Category: Electro

NodeBeat is a generative music app. I first learned about this app at the electro-music festival in 2012 from LuxSeeker, another electro performer. Like many generative apps, NodeBeat is a bit abstract, and takes some getting used to. Half the fun is exploring the interface. What do we mean by ...

The peer pressure one feels when it comes to gadgets today is pretty bad. Add to that the additional coolness factor and creative potential of various musical gadgets, today’s musician feels additional marketing pressure. Some may even be shocked that I am only a recent convert to the iPad. ...

Orphion is a bit like an electronic Hang Drum or Zen Tambour. One key difference is that Orphion has many more physical layouts that provide a different interaction with the instrument than could be achieved with a single physical instrument (if you could afford one). This is a very solid, inspiring app. ...

After using the small yellow hardware version of the Korg Kaossilator for a couple years, I knew that one of the first apps I would try was the iPad version. Many of the same sounds are here, and there are some new ones. But there’s even more functionality. At $19.99, ...

A ball drops from a mysterious hole on the upper left side of the screen… Lines of four different colors (and sound assignments) can be drawn to make the ball bounce. Drawing multiple lines gets the ball bouncing in a rhythm, and adding more lines makes that rhythm more complex. ...

electro-music 2012 was held Friday, September 7 through September 9, 2012. Musical activities ran continuously throughout the three days of the festival. I offered a Reason 6 workshop on Friday, performed two new Percussa AudioCubes pieces on Saturday evening, and did a collaboration set with Robert Dorschel on Sunday as RoDoJede. Photos ...

On Hiatus for summer 2013 – Signals with Shivasongster airs on the webwaves as a monthly Internet radio program. The show features a range of electronic and electro-acoustic material starting from my early 4-track experiments right up to the most current concoctions using programs like Acid Pro, Garage Band, Propellerhead Reason, Ableton ...

One of the highlights of 2012 so far was our trip to New York to see Björk at the Roseland Ballroom on March 2. I’ve been listening to Björk for years, as a sort of guilty pleasure that not many understand. Bjork has been on my stereo a lot more ...

UPDATED 1/27/12 – Getting an Akai LPD8 to work with Propellerhead Reason is a challenge to say the least. Earlier, I reported issues with the MIDI implementation chart (Reason compared to LPD8). I am posting the results of my work to help others who may have the found the same ...

How the idea started… After being a closet electro musician and experimentalist for many years, and after attending electro-music festivals in 2010 and 2011, I decided it was time to find somewhere locally to further explore this side of my creativity. Turning to the Interwebs, I found what I ...

Besides being built like trucks, ElectroHarmonix (EHX) pedals just sound great. They have the perfect combination of quality single purpose and multi-purpose built into each of their pedals, so no single pedal is a one trick pony. My current arsenal for electro performance and recording includes: One of the things ...

Going all the way back to my first musical experiences, I was always interested in synths, drums machines, etc, but never took time to really dive into that world too far because I couldn’t produce the music live without a large band. Other musicians were not really interested in the ...