Josh Murray

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Studio jam with drummer Hans Hulbækmo!
September 1, 2015 12:38:11
CUCKOO + Hulbækmo - Analog Keys Continuum Drums
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yOGxCGcixU
Finally I had the chance to play with one of my absolute favourite drummers, Hans Hulbækmo! I booked a day in Propeller Music Division here in Oslo, and Hans agreed to come jam with me. Here's a sn...
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Studio jam with drummer Hans Hulbækmo!

This weekend I booked a day in Propeller Music Division here in Oslo, together with incredible drummer Hans Hulbækmo. I've always had this feeling that there's some interesting ground in synthesizers and acoustic drums yet to explore.


I was playing on the Analog Keys as a master, and I set up an Analog Rytm to act as an always in sync click track, and then the Continuum Fingerboard, with its unusually rich sound palette.


Mostly I set the tone first with a sound, perhaps a bass. Sometimes Hulbækmo started grooving before me, and then it was easy to tap sync the Analog Keys and jump right in. It was a truly interesting, and less chaotic than expected, experience. Definitely something I want to explore further.


I just recorded this one little peace on video. I think it's a nice example of what we were doing. For the next time though I think I'll try to prepare a little more, and perhaps rehearse a few times, and explore dynamics a little more. It's easy to end up in high energy land when jamming, but sometimes keeping it sparse and quiet can be really powerful.


I hope this can serve as inspiration for some of you. It was a really kick ass experience for me!


cheers

CUCKOO

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PS. I have absolutely no experience in mixing drums, so this is more or less the levels straight from the raw recordings, with some minor adjustments. Mixing multi track recorded drums I think I have to give to a professional mixing engineer for now :)

CUCKOO

September 1, 2015 12:38:11

Josh Murray The Continuum sounds so groovy!

September 1, 2015 12:48:49 · Reply

CUCKOO He he, thanks! Yeah it's an all different synthesizer than everything else on the planet, and this is just one tiny patch of its big, rich sound palette.

September 1, 2015 12:50:12 · Reply

Christina Alley Funkiest video yet, Cuckoo!

September 1, 2015 14:14:29 · Reply

CUCKOO Wow, thanks Chris! Then I'm on the right track :)

September 1, 2015 14:22:49 · Reply

Phorsicht Awesome multirythm funky stuff! There is the Haken Keyboard as well ;) Is ther more to listen to of you both together?

September 28, 2015 12:05:39 · Reply

CUCKOO Thanks man! I've got 1:50 hours of audio recordings ;-) I might release something to listen to. It's all improv. And I think editing it a little bit will make it nicer to listen to. But the main reason I recorded it was both to try playing with Hans, and to record lots of drums that I can chop up, and use for future Cuckoo music. But the jams turned out so nice so I might consider releasing some tracks as well.

September 28, 2015 13:52:21 · Reply

KIKO BATO, song by This I Heard
July 27, 2015 11:09:28
KIKO BATO by This I Heard - with CUCKOO
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEeGeSa7_38&feature=youtu.be
This weekend my friend "This I Heard" came to visit. We hadn't met for a looong long time and were so in the mood for jamming together. Eventually we recorded a version of her song KIKO BATO.
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KIKO BATO, song by This I Heard

This weekend my friend This I Heard came to visit me in Norway, all the way from L.A. We hadn't met for 10 years, and were so in the mood for finally jamming together!


Eventually we recorded a version of her (until now secret) song KIKO BATO.

And this is the outcome :)


As many of you can hear, I'm playing the OP-1 (and only the OP-1).

In the video I'm playing a drum kit. And afterwards I layered a track with the string synth, an FM solo and a bass sample sound on top of this.


As you can see I also got a new microphone that I'm in the process of learning how to use. It's a Shure SM7b. I think I will keep it, but I'll have to learn how to process vocals better, to make them sound natural and effortless.


This I Heard usually sounds completely different.

For more about her, check out her SoundCloud page:

https://soundcloud.com/thisiheard


Cheers for now

CUCKOO



PS: This is a free post

CUCKOO

July 27, 2015 11:09:28

Phorsicht Awesome piece of Music. It's a really nice combination of digital sounds and a really great voice-actress. Great Team ;)

July 27, 2015 19:15:41 · Reply

joseph buczek First, this is a very cool tune! Love the contrasting textures. Second, you continue to amaze us with what you can do with OP-1!! Keep up the great work. Hope to hear more collaboration from you and This I Heard again some time.

July 28, 2015 15:32:32 · Reply

CUCKOO She's a rad lady!

July 29, 2015 13:48:25 · Reply

Jason Zack I love this.

September 14, 2015 04:35:26 · Reply

Live Jam Preview of new "No Filter" patches
July 23, 2015 17:20:01
CUCKOO Analog Keys (almost) No Filter Jam
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEv4sAU2iMk&feature=youtu.be
Support me through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cuckoomusic I'm working on some new patches for the Analog Keys where I'm more or less not using the filters. This way you can achieve very sharp...
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Live Jam Preview of new "No Filter" patches

Hello,

I've started to work on a collection of new patches for the Analog Keys. This time I want to explore rhythmical sounds, percussions and new types of keyboard sounds where I'm not using the filters.


The philosophy behind this is that I think the use of filters can sometimes hide otherwise lovely raw synthesis. There are ways to make soft sounds without the filters, and then you get to keep the rich overtones too! Mainly it's happening with the feedback and AM stuff.


So here's a little jam where I'm using a lot of these new sounds. It's one of those jams where I build up everything from scratch in one take.

I'm using stuff like Multi Map Mode, for the drums; Performance modulation for all of the tracks to make variations, Quantize, Swing etc. Also making frequent use of the reverb.


I know I just posted a video yesterday, but I haven't done any music for all summer, so I'm practially bursting with musical needs. I hope you don't mind ;-)


Cheers!

CUCKOO

CUCKOO

July 23, 2015 17:20:01

Adam Jay Wonderful display of the underrated quality of the raw sound of A4/AK. Looking forward to this patch collection.

July 23, 2015 18:15:35 · Reply

CUCKOO Thanks Adam! Don't sit up waiting though :) I just barely started with them, he he.

July 23, 2015 18:23:38 · Reply

Homeless Balloon Nice! I love the courage you show when jumping into creating a tune without any safety net! The main reason why I chose the Analog Keys (I also have the Rytm and MonoMaschine), was the quality of the raw sound. I picked it instead of the Prophet 12 and Pro2, which both have digital oscillators. The analog quality of the A4 and Analog Keys is so inspiring. Thanks for this tune!

July 23, 2015 20:32:02 · Reply

Patrick Necighi ... another great Cuckoo-inspiration :) Thank you Keep on grooooooving

August 1, 2015 09:03:06 · Reply

CUCKOO Thanks Patrick! Yeah, I got into the groove there for a moment, didn't I? :) When spending a few hours programming a song, structuring it, there's so much you can fit into just four tracks. I feel like I'm just scraping the surface.

August 1, 2015 09:15:06 · Reply

OP-1 Mega Patch Release
July 22, 2015 09:46:29
CUCKOO OP 1 Mega Patch Pack
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aqt7to5RAg0&feature=youtu.be
About 50 Mixed CUCKOO patches for OP-1, including a new DBOX pool of kicks, metallic, snares and tuned sounds - aimed to be used for building up your own drum kits by copying and pasting individual...
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July 22, 2015 09:46:29

Programming acoustic drum samples (snippet)
May 26, 2015 06:03:30
A Level I Understand (snippet) by flightofthecuckoo
soundcloud.com
https://soundcloud.com/flightofthecuckoo/a-level-i-understand
I'm thinking of making more use of acoustic drum samples in the future. So this is a little test snippet where I'm testing the ground. I like it. :)
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Programming acoustic drum samples (snippet)

I've been thinking for a long time to use more samples of acoustic drums. Synthesis is totall cool and all, but sometimes the sound of a recorded acoustic drum is just what I've been looking for. This is just a little snippet on my SoundCloud, a little test, a nothing, that I tried out. Although I wanna use the Octatrack and Rytm more, when creating long arrangements you shouldn't disregard the use of a DAW as "uncool" or anything. The strength of a DAW is to do long and precise compositions, where the strength of a drum machine or a sampler is the power of in-the-moment performances. This little snippet is created in Logic with some free download high quality drum samples. /CuCkOo

CUCKOO

May 26, 2015 06:03:30

Guido van Gestel Really good stuff !

May 26, 2015 11:31:18 · Reply

CUCKOO Thanks Guido! I appreciate it!

May 26, 2015 22:28:29 · Reply

Homeless Balloon Thanks, very useful!

May 27, 2015 18:49:50 · Reply

I spoke at TEDx Oslo, and did a little jam.
February 11, 2015 10:05:48
Subscription based crowdfunding: The new rock'n roll. | Andreas Paleologos | TEDxOslo
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-9gFw6CLiw
Living from your creative work by engaging your closest fans is entirely possible. It doesn't have to involve millions of people, but rather a small core group. Andreas Paleologos who goes by the s...
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I spoke at TEDx Oslo, and did a little jam.

Hey, a few weeks ago I made a short appearance on TEDx Oslo. I spoke about how just 90 dedicated people can be more powerful than over a million of streaming plays on Spotify. Of course I'm talking about you, dear Cuckoo Patreon friends. Patreon has opened up a way for me to actually see a very real additional income, where before there was nothing. And it all cooks down to the amount of quality I put into the things I share. Thank you for your support, and inspiration. You all have my deepest gratitude and respect! I hope to put more work into my videos in the future. Peace! Cuckoo

CUCKOO

February 11, 2015 10:05:48

Rodrigo Gutierrez whoa... i was your first patreon!!! i like the semi TEDx shout out :)

February 25, 2015 22:35:22 · Reply

Josh Murray Ahh, I was looking for this video when you said you'd done it... Just watched it now. Really inspiring stuff!

June 12, 2015 15:00:26 · Reply

Samuel Boucher this is incredible cuckoo! so good

August 1, 2015 03:07:27 · Reply

CUCKOO Thanks, mate! It was a good day, that TED day. :)

August 5, 2015 20:03:27 · Reply

Interview with lead developer behind Teenage Engineering's new PO-12, 14, 16.
January 27, 2015 20:52:52
Teenage Engineering's PO-12, 14 and 16 NAMM 2015
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW5DqR_c5Hw
CUCKOO: https://www.patreon.com/cuckoomusic Teenage Engineering: https://www.teenageengineering.com Hey I had a chat with Teenage Engineering today, and they showed me a run through of all the thre...
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Interview with lead developer behind Teenage Engineering's new PO-12, 14, 16.

Hey everyone. I had a chat with Teenage Engineering during NAMM 2015. I was lucky enough to get a talk with lead developer Jonatan Blomster, the guy behind most of the code in their new trio of pocket operators. PO-12 Rhythm PO-14 Sub PO-16 Factory We're talking a little bit about the process behind the development, the platform which it is built on, and of course a demo of the functionality of the new Factory and Sub. I think they sound really cool, and they've really matured in the late stages of development. What do you think?

CUCKOO

January 27, 2015 20:52:52

Scott Shebby The POs look and sound awesome. I'm totally into the circuit board design too! Thanks Cuckoo :)

January 27, 2015 23:17:28 · Reply

Caleb Coppock Can't wait to get mine in the mail! Thanks for the interview!

January 28, 2015 05:36:38 · Reply

Lying Dalai I think you got the right sensibility to make a nice story/documentary on the developpment of these nice toys. Your approach is the right one :)

January 28, 2015 08:48:06 · Reply

CUCKOO vs DATALINE at NAMM 15 #1
January 23, 2015 18:54:11
CUCKOO vs DATALINE NAMM15 #1
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7QbyB7iOqE
I got the opportunity to play with Dataline at Elektron's booth during NAMM 15. It's been amazing so far, day one. More to come.
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CUCKOO vs DATALINE at NAMM 15 #1

Hey everyone, I'm at NAMM, playing at Elektron's booth, with fantastic magical Project Dataline. We cook up new things as we go along, starting from scratch every time. Here's one of the jams, kinda high energy screaming stuff. The Analog Keys can sort of go into FM territory, almost! Ok, I'll try do more coverage today of what's on the showfloor. Any specific requests? Ok cheers for now. Gotta run :) CUCKOO

CUCKOO

January 23, 2015 18:54:11

Josh Murray Yep, Pocket Operators please! All three chained together :)

January 24, 2015 12:46:40 · Reply

joseph buczek Sweet jam!! You and Dataline need to put out an album. :-) I have to +1 a request for Teenage Engineering coverage, Pocket Operators. Perhaps you'll be doing those after NAMM here or on YouTube anyway? How about this: find other, small, interactive cool gadgets like the PO's, if there are any at NAMM? Thanks for the tunes!

January 24, 2015 17:31:35 · Reply

Homeless Balloon I like that it's improvised. Anything can happen. The human factor makes the music come alive!

May 22, 2015 15:31:54 · Reply

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