During the 1980s I was involved in many bands, one
of which was an electro-pop duo called Mix It Up". They consisted on
singer/songwriter Anthea Wormington, previously
with The Difference (in which I had played bass), and myself on all instruments.
When we played live, we used a Fostex X-15 4-track cassette player as backing,
with each song on its own cassette. The backing tracks were remakes of our
demos, with drum machine, piano, Hohner Pianet T, Casio CT-202 and CZ-101
synths, chromatic harmonica and percussion but no bass or vocals. I always
played bass guitar live, except for one song when I strapped on the CZ-101 and
played the bass-line keytar-style!
By the time we actually recorded our only record,
the 4-song EP on this site, I had carefully replicated my favourite CT-202
sounds on the CZ-101, so all the synth sounds you hear are CZ. The
studio had a Fender Rhodes set up, so I used that instead of my Pianet. They
also had a very expensive plate reverb unit...
Enjoy!
Simon Beck