Rylan- ‘Phantasia’ (excerpt) from Interior Designs. Serge Modular feedback patch with home made electronics. 2006
Space Machine (Yamazaki Maso)- “Track D” from Space Machine 3. Maso uses multiple sound sources including the EMS VCS3, Arp Odyssey, Roland System 100M with various echo/tape delays. 2003
Christina Kubisch- ‘Ocigam Trazom’ from the Intorno al Flauto Magio exhibition, an interpretation of Mozart’s opera ‘The Magic Flute’. Performed on the EMS Synthi with processed field recordings. 1985
Astro (Hiroshi Hasegawa)- ‘Artificial Lake’ realized on an EMS Synthi with Tape Delay. From the album ‘The Echo From Purple Dawn’. 2008
Eliane Radigue- ‘Triptych Pt. 3′ created on the ARP 2500 in 1978. From the album ‘Triptych’.
Sprint: Does Your Phone Dream Spot
Sprint “Dream” from zach goheen on Vimeo.
In collaboration with High_Lonesome Sound, Surachai sound designed a pre-feature spot for Sprint. We used modular synths as a source that was fed into tons of different plug-ins such as INA GRM, Twisted Tools, Sound Toys, UAD, and Valhalla. Mixed in surround. In the theaters now. Aren’t you disappointed you came here for a commercial?
POUPPÉE FABRIKK Remixed by Polyfuse
How To Destroy Angels Remixed By Sonoio
If you’ve seen How To Destroy Angels live, you’ve heard a song a bit out of place, a little brighter, catchier, and if you’ve been following our site – familiar. The uniquely pitched snares, massive rolling bass, and pop song structure is a recurring theme in one of our member’s projects: Sonoio aka Alessandro Cortini. Sonoio gave How to Destroy Angels a proper remix and they have performed it live for the past few weeks.
- Sonoio
Harvestman – Malgorithm Mark ][
Video Summary
Input – Mono/Stereo
Output – Mono/Stereo
Mix – Controls the Balance Between Original (Dry) & Processed Signal (Wet)
Bit Depth – Highest Quality is 16Bit Fully Clockwise
Nyquist/ Sample Rate – Highest Quality is 48kHz Fully Counter-Clockwise
Waveshaper – 4 buttons with 4 modes = 256 Unique Combinations
Description from http://schneidersladen.de
The BigDaddy of all voltage controlled bitsrusher modules, the Malgorithm is back! The revised MarkII version offers a much better audio quality with 48kHz sampling rate and 16Bit depth, illuminated buttons instead of the tedious toggle switches, a brand new wave shaper and all that comes in stereo!
Bit crusher with adjustable sampling rate of max. 48kHz and up to 16Bit depth, both parameters can be controlled by 0-5V voltages and the CV inputs have a polarizer. The Bit reduction is non-integer and continuous in the Mk2 version i.e. you can get “between the bits” and there are no more audible steps when modulating.
After that the signal can be processed by a digital waveshaper that´s different modes can be activated with four illuminated buttons – this results in 256 possible conbinations for digital distortion madness.
The Malgorithm Mk2 can operate in stereo and thus has each two audio inputs and outputs. The input level and the wet/dry mix can be adjusted manually and with a CV.
2 audio inputs (L+R), 2 audio outputs (L+R)
CV inputs for controlling the input gain, the Bit depth, the sampling rate and the effect amount
Richard Devine: Gestural SFX with Intellijel Planar Module
Creating Gestural Sound Effects with the Intellijel Planar Module from Richard Devine on Vimeo.
I setup this patch to work on a sound design project for a client, which needed unique transformer like power ups and electrical like swooshes. I borrowed the patch idea from another fellow sound designer friend Joseph Fraioli who came up with the original patch. I then took that and further added and tweaked a few things to adapt it to this project. The planar X/Y CV out is controlling the pitch of three different sound sources, intellijel cyclebox, and two intellijel Dixies. There is also multiple outs going to three different delay modules, Synthesis Technology E580, MakeNoise Echophon, and Doepfer BBD. This is just a short excerpt from that session of recordings.
Grayscale – Eurorack Alternative Panels
ome beautiful alternative faceplates for modules with controversial appearances. The topic of changing the appearance has been a longwinded conversation within the modular community (Does it affect the way you work? Is it disrespect the manufacturer?) and I have to point out there are no right answer, only preference. The eurorack format is truly modular, even the faceplates!
Richard Devine: Percussion Box by Electro Lobotomy & MakeNoise Shared System
Experiment with the percussion box by Electro Lobotomy and MakeNoise Shared System from Richard Devine on Vimeo.
Experiment with the percussion box by Electro Lobotomy and MakeNoise Shared System. Sending CV/Gate triggers from the percussion box by hitting the metal rods to alter the timbres. Audio sources are just the sine wave outputs from the MakeNoise DPO and two intelljel dixie’s running into two Optomix’s. The two outputs are then is sent into the Echophon and phonogene then through the eventide space pedal. The output signal from the percussion box is running into the Grainsburg VCA then from there into the Mungo g0 granular processing module creating the crispy high end granulated textures.