Ethnopiper & BusinessControlled
Home Recording, Ney Flute, Electronic Music, Folk Music, Ethnomusicology
Here is the 2nd Podcast on my Bloc+ composition, in Glasgow on the 18th April.
I have scrapped the old project, and started with a new composition using the Boss RC505 mkii Looper. By using this a whole new life came possible.
Here is the 2nd recording/Podcast about the new musical direction using the Looper.
This piece started out as an experiment to try out my new “RC505 mkii Loop Station”. But it quickly became a piece in its own right, as the possibilities became apparent and it was too good to pass over. It is a new way of working and composing, layering musical textures on top of each other and “a little goes a long way”.
The text is a translation of the Persian poet “Hafiz”, the translation into English is not the best, and does not flow well in my opinion. But it is a start and I will hopefully find a better translation next time. The book I picked up in Pakistan a long time ago and I am using this books translation. So I am guessing it is a translation of a translation. I will be using the original next time.
I am playing a Turkish Mansur Ney, and using the RC505 ‘s many FXs.
There has been 2 new additions to my hardware community, and already I have noticed a way in which I compose and make music.
The Edge is a drum machine, at its very basic level, but it being a semi modular synth it can also create rich textures to the drum loop. I have been mainly using it to make loops and then sample the results, but if one thinks of it as a synth and not only a drum machine then you can create live performances with its many functions. The patch bay at the top can control the different functions and it can be connected to another synth to add more functions.
This leads onto my other addition, the Boss/Roland RC505 Looper. I must admit I went a bit crazy here. I wanted a looper after seeing it perform while doing the Sound Bath performances, and I was just going to get a simple looper pedal for my acoustic instruments. But the more I looked into it the more interesting it became, with the possibilities of doing a whole performance based around the looper. So I went a bit crazy and bought something which does far more than I will probably need or use. It has a stack load of FX built in and with 5 loopers in one, I can use it like a multitrack recorder, utilizing its 5 looper tracks, even before I overdub and tracks.
I will be using the rc505 in an upcoming gig on the 24th Feb. So it will be a steep learning curve. I have been experimenting with the Turkish Ney, the Swedish Sackpipa, the Northumbrian Smallpipes, and the O Coast semi modular synth for the gig on the 26th Jan.
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