Surprisingly little information can be found on the Forsströmsson sisters. Ulla and Britt were their names and they hailed from Mörrum in the region of Blekinge. A magazine feature from the period shows that they were performing in the 1980s. Most likely, they were active as musicians earlier too. This track is based on a polska of theirs. I composed additional material, to make it a four minute song. I also did the harmonization and composed all parts except for the main melody.

Systrarna Forsströmsson (The Forsströmsson sisters)

It started six months with our first Blade Runner tribute track, and after the great response it spawned the idea to make a whole album. We're approaching the creation of the music with a rig similar to Vangelis' original setup, of course including the Yamaha CS80, Roland VP-330 strings and Rhodes. On this track we also used the Prophet 5, Jupiter 4 and Analogue Solutions Vostok mk1. The working methods are also inspired by Vangelis, using a live and direct approach to capture the energy and feel of the original recordings where everything is played by hand. No midi is or will be used, only analog sequencers will be used.  

Together with a professional writer we're creating new small stories, called moments, that will be the themes for the music, and to please the eyes we're working with illustrators Kilian Eng and HR-FM for the creation of the album art. http://dwdesign.tumblr.com/ http://www.hr-fm.com/

We want to release cd, colored vinyl and an art booklet with illustrations for every track and documentation on the creation.

Moments Lost - sounds and visuals from a lost world. A project with music and art inspired by the world of Blade Runner. Indiegogo campaign launching soon. http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/moments-lost

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The Escape - "Moment Lost" - Inspired by Blade Runner

Testing patches from the patch book. First it's patch 62 (Oh Yeah), second is patch 65 (Three-note chord from two VCOs) and last is the patch 37 (Violin with delayed vibrato). Drums from Sonic Potion LXR.

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Giorgio's Theme
The new single by Giorgio Moroder (Adult Swim Singles 2014)

Written and produced by Giorgio Moroder

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Giorgio Moroder - Giorgio's Theme

Written and produced by BORIS BLANK at YELLO Studio
From the album ELECTRIFIED
Revised 150613

'Sphere'

This is the Leadsound from Kitaros SilkRoad, originally played by the Minikorg 700S. This time the lead is created using Oakley dual Journeyman filters. The VCO is Corsynth Odyssey of sound. Delayed vibrato is created with Oakley VCO-LFO and VRG Ramp envelope into a Oakley Classic VCA.

SilkRoad Minikorg 700S Lead With  OakleyJourneyman

This is a demo of the great Roland MKS-50 synthesizer. It's a tribute to the Swedish Hot Synth Quintet(SHotQ)

No eq or other effects where added to the recorded sounds, just some compression on the master.

View on youtube: https://youtu.be/PmCOnhFrTqU

Roland MKS-50 Demo Song (Transistor jazz)

This is a structure-wise true modernisation of Fletcher Henderson's classic "The Stampede" from the late 20's. Hold on to your hats! The rhythm is kept by double Nord Leads (we borrowed an extra one), automated, connected and synchronized with the Trident (which plays the banjo). The tuba is played by hand though, on the SH-101.

Coleman Hawkins' hot-modern tenor sax solo is here replaced by double Nord Leads (note the very brief quotation from "In the Mood", a song that by the way was a pure rip-off of Henderson's "Hot and Anxious"), and Joe Smith's agile trumpet solo is also done on the Nord Lead. But the concluding hot-blowing trumpet part (Rex Stewart), that's a distorted Moog Opus 3 making its debute in SHotQ!

Sound Sources:
Korg Trident mk II (Banjo, brass, dixie trumpet, etc.)
Roland SH-101 (Bass, staccato filter, arpeggio break, dixie clarinet, etc.)
Korg VC-10 (saxes, choir, chant)
Nord Lead (Percussion, intro lead, trombone, sax and trumpet soli, bells, etc.)
Big Briar Theremin (yelps, clarinet chorus)
Moog Opus 3 (blasts, dist lead, dixie trombone)
Boss DR-110 (additional drums and handclaps)

Other Equipment:
Cubase VST 4.1 Mac
Zoom Studio 1201 effect processor
Boss Digital Delay

Interesting Facts:
We are very proud of the clarinet chorus with its ghostlike orchestration: 2 theremins and a wobbly choir from the VC-10. Especially considering that the theremin players Beskberg and Limberg at that point had reached a considerable state of inebriation.

Contest:
The first one to correctly interprate the vocoder vocals in the end chorus (from 2:34 and onwards) wins a fabulous price: the chance to participate in a SHotQ session and be guest soloist!

The Stampede

"Swedish Hotsynth Quintet" - say what? 
The Swedish Hotsynth Quintet (establ. 1998) plays vintage jazz on vintage synthesizers. Or: "The Swedish Hotsynth Quintet aims to bring together the energy and passion of classic hot jazz with the warm, ear-caressing sound of older synthetic instruments, thereby redefining - and passing - the known boundaries of what mankind knows as music".  

The Stampede

SHotQ

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