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Naviar Haiku

Video: https://youtu.be/4MF3SsDtB2M

My contribution to the limited edition compilation 'New State of Flux' released on Reverse Alignment 3 July 2021.

https://reversealignment.bandcamp.com/album/new-state-of-flux

Main Players:  
Buchla Easel  
Waldorf Quantum  
Moog One  
Evaton RF Nomad  
Spring reverbs  
Roland Space Echo RE-201  
Roland Space Echo RE-150  
KOMA BBD 101  

Music played, mixed, and  recorded live in Logic Pro X with a Soundcraft MTK22. Video recorded with an iPhone and edited in Final Cut Pro.

unfold

This piece was originally recorded in the beginning of the pandemic, back in May 2020. I recently had a re-listen, and feel the current times are a good fit for a release.

This track features in my dear friend Cornelius Delaney's animation DOOM:
https://youtu.be/gxAkvR9UdgY

Performed, mixed, and recorded live in Logic Pro X with a Soundcraft MTK22.

AT101S4i - Etat 1

Recorded for the Naviar Haiku challenge #536.

The intention is to illustrate the passing; peacefully, into darkness, into light.

Starting with a simple arpeggio on the Vintage Vibe, running through a Space Echo, followed by a slow and mellow bass on the Moog One and a bit of space glitter from the Waldorf Quantum. Finished off with a ambiguous melody on the Moog.

into light [naviarhaiku536]

Recorded for the Naviar Haiku challenge #537.

Main players:
Vintage Vibe through a Space Echo
Hammond (Crumar Mojo Classic)
Waldorf Quantum

Recorded in Logic Pro X with a Soundcraft MTK22.

autumn streams [naviarhaiku537]

Tentatively

A short bit of the live jam recorded at the WarpMeet "Patterns of Time" June 28th, Darwin, Australia.

Tech stuff:
A Buchla Easel running through a KOMA BBD Delasy controlled with the IR sensor, then fed through a Roland Space Echo on full feedback. Nice!

CrabTracks

(Remastered version November 2019.)

Noisy minimal electronica using an analogue drum machine and a glitchy old distortion pedal. Adding bass and other sounds from the modular and then a decent amount of tape echo. Finishing off with a slight industrial field recording running in the background.

Main players: Buchla Easel, Roland Space Echo, Modular system, DrumBrute

transit

bastard cut

The Buchla Easel has been my favourite companion ever since I acquired it five or so years ago. Together with the KOMA BD-101 analogue delay they make a perfect team for travel and minimal live performances. The recent addition of the Buchla AUX card introduces beautiful noise, and allows for further modulations. Recorded with plenty of random voltages and live manual knob tweaking.

objective thankfulness [disquiet0413]

The phases of the moon, as are the phases of life. The seasons of the year, so also the seasons of life. The only constant is perpetual change.

Although slightly melancholic perhaps, this piece has a positive, upwards moving continuum, towards its subtle and peaceful finale.

First the Moog One was recorded in one take, through two Roland Space Echos, one each for left and right channel. Then, with quite an amount of knob tweaking, the shimmer and playfulness of the Waldorf Quantum was added, also in one take, through the tape echoes.

phases [disquiet0420]

Only a few days ago, I performed a live improvised soundtrack to the silent movie Metropolis, so this project was unusually timely. Once my gear was hooked up in the studio again, I improvised this soundtrack in a similar way, imagining walking through an an abandoned, haunted old movie theatre, in the darkest depths of the night...

Recorded live in the studio.
Moog One starts off with a bass drone.
Waldorf Quantum comes in, adding dissonant and spooky sounds.
After a while a piano is heard, delivering random eerie notes.
Towards the end, the chase is on, or is it just imagination?
Two Roland Space Echoes create added spookiness.

More on this 421st weekly Disquiet Junto project — Marquee Ghosts / The Assignment: What sounds haunt a discarded movie theater in the middle of the night? — at:

https://disquiet.com/0421/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

https://disquiet.com/junto/

Subscribe to project announcements here:

http://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0421-marquee-ghosts/

marquee ghosts [disquiet421]

Video: https://youtu.be/ykKpn47M9CY

I think might have taken a bit of a personal approach to this project.

To create "short bursts of music" I used the Buchla Easel for one part of the composition, and the Waldorf Quantum for the other.

I created a fairly complex, random, self running patch on the Buchla Easel, which spits out short bursts of random notes and noise. This was routed through the KOMA BBD Delay, with its delay time controlled by the MakeNoise Wogglebug.

On the Quantum I choose a patch with two particle oscillators set to granular, and then I manipulated them in numerous ways during the recording. This is basically live slicing and live manipulation of a sample.

I would recommend you to follow the track through to its end, as there are quite a lot of interesting textures developing.

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More on this 422nd weekly Disquiet Junto project — Chapter Cascade / The Assignment: Make a piece of music made up of tiny alternating parts — at:

https://disquiet.com/0422/ 2

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

https://disquiet.com/junto/ 1

Subscribe to project announcements here:

http://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0422-chapter-cascade/

particles [Disquiet0422]

Video on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/590686203

Full recording of my live streaming Sunday Studio Session on Twitch. 

A fully improvised set. Nothing prerecorded, no computer, no loops - all played live on hardware synths, sequencers, tape echoes, spring reverbs. Enjoy!

Main players:
Buchla Easel
Waldorf Quantum
Moog One
Eurorack modular
Roland Space Echo
Arturia DrumBrute
Elektron MonoMachine
KOMA BBD 101

All played, mixed and streamed live through a Soundcraft Signature 22MTK.

Twitch streaming 12 April 2020 - Live electronica, ambient and noise

In these uncertain times, we find comfort in the mundane, in nature, in small signs of hope.

As usual, all recorded live in the studio, in one take. No overdub, no editing.

Main players:
Moog One
Waldorf Quantum
Buchla Easel
Eurorack modular
Two Space Echoes

Recorded in Logic Pro X with a Soundcraft MTK22.

hope

hope [naviarhaiku330]

Video: https://youtu.be/qHFYNkLC2KA

Recording from I live stream where I started with an unpatched Buchla Easel, and let the patch and sounds evolve into gentle ambient noise.

The built in spring reverb of the Buchla was used, along with the KOMA BD 101 bucket brigade delay, and two Roland Space Echo tape echoes.

A fully improvised ambient noise set. Nothing pre-recorded, no computer, no loops - all played live on hardware synths, sequencers, tape echoes, spring reverbs. Enjoy!

Main players:
Buchla Easel
KOMA BBD 101
Roland Space Echo RE-150
Roland Space Echo RE-201

Performed, mixed and streamed live through a Soundcraft Signature 22MTK.

Buchla Easel Unpatched - Live Streaming YouTube 10 May 2020

autumn mist [naviarhaiku338]

An improvisation on my Korg piano running through two Roland Space echoes - asking our world leaders to please press the emergency STOP button - and for all of you who just loves a bit of piano improvisations!

Watch video of performance here:
https://youtu.be/IagoRgE27Eo

Listen on Bandcamp:
https://unden.bandcamp.com

Watch on Twitch:
https://www.twitch.tv/undensounds

Main Players:
Korg Stage Vintage SV-1
Roland Space Echo -RE-201
Roland Space Echo  RE-150

Recorded with a Zoom Q2n.

For Our Leaders [disquiet447]

Video: https://youtu.be/9RiprAEy3MM

Piano improvisation meets gentle ambient noise. Looking ahead at how we can create a more harmonious world after this pandemic.

Main players:
Korg SV-1
Waldorf Quantum
Buchla Easel
Roland Space Echo RE-201
Roland Space Echo RE-150
KOMA BD 101
Arturia DrumBrute
Eurorack system

Recorded in Logic Pro X with a Soundcraft MTK22.

unden on Bandcamp:
https://unden.bandcamp.com

unden on Twitch:
https://www.twitch.tv/undensounds

harmony

A live improvisation manipulating a single preset (acrylic) on the Moog One. No additional effects, sequencing, or editing.

Recorded in Logic Pro X with a Soundcraft MTK22.

rising

pines rising [naviarhaiku345]

Mats Unden is a Swedish sound artist based in Darwin, Australia. Creates minimal electronica, ambient, and makes noise, with a passion for analogue, modular and vintage synthesizers.

unden

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