Rare Gear: Buchla 259e

Thanks to MATRIXSYNTH blog for this one. This is a unit I have never seen before. It is currently going off on ebay and its starting around 1,400$


Auction Link

A little Info:
The Model 259e Complex Waveform Generator introduces several innovative techniques for dealing with complex sounds. It features voltage-controlled modulation of pitch, amplitude, and timbre and multi-dimensional, voltage-controlled timbre. Waveshape tables provide a variety of simulataneous timbre spaces, each with its own eccentric modulation capabilities.

Boys Noize: Studio B Sept 14, 2007

Boys Noize will be tearing up the FIXED party at studio B in September 14th. Should be good time worth checking out. I have never caught a full Boys Noize set but the parts I have caught were really solid.

Here is a live set from 2006: Night Moves

Some other Boyzs Noize Trax:
Depeche Mode - personal jesus (boys noize rework)
Para One - Dudun-dun (Boys Noize Remix)
Tiga - Move My Body (Boys Noize Mix)

Explosions in the Sky:

Probably my favorite intsrumental band out there. They are absolutely amazing on their alblums and on a live stage. I saw them at Coachella and it was great minus the intense sun rays. I am waiting for them to go on tour on the east coast. Most of their shows have been on the west coast since they are from Texas. They recently got a pretty sweet gig opening for Billy and Friends (The Smashing Pumpkins). I am a long time Pumpkins fan but would much rather see these guys on their own then pay 70 dollars a ticket to see them with the Pumpkins. Anyway Explosions in the sky are brilliant at creating moods and speaking to a listener without words. There musis is pure beauty. check em out



Download some tracks below:

Explosions in the Sky - First Breath After Coma
Explosions in the Sky - Day 1
Explosions In The Sky - A Song For Our Fathers
Explosions In The Sky - Welcome, Ghosts
explosions in the sky - catastrophe and the cure

The Chemical Brothers Live 2007

So I am already excited to see the Chemical Brothers on back to back nights. I had to check out some recent video and I found a recording of them playing "Do It Again" Live. Their visuals are always amazing. Always!!
Hope you got your tickets to at least one of the shows. Check out this video from The Chemical Brothers show in Rome....

Rare Electro Harmonix Pedal: Instant Replay

This is a rare EH Instant Replay 2 second sample recorder/looper.

Get on board and bid

Synth of the Week: Roland Jupiter 8

One of the sweetest synths of all time. It is really hard and expensive to get your hands on one of these babies. Pure analog goodness that first came out in 1981. Sixteen Oscillators and an unreal sound that has been harnessed by artists like David Bowie and the Chemical Brothers.

For more information follow this link

For around 2,850 you can get in on the bidding HERE

Busy P Tour blog. After Party Video coming soon...............................................

Ok so I came across this last week I think and meant to post it but forgot. Fader magazine has Busy P's tour blog for the current Daft Punk tour. I am not sure how much updating he is doing but I am hoping to read something about the NY show soon...

For those of you who don't think they are doing anything up there but spinning CD's, you are way wrong. If you are a gear head check out their setup. It is sweet. You can find it at the erol alkan forum

Also I will upload some video from the studio B after party tomorrow. Got some good clips.......

Daft Punk Keyspan Park: VIDEO

Ok so here is most of the video I took from the show. It looked a lot better before it was uploaded onto youtube. Maybe its the compression or something. Anyway should be decent enough til they put out a video.......

Studio B Daft Punk After Party

The show was insanity and so was the after party. After taking the Ghost train back to the point (greenpoint) there was more dancing madness already taking place. Sebastian, Kavinsky, Guys from the rapture and Ktisune and ofcourse Busy P all worked the booth. Busy P probably played the best set I have seen him play. It was harder and more energetic than his coachella set and he really had the crowd roaring. I hadn't seen this much energy and dancing at studio B in awhile. It was amazing.

There were a couple special guests walking around that not too many people noticed. One being the guy from Spankrock and the oh yeah the two guys from Daft Punk made an appearances. I don't think anyone really noticed them as people are so use to seeing them with their helmets on. However they were there for sure. I got some pictures of the two but I plan on keeping them away from the internet. The guys have done so well with their image and keeping their pictures out of the public that I got to respect that and keep it that way.

Anyway Sebastian tore it up too and Gildas from Kitusne was sick as well. Busy P though really impressed me as he played more hard heavy music then I have seen him play in the past. videos coming soon. Right now here is some pics....

DAFT PUNK Coney Island (Keyspan Park)

What an amazing insane show! So many good vibes and good times. The music, the lights, messages and vibes spread throughout the crowd. Daft Punk is simply amazing. They have taken things to a higher level then most acts. Is it the best show ever?? who really cares. how can one compare such meaningless things. It is what it is and it was amazing, awesome, insane and out of control. The bass destroyed my soul and the tweaking synths ate my brain. Good vibes all around except for a couple smelly people who think its cool to show up late and move their way to the front like they own the place. Oh and smell like complete trash while doing it. Dirty bastards. (i.e. Big douche bag in the white shirt with some smelly girl and a extra douchey lookin stick figure).......

Anyway hope everyone got to experience this. Kavinsky and Sebastian tore it up as well. and it barely rained at all. what a sweet nite.....

Chemical Brothers: Mccarren Pool (Brooklyn)

Hmmmmm. I am not sure if the chemical brothers have ever played BK. I have seen them everytime they have played in NY since I guess woodstock 99. It is one of the best shows you can see. The fact that I will be able to see them on back to back nights is even better. I can't wait to see the brothers work it out and do it again in NYC.

Tickets go on sale tomorrow at noon..........

Get them here

Tickets for Hammerstein

Rapture (Sebastian remix)

The Daft Punk show is less then three days away. Obviously I am dying to see them again after their KILLER Coachella set. I am also excited to Sebastian tear it up. I figured since the Rapture would be there as well why not throw up a little remix that has been circulating the net..........

Get Myself Into It (Sebastian remix)

The Rapture live at Studio B:



Sebastian Live:

Have you seen this?

I have never seen this before anywhere. I came across it over at the Matrix Synth blog. It is currently on ebay with 1 day left. Check it out here

"basic 2 oscillator synthesizer with an ADSR and white noise. This truly is a two-voice synthesizer. You can get all types of sounds with this drum synthesizer. You can control the pitch, attack, volume, decay, release, etc. It can make do very low frequencies and tones as well as the "disco sound" that it is known for. I have made numerous ring modulation type of sounds as well. It has a drum mount so you can immediately screw it on to a stand and get playing either on your set or ndividually. It is powered by two 9 volt batteries internally."

Moog Sonic 6

I love the Synths you can just close up and take to work with you. I love the concept. Imagine if everyone going to work had one of these instead of a briefcase. I think the world would be a much more interesting place. Here is a close-up.


For a ton of information on this Synth go over to one of my favorite blogs:

Matrix Synth

He covers just about everything so check it out.
Oh and if you want to bid on it. click here

Pedal Power: Audible Disease Convulsion

"The Audible Disease Convulsion CN-2 is a vicious high-gain distortion unit that pushes your sound into the realm of complete insanity"

I want this pedal.

I dont fully understand what a decimator is but it sounds like it spilts,destroys and overloads a sound. I have used it on the Korg EMX and always like the results. This pedal though sounds like it takes it to the next level.

"By tweaking this knob, your sound will start to cough, spit and sputter on the verge of auditory death"


You can buy the pedal and check out more details here.....................

Monday Mix

sometimes it can be hard to get your hands on live mixes. Here is a recording of a live show from 2006. Not sure from where but you got a couple of ed banger artists (Justice and DJ MEHDI). Thanks to traviscastillo.com for hosting this mix.

Download: 0310_justice_dj_mehdi_forma_t_soundstation.mp3 (155.32M)

Chemical Brothers (DJ TIMES)

New Article with the chemical brothers on the DJ TIMES site. check it out here

Kitsune Maison 4

This comp came out about a month ago. Kitsune is home to digitalism, Simian Mobile Disco, Crystal Castles and many others. You can check it out here for free

DOWNLOAD

Thieves Like Us - Drugs In My Body
Dragonette - I Get Around (Midnight Juggernauts remix)
Phones - Worryin'
Crystal Castles – Knights (Demo Version)
The Whip - Divebomb (short edit)
Riot In Belgium - La Musique (Adam Sky mix)
Hadouken ! - Tuning In (H! re- rub)
Feist - My Moon My Man (Boys Noize Classic mix)
Guns N' Bombs - Crossover Appeal (radio edit)
Passions - Emergency (radio edit)
Numéro# - Hit
PopHummer - Foals
Punks Jump Up - Dance To Our Disco
Darkel - Be My Friend


A Crystal Castles Remix Airwar (streetlab Vs Eamon Harkin)

Thanks to Dazed Digital for the link

Synth of the Week (EMS Synthi AKS)

I want a job where I can carry one of these to work everyday. The fact that you can carry it like a brief case is too awesome. I really wish I was infront of one of these instead of this computer right now.


Go over to Vintagesynth.com to get the details.................

SALMON DANCE REMIX COMPETITION!

This email comes via the chemical brothers myspace page.

Chemical Brothers and Sisters,

Here's your chance to remix "The Salmon Dance"!

Just download the zip file below to get the raw audio files and mix away. Post your completed remix as the first track in your MySpace music player and then leave a comment below with the link.

The winner of the contest will have his or her remix featured in The Chemical Brothers' MySpace player for 2 weeks - and receive a prize pack of Chemical Brothers 12" singles.

All entries must be received by Friday, August 24th at noon EST.

Please keep an mp3 of your remix, as the winner will need to provide us with one to put in our player.

Since those who enter the contest will be posting the URL to their entries below, we ask that no one who isn't entering the contest leave comments.

We can't wait to see what you all come up with, so good luck and happy remixing!

Love,

Errol

Past Performances::: Underworld (born slippy)

Underworld will be playing Summer stage in september. Here is an old performance of the classic track born slippy......

Chemical Brothers to play NYC

The Chemical brothers will play Hammerstein on September 21st. This is the first live performance since they played summer stage a few years back.

TICKETS

They are currently on the cover of the latest Remix magazine talking about some of their favorite gear. If you haven't already you should go over to a section on their site called Good things and click on studio equipment. You can take a look at some of the crazy gear that they use in this section. Also check out their links if you get a chance. Here is one pic of some gear they have.........

Nine Inch Nails Remixes

If you haven't been following what Trent Reznor has been doing lately then you might not know about ninremixes.com. Since "With Teeth" Trent has been uploading tracks for users to remix. With the release of Year Zero nin.com has seen even more tracks put up for artists and fans to remix. Songs such as Capital G, God Given,Only and Survivalism. There are currently nine official sources to start a remix from. Go over to ninremixes.com to download the tracks and listen to some remixes.Here are some samples.........................

Capital G (streetlab mix)
Me I'm Not (B.S.G)
The Most Popular Remixes
Newest additions

Justice: Tour dates & Mixes

Justice will be coming back to NYC on October 20th. They will be playing a live show and not a DJ set. I missed them in coachella this year mainly because I saw them the WMC a few times and also at studio B. If I knew they were playing a live set at coachella I would have been there. Here is a little sample.....



US TOUR DATES:

Oct 5:::Abrigo Del Pedro (Mexico)
Oct 9:::Henry Fonda (LA)
Oct 10:::Mezzanine (San Fran)
Oct 12:::Neumo's (Seattle)
Oct 13:::Commodore (Vancouver)
Oct 16:::Foundation (Minneapolis)
Oct 17:::Metro (Chicago)
Oct 18:::Republik (Toronto)
Oct 19:::Metropolis (Montreal)
Oct 20:::Webster Hall (NYC)
Oct 21::: Starlight Ballroom (Philly)


Some recent remix complements of The Hype Machine

Justice - Phantom + Phantom pt. II (Troublemaker Edit)

Justice - Stress (Fucked Up Rock Out Cover)

Justice - Phantom Part III (The Pragmatic Remix)

Justice - waters of nazareth (erol remix)

Justice - Justice - D.A.N.C.E (MSTRKRFT Remix) (Ed Banger)

Travis Castillo (Free DJ sets)

I stumbled across this site awhile back and downloaded a ton of DJ sets. Unfortunately some of the material has been taken off but there are still a lot of sets from 2006 and some from 2007.
Artists like: Boys Noize, Justice, Tiga, Vitalic, DJ Mehdi, Booka Shade, Fatboy Slim, Carl Cox, Daft Punk, Mylo, Busy P and many others. All free to download. Quality is pretty good on most of the mixes. Check it out...............HERE

Gear Fix::::::::::::::::August 2007

Some new gear has been coming out recently. Akai just released a new midi controller......
Knobs, Sliders, MPC pads, Two mod wheels and 3 octaves.....

Check out more new gear at Remix Magazine

A new Mixer/Midi Controller from Korg. Here is the description from KORG

ZERO LIVE CONTROL MIXER is an all-in-one “core station” designed for live performance artists, remix producers, and serious computer musicians providing a digital mixer, audio I/O, MIDI controller, and effect processor all in a single unit. Each channel can be switched between sources such as a turntable, CD player, microphone, computer, instrument, MIDI controller, or MIDI controller + audio

In software news Reason 4 is scheduled to be released in October. New features include a new synth Thor, The ReGroove mixer, RPG-8 (arppegiator), and some enhancments to existing features.


Want to be a beta tester?

Go to the propellerheads website

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