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YATE presents a short improvised session on Arp and other instruments.

Vintagesynth.com tells us of the Arp:

“The ARP 2600 is without a doubt one of the finest analog synthesizers ever. It is very popular and has been used by artists for over 20 years in all forms of music, especially today's electronic music. The 2600 is a professional, semi-modular, monophonic, patch-cable synthesizer that competed directly against the first professional Modular Moog synths during the early 1970's. Unlike other modular systems of the time which required you to pick and choose modules that you (or the manufacturer) then had to mount inside a case and wire together, the 2600 is semi-modular with a fixed selection of basic synth modules internally pre-wired and ready to go! Most of these connections can be “re-wired” with patch-cords and clearly labeled patch-points. This made the 2600 more user-friendly, portable and easier to create sounds with!”

http://www.vintagesynth.com/arp/arp.php

Download the mp3s here:

http://the3rd2nd.com/wiki/doku.php?id=the3rd2nd_016_-_yate_-_arp_session

Yuji Takeda manipulates his custom Max/MSP patch in this set of improvisations recorded over 15 days. Usually noisy, sometimes strangely comforting, the original audio being processed sometimes peeks through.

The set explores about 45 minutes of sound. Listen to it! The mp3s and more info can be found here:

http://the3rd2nd.com/wiki/doku.php?id=the3rd2nd_015_-_yuji_takeda_-_15_days

Multi-instrumentalist improvisor and composer Masaaki Tsuji recorded these multi-track instrumentals outdoors. Sounds include kalimba, pianica, and fretless bass.

Jazzy and possibly even cute, these tracks might remind you simultaneously of Ornette Coleman and Zappa. As a bonus, there's a field-recording aspect to them. Download the files and get more info from this page:

http://the3rd2nd.com/wiki/doku.php?id=the3rd2nd_014_-_muchos_pantaloons_-_spring_2008