Ambient soundscape with Access Virus Indigo 2

Live ambient music performance on Access Virus C (Indigo 2) using rhythmic LFOs, reverb, resonance and envelope filter adjustments. (Excerpt taken from a longer session):

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Antonio Blanca - Dron-E

Antonio Blanca just released Dron-E a new Reaktor ensemble based granular synthesis specialised in creating ambient, generative, abstract and cinematic soundscapes and drones.

Dron-e contains flexible parameters and controls for creating everything from delicate atmospheres to complex walls of sound. Included is a custom created sound bank of acoustic and synthetic instrument and field recordings designed specially for Dron-e , but you can load your own and venture into unknown sonic territories. In addition to the pre-established modulators and controls. it's possible to use your own modulators built in Reaktor such as sequencers or break-point envelopes using the EXT option,as well as MIDI/OSC signals to further shape your sounds. Notice that the video demos are from betatesters when Dron-E was only a prototipe yet, so it looks a bit different:

"Dron-e is brilliant. Perfect for creating the sonic mayhem soundscape, it's a must have ensemble"  Music Composer for Mass Effect 3, Tron Evolution, Borderlands series, Quake series, Prototype and many more"... http://sonicmayhem.com/

The result is an impressive sonic sculturing tool to create massive textures and complex soundworlds with a estonishing sound quality. It is also quite fun to manage with the classic Blanca minimalistic style interface, which is pretty intuitive.

Dron-E comes with a collection of 132 gorgeous presets (snapshots) based on acoustic and synthetic instruments and field recordings created by Antonio Blanca and artists such as Anthony Distefano, Bronto Scorpio and pnortnaomi who also shared sounds and even complete tracks in their Soundcloud accounts. Here some audio demos by Blanca:

DRON-E Snapshots by A-B

Dron-E is available for free download via Antonio Blanca’s website and requires Native Instruments Reaktor 5.7 (full version is required in order to use this instrument without restrictions).

Giles Reaves: Space Music Improv

Giles Reaves: Space Music Improv on the Synapse Antidote Synthesizer. Testing my new Nikon D600, and the new Synthesizer from Synapse Audio: Antidote (for Reason 6.5). I created the patch from scratch in real time, as shown in the video. To keep in the "space music" theme, I used my night time time lapse footage from a recent trip through Southern Utah and Northern Arizona (including shots at Arcosanti, AZ).

Abre Ojos - Häxan

Abre Ojos, the ambient/noise musical project from the australian audiovisual artist Scott Baker, just presented his latest work Häxan, a six audio-visual tracks using the 1922 Häxan – Witchcraft Through the Ages Swedish/Danish silent horror film written and directed by Benjamin Christensen as a starting point to examine the persecution of women and the suppression of the Divine Feminine.

The footage has been cut up, reversed, inverted, time shifted and looped, which doesn’t undo the damages but releases the energy back to the Source, a transmutation of intention, beauty from the ugliness of mankind, restoring the balance in some small way. The titles come from the english translation subtitles from key points in the movie.

The audio is improvised on a eurorack modular synthesiser processed through Native Instruments Guitar Rig and Maschine. The videos were edited in After Effects and extra animations were created with Quartz Composer. The audio and visuals were performed and recorded live in the studio.

This is the video of the ending track of the album Their Unfailing Test:

Their Unfailing Test from abre ojos on Vimeo.

66.6 minutes of morphing mandalas and electronic drones ranging from noise to warm tones that wrap you like a blanket.The DVD includes a DVD-ROM section where there are FLAC audio versions of the tracks and also links on the cover to download high quality MP3′s and iPad video of each track.

The DVD is a limited edition of 50 copies all hand numbered and every disc comes with an Abre Ojos sticker. They are $20AUD each including shipping to wherever you are in the world. Purchase below via Paypal. More details and order at abreojos.net.