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February 22, 2013

Orbital Live on KCRW – Chime | KCRW Music Blog

Orbital Live on KCRW – Chime | KCRW Music Blog. Couldn’t resist.  

February 10, 2013

Devil Fish mods for the Cyclone Analogic TT-303

This should be good for All Acid Heads whether or not you DevilFish or not. Devil Fish mods for the Cyclone Analogic TT-303. Maybe later this year this little guy will enter the arsenal of it’s 2 ancestors here @blancodisco.  

May 5, 2010

Korg Monotron Synth Song+Performance

This is pretty sweet example of what you can do with one synth and some multi-tracking. Pretty cool track too, well done Koishi. These Korg Monotrons are going really cheap too ($60-$80). I think I may just have to get me one to compliment my original MS-20.

March 21, 2010

Vince Clarke ‘Make Something From Nothing’

No, it’s not a new Erasure tune or solo track, but a philosophy that keeps the synth song writing machine percolating. This ‘Dell’ sponsored interview peers into Vince’s current home and studio called ‘the cabin’ way up in Portland, Maine. A room surrounded in perfectly mounted synthesizers becomes the envy of anyone who’s ever twisted […]

January 13, 2009

label.blancodisco has launched!!!

I finally got around to setting up my little net label. label.blancodisco.com check it out in the top navigation, the little blog site and maybe, just maybe, the music itself. First release is a recording that originated in my basement studio in 1993. Yikes!

December 11, 2008

Detroit Techno Documentary

Thanks to Jeff Carvalho for pointing this video out. This 64 minute film runs through the 1st, 2nd and barely the 3rd wave of techno pioneers all interviewed about how the music evolved at the time. Cool insights into the relations of the original ‘3’, how the scene evolved and how things got a little […]