Spring is in the Air - A time of verdant growth and rebirth - and a new series of recordings from Conny Plankton. The overlapping theme this time round was a series of explorations based around a new recording set up - allowing live sequences to be played through the DAW in Ableton, together with a series of external hardware and devices, and everything sent down through an Audio Interface to be recorded onto an external laptop. Lots of experimentation and permutations followed, with many devices taking part. The results take us through aetheral droneland into cozmic sequences and head-tingling soundscapes of atonality.
Sunday, 27 March 2022
Monday, 14 February 2022
Sinusoidal
February 2022 heralds a new release from Conny Plankton – continuing explorations with the Arp and Sequencer possibilities of the Arturia MicroFreak hybrid synth, but now working in sync with various other synth and hardwire devices. The results take us from downright funky rhythm based mixes to atonal aural onslaughts. Expect the Unexpected!
Sunday, 16 January 2022
Fever Dream
The first Conny Plankton releases of 2022 is based around a series of new recordings made with the rather excellent Arturia Microfreak Hybrid Synth. Sequencer Patterns and Arps abound, laced heavily with treated samples, textures and loops. The recordings were edited down during a particularly debilitating bout of flu, where unusual thought processes and fever-altered mental states found their way into the final mixes!
Friday, 24 December 2021
Yesa
The final album of recordings of 2021 from Conny Plankton is an eclectic mix of modular electronics, atonal soundscapes, and explorations in hypnagogic trance: A bit of everything really, using a whole range of different hardware, software, synths, modular devices – just about anything that came to hand.
Friday, 19 November 2021
Aebbe
Aebbe is a new series of recordings from Conny Plankton. The sources of these recordings were made during a recent vacation to a remote lighthouse cottage near St Abbs on the Scottish Borders: Most of the recordings were originated on Ipad software with further mixing and additional hardware and software worked into the mixes upon return to the home studio. The isolation and remoteness of location found its way into the recordings, as did the additional challenges of developing new approaches with older IOS based software on the Ipad.
Thursday, 21 October 2021
Ajeeb
October 2021 sees a new series of recordings from Conny Plankton, bringing the Hive VST synth back to the fore - either as its own stand-alone sequences and astral soundscapes; working alongside new use of other VST plugins - such as Lector by Waldorf - a vocal processing app, that allowed use of microphone based explorations from Saxophones, Shenhais, Rainsticks, and African Shakers; or as additional pads and textures woven into sessions with the Nifty Eurorack and MC505 Groovebox.
Friday, 1 October 2021
Communitas
Communitas
Communitas is an epic Triple Compilation CD featuring a whole spectrum of luminaries from the Musical Underground. It is produced by my old chum, Mick Magic on his own Music and Elsewhere label. As well as featuring Mick's own Experimental Electro Project, Magic Bullet (in collaboration with his Alter Ego, Skit), there are over 25 Artists involved, spanning three full-length CDs. Each CD is released in three separate volumes, with Volume I and Volume II now available.
Direct Links to each volume of the Compilation are at:
Conny Plankton is very much involved with this epic event, contributing the Track, Asparagi to Volume III, and producing the portrait illustrations for the contributing artists.
Full details of this Amazing Project can be found over on Mick Magic's website on:
http://www.mickmagic.net/MB%202021-10-01.htm
The Track Details for the full Communitas Compilation are as follows:
Volume I:
01. Magic Bullet - We Are Magic Bullet (0:40)
02. Magic Bullet vs Ehrlich Bullet - We At Grain Festival (33rd Anniversary Remix) (4:13)
03. Magic Bullet & Friends - Unitas I (0:13)
04. Magic Bullet vs Gypsy - Clubbin' With Twizzle (4:50)
05. Magic Bullet & Friends - Unitas II (0:10)
06. Magic Bullet vs Levente - Astra Cum Distorta (Orion / Outland / Arecibo) (13:35)
07. Magic Bullet & Friends - Unitas III (0:14)
08. Magic Bullet vs MMATT - The Electric Age (5 Years On) (5:15)
09. Magic Bullet - We Say IFAR Compilations Very Good (1:00)
10. Shaun Robert - Côté Intéressant (3:01)
11. Magic Bullet & Friends - Unitas IV (0:12)
12. Magic Bullet - Neil Crud On Tudno FM (Studio Remix) (3:09)
13. Spam Javelin - Rate, Like, Subscribe (1:51)
14. Magic Bullet & Friends - Unitas V (0:16)
15. Magic Bullet vs Spam Javelin - The Assimilation Of Spam Javelin (2:42)
16. Magic Bullet & Friends - Unitas VI (0:16)
17. Magic Bullet & Friends - Unitas VII (0:12)
18. M.Nomized - The End Will Come (8:18)
19. Magic Bullet & Friends - Unitas VIII (0:16)
20. M.Nomized & Magic Bullet - Du Ciel À La Terre (7:45)
21. Magic Bullet & Friends - End Of Volume I (0:18)
Volume II
Well done Mick Magic, you have put together a Compilation of Epic Proportions!!!
And here is Mick Magic's Link Again!
http://www.mickmagic.net/MB%202021-10-01.htm
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