Fortunately, the new wave of Scottish electronica is allowing Firebrand Boy to reach out to more appreciative audiences. Given Scotland’s genetic make-up, it’s a revival Cunningham feels was inevitable:
“There’s some kind of deep rooted self-deprecation in people who’ve grown up in Scotland. So, it makes sense that computers, synthesizers, drum machines and other utilitarian devices are a popular expressive choice. Combine that with long standing pop sensibility and it’s no surprise there’s such a fantastic electronic music scene in Scotland.”
Up until fairly recently, I had been using Logic on my iBook to make music. In the last six months I switched over to Windows and have been using Ableton Live almost exclusively. The work-flow is entirely different but it makes all those processes in Logic, that were protracted missions to Mars, much simpler to use. Here’s a track that I’ve been working on over the past few days. Please forgive the mix, have only been able to listen on headphones.
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2. Queen’s Park
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3. Rebuilt Leer
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4. The Gorbals
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Broken guitars, wimpy reed organs and sympathetic synthesizers.
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Aphex Twin’s Avril 14th from a YM2151 chip
The YM2151, aka OPM (FM Operator Type-M) is an eight-channel four-operator sound chip. It was Yamaha’s first single-chip FM synthesis implementation, created originally for the Yamaha DX series of keyboards.
A Tuesday night learning FM Synthesis and the workings of the YM2151 chip.
The park was acquired in 1857 and was designed by the world renowned Sir Joseph Paxton, also responsible for noted public parks in London, Liverpool, Birkenhead and the grounds of the Spa Buildings at Scarborough. The park was dedicated to the memory of Mary, Queen of Scots and not Queen Victoria, a common misconception given the proximity to Victoria Road and that the park was created during her reign.
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Began working on a new live set combining Game Boy, Arduinome and Ableton Live.
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Still VERY rough around the edges but I think it could work.
Posted: December 27th, 2009
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The recording is rather hot and one of the outputs is much quieter than the other, BUT here’s an MP3 of my performance the Space Invaders exhibition at F.A.C.T in Liverpool.
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