From TheBeastBrothers on flickr, via matrixsynth:
“”His name was Martin (pronounced in spanish) and he liked the Cure’s disintegration album the most (for real)”
The Beast Brothers are also visual artists. You can check out their website www.thebeastbrothers.com or visit their shop. I liked Suavecita (watercolor) and the Shinin (sculpture).
Luna inspects the equipment for the next show during a recent practice session:
UPDATE: Luna just posed more regally next to the Nord keyboard. I think it’s a better picture (what do you think?).
The Nord Stage continues to be the main workhorse for idiomatic music, such as the jazz, caberet, etc. that may work its way into the performance. The iPad (barely visible here) will provide the experimental counterpoint.
And here is Luna with some of the “analog” instruments:
The prayer bowl will be part of the show tomorrow, but the toy piano and tablas probably will not.
Weekend Cat Blogging #306 is at Pam’s Sidewalk Shoes. Check out the great close-ups of all three cats.
The Carnival of the Cats will be hosted this Sunday by Pet and the Bengal Brats at Pet’s Garden Blog.
And the Friday Ark is at the modulator.
Our busy schedule here at CatSynth continues unabated, with preparations for a second photo event in a couple of weeks and a new music project that requires quite a bit of practice. Yesterday, instead of the usual Saturday morning Weekend Cat Blogging, I pulled off the cover of the Nord Stage keyboard to practice, and dropped the distinctive red dust cover (everything related to Nord keyboards is bright red) on the edge of Luna’s beanbag. But that didn’t in anyway discourage her in anyway from curling up to take a nap – indeed, the dust cover almost looks like a brightly colored blanket.
It’s amazing how Luna can nap through just about any type of music. This morning it was songs by the Cardiacs – a little different than our usual fare, but fun and challenging. You can get a taste for what this sounds like (and what Luna is putting up with) below:
Then again, it can’t be more challenging than some the very artificial experimental sounds that she hears living here.
Weekend Cat Blogging #303 is hosted by Kashim, Othello and Salome at PaulChens FoodBlog?!
The Carnival of the Cats will be hosted today by Billy SweetFeets.
And the Friday Ark is at the modulator.
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From chronosproject on YouTube, via matrixsynth:
“Freaky presets from Chronos”
A delightfully weird video that will definitely wake one up on a Monday morning.
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From Señor Pantalones on flickr:
“Cat perspective distortion! (she’s backup security in case the primary one fails)”
In addition to the cat Chloe, there is a Clavia Nord G2, a Moog Voyager, a Snyderphonics Manta (see this NAMM report on the Snyderphonics Manta), L.L. Electronics Rozzbox, several offerings from Roland (System 100m, TB-303, TR-606, MKS-50/Juno), an SH-101 Novamod, and a Cwejman S1 mkII among many others. I also like the modernist studio furniture from Heckler Designs.
You can see a full-size image as well as labels for all the gear on the original flickr page.
From potterpaint2000 on YouTube, via matrixsynth:
“an improv featuring a KP3 processed Wicks Looper from Australia, a wonderful cacaphonous little device. Thanks Brian!…also a Nord Lead and a Stylophone Drumbeat”
I am not familiar with the Wicks Looper, but I did find some more info here, and another video:
From Ran Kirlian on flickr:
Working flow at The Blue_Room during summer days
From top to bottom:
Clavia Nordrack 2x,DSI Evolver, Doepfer System, Frodo & Alesis Ion (covered)
An appropriate image as summer slowly winds down.
From Lara May on flickr:
Another from Soyuz7, via matrixsynth:
