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A gentle serenade featuring nylon-string guitar, oboe, organ and double bass. All noises by Simon Beck.

Guitar: Hohner MC-06
Farfisa organ: Nord Electro 6D
Virtual oboe: Artinoise re.corder
Bass: Stagg electric upright

Autumnal Theme

Inspired by the easy-listening instrumentals of Bert Kaempfert and his contemporaries. Alto and bass recorders, with backing from analogue drum machine, Pianet, Mellotron strings and double bass.

Bass recorder: Thomann
Alto recorder: Yamaha
Drums: Behringer RD-6
Pianet and Mellotron: Nord Electro 6D 73
Bass: Stagg electric upright

Blue Cheese Boogie

DAW-less jam, with Behringer RD-6, Behringer Crave, Yamaha Reface CS, and Korg Volca Keys played from an Artinoise re.corder wind controller. recorded via phone mic.

Summer Jam (live recording)

Featuring my new Valente electric piano and my Behringer Solina string-synth.

Drums - Behringer RD-6
Piano - Valente reed piano
Bass - Squier P-Bass Special
Strings -  Behringer Solina
Synth -  Behringer Neutron

In The Swim

Spy movie theme, using two Stylophone instruments and nothing else.

Bass and drums: Stylophone Beat
Horns and strings: Stylophone Gen X-1

Spylo Beat

Drums and synth-bass: Stylophone Beat groovebox
Bass guitar: Squier P-Bass Special
Lead synth: Behringer JT-4000 played from Artinoise re.corder
Strings: Behringer Solina
Sax: Gear4Music alto.

Sunrunner

A bouncy ska track, driven by Stylophone Beat drums, a Höfner bass, organ and melodica. Simple, but it'll get your feet tapping,

Drums: Stylophone Beat
Bass: Höfner Ignition violin bass
Organ: Yamaha Reface CS
Melodica: Gear4Music 37 through Behringer pitch-shifter.

BeatBounce

Stylophone. electric piano, synth strings and bass, over a classic Latin beat.

All noises by Simon Beck:
Stylophone analogue Pink Edition
Valente electric piano
Solina strings
Höfner violin bass
percussion: Behringer RD-6 and Crave

Con Queso

A slinky, laid-back flute solo, with backing from nylon-string guitar, bass guitar, synth strings and analog drum machine.

Digital "flute": Artinoise re.corder and companion app
Guitar: Hohner MC-06
Strings: Behringer Solina
Bass: Höfner Ignition series violin bass
Drums: Behringer RD-6

Moongardening

Korg Volca Keys played from full-size MIDI controller
Bass guitar
Melodica
Treble (alto) recorder
Stylophone Gen X-1 synthesiser

Sunset From The Monorail

Hobo Ken comes from New Jersey, but he hangs out on the Galactic Monorail.

Synths are Korg Volca Keys played from a full-size MIDI keyboard and Stylophone Gen X-1, bass is a customised Squier P-Bass Special, and harmonica is a Thomann chromatic.

Hobo Ken From Hoboken

Stylophone S2 takes the lead, backed by programmed drums, melodica, double bass and ukulele.

Toucan Tango

Spike is our lovely but very lively cat. This tribute (in 5/4) uses drums programmed in Hydrogen, double bass, Pianet and organ (without rotary speaker)

Spike's Theme (Leaps And Bounds)

Percussion loop programmed in Hydrogen, with nylon-string rhythm guitar, electric upright bass, Stylophone Gen X-1 and Mellotron strings.

Spinnaker

The main sound is an electric guitar controlling a Behringer Neutron monophonic synth via a Sonuus B2M pitch-to-MIDI converter. Organ is a Yamaha Reface CS polysynth. Bass is a Stagg electric upright. Drums and percussion are a Korg KR Mini.

Skalypso

A disco/electro-style instrumental, based on a drum pattern and a synth sequence.

Drums: Yamaha RX-21
Synth sequence: Behringer Crave
String/brass synth: Behringer Neutron and Crave
Lead synth: Behringer Neutron
Bass guitar: Squier P-Bass Special
Harmonica: Thomann Chromatic 64

Discovery

A sunny, optimistic instrumental featuring analogue synth accompanied by electric harpsichord and bass guitar. No drums!

"Berimbau" synth: Behringer Neutron
Lead synth: Behringer Crave
Electric harpsichord: Nord Electro 6D
Bass: Squier P-Bass Special

Signs of Spring

The backing drone is a Behringer Neutron with sample-and-hold pitch-mod and a slewed square-wave shifting it up and down by a semitone. 

This is synced to a very old Yamaha RX-21 drum machine. 

Wurlitzer piano is from my Nord Electro 6D, as is the main brass part, using a sound sampled from a long-defunct Casio keyboard. 

The baritone sax part is the Neutron's oscillators patched through a Behringer Crave's VCF and played from a 1980s Casio MIDI horn. 

The bass is my Stagg electric upright, played through a Behringer ADI21 preamp.

Hivemind

A lilting instrumental featuring analogue lead synth backed by drum machine, banjo, harmonica and upright bass.

Synth: Behringer Crave and Neutron patched together
Banjo: Ashland 6-string
Harmonica: G diatonic
Bass: Stagg electric upright
Drums: Korg KR Mini

Bucolia

Wurlitzer piano, bass guitar and synth strings, backing a Theremin-esque lead synth line. Grab an exotic cocktail and enjoy the sunset!

Drums: Korg KR Mini
Wurlitzer piano: Nord Electro 6D
Strings: Yamaha Reface CS
Lead synth: Behringer Crave patched through Behringer Neutron
Bass; Squier P-Bass Special

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