Alesis HR-16:B Drum Machine - Too much punctuation in the name!

The Alesis HR-16:B was my first piece of “modern” MIDI gear, keeping in mind that modern was circa 1992. I think I got this used at C&C Music in Hazleton (it was originally made in 1989). This unit could be used a number of ways: in real time, playing the ...

My first keyboard - Casiotone MT-520... don't laugh.

During the 80s, money was always tight. Acquiring musical gear was achieved one of three ways: hand-me downs, home made amps or effects that my dad built, or – occasionally – a budget piece of gear. Radio programs like Hearts of Space and Echoes inspired me to explore sound as ...

Korg ES-50

In the early 90s, I acquired a Korg ES-50 and a Rhodes piano for $50. Yes, fifty dollars. The Rhodes went into storage for a long time at my grandma’s house, and eventually had to be sold. It was just too large, and needed to0 much work. The ES-50, however, ...

Signals with Shivasongster

Signals with Shivasongster – March 3, 2011 – This week we got through the last bit of electro items from the Fostex years, and moved on a couple of the more atmospheric tracks from my second album, Cadillacs & Tarantulas. Then on to some music from Schrum/dePrisco ...

Signals with Shivasongster

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The Korg Poly 800

Took another stroll down 4-track memory lane today to put together the playlist for  the next Signals with Shivasongster set. We’ll continue with some early recordings from my Fostex X-26 years (1989-1995), featuring keyboards such as the Korg ES-50 and Korg Poly-800, and maybe even my trusty Casio Casiotone MT-520. We will ...

Signals with Shivasongster

Signals with Shivasongster – February 3, 2011 – We covered a good chunk of the Fostex X-26 years and touched on the Cakewalk/Sonar and Roland VS-1680 phase of my recording and production adventure. Name / Collection 1 Spirit Freeze – None 2 American Power – None 3 Blu Cheez – MINDSPEAK KEYBOARD SONGS 1993-1994 4 The Chase – MINDSPEAK KEYBOARD ...

Roland VS-1680 - A self-contained recording platform used for many of my albums.

Listening to my albums and most live shows, I tend to do more song-based stuff (vocals/guitar, verse, chorus, bridge). But there is an electro side that has been part of my studio experiments for quite a long time (since my 4-track cassette days as far back as the late 80s). ...

The humble Fostex X-26 - where it all started.

Just completed the tentative playlist that I will DJ/MC this week. It includes a debut of a new piece of music recorded just for the program in Propellerhead’s Record and inspired from some film/radio loops from Computer Music Magazine. Then we’ll take a stroll down Fostex X-26 4-track memory lane ...

JD's Electro-Music setup - Photo by Jeremy

Who? Festival produced by Electro-music.com – an international online forum and community of artists, enthusiasts and industry pioneers in electronic music. People of many walks of life. What? Electro-music Festival 2010. This really was a celebration and not the usual industry conference with lots of ego, and PR hob-snobbing. Performances, ...

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Electro-Music 2010

Xeroid Entity takes off again. Bringing us out of this world and into another and back? ...