On Friday January 14th at 7PM, myself and fellow Louisville-based electronic music artists Christoph Scholtes (aka monoscene), Victor John & Malia Martinez (aka Moss Pig) performed an ambient music & multimedia concert livestream. I performed live interactive visuals for myself and the other artists. For their sets I started from a blank slate and improvised…
Here is video with an excerpt from a recent live collaboration with myself (NewEcho) & The Aefonic using only two Elektron Analog Four synthesizers. I also provided interactive visuals.
If you are in the Denver/Boulder Area come on out to the very first Lafayette Electronic Artis Festival [LEAF] on Friday April 1st at 7pm. I’ll be performing as part of the Denver Synth_Drone Collective along with other acts from the Denver area along with an artist from San Jose and NY. The evnet is…
Listen to Podcast on Soundcloud Story Ready to take a “trip” on the The Georgetown Loop Railroad? Your journey starts at Devil’s Gate Depot as you stand between the cars and hear the sounds of this historic narrow gauge train as it rounds a tight bend. Things morph from there… enjoy the psychedelic ride. Production Notes Field Recording…
What happens when the children of the gods get a hold of the weather machine? Listen to find out. Production Notes I recorded the piece in one real-time pass with no edits to a Zoom H2 running on battery. The song is primarily based on the field recording of a thunderstorm. Most of the low…
This song is an ambient sonic journey starting with natural sounds which morph into the hidden inner world of trees and back again. The piece starts off with a 120 degree stereo field recording of wind blowing through aspen trees and surrounding trees in Louisville, Colorado just outside of Boulder. Subscribe now on iTunes so you…
I own a lot of virtual synths :^) As part of a voluntary simplification exercise I started in January, I’ve been limiting myself to a smaller number of instruments over the last year so I could go deeper and create more expressive and unique signature sounds for compositions and live performance. The image above (click…
When I’m producing I use a lot of Ableton Live’s built-in FX. I do this because a) I like them and b) they adhere to the same workflow in everything else in Live so I spend more time making music. Of course sometimes I also want to use a third-party effect for variety or to…
Modulate This! – Synth Tech & Technique Artilcles by Mark Mosher
For this Music Monday, I present to you the absolutely mind blowing cool new video and single from Darren Kramer (aka DJ DKO) called “Heavy Metal Paperclip" – on – wait for it – Electric Trombone! Darren is a friend and one of the growing number of musicians in the Denver area who are working…
Modulate This! – Synth Tech & Technique Artilcles by Mark Mosher
Hi, this is Mark Mosher. Welcome to my blog. I’m a synthesist, Composer, Producer, and Visualist living in Boulder CO. I’m also the founder of the Rocky Mountain Synth Meet andSynth Patrol.
I’ve been blogging wince 2005 and this blog is a mix of posts on artistic news as well as synth tech & technique posts under the category Modulate This!
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