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.
Thursday, 21 October 2021
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
Friday, 24 September 2021
Vox Humana
Vox Humana is a series of new recordings by Conny Plankton, based around the concept of using the human voice as a key instrument: However, not a voice as straightforward vocalisation, or fed through the formulaic filters of vocoders - more an experimental approach with banks of modulation, filters and in sync with other instruments and devices. Unheard Voices Await...
Thursday, 19 August 2021
Deeply and Creatively Weird
August 2021 sees a new album's worth of releases from Conny Plankton. A common theme here is continuing explorations with using the Waldorf Nave VST Synth - now synced up to different instruments and exploring a series of alternative approaches - everything used this time round from Bassline Synths, to Waldorf's own Desktop Synth, Rocket, as well as other synths such as Behringer's Crave and Neutron. It's all here folks!
Saturday, 17 July 2021
Polestar
A new album of releases from Conny Plankton sees a moving away from the themes of working with Eurorack and bringing a new VST into centre stage - namely, Nave, the Wavetable Synth from Waldorf, which allows lots of new approaches and some incredible sounds along the way. Lots of different instruments, devices and samples joined the party during this series of recordings - including the evolving Eurorack system of course!
Wednesday, 7 July 2021
The Four Seasonings
It has been a long while since there was any Conny Plankton activity on the Mixcloud front. So now, to rectumfy the situation, here are new series of long Mixcloud mixes, all based on original work:
The Four Seasonings are a new series of long mixes by Conny Plankton, as published on the Mixcloud site. The four seasonings in this case being salt, mustard, vinegar and pepper.
Actually, none of the mixes have anything to do with seasoning at all, although there was a lot of Pepper in the very first mix:
Condiment
A long drone based mix, based around treated samples of various zippy pop nuggets as produced by the Four Kings of Emi themselves. Melodic yet atonal, this mix pushes the possibilities of what can be done with a samples and sounds to take you into new and uncharted territories.
Four Kings
Another take on samples from the Four Kings of Emi - this time rearranged as an intense acid fried mix. Guest appearances from Lord Frankie Howerd and samples from his 1965 advert for the Four Kings series of ice creams. Yes, well...
WonkaMix
A sort of tribute to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory with samples from the 1971 film and soundtrack mixed and modulated into a new and wonderful place, while still retaining some of the Magic from the original experience.
Lost Voyage
Conny Plankton paying respect to a series of TV classics by Irwin Allen, with episodes from Lost in Space and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea remixed into something altogether damaging and extreme.
Monday, 21 June 2021
Wasp is the Word
June 2021 sees a new series of recordings from Conny Plankton - taking explorations with the Plankton Eurorack and many other devices into new and unexplored territories. Loosely based around the latest addition to the Eurorack - the Doepfer Wasp Filter, the recordings soon evolved into patching in lots of other devices, synths, loops and samples. The journey continues...
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