The hammond organ in Gérard Grisey’s >>Les espaces acoustiques<<

Aaah, the Hammond Organ. What a fantastic instrument. An alltime favourite with a magic sound and magic names coming with it: the B3, the leslie speaker, the Vox, the Farfisa, Jon Lord of Deep Purple and Whitesnake, Ray Manzarek of The Doors, A Whiter Shade of Pale (which I loved to play as a teenager on my Hohner E-Orgel…), Keith Emerson knifing…

On re-performing Atlantys and Vision de la cité interdite by Tristan Murail – Part I Atlantys and Vision de la cité interdite by Tristan Murail are two pieces for two Yamaha DX7 synthesizers. They are originally part of the longer Random Access Memory cycle for two electric guitars, two electric drums and two synthesizers that have been re-written by Tristan Murail so…

On re-performing Atlantys and Vision de la cité interdite by Tristan Murail – Part II Alright, so I chose to do the patches with the DX7 Librarian, because FM8 uses a completely different terminology (for example using real time units instead of the DX7’s 0-99 steps). Unfortunately the DX7 Librarian is a bit fiddly to…

On re-performing Atlantys and Vision de la cité interdite by Tristan Murail – Part III On how I tried to play two instances of the same VST. After the first rehearsal with Frederik and providing him with a means to practice with the sounds the next main topics were to finalize the concert setup using…