Unearthly
Orchestra.
Gently wafting ambient adagios of sound from theremin and
effects.
background
It's
very easy to get carried away on the theremin - there
is no resistance of your hands in the air - excess is
easy. One night I just set up some a few chords rotating
on multiple long delays and through a slowly moving filter
- went away and got on with other things - I came back
and it was still going, I then realised the minimalism
of it was really beautiful.
So I set about recording a whole album of ambient restrained
pieces like that. I changed a few small things from track
to track - added voice, low whistle or chimes sparingly
for a little extra colour, changed the order of the effects
- on one track I used sounds, on another I added an arpegiated
filter work on the sound. But generally I wanted a similar
feel throughout. Listening back made me think of classcial
string sections and adagios, hence the title.
adagio electric
influences
Vidna
Obmana, Eduard Artemiev, Robert Rich, A Produce/M Griffin,
Gyorgy Ligeti, Terje Rypdal, Barber, Albinoni, Knut Nystedt.
trivia OK
for the effects nerds out there - what effects did I use?
I used the following, routed in different orders from track
to track...
Moogerfooger Low Pass Filter
Moogerfooger Ring Modulator
Moogerfooger MuRF filter array
Digitech Vocalist Live Pro harmonizer
Boss DD20 Giga Delay
