More Rodeooooo. 

6 more tracks available on Bandcamp, all improvised w/ minimal edits and rudimentary treatments. 

No overdubs. 

Tracks are all named after phrases I wrote in my Text App after waking up from dreams. 

Peace!

M*< II 20D30

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Meteor/Rodeo - Arbroath Vampire

Composition from 'Switch On: Konferezoper', an Opera by Santiago Blaum, premiered at Hebbel Am Ufer, Berlin, 2010.
Financed by means of the Regierende Burgermeister von Berlin-Senatkanzlei-Kulturelle Angellegenheit. 

https://vimeo.com/18930394

Switch On: Konferenzoper - 'The Minimoog'

Notes towards a new, improvised live set.
Modular drum machine made with a Make Noise 0-coast, Korg SQ-1 Sequencer and Ableton live.

This tester is quite straightforward, with the SQ-1 controlling a percussive patch on the 0-Coast and also 2 drum racks with Kick & Snare in Ableton.

Modular Drum Machine Test I

Notes towards a new, improvised live set.
Modular drum machine made with a Make Noise 0-coast, Korg SQ-1 Sequencer and Ableton live.

In this one, the sequence is largely triggered by hand using the SQ-1's step jump mode, finally switching to a 0-Coast 'end-of-cycle' clocked sequence. Dorky!

Modular Drum Machine Test III

Notes towards a new, improvised live set.
Modular drum machine made with a Make Noise 0-coast, Korg SQ-1 Sequencer and Ableton live.

Getting a little more melodic with an SH-101 line played live, irregular sequence using the 0-Coast's 'end-of-onset' as sync source.

Modular Drum Machine Test IV

Notes towards a new, improvised live set.
Modular drum machine made with a Make Noise 0-coast, Korg SQ-1 Sequencer and Ableton live.

Clock and Envelope out from 0-Coast modulating the SH-101.

Modular Drum Machine Test V

Notes towards a new, improvised live set.
Modular drum machine made with a Make Noise 0-coast, Korg SQ-1 Sequencer and Ableton live.

Hand-played sequence using the SQ-1's Step Jump mode, taking advantage of the randomisation, envelope following and wave-folding in my Ableton patch

Modular Drum Machine Test VI

Notes towards a new, improvised live set.
Modular drum machine made with a Make Noise 0-coast, Korg SQ-1 Sequencer and Ableton live.

Modular Drum Machine Test VII

Modular Drum Machine Test VIII

Last in a series of nine (eight)!
Notes towards a new, improvised live set. Straight up cartoon shit.
Modular drum machine made with a Make Noise 0-coast, Doepfer Dark Energy II, Korg SQ-1 Sequencer and Ableton live.

Modular Drum Machine Test IX

Made for Radiophrenia 2019 and broadcast on the 21st of May.

A tribute to six years in food service, The Dirty Table will be an ongoing series of works.

Text & Sound by Joe Howe, read by Niall Morris.

Thanks as ever to Mark & Barry.

http://radiophrenia.scot

Joe Howe - The Dirty Table Pt. 1

Meteor/Rodeo is based around electronic improvisations with a deliberately rudimentary Modular Synthesizer setup and basic processing. 

Ultra-minimal, non-grid based sequencing, voltage feedback loops, polyrhythms, no overdubs. 

This record = 2x improvised, 1 take edits, recorded to HD in June of 2020.

Equipment Used: 

Korg SQ1 
Bastl DUDE 
Make Noise O-Coast 
Busy Circuits MCO / Pip Slope 
Doepfer Wasp Filter 
Mutated Mutable Peaks clone 
Erica Pico A Mix 
Yamaha SU10 
Spring Reverb / Dynacomp clones 
Wem Copicat

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