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 :)
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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