Experimental on new hardware - Roland JD-XI. Live jam.

Sacrant

Sacrant 2

PLANETFALL

Starring:
* Lovis - my female dog sniffing the leaves
* unknown brown owl
* my three Moog sisters Mother32, DFAM and Subharmonicon
* on the drums uncle JD-Xi

15Uhr43

Years ago I purchased a used Roland JD-Xi for a band I was in, intending to use it for simulated horn section lines.   It ended up in storage until this year, when I finally swapped out my MIDI controller keyboard for it.  Fits the desk better, and the small keys are a plus for me (a guitarist), BUT, it's a real menu-dive-fustercluck of gear, and so I've put off the "queue up the YT video and figure the sucker out" grind until today.  Here's the first drum groove I whipped up.  I've been doing the MIDI drums thing for decades, but haven't had a hardware drum sequencer since the old Dr Beat days.

earsatz

So a live jam, inspired by Jean-Michel Jarre and Brian Bennett. Mr Bennett got lost. 
Roland JD-Xi, Jupiter X and VR-09.
Minimal mastering in Ableton afterwards.

Jam Jar Brian

Busting out the Roland JD-Xi to full effect.

Your Speaker Knows

A glitchy, hypnotic instrumental, Paper Clip Theory is a deep cut from the archives. Originally crafted years ago on the Roland JD-Xi, the track fuses pulsing synth lines, warped rhythms, and subtle melodic tension into something both meditative and mechanical. It feels like the hum of an old lab after hours—clinical, curious, and strangely alive. Now unearthed and finally released, this track is a time capsule of experimental creativity and raw, analog-inspired sound.

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Paper Clip Theory V1

Kraftkabel is the artist name of Philip I. Buckland. I am a musical scientist in a parallel universe living in a studio flat orbiting Jupiter. My keyboards are suspended in gravity nets, and my mixer is controlled by the power of the mind. My cosmic sequencing software masters through the power of emotion, and my keyboards are simultaneously both retro and new.
My music originates from the point of divergence of these universes - the mid-late 1980's, but is spliced by genre splicing interludes. I use a time machine and dimensional portal to get to work.
For the other nerds out there:
Hardware synths: 
Moog Subsequent 37; Roland Jupiter X, JD-Xi, VR-09, S-1; Korg Prologue, NTS-1, Monotron Duo; Sequential Take5; Yamaha DX7; Akai PRO MiniAK; Novation Mininova; Arturia MicroFreak; Modal SkulptsynthSE; Teenage Engineering PO-20.
Main software: Ableton, Arturia Analog Pro, InSidious, random free stuff from the interweb and Dexed to program the DX7. Audacity. All played through Arturia Keylab and Keystep (which has a better arpreggiator).
Plus some guitars that I can't really play very well. And an mbira, tin whistle and an alien head-shaped ukulele.

No genre, just vibes✨🎧
New York raised, Austin based 📍

Breakbeats, Garage, Bass House.  Come join the club. 

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