NIGHTBIRDS

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Released: Jan 29, 2009

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DWT6 excerpt
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Cordes sur Ciel
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à l’ouest de l'horizon
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a departure
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Genre: Ambient / Electronica / Experimental
Location FR
Profile Views: 38941
Last Login: 8/19/2010
Member Since 9/19/2006
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Bio
.. .. .. ..° ° ° ° NIGHTBIRDS.. studio informations ° ° ° °.. .. Tracks list info in the player :.. .. "Inertia Deep".. Inertia Deep is an old track from 1989 that we had remastered.. to save it on CD... Some of our old tracks are being remastered, and probably,.. we think to release an album with these... Our real new album is still not finished and we hope it to be... very soon!.. .. "3...".. This track was composed for a compilation with the instruments:.. ARP 2500, OBERHEIM Xpander, KORG PS3300 & 3100, RSF EXP. I & II,.. ROLAND vocoder SVC350... This track is a part of a long experimentation in our studio and used.. for a CD Dream Watchers Tales... This is the first part from the the track "à l'ouest d'un horizon"... .. "DWT6" (excerpt).. This is a demo for the "DreamWatchers" N°6 (now, finish!)... The CD+DVD "DWT6" is being circulated, but news coming as soon as possible!.. All the sequence were made with a ROLAND MC202 & the ambient sound with an ARP2600 & KORG PS3100... .. "Computer Space".. we have realised this track in 1995... About 3 hours of improvisation in our studio... This track appears in the album "Computer Space" in our other group name... .. "Cordes sur Ciel".. is a track which we recorded.. after the visit of this small village of the same name... a long time now !.. Many melancholic tracks were carried out on tapes.. at our beginnings and this one is one of the many tracks we have made. The recording is not in very good shape due to our debut audio recordings equipment. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ====> INFO <====.. .. Our videos in our page, or... on Youtube :.. here ===> ..fr.youtube.com/NightBirds31.. .. .. ...:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::..... .. "Dream Watchers" 6 (CD & DVD) is out !!!.. .. Well, DreamWatchers is finished for some time,.. but it is actually impossible to distribute it free!.. The weight of the CD + DVD is too heavy and therefore it is not possible.. to host it on any site!.. If someone has an idea, please leave a message at us... Thanks.. .. You can see here:.. http://fr.youtube.com/DreamWatchers.. .. .. ...:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::..... .. .. http://soundcloud.com/nightbirds-electronic .. .. ....NightBirds Electronique.... .......... .. .. ...:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::..... ...:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::..... ...:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::..... ...:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::..... .. .... .. New project, soon... New album called :.. "Analog Expansion Chamber"... .. We continue to works for this new project ..... .. .. .. .. ...:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::..... ...:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::..... ...:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::..... ...:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::..... .. To present our work, ours music is played with any simplicity on our keyboards. Since 1986, we experiment much universe and we continue to reproduce our imagery mind with our machines!.. .. .. ---------- BIO STORY (en français / in french) ----------.. .. NightBirds est un duo de musiques électroniques / expérimentales originaire du sud de la France crée à la fin de l'année 1985... L'idée de départ est née d'une simple phrase : créer la musique que l'on aurait aimé entendre... Le ton est ainsi lancé... Le groupe ira dans la direction d'achat de multiples synthétiseurs analogiques, un monde sans mémoire et pour une création sonore infinie... Leurs influences sont large, mais pour seul point commun : le synthétiseur... .. De 85 à 91, ils enregistrent une multitude de démos sur K7 audio et bandes magnétiques afin de trouver un style propre a eu même. A cette occasion, ils finalisent leur premier album K7 (fin 89) : GEODE... Le projet "Géode" est un des aboutissements de recherche et d'idées de leurs musiques mais également une ouverture pour le style que les NightBirds vont se créer... .. Le 26 juin 1993, participation au festival Electronic Waves (Paris)... Suite à ce concert, de nombreux travaux sur bandes, continuité dans la recherche, l'expérimentation, mais aussi étude sur les synthétiseurs et leurs possibilités sur de nouvelles créations... 1994, nouveaux travaux sur la bande de démo "Géode" et remasterisation de celle-ci. Réalisation d'un mini album sur K7 : Tree Birds, jamais édité ou distribué... .. En octobre 1995, ils donnent un concert de 2h30 au Palais des Congrès du Cap d'Agde. Musiques improvisées et séquences programmées sont au programme. .. ..
Members
.. .... .. .. Twin brothers from space... .. .. .. ///////////////////////////////////.. .. Equipment used for the recordings :.. .. ///// ANALOG SYNTHESIZERS & Various /////.. .. =====> RSF <=====.. Kobol (monophonic).. Polykobol II (polyphonic) (x2) (one is modified).. Modular System (x8 Exp's.).. BlackBox (x2).. .. =====> KORG <=====.. MS20 (monophonic).. Micropreset 500 (monophonic).. PS3100 (polyphonic).. PS3300 (polyphonic).. .. =====> ARP <=====.. 2500 (Wing cabinet modified).. 2500 (Grand cabinet : when it works !).. 2600 (modified).. Odyssey (2800 white model).. .. =====> YAMAHA <=====.. CS-20M (monophonic).. .. =====> OBERHEIM <=====.. Xpander (analog exp.).. XK (keyboard midi control).. S.E.M. module (modified).. .. =====> ROLAND <=====.. System100:.. 101 keyboard.. 102 Expander (x5).. Jupiter 6.. .. .. ///////////////////////////////////.. INSTRUMENT OF CONTROL :.. .. ARP Sequencer (x2).. ROLAND MC-4 (analog sequencer).. ROLAND MC-202 (analog synth / sequencer).. ROLAND MC50 (x2) (midi sequencer).. ROLAND CSQ100 (analog sequencer).. DOEPFER MAQ16/3 (analog / midi sequencer).. .. .. ///////////////////////////////////.. OTHERS VARIOUS SYNTHS :.. .. =====> WALDORF <=====.. Microwave I (exp.).. .. =====> NOVATION <=====.. Supernova I (exp.).. .. =====> KORG <=====.. M1 (with the extention card "Plus+1").. .. =====> E-mu Systems <=====.. Proteus/3 World (exp.).. .. =====> YAMAHA <=====.. A5000 (sampler).. .. .. ///////////////////////////////////.. VARIOUS EFFECTS :.. .. ROLAND SVC350 (Vocoder).. Ibanez SDR1000+ (multi-effect) .. WEM pre-mixer IV (spring reverb 4 channels).. FOSTEX Digital Delay.. BOSS SE-50 (x2).. ....... .. =====> & EFFECT PEDALS :.. .. BOSS PH-2 (Super Phaser).. BOSS BF-2 (Flanger).. FAT CAT Delay Plus (Analog Delay Custom Pedal).. DOD DFX91 (Digital Delay/Sampler).. DOD FX35 Octoplus (Octaver).. DOD FX55-B Supra Distortion.. DOD Performer 575-A (Flanger).. DOD FX75-B (Stereo Flanger).. DOD FX20 (Phaser).. DOD FX20C (Stereo Phaser).. DOD FX64 Ice Box (Stereo Chorus).. MXR Phase 100.. PSK PAS-2 (Phaser).. .. .. ///////////////////////////////////.. RECORDING EQUIPMENT USED :.. .. TEAC DAP 20 (Digital Audio Tape Recorder).. TASCAM DA-P1 (Digital Audio Tape Recorder).. AKAI DR4d and DR8 (hard disk recorder).. FOSTEX D2424LV (hard disk recorder).. UHER variocord 263 (tape recorder).. SONY WM-D6C professional (for the external sound recordings).. .. -- and others according to the recordings --.. .. ///////////////////////////////////.. .. .. .. ..
Influences
__________________________________.. .. --------------> In a first time :.. .. KRAUTROCK, Prog. music : <--------------.. Kraftwerk (du début).. Agitation Free.. Ash Ra Tempel.. Brainticket.. Cluster.. CAN.. Guru Guru.. Conrad Schnitzler.. . . ... .. --------------> Dans nôtre lointaine jeunesse :.. .. De l'électronique : <--------------.. Klaus Schulze.. Richard Pinhas (Heldon).. Walter (Wendy) Carlos.. Michael Hoenig.. Frédéric Mercier (si si).. Joël Fajerman (un autre français).. Benoit Hutin (du grand sud).. . . ... et bien d'autres... .. Quelques compositeurs : <--------------.. Philippe Sarde.. Michel Colombier.. Kristopher Komeda.. François De Roubaix.. Michel Magne.. Antoine Duhamel.. Alain Goraguer.. Daniel J.White.. Karl-Heinz Schäfer.. Georges Delerue.. Georges Auric.. .. &.. Bernard Herrmann.. Ennio Morricone.. John Barry.. Elmer Bernstein.. Jerry Fielding.. Alex North.. . . ... .. You can see a part of our personal collection of soundtracks, here :.. ..www.flickr.com/photos/soundtrackscollection/.. .. This is a very good friend who mounted this Flickr page with our collection of soundtracks ! .. .. .. --------------> ... ELECTROACOUSTIC :.. Pierre Schaeffer.. Karlheinz Stockhausen.. Yannis Xenakis.. Pierre Henry.. Olivier Messiaen.. Eliane Radigue.. Luc Ferrari.. Luigi Nono.. Quelques travaux du GRM <--------------.. . . ... .. but ,.. we think that the synthesizers.. ARP <--------------.. RSF.. PPG.. EMS.. EML.. KORG.. MOOG.. SERGE.. BUCHLA.. ROLAND.. YAMAHA.. OBERHEIM.. POLYFUSION.. SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS.. ..... are also the real cause of our influences !.. and for a long time ..... .. Un petit peu en Français :.. Nous pensons que les synthétiseurs sont également la cause de nos influences!.. Grâce, mais aussi quand même dû à beaucoup de ces Artistes précitées ou non !.. .. .. .. ..
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