Retro Grooves Vol. 5

Fly With Me [Roland JD - 08/JD - 800 Demo Song]

I highly recommend headphones for this one due to the stereo field.

Roland Cloud jam in Ableton Live which turned into a bit more of a track. Tons of post processing going on in this one. It all started with a custom JD-800 patch I made while messing around with the JD-08 Boutique as a control surface. I added a TB-303 bassline in the same key and just kind of went crazy with throwing layers on it.

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Dedicated artist crafting melodic techno and technoid trance/house. Founder of Cosmic Swarm Records, releasing self-produced tracks. 

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From the early pulses of the '90s rave scene to the underground clubs—techno has always been more than just music for me. It’s energy, freedom, and a never-ending evolution, driven by the community of music lovers, producers, and DJs who share this journey.
After a few years in Hamburg and Stuttgart, I immersed myself even deeper into this vibrant network, drawing inspiration from the energy and connections within it. I shape sound to my own needs, crafting atmospheric layers, shining melodies, and powerful club floor grooves that resonate deeply.
I joined WE909 – Techno Continuum, collaborating with Rolf Maier Bode (RMB) and pushed my craft forward with Robert Babicz’s Mastermind and Marotopia alongside him and Marc Romboy. But I didn’t stop there.
I dove into mixing and mastering, honing every kick, every synth, every detail to create a sound that pulls us in and takes us on a journey.
Now it’s time to keep evolving, explore new horizons, and share the energy.  2025 – the beat goes on!

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Electronic musician from Norway. I started playing piano/keyboards in the mid 80s. After a few years at the municipal music school, I quickly grew tired of the simple piano-only education and got to move on to classes with keyboards and synths. From the early beginning with Technics K-200 rhythm keyboard from 1983 via some Casios/Hohner keyboards, I evolved with the later Technics KN-1000 and KN-2000 before moving on to Roland XP-50. As the computer revolution made DAWs affordable, 1999 made sequencing using Cubase easy and the studio grew ever larger with more outboard gear. Today the studio has become a sizeable and functional MIDI/arranging studio with over 40 synths/modules and more centered around a MacPro with MOTU’s Digital Performer, and numerous more or less famous productions.

I have always had a musical approach towards sound engineering and composing, rooted mainly in vivid harmonic structures and saturated compositions. Inspiration has always been the likes of Jean Michel Jarre, Vangelis, Eric Serra to name a few giants in the electronic scene, but also a heart towards well produced pop music from the 70s and 80s as well as epic film scores from John Williams, Alan Silvestri and Hans Zimmer. The baby era of computer music from the late 80s and early 90s was also a heavy influence.

Electronic- I don't care what it takes to make a track as long as it's electronic: spaghetti, dread-locked tangles of patch cables, ridiculous VST plug-ins, feedback loops, external effects, old-school analog synthesizers or iPad apps.  You might find noise and experimental "tracks" here, live PA, maybe some ambient, downtempo, trance or analog drones.

What you definitely *will* find: Roland TB-303, Roland MC-202, Roland Alpha-Juno 1, Moog Rogue, Dave Smith MoPho, Korg Kronos, Korg microKORG, Alesis Micron, Akai MPC-1000, Ableton Push.

Lately I've been getting more into house music and early acid house which clearly shows in my newer compositions.  I've been migrating from Logic to Ableton Live but I do like to keep up with production and mixing/remixing in both.  The Ableton Push controller makes the composition part fun again ;-)  Regardless of the DAW, it's still amazing to be able to get hands-on with patch creation, performing parts and massaging the flow of a track with outboard gear (especially analogs :-)!) and dedicated controllers.

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