synopsis
This project was born in Vancouver with its sunny
sheen and friendly look all masking the greatest
horrors and human tragedies to be found in North
America. Zombie junkies pulling through garbage,
crapping their pants passed by fleece wearing
joggers and the latest german automobiles. The
work in this project was all about expressing
the paradox of Vancouver in an angular musical
style verging on happy sounding but with never
the sense of tension leaving.
More tools were available for this project than
with pk2pk and so the recordings were made
mostly on Cubase VST and partially on tape.
Instruments used include Roland TB303, SH101,
Jupiter-6, SH09, TR606, Studio Electronics ATC1
Tone Chamelion, Korg SD-1000 delay, Digitech
Reverb, Oberheim Matrix-6, Electroharmonix MemoryMan,
Novation Drumstation and Boss DR-55.
In another irony, the producer was almost completely
deaf as the result of a Gary Numan show for the
last week of this project. The resulting mix is
strangely bright as a result.
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credits
recorded at lead berry research, vancouver
produced and engineered by kenneth walter balys
mastered by craig waddell at gotham city studios, vancouver
cd layout and design by kelvin mason
written and performed by kenneth walter balys
thanks to matt legget, steven waller
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copyright
copyright beatkamp inc., all rights reserved
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cultus viagrus
lead berry research
1998
$16 CDN
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