Producers That Went From Hardware, To Software ... To Failur

honestly what im getting at is maybe they dabbled in software a bit, but went back to more outboard with the last album.

my point was the last album sounded like a return to form.

tapedeck wrote:honestly what im getting at is maybe they dabbled in software a bit, but went back to more outboard with the last album.

my point was the last album sounded like a return to form.

the thread may have gotten a bit derailed, but im glad it did... because what you just wrote has me actually excited to hear the album now... thanks a lot for the heads up and words of encouragement to look into it.

mr_debauch wrote:thanks a lot for the heads up and words of encouragement to look into it.

Did you catch this one off the last album D?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN8p_FbNdc

Coz wrote:

mr_debauch wrote:thanks a lot for the heads up and words of encouragement to look into it.

Did you catch this one off the last album D?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN8p_FbNdc

no, I haven't... thanks for posting...

I am betting that music such as chemical brothers and prodigy is played out over there in the UK... over here I had to find out about them on my own... someone gave me one of their cassettes in the 90's and that is how I found out about them... they didn't play that stuff on the radio in those days haha...

prodigy always seemed more popular amongst people I knew... but since that album with smack my b!tch up.... I haven't heard anything from them what so ever (not that I really checked or searched)

Photek! How did I forget him, his recent output has been positively cervical (vagina) compared to his hardware based stuff.

mr_debauch wrote:I am betting that music such as chemical brothers and prodigy is played out over there in the UK.

I think because they've both got a distinctive sound that sits outside of your typical club music scene, you'd have to see them live to hear it played out.

Prodigy released an album a few years back but I lost interest after Jilted Generation.

Here's Tom Rowland's studio.

Wow! Warp 5, ENGAGE!

Coz wrote:

look at that SWEET tile flooring!!

I love the way this is laid out. Looks a bit like nasa in the 80's.

rza


evidence


havoc

Nym wrote:look at that SWEET tile flooring!!

You can have the tiles and I will have everything else!

JamesJeffery wrote:I love the way this is laid out. Looks a bit like nasa in the 80's.

Yeah, it's an unbelievable setup.

I heard that Aphex Twin has gone back to using all analogue hardware, although all his biggest tunes (Windowlicker etc) were done entirely within software.

well documented and easy to explore example would be mr. oizo.

analog worms attack - almost all analog synths
moustache (half a scissor) - entirely software

i think it's a cool record but he split with his record label on account of the second one

FLATBEAT! I still love that track today.

That was hardware.

Off topic, but that Levis advert was real viral marketing. Got everyone talking. This was before YouTube.

Interesting take on the old "HARDWARE V SOFTWARE" argument. For one, most D'n'B heads that I knew produced have been software (stuff like Acid and Cubase) since way back in the day. Most low-end electronic producers of other varieties were much the same.

tapedeck wrote:well documented and easy to explore example would be mr. oizo.

analog worms attack - almost all analog synths
moustache (half a scissor) - entirely software

i think it's a cool record but he split with his record label on account of the second one

The main artist that I think of when this subject comes up in this kind of discussion is Mr. Oizo. Analog Worms Attack v Lamb's Anger? No contest.

This also just might be a case of the Sick Boy theorem
"Well, at one time, you've got it, and then you lose it, and it's gone forever. All walks of life: George Best, for example. Had it, lost it. Or David Bowie, or Lou Reed..."