The final line up of next weeks Box of Noise event is out. I am playing first…. get it over with eh? I hope all goes well as there are 7 acts performing and it can be chaos with so many wires and synths lying around.
My set up is simple. the Mpc One is the brains connecting everything together via midi, going out to 3 volcas (FM, Sampler, Bass) and a Crave.
The Mpc One has 2 tracks of percussion with midi controlling the home made samples (it is amazing how a guitar can be a drum kit !!). The Mpc also has 1 virtual synth track and vocal sample track. The theme of the text is Opium Consumption… which could me a metaphor for drug taking in general in regard to pain relief, or other types of drugs like consumerism.
The style of the 20 minute piece is more melodic than rhythmic, not techno but more ambient… at 142 bpm !! and I am using harmonies as rhythmic percussion, Counterpoint and syncopated stabs.
5 small compositions make up one 20 minute piece, all synths go to my Zoom H8 mic, which I am using as a mixing deck which has a small amount of compression and plate reverb. This sends a stereo mix to the P.A.
I have altered the composition a few times, but in the end you have to say “stop” and just perform it. Here is an old version of the piece recorded 2 weeks ago. The only difference is the intro section.
Ethnopiper & BusinessControlled 