As promised, here is the third set from the DGK performance at the Red Stag on February 19, 2011. (Photo by Dane Messall of DGK at the Slam Factory)
DGK at the Red Stag Set 3
DGK at the Red Stag Supper Club Set 3
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DGK at the Red Stag Supper Club Set 2
I found a nice little description of our trio DGK on the Red Stag event calendar: “DGK is a Minneapolis supergroup of sorts, comprised of bassist/clarinetist Jon Davis (Ghostband, Haunted House, Black Audience), drummer Tim Glenn (Heatdeath, ex-Fog, ex-Poor Line Condition) and keyboardist John Keston (Ostracon, Ostraka, Keston and Westdal). Blending elements of jazz, funk, afrobeat, krautrock and post-punk with a dancefloor sensibility, the trio builds sprawling improvisations atop a foundation of rock solid groove.” Here is the second set from our performance on February 19, 2011 at the Reg Stag. I previously posted the first set in the article Music Technology Soul Searching and will post the third set in an upcoming article. One Synthesizer Sound Everyday listeners, be prepared for healthy portions of Rhodes and Pro-One through Memory Man delay. (Photo by Chris LeBlanc)
DGK at the Red Stag Set 2
Short Circuit Videos
Short Circuit – 021911 – Ostraka from Low-Gain on Vimeo.
Short Circuit – 021911 – Sputnik Viper from Low-Gain on Vimeo.
Short Circuit – 021911 – Square Wail from Low-Gain on Vimeo.
Short Circuit – 021911 – web dimension from Low-Gain on Vimeo.
Logan Erickson, also known as Low-Gain, organizes the monthly electronic music event called Short Circuit. As well as doing a great job with the event, he produces excellent, HD documentation with the direct audio signal from the house system synched up to the video. Above is his documentation from the February 19, 2011 event that I had the pleasure of participating in. Checkout his Vimeo page to see videos from former Short Circuit events and interesting experiments by Low-Gain.
Arpeggiated DSI Prophet ’08
I am borrowing a Dave Smith Instruments (DSI) Prophet ’08 eight voice polyphonic synthesizer from a local musician and synth builder who read about my interest here on ACB, then offered to lend it to me. I didn’t hesitate to take him up on the offer since I don’t live anywhere near a DSI dealer. It sounds amazing, as I suspected it would, but it also prompted me to write the article Music Technology Soul Searching.
The instrument is completely overwhelming at first contact. The two-hundred-fifty-six internal patches instantly illustrate the chasm I am standing over. If I owned one of these instruments I would have to force myself to delete the factory patches and start fresh. Here’s one of the fairly tame, yet stunning patches I came across. I used Ableton to do the arpeggiation while I used both hands to make adjustments to the filter and envelopes. No processing was added.
Arpeggiated Prophet 08
Morton Subotnick
Electronic music pioneer, Morton Subotnick, gives a tour of his New York studio and discusses his career on Electric Independence. In case you’re unfamiliar, Subotnick is responsible for commissioning Don Buchla to build the famous Buchla Series 100. Oh yeah, and he’s using Ableton Live. Awesome!