Elektron Musical Instruments

Those guys are doing alot of different stuff.  The Sea and Cake are
definite favorites.  I was recently wishing I had some of their cds
with me.  I might have to go through some illegalities to get some
tracks.  They do so many collaborations and side projects I wouldn't
be surprised those machines are used on many diferent albums off their
label.  


--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "scutopus" <scutopus@y...> wrote:
> > > 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!