Recorded sometime early 1995, mixed November 2009. Analog Synth Improvisation by Daniel Miller and Gareth Jones.Drums 909, 2 OBX seqs, 4 System 700 seqs

Abbey Street 4

Play Dead Teaser

Synthetic Engineering's second album
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My Day

In 1994 Daniel Miller had a bunch of synths in his warehouse studio, & when I returned from Berlin I helped set everything up. As part of this process (in preparation, it turned out, for the series of Sunroof Remixes ) we did a number of improvisations. Initially the length of the session was determined by the length of the ADAT tape we recorded onto.
  
  After the Mute Offices at Harrow Road closed down we found the tapes (which I had sent over to Mute many years ago for transfer to hard disk) and now we have decided to release the sessions pretty much as they were. 
  
  Abbey Street #1 (recorded October 22 1994, mixed August 23 2007) available here. 

Abbey Street 1

A piece written originally for Flute by John Wesley Barker. http://www.johnwesleybarker.com/. Performed by me on MiniMonsta.  Released under CC Licence  http://bit.ly/Cek3i

Transit Of Venus Part1

Switched on Tron

Recorded on November 5 1994, mixed (more or less as is, apart from some edits to remove ADAT tape glitches) May 29 2009.  Track 2 of the Abbey Street sessions - Analogue synth improvisations by Daniel Miller and Gareth Jones.
  Kik: Arp 2600, Snare: 100M, Hat: Syrinx, Bass: 700, Hi Seq: 700, Middly Seq: MKS80, Choir: Mini Moog, FX synths: ms20, AKS Synthi, OBX

Abbey Street 2

Schtumm 1 (dub)

Today’s show is dedicated to the OG electronic music heads! Synthpop wizard Vince Clarke (Depeche Mode, Yaz, Erasure) sat down with U.K. rave gods Paul and Phil Hartnoll of Orbital for a catch-up amidst the drool-worthy vintage synthesizer collection at Hook & Fade Studios here in Brooklyn. The old friends take us on a trip back through the dance scenes they were immersed in throughout the '80s and '90s, analyze the American and British music communities, and compare notes on the differences between the legendary old raves and today’s massive EDM festivals. And while on past podcast episodes we’ve heard very disparate takes on the way artists work up demos — Clams Casino’s iPhone apps, Yoshimi’s train riding — we’ve never heard anything remotely like Paul’s method. (And we’re guessing his dentist hadn’t, either.) Check it out.

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Vince Clarke with Orbital

Recorded February 20 1995, mixed November 14 2009. Analog Synth Improvisation by Daniel Miller and Gareth Jones.

kik: Arp2600, snare: Syrinx, hat: 700, offbeat:minimoog, riff (Left) :100M. "Bass": 100M, 8s seq (Right): 700, "Guitar" drone: MS20

