Freezepop - Less Talk More Rokk - Music Video YouTube via cordless. White Roland Axis keytars and Dan McPharlin Miniatures!!! "Less Talk More Rokk - Music Video by Freezepop (c) 2007 Freezepop"
Mega64: Freezepop "Brainpower" Music Video
YouTube via RoccoB64 "Freezepop's official music video for "Brainpower," directed by Mega64. Mega64.com"
Freezepop - Tenisu No Boifurendo
YouTube via Aquoiboniste "Freezepop - Tenisu No Boifurendo"
Freezepop - Parlez-vous Freezepop?
YouTube via tedmills "The new video for Boston-based Freezepop. Directed by Jonathan Crow and Ted Mills. You can also see this over at www.tedmills.com or at Jonathan Crow's www.projectorhead.com."
And of course:
Freezepop Forever
YouTube via usamablackbelt. previously posted here.
YouTube via usamablackbelt. What's interesting about this one is it actually names the Yamaha QY70 in it. It got me wondering how many other songs mention a synth. If you know of any feel free to share.
images via this auction "i'm selling my nord lead 1 synth and donating the proceeds to charity. my dad has cancer and my grandmother died of it so i'm donating the money from this auction to the american cancer society. i've had this synth now for 8 years and it's been through some amazing times with me. 1 of the photos above is from a splashdown performance at the lilith fair and another is from the last splashdown performance in rochester ny. i've used this synth on tons of recordings from splashdown to freezepop to symbion project. i'm leaving all my presets in it for you to use and you'll probably recognize many from splashdown recordings. it's not red like most nord synths since i covered most of it (top and sides) with silver sticker paper, and i spraypainted the knobs silver. you can see which knobs got the most wear from the silver wearing off. it has a memory expansion card in it as well so there's plenty of room for presets. the synth is pretty worn on the outside, but works just fine, all the knobs, keys, and leds work and it'll treat you nicely. as a bonus, i'm including an unopened copy of splashdown's 5 song ep "redshift" , an autographed copy of the most recent symbion project album, and a signed limited edition copy of the latest freezepop cd fx3p."
"ELYXR is a brand new collaborative-band concocting modern synthpop potions. Spearheaded by Seattle-based electronic music songwriter/producer Kasson Crooker (Symbion Project, Freezepop, Rocococo), ELYXR will release a string of singles this summer, each a collaboration with a different singer/songwriter. The debut track “Engine” was co-written with Elissa LeCoque of the Brooklyn indie-electronic act Kodacrome (@kodacrome) and features Elissa’s distinct vocal stylings.
Kasson met Elissa when he opened for Kodacrome in Brooklyn with his cinematic downtempo band Symbion Project, and knew immediately that they should collaborate on a song together. 'Engine' is a hybrid of Kasson & Elissa's pop sensibilities. The track demonstrates their collective passion for layered melodies, winding synthesized progressions, and ardent belief that sometimes you just have to dance off the sadness."
"have you ever been relaxing at the beach, looking out at the pounding surf and thought to yourself..."i wish i could combine my love of relaxing water sports with my love of esoteric electronic instruments!"
well if you have, GET READY! because here is what you've been waiting for!! while your friends play ancient crap games like "marco polo" and swim laps like SUCKERS you will be chillin' in the corner by yourself pretending to program "phat beats" on your own INFLATABLE DRUM MACHINE! It looks like it has all the great features of a Yamaha QY70, but it is full of air...which means...ummm...that it floats!
can an akai MPC do that? not without voiding the hell out of its warranty buddy!
just think of the possibilities! would a REAL hipster play dodge ball with one of those boring old red balls that every one else has? NO WAY! he would play "Dodge Sequencer"! would a real new waver parade around town with an ordinary inflatable balloon? NO WAY! he would fill this bitch up with helium and be the toast of the town. would the ultimate synth nerd rest his head on an ordinary pillow filled with obsolete objects like FEATHERS?? NO WAY DUDE! he would rest his head on an inflatable QY70 (or possibly a stuffed Morton Subotnik) and dream sweet dreams of hanging out with Wendy Carlos.
now what you see is what you get, i have no inflatable midi cables and i'm pretty sure they don't exist, so don't call me when you can't get the inflatable QY70 to sync up to your inflatable TR808. IT AINT GONNA HAPPEN. ANYWAY you'd need a inflatable SYNC24 to inflatable MIDI converter box and the only people who made that was Buchla to go with his inflatable touch panels.
anyway, somebody's GOT to have a use for this. I'M LOOKIN AT YOU FREEZEPOP!" see this vid
via dain
Featuring a Korg MicroKorg and a little red keytar. Anyone know what the keytar is? The audio quality isn't the best but you should get an idea of song. BTW, there is another reason why I am posting this. The band's manager, Shane Chisholm, contacted me about doing an interview with the band. As this site is about synths, I'm keeping the questions focused on synths. I also asked him about opening up the questions to all of you, the readers of Matrixsynth, and he said go for it. So.. If you have any questions, feel free to post them in the comments. Why do I have a funny feeling about this... You can find more info on Don Juan Dracula (more shots and better audio) on their official website and their myspace page.
Update: Some of their influences: "These band we really love and come to mind right now: omd, pet shop boys, depeche mode, devo, duran duran, a-ha, soft cell, erasure, the cure, human league, the faint, vhs or beta, visage, ultravox, freezepop, every moves a picture, peaches, fischerspooner, ladytron, gary numan, miss kittin, stereo total, chicks on speed, jeans team, and so on...."
Update: Shane is offering a free copy of the album for download to the first 20 people that want it. If you want it, shoot me an email: matrixsynth[at]hotmail.com.
"There is a new CD out from Symbion project (aka kasson crooker of freezepop & splashdown) and the CD is 100% A6. If you're into Vangelis & Wendy Carlos or just want to hear a raw A6 in action, check it out. Here are a couple of links.
"The first Guthman Musical Instrument Competition presented by GTCMT and Harmonix (makers of Guitar Hero and Rock Band) will award $15,000 to the best novel musical instruments as judged by a panel of experts from Harmonix, Wired, and Georgia Tech. There will be a $5,000 grand prize — all participants eligible — given by Sharon Perry Galloway in honor of her husband, Dr. Thomas D. Galloway, Dean of the College of Architecture, 1992-2007. A copy of the Rock Band® video game, courtesy of Harmonix, will be awarded as a prize to places 4, 5 and 6." Submissions closed on Jan 15th. You can find a gallery of images, sound and video on Wired.
Pictured above: "Jaime Oliver's Silent Drum uses a technique somewhat akin to shadow puppetry to create stunning and engaging music.
As his fingers press the flexible drum head, it forms black shapes in front of a white background. Those get picked up by a video camera and piped to a laptop where Max/MSP software turns the shapes into sound in real time.
The patches are pre-programmed, but Oliver's analog, light-based interface offers a surprisingly expressive range and precision. The judges were impressed; Silent Drum took home the $5,000 first prize."
Silent Drum Controller - Demo02
YouTube via jaiolix "Demo02 - improvisations on 5 environments of the Silent Drum Controller.
"Jan Perschy's SGSX-H 750 is just what it looks like: a motorcycle engine with a keyboard attached.
As the teeth of the engine's gears travel at varying speeds past pick-ups that normally detect piston position, they generate tones that can be controlled with a keyboard. The third component, pictured to the left of the keyboard in the photo, is the voltage-controlled amplifier (VCA) that makes up for relative discrepancies in volume.
Perschy said his goal was to play the gears in a motor the same way that a Hammond organ plays its spinning tone wheels. The VCA module wasn't working when we made the recording below, an apparent victim of rough travel, but this was still a fascinating display."
Craig Hanson and Mike Gao
Be sure to see the Wired gallery for more. via CDM who held a similar contest "judged by drum machine pioneer Roger Linn and the members of tech-loving band Freezepop" See the post for more.
"There is a new CD out from Symbion project (aka kasson crooker of freezepop & splashdown) and the CD is 100% A6. If you're into Vangelis & Wendy Carlos or just want to hear a raw A6 in action, check it out. Here are a couple of links.
freezepop.net
