Playing a slice of bread

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Jun 162010

To celebrate the launch of the two new NeoKitsch albums, “Etherwaves”, and “Continuum Fingers”, here is Danny playing a piece of sliced bread.
The slice of bread and the interaction with it, demonstrates the feel and sound of Lippold Haken’s fantastic instrument, the Continuum Fingerboard, which has a similar soft touch surface. If anyone is interested in the Continuum Fingerboard, the album “Continuum Fingers” is a collection just for the Continuum, which includes seventeen quirky tracks inspired by modern jazz, electronica, classical and film music. “Continuum Fingers” uses the inbuilt sounds for the Haken Continuum Fingerboard designed by Edmund Eagan.




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Shades Of White – Ambient Music

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Feb 142010

NeoKitsch has four ambient tracks published on Humtoo’s minimalist drone collection. You can listen to the tracks by clicking on the image below.

Ben By Night: (Neokitsch) is an ambient piece which is tranquil, reflective and enlightening. It is a location specific piece, as the music resonates through the chimes of Big Ben, so this track is a perfect choice for those wishing to describe a London night scene.

 The Ocean : (Neokitsch) is a mysterious and haunting piece with threatening rumbles contrasted with high pitched chimes. It weaves through light and dark moods, describing the uncertain depths of the otherworldly ocean. 

 Schumann Fish: (Neokitsch) uses a mixture of subtle ambient music with sound recordings. The name comes from the piece being inspired by a particular passage in one of the Schumann Lieder, although this piece however, has an aquatic texture. 

 Frost: (Neokitsch) is very dark, with a distant, reverberant female voice accompanied by the low crackles and rumbles of the vintage analogue Moog Rogue synthesizer. 





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Humtoo produces a NeoKitsch ambient album

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Jan 142010

Twenty minimalist drones and ambient musical pieces by NeoKitsch have been published by the online music library Humtoo. 

 

The album is entitled ‘Neo-Drones’.


Danny talks to us about the album, his approach in the performance and recording,

and his intentions for its usage.

 

“This mix tape came naturally to me, as ambient genres of music are often requested for NeoKitsch. The instruments and performance style bring about a hypnotic, meditative aura. Most of the pieces, although thoroughly minimal, use a technique where all the twelve notes of the chromatic scale are used mainly in relation to one and other, rather than sticking to a key, and it avoids melodic and traditional harmonic structures. This approach, I find, encourages the listener to appreciate textures and mood above all else, as each note is of equal importance. As NeoKitsch produces music for visual mediums, this album is designed to enrich the screen with deep textures, as well as keeping a distance, in order not to dominate the image.

Some of the instruments used were the Moog Etherwave Theremin, Violin, Viola, Folktek Folkchord, Micro Garden, Electron Monomachine, Lap Steel Guitar, Moog Voyager, Bass Guitar, Omnichord and the Haken Continuum Fingerboard.

All tracks are live improvisations recorded at the NeoKitsch studio using a ProTools HD system, with vintage and modern mics and preamps, including the Nuemann U87 and AKG C414.

Neo-Drones is an eclectic mix of atmospheres, which will be appropriate for any soundtrack seeking ambient sounds with the ‘less is more’ approach.”  

Danny Hahn
NeoKitsch


Click on the link below to listen to the album:

 


 

 




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