Live performance from Modular on the Spot at Moogfest 2017, May 21, 2017. Thanks Mike Dobler (http://youtube.com/user/arrowbang) for recording the sets! Photo cred: Adam Filipkowski

Modular on the Spot at Moogfest 2017

Experimental abstract bleepery, mostly.

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Modular synthesis
Live performance
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Made with passion and modular synths.

warp: poems, ableton, monome, keys. samples, microtuning, kyms, soundplane, eurorack, koala sampler, aum ios

Canadian Polyglot and polymath living in North Carolina, Francois is Head of Dion Research by day, & artist, maker of instruments & effects, musician, photographer & sound engineer by night.

His interest in music started at a very young age when he studied classical piano and electronics, both of these things would be quite influential on his future work.

He started composing electronic music as a kid in the early 80s and experimenting with sampling on an Apple //e, and would later use the Amiga, Apple IIgs and on the PC, the Gravis Ultrasound wavetable soundcard, and would publish soundbanks for it. Today, most of his music is done without computers, on modular synths and effects built by him, along with some commercial synths and effects.

From 1988 to 1997, he hosted a show on electronic music from its beginning in the early 20th century all the way to modern electronica, and the history of it and the technology that enabled it. He also did a stint at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Videoway / Videotron in Montreal.

In parallel with that, he would continue releasing music through various media, including digital media before MP3 files (through MP2 and ADPCM WAV files on Hyperreal, IUMA etc). In those 30 years to now, he has produced an average of ~1 album (EP or full) a year

8th Effigy is an alter-ego electronic artist, which may or may-not be a mid-life crisis in disguise. Inspired by the melody and ambience of Brian Eno, the esoteric and visceral prowesses of Aphex Twin, the genre blurring irreverence of Radiohead and the experimental spirits of Cage, Riley and Reich. 8th Effigy's tracks are euro-rack modular synthesizer patch performances recorded live with minimal post production. Here on SoundCloud you can find curated playlist and new original material updated on a monthly basis. Follow me on IG or Twitter for early notifications of upcoming music.

Modular on the Spot at Moogfest 2017

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