Art magazine Chapter shared this short documentary, Patchwork Dreaming, looking at musicians who use modular synths, and the appeal of modular synthesis.
The video features two modular artists, Jamaica Suk & Electric Indigo, performing with their modular rigs and sharing their thoughts on the love of patching.
Credits:
Videography & Editor Frank Zerban
Sound Jamaica Suk, Electric Indigo
Creative Producer Vanessa Mitchell
Chapter TV Producers Clemens Steinmüller, Dzenana Mujadzic
now, that was a cool video to watch; no commercials, no waving hands, you cold see their face, they talked interestingly, no joke, or ice breakers, calm studied, and composed.
patching is a art.
Couldn’t have said it better myself. Great film.
Its funny that I don’t personally relate to modulars when I have to patch ANYthing I do, even in my slab synths. It just depends on how you prefer your modules. After this, I get it a little more, because both of them produced some intriguing, excellent sounds. It was serious fun to follow their “tunes.”
I’m too piano-minded, because music with that footing generally has a focused beginning and end. Modular works end when you SAY they end! 😀
Dave, I’m very piano minded too. I generally setup my modular to play live backing tracks and percussion; then I improvise over it all with my Prologue 16. tbh, my favorite Prologue patch is a piano like sound with triangle VCO and a wavetable oscillator. I really miss the una corda and sostenuto pedals though. someday my baby grand will return to me…
Wow. That was great. Perfectly paced. I want to watch 10 more, each around the same length, each featuring exactly two artists.
This was fun.