Hey folks,

Thought I should post this here in case there are any Berlin people in need of a hyper compact sampler:

https://www.kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/1010music-blackbox/2514729335-74-3477

I don't want to ship it because I prefer to keep it local and meet the people I'm selling to. I never have any issues this way as we meet, chat, share phone numbers, and the buyer knows where I live and how to get in touch if there's any issue at all.

😊👍

It's been around a while, but I'm sure it's going to be hailed as an absolute classic in the dub-techno genre, up there with milestones from Rhythm & Sound and Deepchord.

Performed live, no overdubs. I find his music fascinating. If I'm correct he's coded his own live performance system. One of those things I'd love to get a deeper look into!

I have a special place in my heart for this record label which existed in the 90s and then was briefly resurrected in the 00s.

This is an old DJ mix I did exclusively using tracks from the label, and if you're not familiar with this old ambient label, I highly recommend checking them out 😊

Every once in a while I search around for things that give me a similar feeling and vibe as In a Silent Way by Miles Davis. Found this album suggested somewhere and it's a pretty good option for that sort of hypnotic 'ambient jazz'.

In a Silent Way is pretty unique out there as far as I can tell - it's the jazz album that makes me think the most of minimal electronic music with a focus on looping sections and very gradual changes.

Anyway, hope you enjoy!

This album came up in conversation last night. I saw Clarice Jensen on tour after this was released and it was accompanied by a hauntingly beautiful set of visuals, but even without that, I think there are some moments of true beauty in here - although it's definitely an album that demands attentive listening, preferably with eyes closed 😊

Hey folks,

I used to be semi active as a photoblogger and am tempted to get back into the habit. I ran an old self-hosted WordPress for years but I've been hunting around for any more modern alternatives (perhaps more specifically focused on photoblogging) and am not coming up with anything concrete.

Any recommendations?

I could be tempted into a third-party service option if it gave me a way to offer print sales on each photoblog post - but that would really just be a 'nice to have'

Thanks!

I've been spending quite a bit of time considering this. I'm looking for something that will allow me to ditch the laptop when playing live shows, but that is also useful in my hybrid hardware/software studio setup. Given that I work in my studio 99% of the time vs 1% of the time playing live shows, the ability of any tool to be an asset in the studio is naturally very important.

I actually bought a 1010music blackbox with the thought that this would be my bridge for computer-less live shows, but I just don't use it in the studio as I have other tools that are far more effective than it (I'll immediately reach for the digitakt instead of the Blackbox). I haven't even had a live show since I bought the Blackbox a year ago so it's basically been useless, and I'm suspecting that it might be fairly limited in a 'ableton live replacement' during a live show.

As far as live shows go, since I got into hardware my usual approach was using Ableton Live to play stems from released tracks, and effectively jam over the top of those with hardware, occasionally using some effects in Ableton.

From what I can tell the Akai Force would be a better option for Live shows, but the Maschine+ might actually be better suited to the studio.

The Force would probably win for live shows simply because it's got that whole scene launching workflow that I'm accustomed to from Ableton Live, plus, crucially, it now offers disk streaming, which the Maschine+ does not. Under my Dronal moniker I'd like the option to play fairly long form field recordings as backing tracks, as well as potentially using some long form slowly modulating pad stems and then jamming over the top of these.

But I think the Maschine+ would win out in the studio primarily because it would allow me to load the Maschine VST into Studio One and it would run in controller mode and give me separate outputs directly into Studio One - so it would be easy to integrate into my current workflow. Unless I'm mistaken, there's nothing in the Force that would work in this way - I'd need to export wavs from the force and import them into Studio One.

But I'm just not sure that the Maschine+ would give me as good a live performance capability.