Recordings using Artinoise re.corder or Casio DH-100

All the recordings in this playlist include at least one track played on a Korg Volca Keys. 

Other instruments used on some tracks include Stylophone S2, Nord Electro 3, iPad autoharp app, electric upright bass, bass guitar and programmed drums and percussion.

All tracks arranged, programmed, performed and produced by Simon Beck. All material composed by Simon Beck except "Popcorn", composed by Gershon Kingsley.

Recordings using Korg Volca Keys

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

Analogue synth played from an Artinoise re.corder, backed by analogue drum machine, synth pad and upright bass.

Lead synth: Korg Volca Keys, controlled by Artinoise re.corder
Synth pad: Yamaha Reface CS
Random arpeggiator: Behringer Crave
Drums: Behringer RD-6
Bass: Stagg electric upright

De Profundis

Backing track is a loop played on a Yamaha Reface CS. Lead is a virtual modular synth on an Android tablet, controlled by an Artinoise re.corder wind controller. Recorded live on a Samsung phone.

Solo jam

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

1960s-style secret agent theme. Organ, Mellotron strings, synth, lead bass guitar, autoharp, double bass, Latin percussion.

Organ and Mellotron strings: Nord Electro 3
Autoharp: iPad app
Double bass: Stagg EDB 3/4
Lead bass guitar: Encore Precision copy
Synth: Korg Volca Keys

One Of Our Agents

An experimental composition using synchronised sequences whose lengths are derived from prime numbers; 3, 5, 7, 11 and 13. The sequences are fragments of a C Major scale, all ending on the same highest note. 

Past My Prime

Another experimental piece based on prime numbers, The notes of a C7 chord (C, E, G, Bb and C') are repeated with spaces forming sequences of 3, 5, 7, 11 and 13 beats respectively, weaving a complex pattern that seldom repeats exactly.

Programmed using a Korg Volca Keys synthesisier and recorded on a Fostex MR-8 digital multi-track.

Primal Dance

A cover of Gershon Kingsley's iconic instrumental "Popcorn", played using sounds from a Korg Volca Keys synthesiser and a drum track programmed and arranged on a computer.

Popcorn

A blues improvisation... with a couple of Korg Volca Keys synths thrown in! The Wurlitzer piano is from a Nord Electro 3, the bass is a Stagg electric upright and the drums were programmed in HammerHead 1.0.

Volca Shuffle

Experimental track produced using a Korg Volca Keys as the only sound source. The backing comprises three looped sequences of two, eleven and fifteen beats,  forming an ever-shifting background pattern. The lead part was improvised on a Casio DH-100 digital woodwind controller, again driving the Volca Keys.

On The Glow-Planet

Another spy-movie theme from the Galactic Lounge, with reverbed bass guitar, Pianet, electronic woodwind and banjo.

Drums: Behringer RD-6
Bass: Squier P-Bass Special
Pianet: Nord Electro 6D
Synth: Behringer Crave played from Casio MIDI horn
Banjo: Ashland 6-string

Rendezvous

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...

On The Glow-Planet

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