Vicmod Ensemble Live at Melbourne Music Week

VICMOD ENSemble - LIVE @ State Library Victoria 2016 - MMW

Published on Nov 17, 2016 11brassmonkey11

VICMOD - Workshop - MMW 2016

Published on Nov 17, 2016 11brassmonkey11

Update: videos above added. Pics below.

"A live sound art performance piece performed live in the Queens Hall at the State Library of Victoria for Melbourne Music Week on the 13th November 2016.

VICMOD ENSemble

- Modular Performers
Simon Birds
Ross Healy
Ben Willis
Adrien Harris
Guy Taylor
Grant Atkinson
Rosalin Yuen
Jeremy Toland

- Live Visuals
Jess Ramsey

- Production and Editing
Ben Willis

- Filming
Ben Willis
Adrien Harris
Evan Lorden

- Audio Recording
Grant Atkinson

Special Thanks
Kevin Karlberg - Stable Music"


Some pics of Vicmod Ensemble's recent performance at Melbourne Music Week, Sunday, November 13, in the Melbourne State Library. 350 Melbournians were in attendance. The event focused on electronic music, with Severed Heads performing the following night. Ross Healy of Vicmod did a talk during the day on modular synth history and Vicmod, while the Vicmod crew did demos allowing the general public to play with eurorack modular systems. It looks like it was a great event.

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Racked EMS VCS1 & VICMOD ENSemble "Schematics On Trees" Dedicated to Richard Lainhart, Mike Brown & Jürgen Haible

via Vicmod Records

"VICMOD ENSemble
Schematics On Trees
VMDL15

Description:

VICMOD ENS
2009 – 2012

Recorded @ locations around Melbourne, Australia.
Compiled and mix by Ross Healy.

1. Schematics On Trees 1
2. Schematics On Trees 2

VICMOD Ensemble have been Ross Healy, Graeme Trott, Simon Birds, Gerrard Jenner, Stephen Richards, Owen Harris, Blake Stickland, Scott Baker and Brett Maddaford.

Machines used:
EMS Synthi AKS, EMS VCS3, EMS VCS1, Buchla 200e, Serge Modular, Euro Modular, Frac Modular, DIY modular and various fx.

Dedicated to Richard Lainhart, Mike Brown and Jürgen Haible.

Original schematic by Jürgen Haible used by permission."

"This first release from VICMOD ENSemble is a mix of live performances from 2009 to January 2012."

Left: According to Vicmod this is the racked EMS VCS1. I'll see if I can get some additional info on it. You can see another VCS1 in this post from 2007. It was a prototype VCS3.

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vicmod plays silent films

"Melbourne, Australia. VICMOD started as a modular synthesizer builder group in June 2006, whilst we are still soldering away once a month we do now perform live as the worlds only Modular synth group. Just recently we performed the VICMOD plays silent films."

20090823 Vicmod Ensemble @ Glitch Bar, Fitzroy North, Melbourne. 1 of 2.

"Analogue Synths + Silent Films. http://vicmod.blogspot.com/"

VICMOD II

"A segment of the VICMOD Ensemble performing at The Toff In Town Melbourne Australia. Projections by Paul Rodgers."

You might remember the announcement for this event here. A search on VCIMOD brings up prior posts including synth DIY events, videos and more.

vicmod: Fringe Festival & Electronic Abstractions Back Catalog Free

via vicmod
"To celebrate VICMOD Records involvement with the Fringe Festival 2011 night Electronic Abstractions, Melbourne's abstract electronic label are giving away its entire back catalog for free for the month of September! You can download all previous releases by Cray, Ryou Oonishi, VICMOD Ensemble, Richard Lainhart, Healy/Hassler, Rod Cooper, Steve Law etc So what are you waiting for start downloading and listening! http://www.vicmod.net

Don't forget 21 September is an amazing night of abstract electronics featuring
ROBIN FOX
COR FUHLER
CRAY
VICMOD ENSEMBLE
WILLIAMS AND HAYES
Tickets on sale via Fringe Melbourne"

Note this is a rare opportunity to see some vintage synths performed live:

Robin Fox EMS Synthi
Cor Fuhler EMS Synthi
Cray - Serge Modular or Buchla 200e
VICMOD Ensemble - modular synths
Williams Hayes - VCS3 and Roland System 100

Random Vicmod Highlights

Random Vicmod Highlights from cv slime 800 on Vimeo.

Featuring snippets of video from recent Vicmod meets. Vicmod is a modular synth collective based in Melbourne that bulk order & trade modules, build DIY kits, jam and perform live as Vicmod Ensemble. For more info contact Ross at www.vicmod.net

OpenLABs >>>OCTOBER SUNDAY 7th, 2pm -5pm---->>>

Cray Phonogene Improvisation @ Vicmod Meet from cv slime 800 on Vimeo.

"Ross Healy- Modular Synth extraordinaire and one of the founding members of VICMOD Records (http://www.vicmod.net) and the Vicmod community (http://vicmod.blogspot.com.au/) will be talking about the history of modular synths and how and why VICMOD came about and how you can join in on the fun.See him here- https://vimeo.com/42837569 [video above]

Free Event
Date and time: Sunday 7th of October, 2-5pm
Venue: Rear entrance via carpark Media Lab Melbourne 136a Cromwell Street Collingwood- [see here: http://goo.gl/maps/caaSc]"

Vicmod Bits & Pieces

Vicmod Bits & Pieces from cv slime 800 on Vimeo.

Featuring snippets of video from recent Vicmod meets. Vicmod is a modular synth collective based in Melbourne who bulk order & trade modules, build DIY kits, jam and perform live as Vicmod Ensemble. For more info contact Ross at vicmod.net

Vicmod Monthly Meet Systems and Sounds

Vicmod Monthly Meet Systems and Sounds from cv slime 800 on Vimeo.

"Featuring snippets of video from recent Vicmod meets. Vicmod is a modular synth collective based in Melbourne who bulk order & trade modules, build DIY kits, jam and perform live as Vicmod Ensemble."

VICMOD Ensemble live @ Make it Up Club

VICMOD Ensemble live @ Make it Up Club from abre ojos on Vimeo.

"VICMOD is a Melbourne based group that meet up once a month to build and discuss modular synths and occasionally we jam. This is five of the members performing at Make It Up Club a live improv night at Bar Open in Melbourne Australia.

Shot with a HV20 on a stationary tripod. Sound recorded straight off the mixer by Stephen Richards via an Indigo card & Powerbook in Ableton Live."

via Ross:
"Via VICMOD BLOG

VICMOD LIVE ALL MODULAR NIGHT
Taken from the Modular Synth night, Make It Up Club 25 Nov 2008, Melbourne, Australia.

Here is the complete show all 29 mins in either Vimeo or mp3.
This time you will see the modular synths in action, not just a crowd shot POV.
You will see Buchla 200e, Euro Modular synths (ElbyDesign/Ken Stone, Livewire, The Harvestman, Doepfer,Plan B etc) Dot Com modulars, fx etc.
Most members are playing modules they built themselves!

access downloads via Abre Ojos VIMEO <http://www.vimeo.com/2470886>
Mp3 to follow
Many thanks to Scott for all the amazing work :-)"

Sculptress of Sound: The Lost Works of Delia Derbyshire

"The broadcaster and Doctor Who fan MATTHEW SWEET travels to The University of Manchester - home of Delia Derbyshire's private collection of audio recordings - to learn more about the wider career and working methods of the woman who realised Ron Grainer's original theme to Doctor Who."

via VICMOD, whom BTW "is having a record label launch tonight if anyone is in Melbourne , Australia and wants to see the VICMOD ENSemble perform alongside Cray, Steve Law and Rod Cooper.

The label as of today has 6 releases.
http://vicmod.blogspot.com/2010/03/tonight-tuesday-30-march-vicmod-records.html"

Side note: I originally thought it was this Matthew Sweet. Turns out it is this one. Thanks to STG for catching it.

VICMOD Modular Madness Event

via VICMOD

"5 MAY - MAKE IT UP CLUB, FITZROY,VIC, AUSTRALIA @ BAR OPEN
(Doors open 8pm)

A night of modular analog synths, computers and little boxes or tricks.

Cray (Ross Healy) will be making a rare live appearance featuring a computer music live set, then Ross and his Buchla 200e will join VICMOD ENSEMBLE for an all analog modular performance.

Abre Ojos (Scott Baker) will also be performing a solo set on his diy modular then joining VICMOD ENSEMBLE.

Also on the night
Steve Wiliams
Mathew Brown
Stephen Richards"

Benjolin meets Blippoo Box: Love Noises 1 and 2

Benjolin meets Blippoo Box: Love Noises 1 and 2 from richard scott on Vimeo.

"Two rather exploratory improvisations using a single patch and similar settings. The second one starts pretty much where the first one leaves off but goes into noisier and perhaps more interesting places. These machines are alive.

related news: I also have an album of Blippoo Box Solos on VICMOD records available here:

http://vicmodrichardscott.bandcamp.com/album/gurgle-sputter-rungle-blippoo-box-solos"

Update:

"VICMOD Records, the home of Avant Electronics, are now offering free downloads in any digital format your playback needs require.

They of course appreciate any donations you are able to contribute so VICMOD and the artists are able to continue to bring you the worlds finest analog electronic abstractions.

You will here experimental sounds emanating from modular synths like the Buchla, Serge and Euro modulars, Blippoo Boxes and much more

www.vicmod.net"

VICMOD Ensemble Play Silent Films Event!

"This Sunday August 23rd @ Glitch Bar and Cinema
FITZROY NORTH, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA

VICMOD ENSEMBLE
CRAY
cleaninglady
ABRE OJOS

VICMOD Ensemble will perform live modular synth soundtracks to a selection of short silent films.
Also performing sets on the night will be cleaninglady (in mc-202 mode), Abre Ojos and Cray !

7:30pm for an 8pm start. $5

Glitch Bar + Cinema
318 St Georges Rd,
North Fitzroy

http://vicmod.blogspot.com"

VICMOD Looking for New Members

via Ross
"We are currently looking for new members to join VICMOD.

We are a group of 12 people at the moment we build Ken Stone/ Elby Design modular synth modules in eurorack format. We meet once a month.
Most of us didnt know how to solder until we started the group, we have to date built Steiner Filter, Utility LFO, Super Psycho LFO etc soon Cynare, BiNTic etc....When we have nothing to build we bring in synths and jam :-)

If you live in Melbourne Australia and would like to part of this community please contact me.

here are some VICMOD photos

vicmod at internode dot on dot net"

Podcast 292: Ross Healy (VICMOD)

Published on Sep 8, 2019 20Objects

"I think I've seen the handle VICMOD bouncing around the internet forever. I've also been listening to the music of Cray for a while, too. But only recently did I actually put 2 and 2 together to realize that this was the same person!

I've always like the Cray music for its breadth and honesty - it really sounded like a person's inner voice, rather than whatever a synth might naturally produce. And in talking with him, it is clear that this is his primary objective: heartfelt improvisation and sound design.

From his earliest work with a janky 486 computer to his current obsession with Omnisphere (with Buchla, Serge and Eurorack in-between), Ross has exercised almost any machine you can imagine. The result is a person that is looking to be surprised by his environment - and is constantly searching for those surprises.

After our chat, Ross was apparently spurred into digging into the archives, and has release the following for the listeners:

https://vicmodcray.bandcamp.com/album...

You can also check out the whole VICMOD label catalog here:

http://www.vicmod.net/

And, as Ross himself says, check out his work on discogs.com to dig into more of his past:

https://www.discogs.com/artist/621720...

Enjoy!"

A Silent Burst by Cray aka Ross Healy of Vicmod Records

A new release in via MATRIXSYNTH Member, Ross Healy of Vicmod Records.

Embed above and Bandcamp link here.

Cray- A Silent Burst

All tracks written and produced by Ross Healy.
Recorded @ Amnesia International Mobile Unit 1.
Recorded 2015 all year.

"Cray's (Ross Healy) new album is released on Vicmod Records. This is Ross’s 24th album release featuring Buchla Modular, Buchla Music Easel, Serge Modular, Euro Modular, Omnisphere and Melbourne weather recordings."

vicmod records tshirts

via Vicmod on Facebook

http://www.vicmod.net/

VICMOD 2010 BBQ JAM

VICMOD 2010 BBQ JAM from cv slime 800 on Vimeo.

"Some excerpts from the VICMOD synth jam session December 11th 2010."

VICMOD JAM

via Ross:
"Here are some sounds and photos of our recent VICMOD meet. This time it was an improv session, 2 members were soldering while we recorded and joined in after their modules were finished :-)

For interested people
Ross Healy - EMS Synthi AKS, Bugbrand Postcard Weevil.
Simon Birds - DS Desktop Evolver, Electro Harmonix 2880, boxes.
Brett Maddaford - FR-777 Monophonic Synthesizer.
Graeme Trott - Wacky Sound Generator, DIY Euro Modular Toby - MS2000 Scott Baker - DIY Euro Modular Gerrard Jenner - Nintendo DS . Nord Micro modular.
Mel - soldering iron, camera

Photos
Sound (look for the STE tracks)"

You can find all VICMOD posts here. Remember, search is your friend.
You can find the search box for MATRIXSYNTH on the top left of the site.

All tubes by Weinglas

"'All Tubes' is the latest release from European noisemaker Weinglas. All tracks from this strange ride into darkness were created with the help of modular synthesizers and sound machines made with tubes. Thanks to Brian from Zerosum Inertia, Eric from Metasonix and W.T. from Trogotronic, who designed and produced these strange machines, Weinglas could turn the warmth and rawness of these old fashioned elements into never-before-heard walls of noise, sounding modern and vintage at the same time."

The following is a video for Tubemaster 2, the 10th track on the release on Vicmod Records.



Published on Nov 19, 2016 Wein Glas

"A Strange Electronic Sequence from a Buchla 200e Skylab with a Zerosum Inertia ZIMM03 Tube Module installed.

This is another track from my release "All Tubes" on vicmod records: https://vicmodweinglas.bandcamp.com/a..."