A few tracks with an entomological theme. Mainly synth... OK all synth.

Insect tunes by Kraftkabel (ICE2024 Kyoto)

kraftkable

Unsuspecting vocals recorded in the wild by Lauren Weidner and Michael Monzon.
Composed and mixed in Ableton Live, synths are the Modular and Mini in Arturia Analog Lab V and Dexed's DX7 (sorry, real one gathering dust...). Mastered with Cloud's matering template.

Bassline inspired by In Flagranti's remix of Disco for the Devil by Bottin: https://open.spotify.com/track/2fe70PK4YkLz893W4V59Vo?si=1fb198de8d584f79

Forensic Entomoogology

Shorter and funnier version of the longer and synthier track with a similar name. Remixed and remastered.
The Aliens plays the congas.

Eyes Dog Fly (Alien Vocal reMix)

Imagine a trail of robotic ants dancing under the light of a synthwave sunset. Some of them brought bongos, and the neon trail goes on for ever, and ever, and ever...

Most of the synths are Arturia Analog Labs softsynth reproductions of classic synthesizers, others (mainly the leads) are DX7 patches in Dexed (too lazy to run them out to the synth). Drums are Ableton. Various effects here and there.

Synthwave Jungle Ants

Synthwave Ants Groovin in the Jungle

A bit of fun resulting from SCIENCE! 
The ant recordings were provided by Prof. Jonatan Klaminder at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. The synth is the small but mighty Modal SKULPT synth SE. The little bit of orchestral fear is made with Spitfire's BBC Symphony Orchestra plug-in. A couple of 'vocal' samples to round it off.

The Extended Secret Communication Of Ants In The Soil

Started with a couple of arps, a monotonous OP-Xa bass, Linn Drum VST and a single bar melody on a Jupiter-8 VST. Sort of developed into a Safety Dance tribute! 
Long intro as always, gets going at about 2:00
Remastered to get rid of the brain shake in the bass.

Bumblebees Without Hats

That warm, fuzzy feeling you get when you are inside watching the mega-rain hitting a ground surface that is far too hot to exist, but knowing you can retreat into an enclosure of air-conditioned blissful escapism... and maybe running out for a beer.

Warm And Fuzzy In The Rain

Inspired by the view across the sea. I intended to make this on the beach, but wind, sand and laptops are not compatible species. So made in the hotel and poolside mobile studio :)

Synths are Arturia Analog Labs, except the drums, recorded and produced in Ableton.

Storms Rising Over North Africa

What if Dracula got himself a synth guitar? And Dr. Frankenstein got a Moog. And his monster found some REALLY BIG DRUMS? Do you dare to find out?

Crashing pipe organ and wailing synth guitar DOOM behind dark castle walls (wait for it - The Monster needs to warm up). Inspired by the The Castle of Sanguine Blight by Sorchi Games. And perhaps one day featuring in the digital rendition of of the game...

Cover art by The Great Carl-Erik Engqvist.

Organ and synths are in Arturia Analog V and the drums are Ableton's Borella kit with some nasty effects on the top. 'Mastered' with Ozone.

Death behind cold stone walls

An interesting subway station which allows one to transfer to the Funk You Line... or at least it does in my ears ;)
A short and groovy track to celebrate the change of trains, from one of sedate overheated feverish confusion, to one of assertive, bass driven coolness.
Mainly Arturia Analog V soft-synths in this, with my favourite Ableton drumkit, Disco Arcade.

The Funk You Line

Laid back lofi beats. Or at least my take on them. Couldn't help putting in a Moog solo though... Perhaps one too many parts, but I like it that way :)

The Moog Subsequent 37 is an object in physical reality space, the rest are Analog Lab V and various effects.

Sunset Pulse

Kraftkabel is the artist name of Philip I. Buckland. I am a musical scientist in a parallel universe living in a studio flat orbiting Jupiter. My keyboards are suspended in gravity nets, and my mixer is controlled by the power of the mind. My cosmic sequencing software masters through the power of emotion, and my keyboards are simultaneously both retro and new.
My music originates from the point of divergence of these universes - the mid-late 1980's, but is spliced by genre splicing interludes. I use a time machine and dimensional portal to get to work.
For the other nerds out there:
Hardware synths: 
Moog Subsequent 37; Roland Jupiter X, JD-Xi, VR-09, S-1; Korg Prologue, NTS-1, Monotron Duo; Sequential Take5; Yamaha DX7; Akai PRO MiniAK; Novation Mininova; Arturia MicroFreak; Modal SkulptsynthSE; Teenage Engineering PO-20.
Main software: Ableton, Arturia Analog Pro, InSidious, random free stuff from the interweb and Dexed to program the DX7. Audacity. All played through Arturia Keylab and Keystep (which has a better arpreggiator).
Plus some guitars that I can't really play very well. And an mbira, tin whistle and an alien head-shaped ukulele.