Loop Series Two: Films (Layers)

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Release Date: 2014-10-23

Label: Not On Label

The music contained in these tracks was made on the Sequential Prophet VS synthesiser. This instrument uses a unique method of sound production called vector synthesis, developed by Dave Smith and his team in California in the mid 1980s. In simple terms sounds are created using four digital oscillators with unique waveforms which form the points on a vector which can be manipulated dynamically either automatically or by hand using a joystick or keyboard. The result is a very rich and evolving sound which combines digital and analog processing (filtering and amplitude). On this album the sounds from the Prophet VS were then recorded in real-time on the Electro Harmonix multi-track looper, a device which enables multiple takes to be layered upon themselves thus forming the compositional aspect of the pieces of music presented here.