Bonobo - Black Sands

Bonobo – Kiara

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I found this great video from Computer Music of Bonobo, Simon Green, explaining the making of the track “Kiara” off of his new album “Black Sands”.   I recently opened up for Bonobo at The Parish in Austin which ranks as one of my top 5 gigs.  His band was amazing and their vocalist Andreya Triana was sensational.   It’s so inspiring to see one man’s vision and art be so well executed in a live setting.

BREDE and Simon Green aka Bonobo

Simian Mobile Disco Live Setup

Simian Mobile Disco explains their live setup.  Cool use of the Korg Microkontrol.  I saw these guys live at Coachella 2008 and liked the stage setup.  It very much looked like a science lab with wires and keyboards every which way.  A cool circular table that held everything in place and they sort of rotated around the table as they played.  An interesting concept can make all the difference in a super boring Live PA and an interesting to watch and listen Live PA.

Ableton 10 Free Live Packs

To celebrate their 10th anniversary, Ableton Live is  giving away 10 free, exclusive Live Packs from Ableton artists. Take a look inside these songs and sounds and see how these exceptional artists work their Live mojo.

These Packs require Live 8.0.9 or higher. To install a Pack, download it, unzip it and double-click the .alp file. You’ll then be asked where to save the contents of the Pack.

The Live Pack artists include:

* Adam Freeland
* Apparat
* Brian Ales
* Covert Operators
* Junie Morrison
* Martin Gretschman, aka Acid Pauli
* Micah Frank
* Mum
* Swayzak
* Thavius Beck

Note: These Live Packs will work in Live Intro or Live Lite, but as read-only Sets.

Nosaj Thing has a new live show

Here’s a quick taste of what Nosaj Thing is coming up with for his live visual show.

Found this here:

Nosaj Thing Visual Show Compilation Test Shoot from Adam Guzman on Vimeo.

Nosaj Thing from 13thWitness™ on Vimeo.

Download Nosaj Thing – Coat of Arms

Nosaj Thing - Drift

Ableton Live Tutorials

These were posted on Beatportal but I figured I’d repost them here as a future resource for myself and others.  Enjoy.

Creating a beat in Ableton:

Resource Files

Video I found of Amon Tobin creating a soundtrack for the video came, Infamous. This man is seriously talented.

Aiki @ LoopCache sent me these tutorials so I thought I would repost them.

Compression. Its the one thing that almost all styles of
electronic music use in spades and yet many people either don’t
really understand it or only get to grips with it
through trial and error.

Here are a number of resources Ive found that you may find useful
covering compression in all its forms.

• http://www.barryrudolph.com/mix/comp.html
• http://mos.futurenet.com/pdf/computermusic.co.uk/AdvancedFX1.pdf
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtX_gRDvcug
• http://www.reasontutorials.net/2009/04/side-chain-compression-reason-tutorial/
• http://sonictransfer.com/side-chain-compression-tutorial.shtml
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIWpMliqukM

Deadmau5 at Mansion

Quick video of a guy who remade one of Deadmau5′s newest tracks.  I’m not sure how I feel about this.  We’ll see how 2009 treats the mau5.

Deadmau5 in the Studio

Deadmau5 has been killing the electronic music scene since 2007.  I believe he’s had more top 10 beatport tracks than anyone else.  He just came off a year and half tour across the globe and release 3 LP’s in 2009.  When does this guy sleep?

I found this great picture of his current studio since his rocket to fame.  Clearly, he spent som big monies on his new setup.  I love all the modular synths and outboard gear.  You can catch him on stickam from time to time, follow mau5 on twitter and he’ll let you know.  Here’s his page. The two videos are older but show a few incarnations of his studio. The 2nd video is worth a look even if its just to listen to Chris Lake describe the gear.

Deadmau5's new mega studio