yes, more funkstorung...
just got back from seeing the boys play at the spot in baltimore. (super
shouts to sonic soul once again for providing the balt / d.c. area with
something to do...)
no more comparisons to autechre. it's nonsense at this point...
inspired by ae, yes. do they continue to sound like ae? NO.
first off, no samplers were used by funkstorung. and no DAT machine
containing samples. my point being, no samples of autchre in an attempt
to sound like autechre. funkstorung, at this point in time, sounds like
funkstorung.
no computers of any type were used during the performance. no hiding
behind laptops or secret black boxes in a lame attempt to hide what
equipment they used.
(btw, i think laptop / desktop platforms kick ass. this isn't an
'argument' against computers. it was just a pleasant surprise...)
oh yeah, they do use a computer for remixes and stuff. (and patch
editing i suppose...) just wasn't present at their performance.
as for the use of MAX, that's yet to be seen.
for the gear oriented readers of this list (or other curious
bi-standers...) you might be interested in the choice of 'tool's used by
funkstorung.
virus modular synth
nord modular (micro) synth
yamaha ry-30 drum machine
alesis _forget the name_ sequencer (MMT something??)
alesis wedge
some other wedge-like processor (didn't catch the name...)
mackie (i think) 16 channel mixer
everything was completely driven by the alesis sequencer while chris and
michael processed the sounds coming out of the ry-30 and the modulars.
pretty damn amazing from a technical point of view. i had no idea an
alesis wedge could mangle sound in such a glorious way...
super-wicked drum programming coming out of a rather 'plain' machine.
incredible, incredible, incredible... basically, they were stepping
through sequences and noodling around with the effects in real time.
(while making some adjustments to the nord and virus...)
oh yeah, the music. it had a beat. it was rhythmic like in property.
you could even dance to it. it was so fucking sweet. lovely little
melodies with plently of bass. there's a fine line (at least to me..)
between simplicity and complexity. funkstorung have found the pleasant
median which divides the two. simple in texture yet complex (or
evolving...) enough to hold your attention. instead of choosing the
route of the 'what the fuck' beats and odd-note melodies, funkstorung
maintain a somewhat accesible formula. still a bit challenging but you
don't get lost in all the sequencing jobs.
btw, it's almost 5:00 in the morning, so please excuse my choice of
words / descriptions... (haven't been to sleep yet)
they played for about an hour, but an hour more would've been gladly
welcomed. if you haven't seen this 'tour' yet, definitely try and catch
it.
from what i gathered (in a whole 2 minutes of broken conversation...)
they seemed like a very friendly bunch of guys.
always remember to do your fast fourier transforms before you eat
breakfast. find your infinite impulse response and try and maintain a
fourth (or fifth) order butterworth. while graphing the poles and zeros
(on a polar plot...) make note of any 'stray' zeros which may lie
outside of the circle. equalization of the magnitude must include
equalization of the phase. the coefficients of complex and real numbers
will help you 'fold' the zeros back into the circle.
MATLAB
reflected sound waves make for bad acoustics,
christian
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