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I WON'T WAIT
Two haunted dirges bookended by pop songs. More ruminations on walking away and not looking back.
Mastered by Eric Oehler
Artwork by Florian-Ayala Fauna
Stems are available in the usual place, do what you wish.
NERD STUFF: I really wanted to pare things down for this EP, so that means less layers and simpler waveforms. Synths are Kawai K1 (VST), Waldorf Streichfett (also VST), with a touch of Meeblip Triode (hardware). That's it. Bass is either Volca Bass or Volca FM (hardware). Drums are a hodgepodge mix of Volca Kick, Vermona DRM-1, Kawai XD-5, and Alesis HR-16 (all hardware). Recording and mixing my own vocals is agony.
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Time to replace some knobs! • • • • • #gustavobravettilive #gustavobravetti #allianceartists #producerlife #studiolife #musicproduction #gearslutz #liveelectronicmusic #electronicmusic #electronic #musicproducer #homestudio #musicproducers #electronicmusic #electronic #synth #synthesizer #techno #techhouse #technomusic #meeblip #meebliptriode #alternativecontrollers https://www.instagram.com/p/BteohSNgG-t/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vrlv6tb7f203
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Midi triggered geospatial coordinates w/2 mothers, meeblip & Korg sequencer = psychedelic Skagaströnd {65.8242} #iceland #midi #weather #mapping #mother32 #moog #korg #max #jitter #ableton #meeblip #softcircuits #conductive #play #arduino #skagaströnd #spákonufell #nes #design #reykjavik (at nanopod: Hybrid Studio)
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More using the @korgofficial #korg #korgnts1 #nts1 as an #effect #processor #unit running a @meeblip #meeblip #triode #synth #synthesizer into the #reverb wet then dry then wet again / played via #MIDI out of @arturia_official #arturia #keystep32 #keystep @jblaudio #charge3 #speaker https://www.instagram.com/p/B-H7JKYHaAR/?igshid=q3bh1lk1rxh5
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This November 15-18, 2018 the Alberta Electronic Music Conference (AEMCON) is back in its third year in Calgary, bringing together industry leaders with the intention of inspiring and elevating Canada’s electronic music scene. Spread across four days, AEMCON will host a diverse selection of more than 100+ guest speakers and performers, in conjunction with 50+ workshops, masterclasses, panel discussions, networking events and evening performances where attendees will connect, learn, and most importantly, share ideas pertaining to the industry’s landscape.
AEMCON 2018 – First Wave Speakers & Artists:
“For AEMCON’s third year, we’re exploring the many ways that artists and electronic music professionals can make their way in the modern economy. From scoring video games and creating Youtube channels, to touring internationally or producing festivals, there are many ways for people to make their way. We’ve assembled some of the world’s best at this conference to teach you how they forged their path.”
This year’s conference will emphasize the many ways that today’s artists can turn their art into a full life, by exploring opportunities through publishing, grants, video gaming, streaming and more. An impressive panel of speakers will include Canadian electronic music group, activists and multi Juno Award winners, A Tribe Called Red , PK Sound’s Senior Vice President, Arlen Cormack , Chris Goss; Co-founder of the world-renowned drum and bass label, Hospital Records, plus presentations from premiere tech companiesMOOG Audio, Roland, Pioneer, Abelton, Universal Audio, MeeBlip and many more! Each a leader in their various sectors, the knowledge and insight that these key-note speakers impart is truly invaluable! These panels are always a highlight of AEMCON.
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Workshops and masterclasses will provide attendees with additional learning opportunities, allowing them to participate in live demonstrations. This year’s events will be divided into six main content streams:
AEMCON Apprentice – For those new to the music industry. Essential workshops on music production skills, marketing, and publishing
AEMCON Video Games – For those who are looking to pursue the many music possibilities in the video game industry
AEMCON Advanced Audio – For experienced producers looking for advanced production skills
AEMCON Promoter – Masterclasses in creating creative and financially successful events
AEMCON Career Artist – Business and Industry advice for DJs, Producers, Labels and Promoters
AEMCON Culture – For those are interested in how electronic music is developing in our cities and across the world
Notable workshops to look out for this year include the TONTO Demonstration with Malcolm Cecil,’ where Cecil will unveil the newly refurbished TONTO, which has been under repairs by the late and greatly missed John Leimseider. In another workshop, ‘NMC AiR Workshop: A Tribe Called Red x TONTO,’ witness A Tribe Called Red, as they become the first act to use TONTO in the creation of new music after years of restoration work on the instrument. See ATCR share their creative process and provide a taste of new music at this public workshop. Visit albertaelectronicmusic.com for information on additional workshops. for information on additional workshops.
When day turns to night, the fun continues at the National Music Centre and various venues, where participants can catch more than 40 artists throughout the week. AEMCON’s nightlife series is yet another opportunity to connect with industry peers; stay tuned for a full list of performers.
Join AEMCON this November 15-18, and support the Canadian electronic music landscape, while broadening your own knowledge of business, technology, and culture.
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Presentations by MOOG, ROLAND, PIONEER, ABLETON, UNIVERSAL AUDIO, MEEBLIP & more.
Alberta Electronic Music Conference (AEMCON) 2018 – First Wave Speakers & Artists This November 15-18, 2018 the Alberta Electronic Music Conference (AEMCON) is back in its third year in Calgary, bringing together industry leaders with the intention of inspiring and elevating Canada's electronic music scene.
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Jammin on a #meeblip Anode & TR-8 #inmyspaceship #miamiproducers #edm #bassline #electronicmusic #wubwub (at Miami SoundLab)
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Sequence #moog #mother32 #meeblip #keystep #volcabeats #korgminilogue #volca #arturia #anode
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What The Volca You Thinkin’?!
Ahem. Yeah yeah. So uh, right.
I bought another Volca FM. This is the second one in my possession now. As you can see I swapped out the LEDs same as I did in the first one. This time the operation went a billion times faster. Suppose it helps that I’ve done the SMD LED swapout on four Volcas now? Hehe. It’s such a worthwhile yet nearly pointless mod at the same time. It doesn’t DO anything aside from change the colors of the Pretty Blinkies, but at the least the final outcome is that you’ve got a truly unique version of a sorta mass-produced device.
Anyway. Looking forward to the release of the NuBass. I’ve had my eye on those NuTubes since I first spied them in a showcase at Kyoritsu, the parts shop in Osaka they know me by name at now. Haha. Should be fun. I wanna pair it with the meeblip geode I have on the way. Mayhem! Yes! Mwuhahahahahaha!
Here’s some noodling I engaged in this morning. I sandwiched my iPhone between my good headphones when I shot this so appypollylogies for the Less Than Stella audio quality.... But it’s neat how the sound gets weird as you shift it into higher octaves. This is such a fun machine. The patch is DX7II sysex I found online. You could seriously kill a month going through sounds there are SO FUCKING MANY out there.
I’ll be seeing my DX7II off this summer as it turns out. My pal in Oakland will be the proud new owner. Hope United doesn’t smash the fucker to bits on the flight. I have the factory flight case though, and will bubble wrap the shit out of it so who knows. Need to look online at United’s baggage policy to see if there are special provisions/fees for keyboards in flight cases. Hmmmmm. Anyway. More later, me droogs!
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SET ADRIFT: this is basically a post-hardcore/doom riff in the style of Isis/Neurosis, subbing in FM synth pads for feedback swells. I'm not sure what exactly prompted me to write a song about swimming, but who isn't mezmerized by the ocean? That, and also I went swimming at Granite Lake a couple times last summer (see above); it's a cold mountain lake with high depth visibility and a long, sandy plateau that drops off sharply into pure, vast nothingness. Drift out just a little too far from shore and all semblance of terrestrial safety disappears. That's the abyss I'm talking about and it is cold, uncaring, terrifying, and beautiful.
Nerd stuff: the drums are my standard configuration of Drumbrute + Kawai XD5 for extra kicks, with Volca Bass doubled by the Kawai K1 on the low-end. Pads are mostly Yamaha FB-01 and Kawai PH50 with the Meeblip Triode taking the leads on the chorus and a couple tracks of Minibrute coming in on verse two. I played around with overdubbing some toms, but it ended up being superfluous, so the only auxiliary percussion is broken cymbal and a touch of metal grate at the end.
https://newyorkhaunted.bandcamp.com/album/nyh262-harsh-r-indulgence
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Playing live my new version of Mosquito, DjRoomTV, Curitiba 2018. Watch the full clip on my Facebook page. Thanks for watching and remember to share it if you like it! ;) @allianceartists @djroomtv @arturia_entuidioma #gustavobravetti #gustavobravettilive #allianceartists #djroomtv #liveelectronicmusic #arturia #elektron #meebliptriode #meeblip #octatrack #analogfour #analogrythm #beatsteppro #analogheat #cycling74 #ableton #abletonlive #abletonpush
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Mycelium & Human interaction plugged into @meeblip Tune-in to Saturday night’s Midnight Mushroom Music & experience the hyphae #ohm #meeblip #mycelium #midi #bioart #sciren #toronto #alien #nonhuman #multiverse #physarum (at nanopod: Hybrid Studio)
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Behringer Bullying Music Technology Journalists: What can we do?
Behringer has a documented history of abusive lawsuits with the goal of silencing journalists and individuals. In this page, we take look at the latest instance of abusive behaviour and bullying from this multinational corporation. This is not about Behringer’s products or customers. It’s about Behringer’s public behaviour as a corporation towards individuals and the press.
Further down, you will be able to find suggestions as to how Behringer could be encouraged to make better choices moving forward.
What did Behringer do now?
On January 24, 2020 Behringer announced (1) that they had trademarked the word KIRN (2)
(Note: Music Tribe is the holding company for Behringer and its many brands and that’s why they are mentioned in the trademark documents (9).
Peter Kirn is a music technology journalist who has been running the website Create Digital Music (3) for the past 15 years in addition to writing for press outlets like Keyboard, MacWorld and Popular Science.
On February 16 2020, Behringer began publicly posting on their official company Facebook account the following material about fictional music technology products (4) encouraging their social media followers to riff on and mock the word KIRN:
- Source for both images Music Tech (5) -
The MeeGroove in the caption from the picture above is relevant because Peter Kirn is the cofounder of Blipsonic(6) a small company that has developed a compact kit-based and assembled open source synth called Meeblip. Their company website (6) states:
“blipsonic Inc. was founded in 2015 to create and market unique electronic products. We’re based in Calgary, Canada, in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains.
MeeBlip is a line of musical instrument hardware from CDM (createdigitalmusic.com) and blipsonic inc. engineer James Grahame. We build ready-to-play, friendly, fully open source hardware for anyone.”
Here is a picture of Peter Kirn for reference:
- Source: in-sonora.org (7) -
On March 2 2020, Behringer published a video on their official company YouTube channel and subsequently re-shared it on their verified Behringer Facebook page announcing what looks like a product mockup for a synth module (8).
- Source: Behringer via MusicRadar (8) -
The video and social media posts seem to have been taken down by Behringer from all their official accounts and channels a day later. But not before musicians and journalists had seen, responded and reported on them.
Although, prior to its removal, Behringer insisted that its CorkSniffer video was nothing more than them “Just having a bit of post Karnival fun here, with Pinnochio and Wine :),” few were convinced. — Music Radar (8)
Behringer’s video seemingly aimed to undermine the credibility of journalist Peter Kirn, founder of respected music tech blog CDM and co-creator of MeeBlip synths. After public backlash, Behringer pulled the video, made a public apology (below) and then deleted both. — MusicTech (4)
Aside from MusicTech and Music Radar, many other major synthesizer and music technology websites reported on Behringer’s bullying tactics:
Behringer today used its official channels today to launch a ‘bizarre‘ personal attack on journalist Peter Kirn, who runs the well-respected electronic media site Create Digital Music.
Behringer shared a video that used name-calling and ridicule to bully Kirn. The professionally-produced video features a new product, the ‘Kirn Cork Sniffer’. — Synthtopia (10)
On top of the bullying and harassment, many press outlets and musicians picked up on potentially anti-semitic overtones in the caricature (It’s worth noting that anti-semitic cartoons and propaganda often resort to depicting jewish people as dishonest, overly intellectual and elitist to drive a message of hate and prejudice further), further on the topic from Synthtopia:
The mockup of the synthesizer includes a caricature of Peter Kirn that many have interpreted an anti-Semitic hate attack.
As Magnetic Magazine’s Ryan Middleton states, “Not-withstanding the poor taste and bad execution, this is filled with anti-Semitic tropes.”
That perspective is shared by others.
Red Means Recordings’ Jeremy Blake writes, “Today Behringer decided to create a personal attack parody product with strong anti-Semitic overtones, because the subject of the parody wrote an article about them.” — Synthtopia (10)
Uli Behringer, the company owner and founder, responded in an official capacity to the immediate aftermath with a hasty non-apology (Note the “anyone who felt offended” cop out) which later was itself taken down from the official company page but was saved as a screenshot for posterity by a multitude of netizens.
This supposed apology reveals several key elements because Uli Behringer, owner and founder of the company that carries his last name(!), recognises that “our marketing department” was directly involved and he names Peter Kirn in the second sentence, which puts to rest any doubts about the true intentions, involvement and resources devoted with regards to the disgusting stunt.
Why did Behringer go after Peter Kirn?
Peter Kirn’s may have caught the company’s eye when reporting on Behringer’s use of abusive lawsuits to silence 20 forum members on a US-based music technology forum as well as a separate instance involving a Chinese blog that criticised the company.
Other issues that have garnered unwanted attention for the company include labour disputes involving the company’s labour force and factory complex in Zanghou, China.
See here for reporting from Peter Kirn’s Create Digital Music website and other sources on these issues and more:
Behringer sued Dave Smith Instruments, forum posters, and lost https://cdm.link/2018/06/behringer-have-sued-dave-smith-instruments-forum-posters-for-defamation
Behringer threatens legal action against a site that called it a copycat
https://cdm.link/2018/06/behringer-threatens-legal-action-against-a-site-that-called-it-a-copycat
Factory workers in Zhongshan protest dangerous working conditions
https://clb.org.hk/content/factory-workers-zhongshan-protest-dangerous-working-conditions
Behringer, Midifan and the MUSIC Tribe City factory strike: Uli takes to Facebook
https://www.gearnews.com/behringer-midifan-and-the-music-tribe-city-factory-strike-uli-takes-to-facebook
Why Behringer’s bullying and intimidation tactics are wrong
Trademarking an individual’s last name without their permission or knowledge.
Using official company social accounts and YouTube channel to attack, ridicule and single out an individual by name and caricaturing his likeness with malicious intent because they may not have liked some of his reporting.
Issuing and then withdrawing a half-apology.
Resorting to bullying and intimidation as official company policy (however brief) after underhand legal tactics had failed in silencing other critics who expressed opinions on an internet forum or blog.
Setting a bad example in what is after all a relatively small market and community.
Should I throw away, sell or stop buying Behringer products?
In short, no.
In my opinion, the issues presented on this page have nothing to do with Behringer products themselves, customers or even the engineers who involved in their development.
I take issue solely with Uli Behringer, his management team and the decision-makers who put into action all the underhand tactics described on this page.
I think you should continue to enjoy the products and have fun making music. I would go even further and say that if you are planning on buying a Behringer product, you should.
But if you feel really strongly that the issues explained here impact your purchasing decisions, then you may want to consider buying second hand.
If you are in a position where you can and want to get rid of Behringer products from your studio, please do not damage them or throw them away. Look into donating them to local schools, libraries or nonprofit organisations. Alternatively, you could sell them on the second hand market at a discount.
What can we do to make Behringer reconsider its bullying tactics in the future?
I believe that arguing with people on the internet who may not share your concerns does not make a difference in the long term when it comes to addressing those concerns in a meaningful way (even though it may feel good in the short term).
Behringer operates in a relatively small market when compared to other technology sectors (such as mobile phones or computers). I could be wrong but I think that the amount of potential customers for the products that Behringer releases number in the thousands and not in the millions.
Uli Behringer and his leadership team show no regard for collegiality, professionalism or a modicum of common decency. They seem to only understand the financial bottom line and their ability to distribute their products.
So … a boycott? No, not necessarily.
The music technology customer base is made up of musicians, professionals and deeply informed enthusiasts — not passive consumers.
Let’s reach out respectfully to retailers and distributors who carry Behringer products or any of their other brands under the Music Tribe umbrella.
They are the ones who can move and amplify our concerns up the supply chain.
Ask them respectfully about the business justification for this behaviour:
Are they aware of Behringer using marketing resources to personally attack a single music journalist?
Do the bullying tactics that Behringer uses align with your company values and brand? Is Behringer setting a positive example?
How do you plan to address this? What do you think the solution is?
Can you pass on my concerns as your customer to relevant people who deal with Behringer and its brands?
If enough of us reach out to retailers and distributors that work with Behringer, they will pass on those concerns and hopefully that results in Behringer being dissuaded from acting abusively, even if only for pure financial interest, towards those that do not automatically play ball with the music technology giant.
Let’s put the ball in their court. Thanks for reading.
Sources:
(1) https://www.facebook.com/behringer/posts/10158051624498914
(2) https://trademarks.ipo.gov.uk/ipo-tmcase/page/Results/4/EU018163140
https://bases-marques.inpi.fr/Typo3_INPI_Marques/marques_fiche_resultats.html?index=1&refId=18163140_201950_ctmark&y=36
(3) https://cdm.link
(4) https://www.musictech.net/news/11-things-need-know-history-behringer-peter-kirn/
(5)https://www.musictech.net/news/is-this-how-behringer-responds-to-criticism
(6) https://meeblip.com/pages/support
(7) https://in-sonora.org/ficha-artista/peter-kirn
(8) https://www.musicradar.com/news/behringer-forced-to-apologise-after-bullying-row
(9) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Tribe
(10) https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2020/03/02/behringer-dismisses-critics-as-haters-launches-hate-attack-on-journalist/
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