Father-son collaborations

Tracks using Behringer synths

Collaborative father-and-son jam featuring Artinoise re.corder controlling Sonigen VST modular synth via CME WIDI Master.

Simon Beck: re.corder/synth
Thomas Beck: Synth and drone programming, rhythm programming, bass guitar, production.

Strange Shapes

Instrumental collaborative jam with my elder son, Thomas.

Simon Beck:
Wurlitzer piano, organ, bass guitar

Thomas Beck:
Lead and rhythm guitars, rhythm programming, percussion, arrangement, production

Snails On Rails.mp3

The traditional Irish jig. My son Thomas on mandolin, and me on rhythm Dobro, 

The Irish Washerwoman

Electric piano and harmonica blues jam with my son.
Simon Beck - Valente electric piano
Tom Beck - harmonica

Blues jam 1.m4a

The 1923 jazz standard, using the Behringer Neutron analogue synth for the two solo parts, backed by acoustic archtop guitar and double bass.

Tin Roof Blues

Abbreviated version of George Frederick Handel's Hornpipe from his "Water Music", played in real time on synthesisers.
Synthesisers are:
Yamaha Reface CS
Behringer Neutron in Poly mode

Handel

Another Baroque-style improvisation, this time using two Behringer semi-modular synths, a Neutron and a Crave, patched together to create a 3-oscillator, two-filter monophonic system, with the resulting sound fed into the Neutron's analogue delay to provide incidental harmonies.

Gavotte

"Jingle Bells", played using nothing but a Behringer Crave analogue synthesiser and an electric upright bass.

Jingle Bells

A collaboration between myself (Behringer Neutron without external controller) and my elder son Thomas (electric guitar, fretless bass, drum programming). The synth and guitar were recorded in a single take, with the Neutron's LFO synced to the drums within the DAW, and then the bass was overdubbed and the drums edited.

Exploring The Abyss

I'm a self-taught multi-instrumentalist living in London, England. My main instruments are keyboards, bass guitar and double bass, but I also play electric and acoustic guitars, ukulele, 6-string banjo and chromatic harmonica, and I will have a go at anything else that makes a noise.

My musical roots are in the Blues, but my recordings range in style from country to punk to experimental, with bits of funk, jazz and retro movie soundtrack thrown in. And hopefully a bit of humour...

Exploring The Abyss

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