Whoa.
Thank you so much all you wonderful Tumblrists for all the stimulation, education, inspiration, creativity, enlightenment and entertainment you have fed my eyes, ears, head and heart over the past few years.
More please!
(I somehow feel a strange compulsion to find another 202 Tumblrs to follow now.)
(Were I smarter, I’d have waited until 3 minutes past 3 to post this.)
Aleph Null - Rocket 303 to Cosmos 808
In lieu of anyone more qualified stepping forward, it fell to me to contribute this April’s pattern to the SoundCloud monthly acid group. (A high-resolution transcription of the pattern can be seen here for better legibility and easier programming.)
My version has - at least to my ears - an early 90s spaced-out techno-trance vibe to it; the blame for which I place on finding my folder of miscellaneous astronaut transmission recordings. Also, I’m pretty sure Pete Namlook is partially responsible somehow.
I’m really looking forward to hearing how other folks in the group interpret the pattern. DyLABs has already taken it to a very cool and crazy place.
My interpretation of the December acid pattern.
Some of the other contributors took the pattern literally with regard to its 7 step nature and, well, I can’t resist such nonsense either and dived into the wonky, off-beat madness of half-bar loopy acid techno in 7/8 time.
Excellent video of Arnaud @Rebotini playing live 2011.
In this video he’s playing Roland’s TR909, TR808, TR707, TB303, SH101, JUNO-60 & Sequential Circuits Pro One.
Acid Station Zero by Mr_Union on Flickr.
Coo…
Mr Union says on this Flickr page that he prefers standing up to make noise and I’d have to strongly agree. It’s so much easier to make dance music when you’re not sitting down and can feel the groove, express your emotions as motion and, y’know, dance.
Also, big high five to another comrade who uses sheet music stands to hold “desktop” boxes.
Documentary looking at the birth of Acid house and how the components all came together with particular focus on the TB-303 synthesizer.
Written and produced by Chris Kouzaris. Narrated by Faye Hurley. Recorded by Chris Kouzaris, Faye Hurley and Stuart Bryant. Special thanks to Terry Farley for his contribution.
“House music is disco music… made by machines.”
(via classof808 and CupidStunt.tv)
Now that’s what I call a full-on fucking 303 freak-out jamboree filter frequency, sequencer showdown fuck-fest.
Fuck yeah.
