mercredi 30 mars 2022

Playlist Electraumatisme du 30/03/2022 - Suicide Commando! ...enfin presque

Cette semaine dans Electraumatisme, on s'interresse à l'impact qu'à eu le succès des 2 albums du début des années 2000 de Suicide Commando sur la production Dark-Electro et l'arrivée de nombreux clones qui s'en inspirèrent largement à l'époque. Pour le pire et pour le pire.

Dread Risks - Trace Amounts
Fractal - Molecules
Nature of wires - Borealis (ft. Madil Hardis)
Blind Passenger - Hello Destiny (feat.Solitary Experiments)
Black Agent - Acid 2 Body
Acylum - Dead Culture
Agonoize - To Paradise (rmx by Stefan Neubauer)
Amduscia - Corpse Symphony
8kHz Mono – Weep4me (Aslan Faction Cover)
Hocico - Spit As An Offense (Suicide Commando Remix)
ESC - Proprioception
Freaky Mind - Cyber Girl
Grendel - Rotting garden
Infact - Slave to Evil
Kubikzahl – Mutate (Alpha Mutation Mix)

Releases of the week


 








Fractal - Hologram


 








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mercredi 23 mars 2022

Electraumatisme du 23/03/2022

Une courte édition régulière d'Electraumatisme cette semaine avec peu de nouveautés et un faux trou de mémoire.
Par contre, si vous connaissez la source du sample vocal "All obsessed with the taste of flesh", çà m'intéresse beaucoup.

Oxyd - Alter Ego
White Birches - Lethes Bramble
TV - Better than you
Rapoon - Shakkirah
Prayer Tower - Sugar The Pill
Loom 11 - Artifacts
Intelligent Death - The truth of art
Emu Bomb - Wiretap
Himmelsfahrt - Abwege Einer Seele
Limbo - Red Latex Jesus
Data Kino - Start
Calva Y Nada - Paradise

Release of the week


 








Download : http://electraumatisme.info/broadcast/20220323.mp3


dimanche 20 mars 2022

Kitchen Notes : Beta Virus on Like That, But Not That

 





Skot Shea nous livre dans le détail les secrets de composition et les moyens mis en oeuvre pour concocter son album Like that, but not That sous son projet Beta Virus. De l'Electro-Indus fait maison comme on l'aime. L'occasion de découvrir des logiciels encore différents des canons habituels, des méthodes de composition et de sound-design stimulantes.
 

Skot Shea gives us his very detailed composition secrets and the resources he used to concoct his album Like that, but not that under his Beta Virus project. Homemade Electro-Indus as we like it. The opportunity for us to discover software solutions still different from the usual canonical ones, inspiring composition and sound-design methods.

Gears and software

What gears/software did you use for Like That, But Not That ?

Firstly, thank you for taking the time to reach out, I love talking shop!

For 'Like That But Not That', I used Reaper as my DAW. I love the flexibility in it. I have tried most of the major DAWs over the years and Reaper fits with my workflow the best. Specifically within Reaper, I use ReaSamplOmatic5000 extensively, primarily for drums and guitar samples. LTBNT is largely based around EMU sp12 drum samples. Vital, Surge and sometimes Massive for the main synths.


Your favorite gear(s)/software(s) ?

By far right now, Vital is my favorite soft synth. It is fantastic for everything from drones, to basslines, to super saws, to strings and pads, to kick drums.

 

Any evolution in your setup ?

Always. I'm starting to bring in more and more hardware. I just started dipping my toes into Eurorack and that has me very excited. I also have a Behringer Neutron, which is wonderfully buzzy and analog; and I just picked up a Td-3 which is always fun because acid. I'm planning on bringing in a nice sampler to get away from the computer a bit. Maybe a 1010 Blackbox or a Digitakt.

 

Sound Design

Do you use/tweak presets  ? 

These days, almost never. I find it much faster and more rewarding to just learn a synth and then program what I need from init. For some more Rompler-like synths: Korg Wavestation or M1 for example, I feel like the appeal is in the presets so for things like that yes, I will pull up "8' piano" or something, but otherwise, it's almost all from scratch. (and of course I have nothing against those that do use them, it's just not for me.)

Do you design you own sound  ? On which synth/plugin in particular ?

Almost all of them, Vital is my go-to, Surge after that. The routing options make them pretty hard to beat. I love making drones with Vital. The Perlian random is great for slightly detuning over time, as well as bringing in varying amounts of distortion or FM or whatever else. I also do a lot of DIY sampling. For example, the metal percussion on Run The Kill is just a bunch of screws and nails and stuff in an aluminum paint tray that I hit with a drumstick. I am working on a track now where I sampled myself throwing Allen wrench-keys across the room. Another track, that didn't make it to the album, featured an insulated metal cup filled with varying amounts of water and whenever I would tap the cup it would make this really cool metallic "woo-woo-woong" sound as the water settled.

Personal synth story

My first synth was a novation supernova 2r, and it was 100% completely wasted on me. As were the next half dozen or so synths that I bought and sold without a shred of an idea of how they should be used. These days my hardware collection is far less extensive but also far more intentional, and it actually gets used.
 

Writing/composing method

What would be your main writing/composing method ? Do you start classical rythm/bassline then arrange around it ? Do you already have structure in mind ? Do you improvise, record sessions then select ? ...

I typically start with drums, getting them to sit together just right. Working out a basic but interesting rhythm.
Then I move on to the bass, which is the most important step for me. I want my basses to be rhythmic, and punchy, so I spend a lot of time on them. The bass has to dance around the drums, but also drive the song.
Getting the sound design, as well as rhythm just right is very important.
With those done, I move on to trying to craft a chord progression. This may come in the form of strings or might just be a temporary synth that I tweak the bass to follow and then delete.
At this point, most of the compositional work is done and I go about spicing up the rhythm section with samples, maybe some guitar, or repeating synths. I will then go in and design a crash cymbal-like sound, some transitions, stingers or whatever else the track might need.
Then I move on to designing the melody, which will usually come pretty quickly at that point, followed by a counter melody just for some more depth at the end of the track.
From there I start arranging, but I usually stick to basic pop structures, *intro verse chorus verse chorus bridge chorus outro* kind of thing.
Lastly I will go in and try to write lyrics to whatever I have. Lyrics have always been tricky for me, but I am getting the hang of it. My process is typically just to write literally whatever comes to mind for about 5 minutes, then start pulling the best ideas out of whatever I wrote, developing them and then writing and rewriting, auditioning and rewriting, until it is acceptable to me.
A lot of people start with the chorus, but for me the verses are more time consuming, so I start there.
 

Producing/mixing method

Do you produce/mix in the box or do you use mainly external gears (effect/comp/eq...) ?

I mix in the box. I use a lot of parallel processing, busses, aux sends, EQing, Saturation and limiting. Nothing too special there. Mostly just freeware, or stock plugins. I master for myself too, also in the box.


What is your most painful / enjoyable step in track production ? Sound design, arrangement, mixing, mastering ?

Most enjoyable is sound design. Most painful would be lyric writing. It is where the whole production grinds to a halt if I am not careful.


Skot's tips

For sound design in general, I would say you have to know when to stop screwing with a sound. Do what you set out to do and call it done. I always used to fall into the trap of "maybe just one more LFO" and it totally rips the life out of a sound.

Contact info 

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/betavirusmusic/

bandcamp page, where all of my music is available (for free) : https://betavirus.bandcamp.com/

Just a quick plug for the label, these folks are all amazing at what they do, and you should really check them out.
https://tigersquawkdigital.com/
https://tigersquawkrecords.bandcamp.com/ 

 

mercredi 16 mars 2022

Playlist Electraumatisme du 16/03/2022 - Total Rougna Pawoua Part. 44

Moitié techno-body, moitié pure EBM qui tache, la seconde partie de cette édition rougnesque d'Electraumatisme  devrait nous aider à muscler ces mous mollets et raffermir ces flasques fesses.

Matt Hart - We Survive
Human Vault - Your Hollow Eyes (Terminal State)
Irradiated with Sound - Flying Away
GULVØSS - Walking On Water - Rob Dust Remix
Leaether Strip - The Choke
Rhys Fulber - Central State Institute
Amorphous - I'm not real
Nasdrowie - Endless Fear
Kontravoid - Nitrous
SushiChimera - DimenSionBuilDer
Phobos Reactor - Superspreader
KALT - The anger device
Die Krupps - Wahre arbeit wahrer lohn (KMFDM remix)
Orange Sector - Gold

Release of the week


 








Download : http://electraumatisme.info/broadcast/20220316.mp3


mercredi 9 mars 2022

Electraumatisme du 09/03/2022

Une édition d'avant-garde pour Electraumatisme cette semaine puisque la première nouveauté présentée pourrait bien être la bande son des mois à venir pour tout le monde.
Et le site de Scentair records est bien évidemment fermé à présent. Quel discernement !


Atrium Carceri & Kammarheit - Subpulse
Stairway Maze - Access (For) Granted
At The Heart Of The World - Reflect-Reveal
Abortive Gasp - Chemical Senses
mulpHia - Uprise
Suicide Commando - Conspiracy with the Devil
TV - Skin Deep
Headscan - Orbit Shift (Pioneers)
Damaged Clock - Feel The Bass
The Klinik - Moving Hands
Mind Resuscitate - Overloaded
Nejet Nok - After Stars Fall


Releases of the week


 













 












 

dimanche 6 mars 2022

Kitchen Notes : M‡яc▲ll▲ on new condition


En attendant encore plus de musique de leur part à venir cette année, le projet M‡яc▲ll▲, spécialiste en fabrication d'ambiance de malaise post-wichouse nous expliquent ce qu'ils ont mis dans la marmite de leur dernière production New Condition.

Waiting for more music to come from them during this year, M‡яc▲ll▲ project, specialist in building very personal post-witchouse malaise mood since a while explain us what they put in the cauldron for their latest release New Condition.


Gears and software

What gears/software did you use for New Condition ?

Hardware : Neutron, Mopho, MS2K, ART fx & compressor, Mooer Red Truck fx.

Software : NI Battery 2, Reaktor,  Albino, impOscar, Arturia Minimoog. TAL fx, Valhalla fx. Cubase is our DAW.

Your favorite gear(s)/software(s) ?

We do not get hung up on favourites, we use whatever works. Analogue sounds best as analogue, digital as digital. The only two devices on every M‡яc▲ll▲ release are Battery 2 with custom drumsets loaded, and the Arturia Minimoog. Specifically in Battery we use samples of our own drum machines (Drum Brute, Volca Drum, as well as set built from a modular system, and a set built from sounds on a Roland Juno synth.

 

Any evolution in your setup ?

Not really, we have had the same gear since the beginning save for the Neutron and Drum Brute. These were not extreme additions though, more textural.

 

Sound Design

Do you use/tweak presets  ? 

We do both. Whatever works :) We tend to start with presets on the Albino (pads & soundscapes) and the Minimoog (arpeggios).

Do you design you own sound  ? On which synth/plugin in particular ?

There are times where a custom patch is necessary. It's depends on the mood we are going for. In that case we just start with an initialized patch and build from there. Usually this is the case with the Mopho and NI Reaktor (Soundschool Analogue, Mono FM).

Personal synth story

Synths are tools, you just have to dig in to learn them. You do not need any special tools to make music. Just be creative. :)
 

Writing/composing method

What would be your main writing/composing method ? Do you start classical rythm/bassline then arrange around it ? Do you already have structure in mind ? Do you improvise, record sessions then select ? ...

M‡яc▲ll▲ is all about creating a mood. Compare for example the scenes in a David Lynch film that are forboding or unsettling just by showing a mundane situation and applying the right sounds. We build a lot of our tracks around movie samples and environment samples (freesound.org) a lot like the artist Burial does. Then we put a song idea on top of it all. For other tracks we start with a drum & synth bass structure and then fill it out with sound. Overall, we do not start with a preconcieved idea of the destination. We just start the journey and see where it takes us.
 

Producing/mixing method

Do you produce/mix in the box or do you use mainly external gears (effect/comp/eq...) ?

About 50/50. We record hardware though rack fx and then mix and master everything in Cubase with PSP plug ins.


What is your most painful / enjoyable step in track production ? Sound design, arrangement, mixing, mastering ?

We love every step of writing the tracks. Mixing can be a challenge because we try not to make everything sound too polished. We want to capture that raw audio feeling that we had when creating.


M‡яc▲ll▲'s tips

Just remember to be creative. Learn everything your gear can do.

Contact info

https://mcll.bandcamp.com/ 

mercredi 2 mars 2022

Playlist Electraumatisme du 02/03/2022 - Not just another EBM week-end!

Retour sur un week-end dans le Nord chargé en EBM, mais pas que. L'occasion de faire le compte-rendu de la soirée Not just another EBM day! qui s'est déroulée à St-Niklaas avec une belle affiche de valeurs sûres locales avant de retrouver les irréductibles et légendaires animateurs de Sampler et Sans Reproches.


mulpHia - Invasion
My Love Kills - Back to Life
Deathline International - Parasite
WÜLF7 - WÜLF7
LESCURE13 - Todbereit
PARADE GROUND - Gold Rush
DIVE - There's no Hope
SIGNAL AOUT '42 - One night in the other side
WÜLF7 - In What name
LESCURE13 - To The Hilt
PARADE GROUND - A day at the park
DIVE - Lies in your eyes
SIGNAL AOUT '42 - Freundschaft 


Release of the week


 








Download : http://electraumatisme.info/broadcast/20220302.mp3


Top 10 Février 2022

01 - Night Terrors - ZENITH
02 - dISHARMONY - Cloned III
03 - Induktor - Transgressions
04 - Beta Virus - Like That, But Not That
05 - At The Heart Of The World - Inosculate
06 - Ultimate Soldier - Konstruktor
07 - Zanias - Unearthed
08 - M‡яc▲ll▲ - New Condition
09 - Amorphous - Stigmergy   
10 - Rhys Fulber - Brutal Nature