MOTM

Several suggested checking Onelist for info, but for some reason I've been
having problems hitting the site. The server seems to be wonky right now, or
else the traffic on my end is incredible. For anyone that cares:


Name: Ken Tkacs ("Tax")

Age: 38

Locale: CT, USA

MOTM Modules: 900, 300, with 110 & 800 on order (but like Pokemon, I gotta
collect 'em all)

Styles: Orchestral, soundtracks, weirdness, old (70s) progressive rock

Some great albums: "Planet of the Apes"/Jerry Goldsmith; "Forbidden
Planet"/Loius & Bebe Barron; "Aniara"/ Karl Birger-Blohmdahl; most things by
Wendy Carlos & Isao Tomita; "Music of Love"/Ehrling Wold; "Winter Songs"/Art
Bears; "Eskimo"/The Residents; "Alien3"/Elliot Goldenthal; "Interstellar
Suite"/Ahmin Bhatia; lots of Vangelis, but especially the "Blade Runner"
score he never *really* released; "Olias of Sunhillow"/Jon Anderson;
"Mass"/Leonard Bernstein; pre-90125 YES; "Eat or be Eaten"/Fireside Theater;
"Silver Apples of the Moon"/Mort Subotnick; various Edgard Varese 'tunes';
early ZBS Media stuff; all of Gyorgy Ligeti's 'cloud music' stuff
("Requiem," "Atmospheres," "Lux Aeterna," etc.)... I guess I should stop
now.

Guilty pleasures: The soundtracks to the "Halloween" movies; my Irwin Allen
boxed set; John Cage...

Also check out "Savage Henry" and "Tales of the Beanworld" comics

Web Site: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/KenTkacs/Default.htm
<http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/KenTkacs/Default.htm> (but don't
look at it until I overhaul it more over the next few weeks. It's still 95%
under destruction.)

In a message dated 99-10-25 15:48:31 EDT, you write:

<< "Forbidden
Planet"/Loius & Bebe Barron; "Aniara"/ Karl Birger-Blohmdahl >>



ken,
the barrons album is one of the great pieces of overlooked e.m.. aniara? i
didn`t think anyone else besides me ever even heard it! fantastic!
best,
dave

age : 44
locale: upper marlboro, maryland
modules : none yet, i`m a "lurker - type" - i use another type of modular
currently. new one is great but i miss my old serge.
music: stockhausen, subotnick,varese, early 60`s stuff, prodigy, crystal
method

Since Ken started this:

Name: Larry Hendry
Age: 43
Locale: Indiana, USA

MOTM Modules: One or more of each (except the 900/940)

Styles: old (70s) progressive rock (cut and paste from Ken <grin>) and I
like much new music, but it does not have enough keyboard in it. (damn
guitar players). Actually, what bugs me most about guitar players is that
I am trying to learn the blasted thing right now. My left hand just won't
make some of those shapes.

Some great albums: Wakeman: Six wives / Gypsy: In the Garden / Grand Funk:
Pheonix / Styx, ELP, Alan Parsons, Kansas & Yes (all of them, of course),
Steely Dan: Royal Scam / Donald Fagen: Kimakiriad / Spirit: 12 dreams of
Dr. Sardonicus / Toto: Four / Uriah Heep: Anthology / Gary Wright: Dream
Weaver / Argent: Greatest / Sugarloaf: Greatest / Deep Purple: Made in
Japan / Iron Butterfly: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (no shit, go listen to all the
other songs) / Steppenwolf: Greatest 16

Favorite NEW band / album: Sister Hazel: Somewhere More Familiar

Greatest TV comedy team: 3 Stooges, of course

Dave, if you're interested, the epic poem Aniara was based on was just
translated into English this past February (see Amazon). It helps shed some
light on the opera.

-----Original Message-----
From: DAVEVOSH@... [mailto:DAVEVOSH@...]


ken,
the barrons album is one of the great pieces of overlooked
e.m.. aniara? i
didn`t think anyone else besides me ever even heard it!
fantastic!
best,
dave

Just another of the 7 Daves (Am I Sleepy, Dopey or Grumpy (usually all at
once), And where's Snow White? ).

Age: 37
Location: Corvallis, Oregon, USA
Modules: one of each except the patch panel, 2 each of the 300, 420 and
800. Plus 2 Blacet Dark Stars and a Frequencly Divider, and 6 spaces of
those unmentionable little silver German modules...

Other Instruments: bass guitar, Nord Lead, Rhodes, SEM, ARP Odyssey + Axxe,
DX-7, TX-416, VL-70m, too many stompboxes...

Styles: My main gig is a power trio called Minus, in which I primarily play
bass. Kind of a free jazz meets stoner metal in dub kinda thing. We're
mixing our 2nd CD which will feature a ton of MOTM for textures and
processing. I'm very into late-60's/early 70's fusion, avant-garde jazz,
dub and the more extreme edges of metal and electronic music.

Fave Artists/Records: Miles Davis (esp. On The Corner, Dark Magus and
Pangaea), Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi/Crossings/Sextant band (Pat Gleeson
does some amazing synth stuff on Sextant!), Bill Laswell, Wayne
Horvitz(probably my all-time favorite keyboardist), Sun Ra, Elliott Sharp,
Tortoise, Basic Channel-style ultra-minimal electronic dub, Richard
Teitlebaum, Anthony Braxton, Evan Parker, Morton Subotnick, DJ Spooky, the
list goes on.

Current listening: NIN: The Fragile (yeah, the lyrics are Reznor's usual
BS, but the record sounds incredible), Innerzone Orchestra: Programmed
(Earky techno pioneer Carl Craig collaborating with some great jazz
players, a terrific record), Mahavishnu Orchestra: Lost Trident Sessions
(the best record by the original line-up, unreleased for 25 years!),
Meshuggah: Chaos Face (Swedish Death Metal that crosses into math rock,
very VERY cool).




________________________________________________________
Dave Trenkel : improv@... : www.peak.org/~improv/

"...there will come a day when you won't have to use
gasoline. You'd simply take a cassette and put it in
your car, let it run. You'd have to have the proper
type of music. Like you take two sticks, put 'em
together, make fire. You take some notes and rub 'em
together - dum, dum, dum, dum - fire, cosmic fire."
-Sun Ra
________________________________________________________

Unlike the rest of you, I'm not named Dave. :)

Age: 28
Where: Silicon Valley
Modules: one of each
Other instruments: K2500, Waldorf Q, Nord Lead, Sherman filterbank, Moog
MemoryMoog, Roland D-550, scads of outboard effects

Styles: Trance, Ambient, fusion (my wife is a classically trained north indian
vocalist) -- works well with the ambient.

I listen to lots of electronic music, but this past week has been "rock only'
week...

--Seth

Age: 43

Location: Silicon Valley, USA

Modules: None yet

Other Instruments: Arp 2600, Korg PS-3100, Synergy II+ and more

Styles: Ambient, space, art music, occasional classical
orientation. Three CD's released.

Fave Artists/Records: Roedelius, Michael Rother, Eno, Cluster, Harmonia,
Kraftwerk, Neu, Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Vangelis, Tomita, Terry
Riley, System 7, Sun Electric, Ashra; plus regular rock, progressive rock,
and some jazz such as Keith Jarrett.

Current listening: Working on my own new music. Also Moody Blues -
Strange Times. I just saw them in concert in San Jose.

Name: Paul Schreiber

Age: 43

Location: Ft. Worth, Republic of Texas

Modules left in rack: 1ea 900, 1ea 420, 1ea 110

Music: prog rock (ELP, early Triumvarat, early Genesis), all synth (lukewarm
to techno)

Currently: Steve Roach, Robert Rich, Mark Isham, Oregon, Emmylou Harris

Name: Scott Rider

Self-inflicted nickname: The Old Crow

Age: 35

Profession: Electrical Engineer

Location: Fairmont, West Virginia

Modules: 900, 420 (built), 110, 120, 300 (will build soon--been busy ^^;)

Music, case #1: Jazz! I've played slide T-bone, valve T-bone and trigger
bass-bone since 1976. Jazz tastes trend from Charlie Parker to Miles
Davis to jazz-fusion (Spyrogyra, et al). Foxtrot or Bebop, I like em all.

Music, case #2: Classical piano (and organ). Studied piano from 1973 to
1985. Tastes here are Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Satie, etc.

Music, case #3: Electronic! Built my first synth gear from Paia stuff in
1978, and have been acquiring synths (modules and keyboards) ever since.

I owe a lot of my interest in electronic music to two events. First,
seeing the late Virgil Fox in concert as a child in 1970 (and once more in
1977). I knew I *had* to have a rig like his someday. Second, hearing
Larry Fast's "Electronic Realisations for Rock Orchestra" for the first
time in 1975. Also mentionable is the time in junior-high when some local
band's keyboard player let me tinker with his ARP Odyssey.

Musical tastes for me in electronic genre are fairly widespread, though
I will always rate the warm analog, spacey, minimum-of-percussion music
as done by JMJ, TDream in their "golden years" (1974 to 1987) and Franke
afterward, Vangelis, Isao Tomita (who, paradoxically, plays frequently
with the Japanese percussion group Kodo, the music of which I find most
excellent)...just about anyone who builds albums around analog synthesier
voices. This does not mean I dislike what digital machines can do (though
I *loathe* samplers), I just tend to remain 'old-school'. I have at least
one album of anyone I ever heard on Hearts of Space that I found
interesting.

Current favorite: Anything by Japanese composer-savant Yoko Kanno, who
is easily the most gifted musican since Mozart was alive. She has done
every musical genre flawlessly, from symphony to jazz to techno to space
music and beyond.

Other hobbies: designing and building electronic stuff (duh!), cartoon
animation.

Oh, and at one point, I lived in Japan for several years.


--Crow

/**/

In a message dated 99-10-26 09:36:18 EDT, you write:

<< epic poem Aniara was based on was just
translated into English this past February (see A >>



ken,
cool, i`ll have a look for it.
best,
dave

> From: Fred Becker <mach25@...>
> Current listening: Working on my own new music. Also Moody Blues -
> Strange Times. I just saw them in concert in San Jose.

Just saw them a few weeks ago here in Indy. After all these years, it was
my first time to see them. It was a great concert, but as usual, the mix
was not what I would like to hear. Way to much bass and drums and not
enough vocal and keys. Sigh.....

Larry H

Strange times? is this a new album? or the tour name. To my knowledge they
haven't put out a new album in many a year.

>From: "J. Larry Hendry" <jlarryh@...>
>Reply-To: motm@onelist.com
>To: <motm@onelist.com>
>Subject: Re: [motm] Demographics
>Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 06:51:55 -0500
>
> > From: Fred Becker <mach25@...>
> > Current listening: Working on my own new music. Also Moody Blues -
> > Strange Times. I just saw them in concert in San Jose.
>
>Just saw them a few weeks ago here in Indy. After all these years, it was
>my first time to see them. It was a great concert, but as usual, the mix
>was not what I would like to hear. Way to much bass and drums and not
>enough vocal and keys. Sigh.....
>
>Larry H
><< text3.html >>

Hmm, I don't know, Paul-I think you gotta get some more modules to be able
to stay on this list <bbg>!


-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Schreiber [mailto:synth1@...]

Modules left in rack: 1ea 900, 1ea 420, 1ea 110

Name: Cary Roberts

Age: Just turned 26

Profession: Electrical Engineer / Communications Consultant

Location: Elkins, West "By-God" Virginia

Website: www.retrosynth.com

Modules: one or two of everything except for the 900 and 940

Songs I've used the MOTM on: none yet. With the modules bolted to plain
rack rails and the Power One PS in a cardboard box, it doesn't
lend itself to a lot of musical use yet. Maybe when I finally
build that case......

Other music gear: D&R Orion X console, lotsa outboard, lotsa analog

My music: Wierd - ranges from aggresive electronic to prog rock to
blues to piano & strings.

Stuff in the CD player: my music, Tori Amos, Rush, NIN, Genesis,
Wonderboy PHD, MWSmith, Caedmon's Call

Lesee....

Age: 30

Where: Nashville TN, *Mecca of electronic music?!*

Profession: Recording Engineer.

Modules: 2 420's and 120.....after this project at least one of everything else.

Other Instruments: Akai S3200XL, Pro-1, CS-15, Juno 2, Sherman Filterbank, Synthi AKS, and
loads of pedals, tape echos, old crappy d*g*t*l & analogue effects...Lots of vingate recording gear -
Mac with DigiPerformer -

Styles: I am a music feind. I listen to *everything* all the time. Well, not country or opera.
One is better experienced first hand and the other not at all.

Shameless Plug: Look for MOTM modules used on Riley Armstrong - Flicker Records- to be
released in January 2000 to the general public. Lotsa D----- run thru the 420's along with Acoustic
gtr, Banjo, Loops, vocals, and Bass.

Cary Roberts (08:47 AM 10/27/1999) wrote:

> Age: Just turned 26

*WHAT*???? You're *THAT* young??? I thought you had at LEAST hit 30!

HOLY SH*T!

Oh man...



Well, there's a guy on the Waldorf list that was just uncovered the other
day that still has ya' beat. He's 15.


Mark

Here's me ...
Name: Chris Jeris
Age: 23
Profession: only when I can't avoid it somehow. Currently slaving as a
software engineer in order to get health insurance. Formerly a not-quite
starving grad student (pure math), maybe someday again.
Location: Hyde Park, Chicago
Website: http://www-math.mit.edu/~cjeris/
Modules: one of each plus another 300, 420, 800; PAiA midi2cv8; Blacet
Dark Star, Klang Werk, Frequency Divider
Music involving MOTM: none yet recorded, lots of stuff in various stages
of development
Other music gear: I like the blue Yamaha stuff (AN1x, FS1R, A3000), my
roommate is partial to E-mu (Morpheus, Ultraproteus, Procussion); a
complete gearlist for our apartment is at gearlist.html off my
homepage; all the links are broken (the polite term is "future expansion")
My music: Recent electronic music ranging from "intelligent dance
music" through "experimental" to "noise", with occasional dashes of any
genre I feel like (funk, dub, very occasional prog rock). Hopefully a
recording of a live show I did June 1998 will soon reappear (following
disk crash) at http://greycity.cs.uchicago.edu/
Music I like to listen to: Autechre; Aphex Twin; Boards of
Canada; Bola; Coil; E.A.R.; Greater than One; King
Crimson; Ministry; Mouse on Mars; Orb; Oval; Pan
Sonic; Pole; Squarepusher; Swans; Velvet Underground; Young Gods;
lots more...

peace,
Chris

All this talk about musical tastes forces me to wonder: am I the only one
out there
who owns both Motm modules & a Patsy Cline box set? Am I the only one
who listens to Hank & Johnny & Merle & Loretta? Commander Cody, anyone?
Or A little Kinky Friedman?

Just checking. Whenever these "what I listen to" things come up I see just
about everything
*but* country.

tomr

> From: hodad1@...
>
> All this talk about musical tastes forces me to wonder: am I the only one
> out there
> who owns both Motm modules & a Patsy Cline box set? Am I the only one
> who listens to Hank & Johnny & Merle & Loretta? Commander Cody, anyone?
> Or A little Kinky Friedman?
>

Quite possibly<g>. About as far as I go into country is Texas Swing. And of
course country flavored R&B such as Little Feat, also Dixie Dregs have some
country moments.

Dave Bradley
Principal Software Engineer
Engineering Animation, Inc.
daveb@...

On Wed, 27 Oct 1999 hodad1@... wrote:

> All this talk about musical tastes forces me to wonder: am I the only one
> out there
> who owns both Motm modules & a Patsy Cline box set? Am I the only one
> who listens to Hank & Johnny & Merle & Loretta? Commander Cody, anyone?
> Or A little Kinky Friedman?
>
> Just checking. Whenever these "what I listen to" things come up I see just
> about everything
> *but* country.

There's a very good reason for this, Tom. ;)

later
Andrew

-| Andrew Schrock | aschrock@... |-

Well, I like Emmylou Harris, Tish Hinajosa, and Trisha Yearwood.
Do they count? And *love* Steve Morse "Southern-fried rock" geetar stuff.

Paul S.

Little Feat is wonderful. I love that tune "Let it Roll" What a whippin'
that is...
Whew... I get out of breath just listening to it.
LH

> From: "Dave Bradley" <daveb@...>
> > > snip < < <
> and of course country flavored R&B such as
> Little Feat < snip >
>
> Dave Bradley

>All this talk about musical tastes forces me to wonder: am I the only one
>out there
>who owns both Motm modules & a Patsy Cline box set? Am I the only one
>who listens to Hank & Johnny & Merle & Loretta? Commander Cody, anyone?
>Or A little Kinky Friedman?

hello,
girlfriend (partner etc etc) has a massive patsy collection - but i just
never got around to sampling any of it... ...tho johnny cash has has been
thru the E-MU a couple of times - obvious freudian role identification blah
blah blah - discuss..?

Name: Doug Pearson

Age: 32

Location: Oakland, California

Occupation: software localization & database engineer

Modules: one of each except -700 & -420 (already have an MS-20 AND
Frostwave Filter, but I'll probably still get a -420 eventually), at least
as soon as Paul sends me the -410 & -940 I have on order :^), 3 -800's

Other Instruments: Korg MS-20/-50/SQ-10, Yamaha CS-15D/-40M, EML 101,
Prophet 600, Blacet 2000 series modules, Wiard modular (on order), Casio
CZ-101, 3mS/Soundshimmer Triwave Picogenerator, PAiA Theremax, Clavinet,
Vox Jaguar, RMI Electrapiano/harpsichord, Peavy Predator guitar,
Rickenbacker 4001 basses, Pearl drums/Zildjan cymbals (don't own a drum
machine), violin, tons of fx, etc.

Styles: Spacerock, psych, punk, avant-garde/experimental, reggae/dub,
jazz/fusion (most anything synth-oriented EXCEPT for the two favorites,
prog [although I DO own a pair of leather pants sold to me by a female
analog modular synth freak who works at Stormy Leather in SF] & techno
[don't own any baggy jeans, sorry]). Appeared on a few records / toured
the northeast US a couple times with different bands.

Fave (vaguely synth-oriented) Artists/Records: HAWKWIND, Gong, Faust,
United States of America, Miles Davis, 50 Foot Hose, Neu!, Silver Apples,
Eno/early Roxy Music, Metal Urbain, M. Subotnick, K. Stockhausen, Sun Ra,
Screamers, Chrome, King Tubby, F/i, Ash Ra Temple, Alien Planetscapes,
Omit, Metabolismus, Velvet Underground (OK no synth content there), Linda
Cohen (w/then-hubby Craig Anderton), early Cabaret Voltaire, Pere Ubu,
Monkees, early Devo (used to be in a tribute band!), Magical Power Mako,
Algarnas Tradgard, Red Crayola, This Heat, Throbbing Gristle, Cul de Sac,
Byrds, etc.

Current listening: Mostly the northern-Japanese (Hokkaido) band Overhang
Party since I haven't yet gotten over being blown away by them 11 nights in
a row (and 3 more on the west coast) when we opened for them on tour.

-Doug
ceres@...

In a message dated 99-10-27 21:00:37 EDT, you write:

<< M. Subotnick, K. Stockhausen, Sun Ra, >>




ahhhh, i`m not alone here......... :^)
best,
dave

In a message dated 99-10-27 21:00:37 EDT, you write:

<< Alien Planetscapes, >>


doug walker and friends.........have some cassettes of theirs from about 15
years ago........nice stuff from n.y.c.
best,
dave

In a message dated 99-10-27 21:00:37 EDT, you write:

<< Wiard modular (on order) >>


the information on their website looks very interesting.........i would very
much like to hear your impressions on the modules after you get your system.
thanks!
best,
dave
p.s. --- anyone on the list own any modcan modules?

Doug Pearson wrote:

> Fave (vaguely synth-oriented) Artists/Records: HAWKWIND, Gong,

^^^^^

Cool! I was wondering if there were any Gong-heads in the MOTM world.
I still can't seem to get enough of Gong, and by extension Steve Hillage.

Name: Thomas Hudson

Age: 40

Location: Atlanta, GA

Occupation: software engineer, cross-platform specialist.

Modules: Not enough. One row, a second one hopefully in the Spring (when
I finally get the IRS off my back).

Other Instruments: Modified Strat, Roland GR50 guitar synth, Marshall
JMP-1, Dgitech TSR-24, JamMan, Vortex, many homebuilt distortion and
f/x devices, E-mu Ultrproteus, ASM-1, Fatman. I built/use to own
just about every old Paia thing; Gnome, Oz, 4700/8700, etc.
Lot's o' strange software on Linux.

Styles: Ambient guitar, ambient groove, all psychedelia (pop to just
way out there), spacerock, algorithmic composition soundscapes, pseudo-jazz
(rock/blues guitarist trying to do jazz), guitar thru a 600 millisecond delay
(ala Steve Hillage), guitar thru a 32 second delay (ala Frippertronics, with
regards to Stockhausen).

Fave Artists/Records: Gong (You and Angel's Egg are must-listens),
Steve Hillage (old: Fish Rising is one of the most intricate,
complex and beautiful albums ever. new: Fire+Water), Cluster,
Hendrix (A strat feeding back is my favorite oscillator, an HCO),
UmmaGumma-era Floyd, The Orb, FSOL, Eno, William Orbit, Krimson/Fripp,
Loop Guru. Oh yeah, and I love classical Indian music, Ravi Shankar, Ali
Akbar, etc. I also experiment with traditional music from various cultures,
world beat (not sure I like the marketing term).

Current listening: Well, I just found an old favorite album on CD,
"Durch Die Wuste", Hans-Joachim Roedelius. And also F.Fwd, something
Fripp did w/ members of the Orb. And I still find Gong to be one of
the most interesting things to listen to, even after million's of plays.

Name: Chris Parker

Age: 41

Location: Bad Ridge (Baton Rouge), Louisiana, USA

Profession: Computer Programmer, Louisiana Department of State Civil Service (Hey, It pays the bills!)

Modules: At least 2 of everything (except 900) plus Kenton Pro-2000, Midwest Analog Products Midigator

Other instruments: Not being an accomplished musician, I mainly doodle around on old synths like my Moog Satellite, Yamaha DX-7, and Ensoniq Mirage; have two Kaysound MIDI Controllers that will become the keyboards for my dual-manual MOTM system; still deciding on which effects boxes to buy.

Favorite Artists: Wendy Carlos (Switched-On-Bach is what got me hooked on modulars), Rick Wakeman, ELP, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Genesis, Moody Blues, Tangerine Dream, Tomita, Kitaro, Yes

Current Listening: EVERYTHING from Jimmy Buffett (Go Parrot Heads!) to Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Ray Vaughn to Luciano Pavaroti, The Allman Brothers to The Talking Heads, Eric Clapton to REM; you name it and I listen to it (except, perhaps, for Rap and Disco).

DAVEVOSH@... (02:56 AM 10/28/1999) wrote:

><< Wiard modular (on order) >>
>
>the information on their website looks very interesting.........i would very
>much like to hear your impressions on the modules after you get your system.
>thanks!

There has been a number of discussions about Grant and Darwin's work on the
Analogue Heaven mailing list. I might suggest that you check the archives
for some misc comments.

Go here:

http://www.midiwall.com/aharchives/

And search on "wiard". There was a mini review posted just this week.

>p.s. --- anyone on the list own any modcan modules?

I have the Wave OSC that's been built into an Arp Little Brother:

http://www.midiwall.com/wall/lvcdobro.html

It's a lot of fun...


I know folks who have MODCAN gear, it all very well done... Bruce's 4 pole
LPF has some great oomph to it.

You might also wanna search the AH archives for "MODCAN".


Mark

O.k., I'll jump in the sandbox.

Name: David Bivins

Performing name: Bald Bastard

Hair: none

Age: 29

Location: Brooklyn, New York

Occupation: some sort of e-commerce web strategy guy

Modules: 1 ea. of 100, 110, 120, 420, 800, 900. On the way are 1 ea. of
410, 420 and 800 (I think)

MOTM case: SKB pop-up mixer case

Other Instruments: Olson Solid State Rhythm Instrument, TR77, TR-606,
DR-55, DR-110, DR-220A, Oberheim DX, E-mu SP-12, MPC2000, Jomox XBase09,
Moog Source, Moog Prodigy, ARP Axxe, FR-777, TB-303, SH-101, Analogue
Systems FB3, Furman RV-2, Casio VZ8m, Yamaha TX81z, Akai AX80, Chinese
children's accordion, crappy bongos, dog, Alesis Wedge, Zoom 1201, Sound
Forge, M13, lots of other stuff buried under piles of paper, synths, cats

Styles: minimal techno, dark electro... I'd like to think I'm
original-sounding, but probably not. No releases, played live several times
using secret improvisational techniques

Fave artists: The Fall, Roy Harper, Nick Drake, Mark Eitzel (and AMC), Coil,
Cabaret Voltaire, Jammin' Unit, Mike Paradinas, Boards of Canada, Carl
Craig, The Wedding Present, Adi Newton (The Anti-Group, Clock DVA), Richie
Hawtin, all that newer German stuff on the Hausmusik and Kollaps labels,
Jack Dangers, Adrian Sherwood, Jeremy Enigk, Einstuerzende Neubauten, John
Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Jack Dangers, the Orb, David Bowie (esp.
Ziggy Stardust), Spectrum, FSA, Mercury Rev, W. Carlos (esp. Clockwork
Orange), Soft Cell (Non-Stop...), Glenn Gould playing Bach, Michael Nyman's
Greenaway scores and string quartets

Current obsessions: electro dub, running as many oscillators from different
synths together as possible, finding time to solder, begging Paul for a
voltage-controlled coffee maker module (1V/oz.)

hello everyone
a direct question to Thomas Hudson:
do you utilise the pedal input on your Vortex for control of parameters from
your MOTM..? as I'm a newbie I've still not gotten around to this. If you
(or anyone) is unaware of the possibilities of this - reply and i'll post
the details

>Current listening: Well, I just found an old favorite album on CD,
>"Durch Die Wuste", Hans-Joachim Roedelius. And also F.Fwd, something
>Fripp did w/ members of the Orb. And I still find Gong to be one of
>the most interesting things to listen to, even after million's of plays.

nother direct question to Thomas - what do you think of the FFWD album..? I
used to work for the Orb years ago, and I'll tell you at the time we just
could not shift that album. When the label closed down, I was the one stood
in a skip on a gigantic heap of vinyl and CDs letting rip with a pickaxe -
by law we had to destroy a lot of stock for copyright purposes... ...tell
you what, I've still got a couple of copies in my drawer at work - who wants
one..? (total arbitary selection proceedure guarenteed)
cheers
paul

Paul R Bower wrote:

> do you utilise the pedal input on your Vortex for control of parameters from
> your MOTM..? as I'm a newbie I've still not gotten around to this. If you
> (or anyone) is unaware of the possibilities of this - reply and i'll post
> the details
>

I've actually not gotten around to even using a pedal w/ the Vortex.
They require a stereo jack which isn't compatible with any of the
pedals I have lying around. I've been meaning modify a foot pedal
to work with it. And now that you bring this up, I realize I need
to. I had forgotten that there was also an A/B Out.

> nother direct question to Thomas - what do you think of the FFWD album..? I
> used to work for the Orb years ago, and I'll tell you at the time we just
> could not shift that album. When the label closed down, I was the one stood
> in a skip on a gigantic heap of vinyl and CDs letting rip with a pickaxe -
> by law we had to destroy a lot of stock for copyright purposes... ...tell
> you what, I've still got a couple of copies in my drawer at work - who wants
> one..? (total arbitary selection proceedure guarenteed)

I think it is absolutely great. Beautiful sonic textures blending with
Fripp's
also beautiful guitar doodles. I also have wondered about the sonic
"signatures"
at the end of each piece. There is one on about the third cut that
sounds like
someone splashing in a swimming pool. But there is this awesome subtle
stereo
flange to it that just makes the sound so three dimensional. With my
eyes
closed I can hear it move around my head.

I've heard this same signature on a fairly recent Hillage piece, but the
effect wasn't
as pronounced.

Any info on this?

Thanks,
Thomas

BTW. It is a shame this work isn't available anymore. I rate it up there
with
any of the Eno/Fripp collaborations.

Paul R Bower wrote:

> do you utilise the pedal input on your Vortex for control of parameters from
> your MOTM..? as I'm a newbie I've still not gotten around to this. If you
> (or anyone) is unaware of the possibilities of this - reply and i'll post
> the details
>

I've actually not gotten around to even using a pedal w/ the Vortex.
They require a stereo jack which isn't compatible with any of the
pedals I have lying around. I've been meaning modify a foot pedal
to work with it. And now that you bring this up, I realize I need
to. I had forgotten that there was also an A/B Out.

> nother direct question to Thomas - what do you think of the FFWD album..? I
> used to work for the Orb years ago, and I'll tell you at the time we just
> could not shift that album. When the label closed down, I was the one stood
> in a skip on a gigantic heap of vinyl and CDs letting rip with a pickaxe -
> by law we had to destroy a lot of stock for copyright purposes... ...tell
> you what, I've still got a couple of copies in my drawer at work - who wants
> one..? (total arbitary selection proceedure guarenteed)

I think it is absolutely great. Beautiful sonic textures blending with
Fripp's
also beautiful guitar doodles. I also have wondered about the sonic
"signatures"
at the end of each piece. There is one on about the third cut that
sounds like
someone splashing in a swimming pool. But there is this awesome subtle
stereo
flange to it that just makes the sound so three dimensional. With my
eyes
closed I can hear it move around my head.

I've heard this same signature on a fairly recent Hillage piece, but the
effect wasn't
as pronounced.

Any info on this?

Thanks,
Thomas

BTW. It is a shame this work isn't available anymore. I rate it up there
with
any of the Eno/Fripp collaborations.

In a message dated 99-10-28 09:26:52 EDT, you write:

<< Gong >>



gong, yeah! i just saw them (again) back in may at a place in maryland.
getting a bit "long in the tooth" but still fun.
hawkwind has its moments too........
gee, thinking about these bands wipes away the years....... :^)
best,
dave

In a message dated 99-10-28 09:26:52 EDT, you write:

<< Frippertronics, with
regards to Stockhausen). >>



and two of my favorites ( in K.S. case, not to be sacriligous, but my
personal god/guru/icon ) ( admittedly from different ends of the spectrum )
in the same sentence.........definitely my kind of list!!!!!! :^)
best,
dave

In a message dated 99-10-28 11:25:16 EDT, you write:

<<
http://www.midiwall.com/aharchives/

And search on "wiard". There was a mini review posted just this week.

>p.s. --- anyone on the list own any modcan modules?

I have the Wave OSC that's been built into an Arp Little Brother:

http://www.midiwall.com/wall/lvcdobro.html

It's a lot of fun...

>>

mark,
thanks for the info, i`ll be sure to have a look. before getting my new
doepfer, wiard and modcan had made my short " looks interesting and i can
afford it list" also, this was in reaction to the fact that getting a new
serge(/sound transform ) to replace the 8 panel system i had would have been
prohibitively expensive these days. doepfer sounds good, is very affordable
and easy to grow and has an intersting array of modules. i still miss the
serge but.........
best,
dave

In a message dated 99-10-28 11:25:16 EDT, you write:

<< You might also wanna search the AH archives for "MODCAN".

>>

mark,
oh yes, on last bit, after i get the rest of the foundation stuff i want for
the doepfer, my plan is to branch out and add some modcan, motm,blacet, etc.
modules to keep my machine growing and getting stranger. sadly, rex no longer
sells serge/sound transform as kits as it makes adding his stuff horribly
expensive. i`d love to add a couple of his DSG modules........
best,
dave

In a message dated 99-10-28 16:27:47 EDT, you write:

<< tell
you what, I've still got a couple of copies in my drawer at work - who wants
one..? (total arbitary selection proceedure guarenteed) >>



paul,
sounds intersting........let me know.....
best,
dave

In a message dated 10/29/99 6:47:01 PM, DAVEVOSH@... writes:

>i`ll be sure to have a look. before getting my new
>doepfer, wiard and modcan had made my short " looks interesting and i can
>afford it list" also, this was in reaction to the fact that getting a new
>serge(/sound transform ) to replace the 8 panel system i had would have
>been
>prohibitively expensive these days. doepfer sounds good, is very affordable
>and easy to grow and has an intersting array of modules. i still miss the
>serge but.........

Don't forget PAiA. Oh yeah, isn't there some guy in Texas making synth stuff
too? You might want to check out some of his stuff.

>From: DAVEVOSH@...
>paul,
>sounds intersting........let me know.....
>best,
>dave

sorry dave - both gone...
cheerspaulb

Name: Dave Fulton (One of the Daves!)

Location: Portland OR.

Age: 37

Occupation: Broadcast Engineer. ( You break it I fix it!) Keeper of the
Unix systems, disk based editing equipment.

Modules: look at http://threshold.opb.org/motm

Other Instruments: Doepfer Modular (4 complete 6RU systems) & MAQ16/3.
Some Serge stuff, Home brew utilities. Waldorf MW2 & MW2xt and a Q.
Nordlead 1 & Nord Modular. Access Virus. Akai S5000. Stuff I have loaned
out but forgotten about!

Stuff to work on: VCS3, (Boy is it in bad shape!) Prophet 5 (Bad PS of
course!) Sixtrak (Why Bother!)

Music that I listen to: Mostly Prog. Classic and new Genesis, VDGG, Floyd,
Gentle Giant,
Yes, KC (and many more!) I like alot of the new bands that came out of the
80's like Japan & it's decedents (David Sylvan, Steve Janson solo
projects) Neo prog of Marillion, IQ etc.. 90's bands like , Porcupine
Tree, Parallel of 90, Ozric's etc. Tasteful Pop. (No... don't get the
wrong idea.. What I mean is stuff like Tears for Fears, Wang Chung,NIN,
Beatles , just well done music.) Lot's of Electronic with the usual
suspects TD, Klause, Redshift, Ian Boddy, Ron Boots, Free System Project,
Synthetic Block and many many more.

What I do: I have played live doing my own flavor of Berlin School
electronic and put out 2 CD's as a member of Dweller at the Threshold.
Next month (nov 23rd?) my first solo album. (shameless plug... check out
www.eurock.com for CD's of both projects!) Also the last hypnos
compilation (www.hypnos.com) and others. My stuff tends to be more
ambient with some sequencer work while Dweller tends to be more sequencer
based and some ambience!

In a message dated 99-10-29 22:40:36 EDT, you write:

<< PAiA. Oh yeah, isn't there some guy in Texas making synth stuff
too? You might want to check out some of his stuff. >>



my first synth, circa 1974 ( ? ) was a paia, before they even had a keyboard,
it used odd wires for contacts with buttons ( literally shirt buttons ) as
the part you fingered. third was a used paia with a keyboard. before that, i
was just test oscillators, mono tube tape recorders from pawnshops and odd
junk it built from circuits inspired from my ham radio days.
do you have a url for the gentleman from texas ?
one thing that has amazed me is this resurgence in analog modulars. i`d swear
there are more available now ( and better and less expensive in some cases by
far, motm would seem to be an example of that ) than in the "glory days" of
the 70`s.
i`m reworking my "future plans / wish list" and the motm triple filter module
has moved up to near the top based on the enthusiastic things i`ve read from
folks on the list. what a great time to be able to rejoin the analog
movement. would never have left except for money troubles due to health/ life
crisises. i`m glad to be back!
best,
dave

In a message dated 10/30/99 2:57:47 PM, DAVEVOSH@... writes:

>my first synth, circa 1974 ( ? ) was a paia, before they even had a keyboard,
>it used odd wires for contacts with buttons ( literally shirt buttons )
>as
>the part you fingered.

There are many here thanks to PAiA -- for good and bad reasons (though John,
Scott, and the former Mona have always been very helpful to me). I have a lot
of PAiA stuff, and will probably even buy stuff in the future from them,
though it's highly unlikely that I'll buy any analog synth stuff from them in
the future. I like the idea of you're using actual buttons though.

>third was a used paia with a keyboard. before that,
>i
>was just test oscillators, mono tube tape recorders from pawnshops and
>odd
>junk it built from circuits inspired from my ham radio days.

I still use a lot of this kind of stuff!

>do you have a url for the gentleman from texas ?

Not off hand, but his initials are Paul (Guitarzan Whompass MOTM) Schreiber!
Sorry, but I was making an(other feeble) attempt at humor, due to the fact
that when the list started almost a year ago, and there was almost no
traffic, we would often post wish list modules for Paul to ponder. I made a
few lengthy posts regarding the things I like about my small two panel Serge.
I "think" some people felt like I was advertising for STS on the MOTM list
(BTW, all my Serge stuff was bought from Serge T., not Rex P.), but my real
intention was (and is) to relate specific functions that I would truly desire
in a system. So it was surprising to see a thread which seemed to list all of
Paul's competition without mentioning MOTM at all.

>one thing that has amazed me is this resurgence in analog modulars. i`d
>swear
>there are more available now ( and better and less expensive in some cases
>by
>far, motm would seem to be an example of that ) than in the "glory days"
>of
>the 70`s.

I absolutely agree with this! I remember picking up some stuff from Serge T.
in the mid 80s (and it was obvious that he was not selling a lot of stuff)
and I asked him who his customers were at that time, "they are the... John
Barlows and ... institutions." I think many of us were (if only briefly)
wooed to the lure of digital, just enough to let the Moog, Arp, Serge, etc.
bite the dust. I never believed digital would supplant how I do EM, so I felt
extremely lucky to find such widespread interest in analog a couple of years
ago on the net. And as you said it's a great time since MOTM is like a 5th
(?) generation EM instrument, and Paul can and does learn so much from what's
gone before. Yes, I believe the MOTM modules available now are better than
the Serge modules I bought 15 years ago and are about the same dollar figure
(much cheaper when adjusted for inflation).

>i`m reworking my "future plans / wish list" and the motm triple filter
>module
>has moved up to near the top based on the enthusiastic things i`ve read
>from
>folks on the list.

Check out all the MOTM modules, and if that "secret module" is what I think
it is, we'll all be in for a treat! The 410 was the first module (not
counting the 940 patch panel) I fully intended not to buy one (I figured it
would be better to have three separate BP filters), then I heard the MP3 file
on the MOTM page, and it turned me around completely!

>what a great time to be able to rejoin the analog
>movement. would never have left except for money troubles due to health/
>life
>crisises. i`m glad to be back!

WOW! Yes, in those circumstances, it sounds like it is an especially great
time to be doing analog! Glad you're well!

John ("funny man?") Barlow

> From: DAVEVOSH@...

> do you have a url for the gentleman from texas ?

Something like "synthtech.com" I have heard he makes a pretty good
oscillator.

LH

In a message dated 99-10-30 05:47:54 EDT, you write:

<< sorry dave - both gone...
cheerspaulb >>



paul b.,
oh well, thanks anyway.......
maybe next time..... :^)
best,
dave

In a message dated 99-10-30 19:13:56 EDT, you write:

<<
Something like "synthtech.com" I have heard he makes a pretty good
oscillator.

>>

larry,
ahhh, i see, i got caught by an "insider " joke. thats paul, right ? never
really thought about where he was located and, thinking back a few days, i
didn`t pay much attention to the jokes / references to texas, guitars and
such ( since i don`t play guitar and have never been to texas). thats what i
get for not paying attention !!!!! :^)
best,
dave

In a message dated 99-10-30 19:15:29 EDT, you write:

<< BTW, all my Serge stuff was bought from Serge T., not Rex P.), but my real
intention was (and is) to relate specific functions that I would truly
desire
in a system. So it was surprising to see a thread which seemed to list all
of
Paul's competition without mentioning MOTM at all. >>




john,
as was my old system bought circa 1978/79 ( owned thru 1993, still in use
with my friend john wiggins in new york ). six panels "stock", 2 panels
custom/homebrew. i didn`t mean to cut a promo for any specific company, i was
just musing ( talking too much as usual !!!!! ). heck, one of the things i
like best about modulars is the possibility of mixing and matching bits and
pieces from everywhere. and , in my case, while d****** was the modular i
finally got to rejoin the analog scene with, we both know that no instrument
is perfect and you live with the things you don`t like ( quickie example, i
prefer banana jacks ) as well as the things you like ( quickie example,
theremin type controller ). i`m looking forward to being able to add a few
motm modules to augment my system.
best,
dave

In a message dated 99-10-30 19:15:29 EDT, you write:

<< Sorry, but I was making an(other feeble) attempt at humor >>


john,
see my post on this.....i`m a bit slow....... :^)
best,
dave

In a message dated 99-10-30 19:15:29 EDT, you write:

<< I asked him who his customers were at that time, >>



do you remember their demo / artists tape? a small thing i did was on that
along with good stuff by a lot of different people. came out, maybe, 1983 - ?
best,
dave

In a message dated 99-10-30 19:15:29 EDT, you write:

<< Check out all the MOTM modules, and if that "secret module" is what I
think
it is, we'll all be in for a treat! >>



john,
i check the webpages pretty regularly and the triple filter has really caught
my eye. what "secret module" - ? am i being "slow" again or did i come in
late ?
best,
dave

> From: DAVEVOSH@...
> larry,
> ahhh, i see, i got caught by an "insider " joke. thats paul, right ?

never

> really thought about where he was located and, thinking back a few days,

i

> didn`t pay much attention to the jokes / references to texas, guitars and

Well, you can count on a stooge like me to catch you on an insider.
Although I forget who made the original post about some guy in Texas. I
bet it was that Curly Stooge Barlow.

LH

In a message dated 99-10-30 23:17:07 EDT, you write:

<< Well, you can count on a stooge like me to catch you on an insider. >>



larry,
:^)
best,
dave

Well, if you've seen a few of my past (cryptic) posts you'll see mention of
my use of banana jacks, much to Paul's chagrin. My initial thought was that
MOTM would be a great addition to my Serge and home-brew stuff. But during
the past year, I've realized that my MOTM grows at a very regular rate, while
my home-brew stuff is very sporadic. So (with Paul's encouragement) I've
decided to go 1/4" since I can easily see my MOTM as a synth in and of
itself, not merely an addition to my other stuff.

As Larry said previously, one of the great things about this list is that we
get to bounce ideas off one another where we can list specific things we want
to see, and things we don't want to see. I have a perspective heavily
influenced by my Serge and ARP use, while Dave Bradley has had a great deal
of experience (and fondness for) EMu modulars.

And I can't say what I think the "secret module" will be, cause then it
wouldn't be a secret would it? But I'm pretty damn sure it ain't a filter!
JB

In a message dated 10/30/99 8:06:52 PM, DAVEVOSH@... writes:

>heck, one of the things i
>like best about modulars is the possibility of mixing and matching bits
>and
>pieces from everywhere. and , in my case, while d****** was the modular
>i
>finally got to rejoin the analog scene with, we both know that no instrument
>
>is perfect and you live with the things you don`t like ( quickie example,
>i
>prefer banana jacks ) as well as the things you like ( quickie example,
>
>theremin type controller ). i`m looking forward to being able to add a
>few
>motm modules to augment my system.

In a message dated 99-10-30 23:51:30 EDT, you write:

<< while
my home-brew stuff is very sporadic. >>


john,
with all the interesting modular stuff avilable now, i suspect my homebrew
days are over. i`ll miss a few things i had from old electronotes articles
but.......
i`m a mediocre builder at best so its more cost and time effective for me to
but ready to go stuff instead of fighting with it for a few weeks to be
operational. still, the urge may stike again one day..... :^)
best,
dave

In a message dated 99-10-30 23:51:30 EDT, you write:

<< ARP >>



john,
i may be the only analogist alive who has never even touched anything made by
arp. just one of those unexplainable, unreasonable predjudices but i never
cared for the sound of their stuff ( from recordings ) or the look of it.
i must admit, though, that the 2600 seems to have been a machine that
influenced a lot of people.
best,
dave

Well, for privacy reasons, I can't post a 'MOTM Directory' on my own. In general:

a) the 3 highest concentration of users are New York City, Portland/Seattle/Vancouver, and SF/Bay
area.

b) going from memory, there are MOTMers in UK, Spain, France, Germany, Sweden, Japan, Russia,
Australia, Italy, Norway, Belgium, Switzerland, Poland and Canada.

c) the average is 11.52 modules per person

d) the most popular module is the MOTM-800 EG. The least popular is the MOTM-700.

Paul S.

Should us members create our own directory? Perhaps a simple database listing in the Yahoo group?

Interesting that the Pacific Northwest is such a big area... lots of us electronic musicians out here!

Ivan


In a message dated 5/2/2003 8:02:53 PM Eastern Standard Time, "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...> writes:

>Well, for privacy reasons, I can't post a 'MOTM Directory' on my own. In general:
>
>a) the 3 highest concentration of users are New York City, Portland/Seattle/Vancouver, and SF/Bay
>area.
>
>b) going from memory, there are MOTMers in UK, Spain, France, Germany, Sweden, Japan, Russia,
>Australia, Italy, Norway, Belgium, Switzerland, Poland and Canada.
>
>c) the average is 11.52 modules per person
>
>d) the most popular module is the MOTM-800 EG. The least popular is the MOTM-700.
>
>Paul S.
>

Isn't there a system in Israel too?

--Shemp

(From Columbus where there are 3 of us that I know of. Not sure about the rest
of the state.)

> b) going from memory, there are MOTMers in UK, Spain, France, Germany,
> Sweden, Japan, Russia,
> Australia, Italy, Norway, Belgium, Switzerland, Poland and Canada.

__________________________________
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"Is there anybody out there?"

I am in Miami Florida. Built my own cabinet out of
Jotoba wood (this means it is heavy as hell) Have 17
modules and hopefully growing soon!

I am not a musician, I like noise as my wife says...
Put on your head phones!

Hove a question and I know it is stupid, I don't
understand how a sequencer works? I know in the who
next album they used a sequencer on wont get fooled
again, do you play a note in it and it records it?
then I would thind it is a recorder???
Excuse my stupidity, but maybe there are others like
me who are afraid to ask these stupid questions?
and believe me I have allot of them.

Paul, Being a business man myself... I understand
where you are coming from on the 800 phone line, I
will do my part and not call on that number, I think
it would be a mistake to disconect it, Just keep
posting to the site to not use it only in emergency
the New MOTMers would probably feed more confident
buying from someone who they know they can reach it
they need. Plus it makes you look like a big wig,
which all of us know you are!! To me the mind of
Paul S. must be scarey..... to be able to think of all
this stuff... I wonder what you did in the 60"s, I
know what I did... I made it.


Keep up the great work, I appreciate it and I am sure
everyone else does too.

Ciao,
John L.

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>
> d) the most popular module is the MOTM-800 EG.
> The least popular is the MOTM-700.
>

Understandable why the 800 is the 'most popular'. However, I'm
continually surprised that the 700 is 'least popular' - it may not be
glamourous, but the ability to, say (for a simple example), switch between
2 cv's sent to a 440 filter freq. cv input to even slightly enhance the
audio dynamics, is extremely useful (and you get two switchers in one 2U
module).

Marketing statement: Don't overlook the 700 - *very* useful, easy to
build (if I can do it successfully, any of you can also), and
one of the least expensive modules.

<Back to your regularly scheduled e-mail reading>
Jeff

At 5:28 AM -0700 2003/05/03, John Laudicina wrote:

>I know in the who
>next album they used a sequencer on wont get fooled
>again, do you play a note in it and it records it?
>

This is a bit OT, but Pete didn't use a sequencer in Won't Get Fooled
Again. Here's a link that does a good job explaining how it was done:

http://members.madasafish.com/%7Er_rowley/page3.html

Of course, nowadays, he'd use his MOTM lifehouse ;-)

On Saturday 03 May 2003 14:14, Tentochi wrote:

> Isn't there a system in Israel too?

There *will* be a system in Holland, and I know of another
one here in Holland as well.

- Robert