a.P.A.t.T. Article from Lille’s ‘Pepperback’

Google translate anyone???

Drummer takes the keyboard, guitar and starts singing the second
keyboard blows a saxophone. This is normal, it aPAtT. And after
sweet time to pop foutraque Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, the group
provides flood sludge that is bleeding the speakers. You can bet
yet they change all their instruments and deliver a pastiche
bossa nova, klezmer or sticker. This is normal, it aPAtT. After that,
how not to be impressed by the collective key to everything and
elusive Liverpool who plays as well as pop music
contemporary form of aPAtT Orchestra. It is impossible
catalog their music. And all the better because it’s the last thing
they want. They eat up all the racks with genius. To
understand people who have not seen them in concert, one can only
compare their approach with that of other groups. They have fun madness
and sometimes schoolboy Mr Bungle, the thirst for the Mothers of Invention
and intellectual deconstruction of the Residents. They are inspired by all
styles to create music without any limitations. They like
experimentation, but one thing is certain: they pop, in the sense
the broadest and most noble of the term. You’re a bit lost? This is normal,
aPAtT it.
After the first concert in 2009, was invited aPAtT a week
last December for the new project of the aircraft “Be My Guest”: a
residence offered to a group for engaging in actions
teaching, rehearsals with local artists and finally a
concert setting. A true musical exchange, rather than a date in a
long list of concerts in Europe. And when we say “trade”, this
is not in the kind “you have a guitar and a djembe. Come! We will
remake the world that night on the beach “- that, that just deserves a good
splash of napalm – but “we’ll discuss, you will bring what you
can do, I’ll bring what I can do and we will surprise the entire

World »

“You’re a
little lost?
This is normal,
aPAtT it.

Alain Decaux
First step: primary school Alain Decaux Vendeville to save
with sixty students learned a tune by heart. The session will
used for a piece of Christmas which will be available on the website
group by year end. In the afternoon of December 12, the training
played a set for aérokids, a snack-concert where parents can
bring their children and to discover good music to their offspring.
And the set of aPAtT was calibrated for toddlers jumping whoop
in all directions, while being introduced to all possible kinds of
music. After an acoustic show at Wazemmes Modjo, the group
Repeated courses of thought. The lucky ones were Manu H. O.Z,
Luminocolor two musicians, three brass choirs and Free Zoon
Crick, male-Sicks Tourcoing. This last meeting is
surely the most unlikely, very serious Crick-Sick as usual
reluctant to secular music. Emmanuel Dernoncourt chairperson,
evidenced after a rehearsal of his baritone voice: “First they refused
the project, but our leader has found that it could be interesting for
another public meeting. And so he insisted we went there though
There was no apparent reason that we meet one day. It
exciting because they have qualities. What they do is very diverse, they play

all instruments. It’s great! It’s an experience, a mixture
wonderful. ” Manu, singer guitarist HOZ, said: “I was very
impressed by both their work and compositional versatility
music. I think it gives them the tools necessary to their madness
creative. They guided me and provided spaces of expression in their
Songs. ” All local groups seem to have much fun
qu’aPAtT experience, who loves sharing with other artists.

Gentlemen in tuxedos
Wednesday, December 15 is the long awaited concert. The sound of an aircraft
sonic boom without downtime, eclectic and joyful celebration
Music. For nearly two hours, the group and collaborators
premises showed incredible range, the nuances
extravagant. aPAtT rubbed to pop, the grind, to Brazilian music,
the sludge, funk and more. After a noisy moment of Hell
Luminocolor Manu HOZ of Free and Zoon, the group is quiet
harmonize with the Crick-Sicks, strange and timeless appearance of thirteen
gentleman in a tuxedo. The manly voice of the choir and venerable coupled
the music of the English sound like a grand finale to the evening. But the
group does not abandon us and continues to play again and again. The
audience screams. Unable to sit still. It washed out but happy. aPAtT
is above all the joy of invention, the sweat of envy. That you
like? It is normal aPAtT!

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le batteur prend le clavier, le guitariste se met à chanter et le second
clavier souffle dans un saxophone. C’est normal, c’est aPAtT. Et après un
doux moment de pop foutraque à la Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, le groupe
offre une déferlante sludge qui fait saigner les enceintes. On peut parier
qu’ils changeront encore tous d’instruments et qu’ils délivreront un pastiche
bossa-nova ou une vignette klezmer. C’est normal, c’est aPAtT. Après ça,
comment ne pas être impressionné par ce collectif touche-à-tout et
insaisissable de Liverpool qui joue de la pop aussi bien que de la musique
contemporaine sous la forme de l’aPAtT Orchestra. Il est impossible de
cataloguer leur musique. Et tant mieux parce que c’est la dernière chose
dont ils ont envie. Ils bouffent à tous les râteliers avec génie. Pour faire
comprendre aux gens qui ne les ont pas vus en concert, on peut seulement
comparer leur démarche à celle d’autres groupes. Ils ont la folie amusante
et parfois potache de Mr Bungle, la soif de création des Mothers of Invention
et la déconstruction intellectuelle des Residents. Ils s’inspirent de tous les
styles pour créer de la musique sans limite aucune. Ils aiment
l’expérimentation mais une chose est sûre : ils font de la pop, dans le sens
le plus large et le plus noble du terme. Vous êtes un peu perdu ? C’est normal,
c’est aPAtT.
Après un premier concert en 2009, aPAtT a été invité une semaine en
décembre dernier pour le nouveau projet de l’Aéronef «BE MY GUEST» : une
résidence offerte à un groupe pour le faire participer à des actions
pédagogiques, des répétitions avec des artistes locaux et enfin à un
concert-création. Un vrai échange musical, plutôt qu’une date dans une
liste interminable de concerts en Europe. Et quand on dit « échange », ce
n’est pas dans le genre « j’ai une guitare et toi un djembé. Viens ! On va
refaire le monde cette nuit sur la plage » – ça, ça mérite juste une bonne
giclée de Napalm – mais plutôt « on va discuter, tu vas apporter ce que tu
sais faire, je vais apporter ce que je sais faire et on va surprendre tout le
monde »

L

«Vous êtes un
peu perdus ?
C’est normal,
c’est aPAtT.»

Alain Decaux
Première étape : l’école primaire Alain Decaux de Vendeville pour enregistrer
avec une soixantaine d’élèves un refrain appris par cœur. La session sera
utilisée pour un morceau de Noël qui sera disponible sur le site internet du
groupe en fin d’année. Dans l’après-midi du 12 décembre, la formation a
joué un set pour les aérokids, un goûter-concert où les parents peuvent
amener leurs enfants et faire découvrir la bonne musique à leur progéniture.
Et le set d’aPAtT était calibré pour que les bambins s’éclatent en sautant
dans tous les sens, tout en étant initiés à tous les genres possibles de
musique. Après un show acoustique au Modjo à Wazemmes, le groupe a
répété avec des formations du cru. Les heureux élus étaient Manu d’H.O.Z,
deux musiciens de Luminocolor, trois cuivres de Zoone Libre et les chœurs
masculins des Crick-Sicks de Tourcoing. Cette dernière rencontre est
sûrement la plus improbable, les très sérieux Crick-sicks étant d’habitude
peu enclins à la musique profane. Emmanuel Dernoncourt, leur président,
témoigne après une répétition de sa voix de baryton : « d’abord on a refusé
le projet, mais notre chef a trouvé que ça pouvait être intéressant pour
rencontrer un autre public. Et il a tellement insisté qu’on y est allé même s’il
n’y avait aucune raison apparente que l’on se rencontre un jour. C’est
passionnant car ils ont des qualités. Ce qu’ils font est très varié, ils jouent de

tous les instruments. C’est formidable ! C’est une expérience, un mélange
merveilleux ». Manu, chanteur guitariste d’H.O.Z, précise : « j’ai été très
impressionné, à la fois par leur travail de composition et par leur polyvalence
musicale. Je pense que cela leur apporte les outils nécessaires à leur folie
créatrice. Ils m’ont guidé et offert des espaces d’expression au sein de leurs
morceaux ». Tous les groupes locaux semblent avoir pris autant de plaisir à
l’expérience qu’aPAtT, qui aime échanger avec d’autres artistes.

Gentlemen en smoking
Mercredi 15 décembre, c’est le concert tant attendu. L’Aéronef retentit d’une
explosion sonique sans temps morts, une célébration éclectique et jouissive
de la Musique. Pendant près de deux heures, le groupe et les collaborateurs
locaux ont montré une palette incroyable, aux nuances les plus
extravagantes. aPAtT s’est frotté à la pop, au grind, à la musique brésilienne,
au sludge, au funk et j’en passe. Après un moment noisy d’enfer avec
Luminocolor, Manu d’H.O.Z et Zoone Libre, le groupe se calme pour
harmoniser avec les Crick-Sicks, apparition étrange et intemporelle de treize
gentlemen en smoking. Les voix viriles et vénérables de la chorale couplées
à la musique des Anglais sonnent comme une apothéose à la soirée. Mais le
groupe ne nous abandonne pas et continue de jouer encore et encore. Le
public crie. Impossible de rester en place. On sort lessivé mais heureux. aPAtT
c’est avant tout de la joie, de l’invention, de la sueur, de l’envie. Ça vous a
plu ? C’est normal c’est aPAtT !

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a.P.A.t.T. @ Lille DEC 2010 w/ Crick -Sicks, Luminocolor, Zoone Libre, H.O.Z.

a.P.A.t.T. were recently invited for a week’s residency in L’Aeronef in Lille, France (9th-15th December 2010).

We performed for and recorded sixty school children in Vendeville, played an afternoon show for all ages, played a stripped-down set in a cafe/bar, and got to work with a super selection of local musicians for the final performance on the 15th, including Zoone Libre (a brass jazz trio), Crick Sicks (14 strong male voice choir), Manu from H.O.Z. (energetic screaming and guitarist) and Luminocolor (2-piece laptop and instruments electro-acoustica).

Here are some bits and bobs from our very pleasant week:

Here is a compilation (or dare I say montage ) of bits of captured footage, ashamedly not all musicians were caught on this camera>> but if you skip to the last film in this blog the WHOLE show is available for your eyes and ears…

The a.P.A.t.T. hotel, our home for seven days, a whole one minute’s walk from the venue:

On the first day we got up early, played a little set and recorded a group of sixty primary school children singing a line for this year’s Christmas song. They were very sweet! Here’s a little article from a local paper:

http://www.nordeclair.fr/Locales/Villeneuve-d-Ascq/Environs/2010/12/13/60-ecoliers-un-groupe-anglais-une-compil.shtml

Then we went back to the venue, set up our gear for the week on a nice big stage and met Cedric, our sound guy for the week.

On Saturday we met Crick Sicks, the male voice choir, for our first rehearsals together. What gents! We sang one of our own tracks, as well as adding sounds to one of their songs. Some video footage of us working together can be found here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfslzfJKaxY

…and here:

http://culturebox.france3.fr/all/31003/cricks-sicks-et-apatt-rencontre-detonnante-a-l_aeronef#/all/31003/cricks-sicks-et-apatt-rencontre-detonnante-a-l_aeronef

Sunday morning treated us to our first rehearsals with Manu and Zoone Libre, whilst Sunday afternoon was our all-ages gig. A swell day!\

On Monday we woke to find an article about our stay in the paper:

http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/Locales/Metropole_Lilloise/actualite/Secteur_Metropole_Lilloise/2010/12/15/article_a-p-a-t-t-invite-du-premier-be-my-guest.shtml

And, in the afternoon, worked with local duo Luminocolour, also learning one of their pieces for the final performance.

We played a drumless, intimate set on Tuesday evening in Le Modjo, a cafe/ bar, where we met some lovely folks…!

WEDNESDAY! Our final day.
Finally all the people we’d worked with throughout the week were in the same room at the same time. After everyone’s first rehearsal together and some delicious food, we played a very enjoyable two-hour set with the various musicians, brilliant pictures of which can be found here:

http://www.instants-live.fr/2010/12/15/apatt-concert-aeronef-lille-15-12-2010/

…and the whole show (streamed live online on the night) here:

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/11452123

Tour Diary here

Throughout the week we ate the delicious, inventive and often new-to-our-palettes food created by William in L’Aeronef.

And the biggest thank you to Alex for being so hospitable, as well as the rest of the team for the very same reason.

Rainbow over White cliffs of Dover anyone?

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a.P.A.t.T. Orchestra presents Sound Relay Film with Orchestra 10/ 10

Join the magnetic relay of sound as musicians including Ensemble 10/10 and the a.P.A.t.T. Orchestra take you on a cumulative journey of musical happenings from Hope Street to the Albert Dock.Inspired by the Tate Liverpool Touched exhibition as part of the Liverpool Biennial, and taking composer Jennifer Watson’s Reflections as its focus, dozens of musicians test the limits of their own practice to create a series of surprising, experimental and reflexive happenings.Follow the Long Night trail as the procession gathers pace, picking up new musical material along the way and culminating with a finale in the galleries, including in and around the installation of Magdalena Abakanowicz’s Embryology (1978–1980).

This film is a montage of said incident.
Filmed by Daniel Hartley
Edited by GM

Here is footage of the rehearsals which took place at Liverpools Philharmonic Orchestra practice space no less….. and features replicated acoustics to that of the actual Philharmonic Hall. Jeepers!

All photos © Minako Jackson
www.mcnulty.co.uk

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NEW 12″ – a.P.A.t.T. / Peepholes Split 12″ Series on Upset the Rhythm

NEW 12″ – a.P.A.t.T. / Peepholes Split 12″ Series on Upset the Rhythm is finally available from all record stores (distributed through the good people of Southern Records) and available in all the usual online tings. P.s. it’s on great job super ridiculous awesome RED VINYL! 

Here is a piece taken from Norman records site talking about said slab.

a.P.A.t.T. – Been waiting for this one to drop for a while. Upset The Rhythm have a tendency to release music by all my favourite U.K bands with a.P.A.t.T. being no exception, yet I’m relatively underexposed to Peepholes so I get the added bonus of being introduced to a new band too. Cheers lads. The A-side is the Peeps side and, from what I’ve heard so far, I’m digging it. Reminds me a little of A Middle Sex but without the sombre edge they possess and more of a ethereal vibe in it’s place. Lively drums collide with kaleidoscopic synth and vocal ambiance to create vast, mind bending psyche jams with a heavy dose of quirk added to increase the fun-times. They sound like they have as much fun making this music as I’m having listening to it. Pass the lifepipe bro’. Now on to the a.P.A.t.T. side…and fuck me this is a good side of wax! Anyone who has heard a.P.A.t.T. will know they are incredibly talented musicians who specialise in undefinable, genre-hopping madness that seems to have stemmed from an obsession with Beefheart, jazz, Mr. Bungle, extreme forms of metal, Tom Waits, Prince, Punk Rock and all forms of party music. They write crazy shit, they write fun stuff, the write beautiful ballads and that’s just for starters. It’d be possible to write a thesis with the amount of goodness going on here but i’ll try and keep it simple…there’s a fantastic tin-pot jazz effort, a mad country song, some freeform electro-rock stuff, an amazing 70′s style funk-off and, probably their wildest R&B hit ‘Everybody’s Talkin’ which is worth the price tag alone. These guys and girls are an incredibly talented lot and their props are well overdue. Sorry Peepholes, you rule too. x

The record is available now in shops around the world specialising in music and it is also available now online through itunes, boomkat, emusic etc… BUT most importantly it’s…

AVAILABLE NOW HERE -

http://www.upsettherhythm.co.uk/shop.shtml

and here

http://www.apatt.com

x

 

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a.P.A.t.T. at World Museum, Liverpool FREE!

DaRuan DaRuan

On Saturday 14th August 2010, inimitable musical magpies a.P.A.t.T. will be performing a specially composed piece at Liverpool’s World Museum, using instruments from the museum’s collection of ancient artefacts.

As part of National Museums Liverpool’s ‘DIY Music Day’, a.P.A.t.T. have been commissioned to compose the piece using instruments from vastly distinct cultures from around the world, combining the sounds to create a pan-global soundscape that will echo through the World Museum’s atrium at various points throughout the day.

Among the instruments involved in the performance are:

The Balinese Gender – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gend%C3%A9r

The Javanese Saron Barung – http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Indonesian/Budaya_Bangsa/Gamelan/Javanese_Gamelan/metallophones/saron.htm

The Chinese Daruan (bass Ruan) – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruan

The West Africa Balaphone – http://www.coraconnection.com/pages/balaphone.html

As well as a.P.A.t.T.’s contribution, DIY Music Day will also see local musicians such as Noise Club and members of Monobrow and the International creating music throughout the World Museum, in different locations and using different objects from the museum’s collection.

For more information:

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/events/displayevent.aspx?eventID=2234&venue=1

For those of you who can’t make it to the show it will be streamed live twice during the day. 2 ish and about 5 we are told. x

View LIVE here on POSTMUSICTV

or  visit http://www.postmusicclub.co.uk and click the TV tab

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Clapping Music / Pendulum Music by Steve Reich Performed by the a.P.A.t.T. Orchestra

Steve Reich en suite

Following a.P.A.t.T.’s  acclaimed performance of Terry Riley’s In C the a.P.A.t.T. Orchestra returned with another time and  place-specific performance of music old and new. Featuring a 25-strong  ensemble of undetermined instruments, the orchestra utilisied the architecture of Liverpool’s historic Walker Art Gallery to present a  programme of immersive music. Immerse yourself in it right here!

Steve Reich’s

Two Seminal pieces of process music from one of the key figures in  20th Century music, presenting…..

Pendulum Music

Clapping  Music

Also performed was

John Cage’s Variations I

With  a score derived from marked acetates, this is the ultimate in indeterminate music!! It was proved so, nobody could have guessed the outcome of this!
And introducing the highlight of the day

Richard Harding’s Meeting Points

 

a.P.A.t.T. Presents Meeting Points by Richard Harding Live at Walker Gallery, Liverpool from aPAtT on Vimeo.



Composed  by a member of the orchestra, this piece will see the ensemble moving  freely throughout the gallery as they play

Presented as part of the Musicians’ Gallery with National  Museums Liverpool

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The a.P.A.t.T. Orchestra presents… John Cage’s Variations I + Music by Steve Reich

Following their acclaimed performance of Terry Riley’s In C at the Bluecoat, the a.P.A.t.T. Orchestra return with another time and place-specific performance of music old and new. Featuring a 25-strong ensemble of undetermined instruments, the orchestra will be utilising the architecture of Liverpool’s historic Walker Art Gallery to present a programme of immersive music, including:

John Cage’s Variations I
With a score derived from marked acetates, this is the ultimate in indeterminate music

Steve Reich’s Pendulum Music and Clapping Music
Seminal pieces of process music from one of the key figures in 20th Century music

Richard Harding’s Meeting Points
Composed by a member of the orchestra, this piece will see the ensemble moving freely throughout the gallery as they play

This event is FREE ENTRY, so if you missed In C, this is the perfect opportunity to see this group in action, performing music that is rarely performed on this scale.

Presented as part of the Musicians’ Gallery with National Museums Liverpool

www.apatt.com

www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/events/musiciansgallery_events.aspx

**Please note, this is an afternoon event**

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a.P.A.t.T. presents Terry Riley’s – In C. Live (Excerpt)

Photos:Steve Toner
Video :P OSTMUSIC

On December 8th 2009, a.P.A.t.T. took over the Bluecoat, Liverpool, to stage a unique version of Terry Riley’s groundbreaking minimalist work, In C.

Known for their widely varied approach to live music events, a.P.A.t.T.’s take on the piece was a time and place-specific event, that saw a 31-strong ensemble spread throughout the Bluecoat’s new wing, with the audience invited to move around the building as the piece was played.

With players drawn from all walks of Liverpool’s music scenes, the ensemble featured a huge variety of instruments – clarinets, a harp, a bassoon, a toy piano, voices, guitars, synthesizers – that gave each locality of the performance its own feel and character. This unique staging – a first for the piece – gave a composition, which is different with every performance, a new dimension: as each audience member took their own path through the building, they were hearing their own unique mix of the music.

The main event was framed by some supporting material: the night was introduced by the University of Liverpool’s head of composition, James Wishart, who introduced some of the concepts of Minimalism and In C in particular to an audience featuring many to whom these ideas were unfamiliar. The ensemble then played two original a.P.A.t.T. compositions, written specifically for the ensemble and making specific use of the undetermined instrumental line-up. The whole evening, meanwhile, was framed by the Bluecoat’s Janek Schaeffer Sound Art exhibition, through which the ensemble was spread for In C.

As well as introducing many of the players (and part of the audience) to a style of music with which they were unfamiliar, the event also had some further reaching effects: musicians who met for the first time through playing in the concert have gone on to collaborate, while the ensemble as a whole is going to continue to work together, with future events already taking shape…

“I personally thought it amongst the best events we have staged since we reopened – both creatively and in terms of how it opened up, and in a sense celebrated, the new arts wing.”

Bryan Biggs, Artistic Director at the Bluecoat

Last night was amazing. I was in heaven.
Thank you.

Audience member

“I went to the performance of “In C” last night at the Bluecoat, which was a fantastic experience – such a great use of the space, and linking very well with the current exhibition.”

Fanny Guillaut, Marketing Manager (Orchestra), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

“Excellent!  Such performance events are among the highest of the highlights of a remarkable programme in a remarkable building – for them we all thank you.”

Roger Hill, radio presenter, live artist and commentator

Such a good night, so many great things have already stemmed from it.

Musician

Watch a short excerpt here:

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The DJX and The Residents

Ahhh The DJX. Yamaha’s most treasured of hip sound machines. Played lovingly by a.P.A.t.T. for many years but then abandoned due to the fact it sounded slightly gash. Song 14 Soulful was even the into to track ‘This little piggy’. Scary was a regular feature of any set… Now played by Trippy he also favors the Scary. One friend told the author of the time he saw a tramp in the street with nothing but a DJX, amazing.

With this in ind I turn my attention to another story a keen friend told of how esteemed act ‘The Residents’ had used one. How I scoffed at the concept . How,  just how could they, one of the best sounding acts use something I bought from Currys for £149 .

Well here it is conclusive evidence.

A litle DJX Backround………

001 P_TRANCE (I assume the “P” stands for “Psy”)

002 HIPHOP

003 ELEKTRO

STYLES:

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Stream all style examples below:

Style name with .mp3 demo My comments
INTRODUCTION
1 Pop Techno A regular Techno style – with TB-303 and orchestra stabs
2 Trip Hop Dreamy and psychedelic Trip Hop style.
3 Electro Beat Old School electro, with TR-808 galore.  A bit modernized.
4 Goa Early Trance type pattern.
5 Hard Step 8th A type of Jungle/Drum ‘n’ Bass.
6 Handbag 1 Cool dance pattern.
7 Romantic House Classy, refined house.
8 Ambient Darker side of ambient – with great timbale rolls and psychedelic echoes
9 Acid Jazz Classic British acid jazz style.
10 Treach Gangsta rap.
11 Steppa Driven hip-hop.
12 Struttin’ Modern hip-hop.
13 All That Mellow, romantic R ‘n’ B style.
14 Soulful Ballad R ‘n’ B.
TECHNO
15 Tribal Techno Awesome pumping Techno, early ’90s!!!
16 Gabba Classic Gabber style, with super-detuned synths and impossible speeds
18 Euro Techno More minimalistic Techno.
24 Acid Techno Fantastic Techno program – ready for the Rave.
TRIP HOP
26 Funky Trip Hop Mellow pop.
ELECTRO
31 Body Rock Awesome retro style – with TR-808 and DX7 sounds.
TRANCE
36 Hypnotic Classic mid-’90s production technique.
DRUM’N’BASS
38 Drum’n’Bass Beautiful Drum ‘n’ Bass pattern – very mid’90s.
DANCE FLOOR
43 Pop Reggae ‘A la Ace of Base
HOUSE
47 Deep House Classic deep house beat
52 Hip House Nice Euro dance
53 Club House Awesome Italo-House pattern – very early ’90s
ABSTRACT BEATS
56 Underground A bit like the ’80s
RAP
58 Bomb Classic hip hop style
63 Shakin’ Nice hip hop beat, with glockenspiel
HARDCORE
65 Buggin’ Cool scratch and uber-cool percussion
67 Hi Rolla Gangsta rap – with “worm” moog synth
OLD SKOOL
73 Delight Obviously inspired by Sugar Hill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight”
76 Jack New Jack Swing style – very nice.
77 Old Skool Party’s on
FRESH
84 Hezee Dark, jazzy and a great sound.
R & B
86 Bouncy Nice tremolo Rhodes!
92 Solid Great 808 beat.
SLO JAMS
94 Cool Nice!  And very contemporary.
100 Sultry Smooth-jazz influenced.
VOICES:

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Stream all voice examples below:

0 DJX This is the first preset when one powers up the DJX.  It’s a classic “Techno-Rave” setup, much like we used to do with Roland S-50s and W-30s back in the early ’90s – individual samples assigned to several keys on the keyboard. SWEET!!!
SYNTH LEAD
1 Fuzzline Feel… the fuzz :-D (fuzz bassline)
4 Universe Very nice resonant polysynth
BASS LEAD
9 Reso-X More reso 4 U
SQUARE LEAD
16 MC-Line Cool hip hop Moog line.  The portamento effect is achieved using the ribbon
SAW LEAD
22 Break It Awesome trance polysynth
23 Scary Typical techno detuned synth
32 Bedtime Bedtime probably refers to the song “Insomnia” by Faithless, that introduced the notorious “techno pizzicato” sound.
SYNTH PAD
34 Insomnia A great-sounding, majestic analog pad
35 Wave2001 Great soundtrack synth
36 Amber Sweet synth choir – Fairlight like.
38 Trance Pad One of the best presets on board!!! Mysterious, analog and majestic!  I’m modifying the cutoff and resonance knobs in real-time.
RESONANCE BASS
42 Nu Floor Nice Moog-style synth
43 Fish303 Refers to the famous “Devilfish” modification for the Roland TB-303
44  No.No.No Actually a great sound!  Reminds of Keith Emerson’s (ELP) modular Moog sounds in the early albums.
ANALOG BASS
47 Analog Bass ’80s-sounding synth bass.
BASS
SCRATCH
SFX
64 FMTB 1 DJ goodness
66 Omen-FX More DJ goodness
67 Rave Pipe 1 Classic blip rave sound
73 Signal Classic rave siren
HIT
77 Sharp Hit Classic techno-house hit
HUMAN VOICE
79 Come On 1 Nice
85 Yo-Kurt Attitude 4 U
89 One More Time Nice break!
92 Yeah… Sexy mama
DRUM LOOP
93 091bpmC4 FONK!
96 102bpmC4 Raise the roof
98 106bpmC4 Awesome whistle scratching!  Knobs twiddling, ribbon action here.
102 135bpmC4 The ’80s – Old Skool!!
103 137bpmC4 Pumpin’ ’90s
107 Samba137 Rio De Janeiro
PIANO
108 Funky Electric Piano Very nice and classy Rhodes
112 Clavi Realistic Clavinet sound
ORGAN
113 Jazz Organ 1 Jimmy Smith – style
117 16′+2′ Organ Lounge organ
GUITAR
STRINGS
125 Strings Sweet string ensemble
BRASS
FLUTE
137 Coco Flute Beautiful flute solo
PERCUSSIVE
DRUM KITS
141 Standard Kit 1 Solid drums here.
144 Rock Kit Rock it up
145 Electronic Kit 1 Simmons time
146 Analog Kit 1 TR-808/909 mix
148 Jazz Kit Groovy and happening set.
SPECIAL KITS

The GM sounds are pretty much the same as all the other GM sets in the world, so I’m not recording examples of this bank.

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Initialize the Yamaha DJX

Data Initialization
All data can be initialized and restored to the factory preset condition by turning on the
power while holding the highest (rightmost) white key on the keyboard. “CLr Backup” will
appear briefly on the display.

Yamaha DJX pictures (click on thumbnails to enlarge them)

Yamaha DJX manual

PDF Manual from the Yamaha site:  DJX manual.pdf

Resources:
  • Review in “Keyboard magazine” Janfebmarch 198___
Features
  • Light and portable;
  • Knobs, ribbon-controller;
  • Good sounds and accompaniments;
  • Sampler, arpeggiator

Features at a glance
Year of release:
Polyphony: 32-voice
Sound generation method: sampled
Preset memories 284
MIDI: In, Out
Sound expansion capabilities: No
Sequencer Yes
Arpeggiator Yes
Effects Yes
Touch sensitivity Yes
Aftertouch No

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a.P.A.t.T. 2010 Winter Euro Tour Diary

a.P.A.t.T. have just returned from a short, 12-day spree of shows throughout Europe.  Large thank you’s go to Macario, Gregaldur et Moustafa Moustache. Huge respect is given to these and an oversize thanks to Rudy, tour sound man. a.P.A.t.T.’s guide for Europe was none other than Jake F from Postmusic so a large thank you to him also. Perv here:

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