23/11/2024
Strøm and Musikforeningen Kapellet (the studio run by 2000F & Raske Penge) have started offering a week-long residency to electronic music producers - in their studio filled with all the vintage electronic instruments & studio equipment of your dreams.
Last week, producer Anton Friisgaard was the first to enjoy his residency at the location.
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼?
“It has been truly special to have an entire week with access to all this gear. They are iconic instruments, many of which have shaped modern music history, each in their own way. And many of them are almost impossible to get hold of.
Each of the machines has its own little personality, so it's exciting to get to know them and learn what they're good at and what they struggle with. They have so much character.”
𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲?
“The one I’ve probably played the most is the PPG Wave 2 (West Germany, 1981-82), which I believe is the first mass-produced digital synthesizer ever. When people talk about old synthesizers, they often mention how warm and organic their sound is – but this one sounds very non-human - almost misanthropic. Sometimes it doesn’t even sound like an instrument.”
“And I have to mention the Korg Prophecy (Japan, 1995). It has a really sophisticated way of emulating real instruments. It’s pretty wild how true-to-life it sounds. It’s also insanely corny. This silver-plastic-sci-fi-looking keyboard. You can really tell it was made for shredding. It encourages you to have fun with it. That’s very refreshing.”
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤’𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤?
“I have made a lot of improvisations, where I’ve ended up with some chord progressions that are now just fragments, waiting to be put together. I’ve focused on making a lot of raw recordings while I’ve been here without editing anything – and then time will tell how they will be used.”
I’ve also taken some sounds that I have been working on for a while and given them some new life by playing them through some old reverb modules and amplifiers. There are definitely some tracks that have come closer to being finished.”
𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧?
“A series of IR reverbs that I’ve created based on the studio’s Lexicon Model 200 reverb. These are made by playing a tone that sweeps from the lowest musical frequency to the highest, through the reverb. A program then converts this into a file that can be loaded into a computer, allowing you to use the Lexicon reverb digitally.”
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