‘Nemausus’
Modular Hedonism.
Track created in 2022.

Nemausus is the ancient name of the town of Nîmes, France, where ferias are held twice a year.
At the same time, in the same place, a host of popular events take place (bullfights, parades, brass bands, bodegas, abrivado...) attracting over a million visitors.

Tools :
Marbles, SIG.
- Basimilus (kick).
- DFAM (percs).
- Plaits (synth sequence) > DSP (Stereo Delay).
- Loquelic Iteritas Percido (brass) > Disting Mk4 (L-2 reverb).
- Nebulae (sampled voice) > Sisters.
- Vco2 (high-pitched synth) > FX Aid (#24 Reverb Plate Classic).
Maths, Batumi, Ochd, Sinc Defero, Mutes, Buff Mult, A-160-2.
Quad Vca, A-138s, Black stereo mixer, Listen IO.
Recorded live and mastered with Logic Pro X.

Associated image : Petrus Major.

La Feria [modular hedonism]

‘ab origine fidelis’
Modular Hedonism.
Track created in 2023.
Sahelanthropus Tchadensis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahelanthropus

Tools :
Pam’s, SIG.
- Strega.
- Plaits (particle noise).
- Nebulae (sampled voice).
- Pluck.
Sisters.
Monsoon (clouds mode), DSP (saturated reverb), Desmodus Versio.
Rnd Step, Ochd, Batumi, Sinc Defero, Zadar.
Quad Vca, StMix, Black stereo mixer, Listen IO.
Recorded live and mastered with Logic Pro X.

Associated image : Petrus Major.

Sahelanthropus [modular hedonism]

‘cæsar non supra grammaticos’
Modular Hedonism.
Track created in 2023.

Tools :
Marbles, A-160-2.
- 0-Coast > Fold 6 > DSP (leslie speaker).
- Nebulae (sampled voice) > Desmodus Versio.
- Basimilus > FX Aid (#24 reverb plate classic).
- Loquelic Iteritas Percido > Monsoon (clouds mode).
Ochd, Batumi, Rnd Step, Zadar & Nin, Maths, Sinc Defero.
Buff Mult, Mutes, Quad Vca, StMix, Black stereo mixer, Listen IO.
Recorded live and mastered with Logic Pro X.

Associated image : Petrus Major.

Little Turbulence [modular hedonism]

‘sine experientia non sunt nisi ideae’
Modular Hedonism.
Track created in 2023.

A track produced with a modular synth and a hint of jazz & blues in mind.
A shout-out to @joerxworx for his work, his talent, and for introducing us to so many wonderful tracks through his reposts :)

Tools :
Marbles, A-160-2, Varigate, SIG.
- Basimilus.
- Drum2 (noise crush).
- Telharmonic (H out) > Sisters > Monsoon (clouds mode).
- Plaits (pair of classic waveforms) > Motomouth > Fold 6 > Verb.
Mutes, Buff Mult, Sinc Defero.
Zadar, Batumi (saw), Ochd.
Quad Vca, StMix, Black stereo mixer, Listen IO.
Recorded live and mastered with Logic Pro X.

Associated image : Petrus Major.

In Freiheit [modular hedonism]

‘ante mare undae’
Modular Hedonism.
Track created in 2022.

'Ante Mare Undae' is the motto of the House of Rochechouart (Latin contraction of 'Avant que la mer fût au monde, Rochechouart portait les ondes' / 'Before the sea was in the world, Rochechouart carried the waves').

Madame de Montespan, the Sun King's great love and mistress, belonged to this very old French family. They regularly met up at the former ‘Porcelain Trianon’ located in the royal estate of Versailles, a place renowned for its marvellous gardens.
 
Tools :
Marbles, A-160-2, Arp.
- Rings (odd & even outs) > Desmodus Versio.
- Plaits (pair of classic waveforms) > Monsoon (clouds mode).
- Vco2 (pulse out) > modDemix > Data Bender > FX Aid (#27 reverb hall medium).
- Basimilus.
- Drum2 > Dsp (reverb mode).
Zadar, Batumi (saw outs), Ochd.
Mutes, Buff Mult, Sinc Defero.
Quad Vca, StMix, Black stereo mixer, Listen IO.
Recorded live and mastered with Logic Pro X.

Associated image : Petrus Major.

Dans les Jardins de Trianon [modular hedonism]

‘omnes stulti, et deliberationes non utentes, omnia tentant’
Modular Hedonism.
Track created in 2023.

A minimalist piece inspired by the film Les Tontons Flingueurs (directed by Georges Lautner, dialogue by Michel Audiard, co-produced with Germany and Italy - Mein Onkel, der Gangster / In Famiglia si Spara - 1963).

Kitchen scene, dialogue between Fernand Naudin (Lino Ventura) and Raoul Volfoni (Bernard Blier) enjoying their glass of whisky ‘the three Kings’:

- Raoul Volfoni : “Tu sais pas ce qu'il me rappelle ? C't'espèce de drôlerie qu'on buvait dans une petite taule de Biên Hòa, pas tellement loin de Saïgon. Les volets rouges… et la taulière, une blonde comac… Comment qu'elle s'appelait, nom de Dieu ?”
- Fernand Naudin : “Lulu la Nantaise”.

(Dialogue in slang French, difficult to translate without betraying its flavour, about a woman met in Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City - nicknamed Lulu la Nantaise).

Tools :
Pam’s, Varigate, SIG.
- Plaits (pair of classic waveforms) > A-138s.
- Pluck > A-138s.
A-138s > FX Aid (reverb room stereo).
- Rings > DSP (stereo delay).
- One (personal perc sample).
- Drum2 (space snare).
Diode Chaos, Buff Mult, Mutes.
Quad Vca, StMix, Black stereo mixer, Listen IO.
Recorded live and mastered with Logic Pro X.

Associated image : Petrus Major.

Lulu la Nantaise [modular hedonism]

‘quasi’
Modular Hedonism.
2023 live performance.

A wink to @mesmo1, to the consistency of his talent and creativity.

Tools :
Pam’s, Marbles, Varigate.
- DFAM.
- Loquelic Iteritas Percido.
- Plaits (chords) > FX Aid (#25 reverb room stereo).
- Pluck.
- Morphagene (voice sample) > Data Bender > Overseer > Monsoon (clouds mode).
Ochd, Batumi (saw).
Buff Mult, Sinc Defero, 3x MIA.
Mutes, StMix, Black stereo mixer, Listen IO.
Recorded live and mastered with Logic Pro X.

Associated image : Petrus Major.

Vulcana Popo [modular hedonism]

Softs, synths & modules.
Tendency towards abstract expressionism :)
'On ne devrait jamais quitter Montauban' (Fernand Naudin).
Merci pour votre écoute / Thank's for listening.

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