Archive for the ‘Live’ Category

Cool video behind the scenes look at the production of the Amon Tobin – ISAM tour.   Heavy on the projection mapping, it takes the concept Étienne de Crécy pioneered a few years ago and takes it to the next level. Then Skrillex raised the bar again…but that’s a whole other post.

Work

Posted: November 4, 2011 in Live, Music, Writing

As 2011 comes to a close, we’ve just played our final show of the year, it’s time to take a brief look back over the last 12 months. On a personal level it has been an extremely difficult year which undoubtedly has had a major impact on my creative work…it has still been a very [...]

We’ve just come back from playing the Kinetik festival in Canada…and naturally any transatlantic show means a lot of preparation work goes into the event. Esp as we’ve been slotting new tracks into the live show so there is a learning process there and a case of “How do we adapt this track to play [...]

Brilliant stuff, 1 Mic and 2 x Kaoss Pad.

Kaoss Pad

Posted: March 9, 2011 in Live, Music, Production, Studio, Technique, Technology

Interesting article here from The Guardian on the Kaoss Pad. One of the coolest pieces of kit we use is the Korg ‘Kaoss Pad’, ie: the little box covered in LEDs I play during the live show. Essentially it’s an effect box with a touch pad that I can use to mash up and glitch [...]

Kit

Posted: February 17, 2011 in Live, Music, Production, Studio, Technique, Writing

One of the most frequently asked questions I get is…what kit do you guys use? The live show runs from a Macbook Pro with Rhys triggering everything from Ableton Live with a Korg trigger pad.  Mostly samples, beats and glitches but he switches to a keyboard part in one of the new tracks. Then me [...]