Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Being a moderator I guess I can allow some trailing off-topic as long as we 
stay vintage and more or less analogue... ;)

john:
> first vinyl release? congratulations, that is very impressive. is this a 
> solo project or do you have bandmates?

I have in fact two bands. one is a solo project and that's the one soon 
listenable on a 7", 33 rpm vinyl. No Simmons gear on it but pure analogue 
synths from start to end. Drum section played by Pro-One, MS-10, EDP Wasp 
and the likes...
My other band is a duo and the plan is to release an EP there soon too. To 
bad the other half is my wife and that we have two small kids taking their 
time (one of them biting my big toe as we speak (write)).
The first is electro and minimal electronics in the vein of Telex and the 
Normal while the other is folk-synthpop-Tolkien-electronics. ;)

> please tell me a little more about the pearl syncussion items ... i know 
> that prince's drummer used them but i have never been fortunate enough to 
> actually play or see one up close ... do you have the brain as well?

I certainly do. :) I even own the cool blue bad to carry the brain in (with 
logo on front) and original stands for both brain and pads. The syncussion 
is one of the coolest synth drum brains out there with weird combined 
waveforms and with a little tricks done you can even play melodies by using 
the pedal input for CV-signals. It certainly can cut a mix and it sure can 
shake those bass membranes in the speakers. Useful little box!

> i find myself becoming a electro-collector, concentrating on simmons stuff 
> ... but damn, i want a syndrum setup like yours now!

I'm trying not just to collect but you use. So I sell what I don't "need". 
Anyone fancy a Tama TS-305 or czechoslovakian SEAK ADM-5?  ;)

electronically yours, jesper
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