Hi All,

It’s been a minute since our January event, but I finally have some very cool footage and a full audio recording from the Jan 21, 2024 Synth Patrol: Drone Ensemble Ambient Drone Concert at the Junkyard Social Club. A big thanks to all who came out, the players (listed below), and the Junkyard Social Club.

Huge thangs to Langdon who created a 1 hour video edit with two camera angles, and Eddie who did some light mixing and mastering for the board recording which was used for all the videos and for the Soundcloud recording below, and Brian who supplied who brought some of the lights to compliment the Abyss 2 water effect light that I brough.

Also, don’t forget to register for our next event on March 23rd at the bottom of the post “Generative Synth & Sequencing Techniques”. More info on the event at the bottom of this post.

Events like this and archival replays take an immense amount of time to produce. So if you enjoyed this or other events, and / or these recordings, please consider a donation via Venmo or PayPal (or use the form below), or buy some merch which will also help us cover our overhead (web hosting, Zoom, Eventribte fees…).

Mark Mosher
Rocky Mountain Synthesizer Meet

A Note About the Performance and Audio Recording

We did not agree on a note, scale, tempo, share a clock, play on a timing grid, or communicate with each other during the set. Instead, we had a set of rules which allowed the piece to organically evolve through listening.

The gist of the rules were that each member of the ensemble played one note only, one at a time, to create a collective emergent ambient synth drone soundscape filled with continuous notes, tone clusters, movement, and dynamics. The choice of what to contribute to the ensemble was completely up to each member.

We did not rehearse ahead of time as each member came armed with the rules and “in the moment capable” rig (p. 50 from Dino J.A. Dean’s “Becoming Music (a book about the art of flow in music)“.

This allowed us improv a murmuration with organic movements with artists who knew their rigs, the rules, and listened.

The immersive popup experience was live mixed with a Tascam 12 through a four speaker system with a sub and feature supporting ambient lighting effects. The mix and panning were done by the performers in real-time as a result of the ensemble actively listening and adjusting.

Video Replay

3m20s 360 Highlight Video

This video is a 3m20s video with highlight from an hour long concert . This was shot on an Insta360 X3. I edited the shots in post using Insta360 app and assempled the footage and added some additional FX with LumaFusion on an iPad Pro using audio from Eddie’s board recording.

1h Full Concert with 2 Camera Angles with Board Recording

Langdon took the time to put together a video with the full 1 hour performance with two camera angles and the board recording.

Soundcloud Recording

If you would like to trip out to this set in audio form, check out the audio recording on Soundcloud.

ABOUT THE SYNTH PATROL

Since 2019, the Synth Patrol (https://SynthPatrol.com) has produced improvisational electronic music concerts with rotating squads of players. Performances are based on a growing repertoire of creative missions with immersive sound, lighting and visuals elements.

The squad for this Drone Ensemble mission and event was:

• Eddie Corcoran: Music, Sound Reinforcement, Live Mix & Recording – https://www.instagram.com/mechantmetrique
• Langdon Crawford: Synth, Videography – https://www.youtube.com/@langsound
• Brian Horsfield: Synth, Lights, Staging – https://www.instagram.com/the.aefonic/
• Victoria Lundy: Synth, Staging – https://www.victorialundymusic.com
• Mark Mosher: Synth, Visuals, Creative Director – https://markmoshermusic.com
• Christoph Scholtes: Synth, Staging –https://www.instagram.com/monoscenes/

ABOUT THE JUNKYARD SOCIAL CLUB

The Junkyard Social Club is an intergenerational community space; where ideas and friends run wild. We want to connect new people, spark new ideas, and give our community the tools to create the world around them. The Junkyard is fully non-profit and committed to putting quality of life above the bottom line. The Junkyard Social Club offers a full-service coffee shop featuring small bites (like paninis, burritos, and small snacks, and a bar serving local beer, wine, and cocktails. More at https://junkyardsocialclub.org.

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Registration is Open for “Generative Synth & Sequencing Techniques”, Saturday March 23rd at 10am. 

Register NOW on Zoom

Agenda

• Welcome and Announcements
• Brief Intro to NEW Live 12 Transformations & Generator
• An MC’d Interactive round table discussion on any Generative Synth & Sequencing Techniques

Whether you are well versed in generative music with hardware or software, or are just starting out or curious, this event will be a geat way to share, learn, and meet others. 

In a related note, our 2024 Drone Day Live Stream will be on Saturday, May 25th starting at 10 AM Mountain. These techniques could also help those who want to add generative techniques to their submissions. Oh, and save the date.