DGK is Jon Davis on bass and bass clarinet, Tim Glenn on drums, and John Keston (that’s me) on Rhodes and Pro-One. In yesterday’s entry I included a segment from our set at the Slam Factory on February 25, 2011. As promised, here is the entire one hour, twelve minute, and eleven second recording.
DGK Slam Factory Bootleg, February 25, 2011
UPDATE: This file was replaced with a better mix on March 15, 2011 at 3:02pm CST
Here’s a segment from a recording made at “Try This” a new series at the Slam Factory in Minneapolis curated by James Hungelmann of my trio DGK (Jon Davis on bass and bass clarinet, Tim Glenn on drums, and John Keston on Rhodes and Pro-One). This set was a pleasure to play. It was a great space with a great audience and amazing hosts. The recording was made by the house and it’s the best quality representation of our sound to date.
If you’d like to hear it live stop by Honey, 205 E Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis, Minnesota tonight at 10pm to hear two sets with special guest musicians and DJ’s including Martin Dosh, Andrew Broder, Scott Fultz, George Cartwright, Rajiah Johnson, Christopher Robin Cox, Kristoff Krane and more.
Try This: DGK Slam Factory Bootleg
One of my favorite sounds on polysynths are the plucky, fast decay patches that are great for arpeggiators. I have found myself gravitating toward generating lots of these on the Super Jupiter as I learn the instrument, but I hadn’t bothered saving any of them knowing that I could easily dial them up again when necessary. However, a couple of days ago I decided to start managing my creations. So far I have saved thirteen original patches including “Clangorous Bells” (one through three), a synth clav, a PWM bass, and the most recent of the lot that I titled “Synthy Harp”. Here’s a short passage produced with “Synthy Harp”, patch number thirteen.
Patch #13 Synthetic Harp in 6
Here’s the forth entry in my series of synthesizer noise jams. Once again I chose the Roland MKS-80 because since I have repaired it I’m spending most of my time programming this magnificent synth. I just can’t seem to leave it alone. Although this segment is almost two minutes long, it came out of a recording that ran over ten minutes.
Synthesizer Noise Jam #4
Here’s an eight minute drone in D. The chord is fifths with a ninth on top. I added delay and reverb to the output while manipulating various parameters in real time.
Eight Minute Drone