1/8/2023 0 Comments Korg wavestationWell, we poured everything we knew in this album, including a bit of aggressive free improv. We also drew from the two concepts of the drone we are familiar with: Fabien's use thereof in traditional folk music, and my studies of, notably, Eliane Radigue's methods. To maintain a sense of order, we decided early on that we would anchor the project around melodic and rhytmic elements, not necessarily of the experimental kind. Bar a few leads distinctly Fabien's, the playing was symbiotic. Instinctively, we arranged it in an ecosystem where any instrument would respond to impulses from other instruments, rather than an orchestral color palette of varied sounds, making it difficult to recognize who did what, making sure interaction would be unavoidable. I spare you the list of eurorack modules, effects and controllers. I will now list the instruments to get rid of that matter: ARP 2600, ARP Sequencer, EMS Synthi E, Farfisa VIP 233, Kurzweil K-2500, Korg MS 10, Korg Wavestation, Solina String Ensemble, Waldorf Microwave XT. We assembled a monster electronic studio for a few days. Fabien piled up gear in his van and drove all the way from Brittany to my blessed shack in the suburbs of Paris, by then home of Improvising Beings. "Fabien Robbe and myself have been involved in several projects together since 2015, but this is our formal debut as a duo.
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