Image via The Chemical Brothers website. I found this under Good Things, where you will also see Matrixsynth listed. Yeah I like to think this site is a good thing. :)Pictured: ARP 2600, Roland System 700 Modular, Doepfer, Plan b, Cwejman, Livewire Modular
And the real reason for this post? The Chemical Brothers won both Best Electronic/Dance Album and Best Dance Recording in this years 2008 Grammys. Congrats guys! Very, very cool. You can see who they were up against here.
The Album: We Are The Nighton Amazon
The Recording: Do It Againon Amazon
Do It Again - The Chemical Brothers
Chemical Brothers - Salmon Dance - Just had to through this one in.
Update via Mike Brown of Livewire:
"just thought I'd pass along some info regarding the chems... oddly enough, that photo they have on their site of their modular setup is considerably out-of-date... they actually have a much, MUCH bigger modular system now...
the system was designed by shawn cleary & myself and is a multi-format system with MOTM/modcan, frac & eurorack... it stands about 5 feet tall by nearly 4 feet wide if I remember correctly... the cabinet was constructed out of black walnut by flames brennan (who also fabricated the NIN case)...
the hardware & power distribution were built by mat mitchell & me. should also mention that a *bunch* of other people helped... andrew & antonio at analogue haven, steve r, nuryah ben-el & ken reeves to name a few.
I've been waiting for them to post photos of it... but haven't seen any so far. also, I heard from mat that they were using it on-stage during their last tour, but haven't seen pics of that either..."
i remember when the chems were good
ReplyDeleteThis is damn cool... having direct contacts with one of my favourite electronic music group! DOPED!
ReplyDeleteto be fair, that doepfer modular has plan B, livewire, and cwejman in it as well. gotta name check them too.
ReplyDeleteI work in the field of fisheries hydroacoustics and many of my colleagues have projects involving salmonids - they know almost everything there is to know about salmon. BUT! I'll bet they never knew that the salmon had their own dance or their own Chemical Brother's song! I will pass this knowledge on!!!! I admire the Chem. Bros. on many levels - now I have one more! "You know how we do it"
ReplyDeleteNOTE: In the video, Sammy the Salmon isn't really a salmon...he's a squirrel fish, but hey...no one keeps salmon in an aquarium
Hey sonicbrat, no direct contact, they just like the site apparently. Which... Makes it an even bigger compliment.
ReplyDeleteThanks brian, I always wondered what fish it actually was as the Salmon I've seen don't quite look like that. Regardless, it's an absolutely great track and video. It would be pretty hard to fit a salmon in a tank, well maybe a baby salmon I guess...
Module mfrs list updated in the post.
Mmmm love them BMW motos.
ReplyDeleteI totally saw that system the first time I went to Analog Haven! Its absolutely insane. Its basically 1 or more of every module from every manufacture. Kind of too much to handle in one rather large location.
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