Live sequencing with Anchorsong January 13, 2008
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Masaaki Yoshida, better known as Anchorsong, makes a live performance out of sequencing. By punching his addictive beats, chords and melodies into the sequencers of a MPC2000XL and a Triton Le live in front of a crowd, he builds his songs layer by layer, showing off not only his skills, but also how technology can be used to really boost a performance. The clip is from his recent visit to Greece, and you can catch a performance by Anchorsong in various clubs in London these days, as he moved from his native Japan to Europe recently.
Stochastic Design: First Jam December 11, 2007
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Finally, my new project Stochastic Design had the chance to meet up IRL to jam a bit Friday night, after almost half a year of spurious and remote collaboration. After the mandatory cup of tea, and a bit of pondering how to rig things, we packed up – and found that the power supply for my sound card was missing. Cue 1 hour of fruitless search through rooms, cabinets, boxes and finally storage rooms, until we settled for another sound card, and got on with it. Gear included twin synced laptops running Ableton Live Suite and peripherals (BCR2000, MicroKorg, padKontrol, guitar). It’s a really fun way to build up a groove bottom up and improvizing over it.
Nothing amazing result-wise, but a positive start on this experiment.
