Sunday Synth Jam: This video captures a live performance by synthesist Kebu, at Assembly Summer 2016 during Kebu’s Perplexagon Tour.
In the video, Kebu performs Perplexagon Part 3, using only analog synthesizers, played live or sequenced.
Technical Details:
Equipment used in this song: Korg Poly 61, Polysix, Mono/Poly, Micro-preset M500; Roland TR-808, Juno 60, Alpha Juno 1&2; Jomox AirBase99; Touched-by-sound DRM1; Oberheim Matrix 1000; Alesis Andromeda A6; Dave Smith Tetra; MAM MB33 mk II; Akai MPC2500 (only for MIDI sequencing); Yamaha 01V96; Lexicon MPX500, MPX500, MPX1; Kenton Pro-2000 mk II, as well as a MIDI patchbay and additional preamps for my mixer.
The performance was recorded directly from the mixer to a stereo track and later mixed together with the ambience from the venue.
Kebu: Cool
I’ve been into Kebu for a while. I think he’s cooler than any DJ. A synth hero!!
That freaking ruled.
Wow, great sounds and a nice piece. I really dig Kebu’s music and quirkily enthusiastic (and technically impressive) live-sequenced performances. I get the feeling that he isn’t bringing out and playing these vintage instruments just to be some kind of hipster or contrarian, but rather because he really loves the beautiful analog sounds and wants us to love them too.
I don’t feel like analog synths shine best in these rave-type music performances. Could have been microkorgs and would have sounded the same IMO…but a very cool performance nonetheless.
I thought it sounded great, especially because it was epic rave music done with actual analog synths. They weren’t that processed and having heard alot of VA dance music there is cerainly a difference in sound quality.
Kebu is our generation’s Jean Michel Jarre.
this was very good,but it was not epic rave music!
as yul mentioned above