Elektron Musical Instruments

> > i recently saw tortoise play a wonderful live set, and went to
> >  trts.com to check out their site. it's a good site, and it had a 
link
> >  to elektron!! i investigated further, and found that they have a
> >  sidstation and md in their studio in chicago (soma).
>>>> they also have a link to the Elektron site from their webpage :-)
> 
> BTW, this is sweet that you're into the same music I love!  I'm 
seeing 
> Tortoise next week and I'm incredibly excited about it!  I missed 
them 
> last time and they're one of my favorite bands.

yo, lemme know if they play "whitewater" or "jetty". they didn't in 
boston, but who knows? they did play djed, which was a pleasant 
surprise. you'll dig the show, no doubt. i couldn't see if they had 
an md or sid on stage from where i was....

> >  does anyone know offhand of any tracks of theirs that have the 
sid or
> >  md on them?
>>>> I don't know off hand. but there's some things to note. first, 
Soma is 
> owned/run by John McEntire who is part of Tortoise as well as the 
> drummer for the Sea and Cake (also a great band).  John went to 
school 
> for electronic music and has studied synthesis exclusively, so it's 
not 
> surprising that he has the great gear that he does at Soma!  I've 
> looked around the Sea and Cake forum a bit and John's been known to 
> answer questions about what gear was used.   In fact, he once gave 
a 
> run down of all synths that were used on the Sea and Cake's "One 
> Bedroom" and the SID was among them.  anyway, if you ask in the 
> Tortoise website's forum, he may answer this question for you.
> 
> Joe

i haven't checked out the sea & cake yet. should, no? 3 of the 5 guys 
played drums--herndon played the most and bitney and mcentire tied 
for 2nd, i think. bitney is quite outgoing onstage--definitely 
enjoying himself. all of them were visibly happy to be playing music. 
bitney and herndon are also in isotope 217. 
interesting/makes sense that mcentire went to "synthesis school"! 
i posted something on the trts.com boards. shall i post the response 
here? enough interest?
thanks, j, for all the info!