Karelian Skies

I may be offline for a while as I'm off to play in Finland (and check out the forests and lakes). No writing deadlines until middle of next month so tomorrow is about deciding what to take and packing it.

http://www.karelianskies.fi/x/183-karelian-skies

The Cosmic Smokers gig seemed a bit chaotic but apparently sounded good and certainly went down well. The guitarist was great and the 'scultpture guys brill as always. Nice to have drums too - hope to repeat the experience one day.

Interesting experience using the Analog Four. Not so immediate and fast as the P3, you have to rely on 'prepared spontaneity' (tm) and what I find is it's a much closer-in thing, more DJ than musician. Which is fine if you aren't leaping back to play keyboards and interact with people. I think Elektron stuff might be best in a small, packed tabletop world where everyone is hunched over squinting and making tiny adjustments with fingertips. Must work harder to master and also preparation is key.

Currently listening to Sibelius to get in the mood, having read up a bit on Finland. So hot it's almost impossible to work and in the evening, instead of working, we're watching Breaking Bad.

The KS-4 picked up some odd interference in the gig but is fine now I'm home again. Strange but it meant I played mostly the SH-101 and didn't do much with the looper. Will use it more in Finland as it'll be my main thing along with the A4. I should've borrowed Tim's Volca Beats as it's smaller than the ER-1 and would do the same job. Lots to do, but tomorrow, always tomorrow.

Beer now.

Underneath:

Andy Bole's guitar pedals (he's an ace looper dude)

Followed by Ade's gorgeous little sequencing rig.

Sadly we were unable to successfully sync it up to everyone else but stand-alone was probably better anyway.