Posted: November 14th, 2008 | Author: flixz | Filed under: Hacks & mods, Music | No Comments »
The last 2 months I’ve been playing a Nord C-1 Combo organ and I am totally in love with it, the sound that is. It’s very versatile and compact and sounds great. The only thing which really sucks is the way it looks. I can’t seem to understand why Clavia creates super cool instruments but wants to distinct itself by creating ugly red wooden casings. So me and my friend Joris with some help from Joerie started to take serious action by modding the Nord C-1 and give it the look which represents how it sounds. Check the pictures for the results.

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Posted: November 14th, 2008 | Author: flixz | Filed under: Music | Tags: tape rgo recording | No Comments »
Last Monday we processed all our tracks for our new recording through a tape recorder. The beauty of this is that a tape compresses the sound and allows you to record easily up to plus 2dB input. However the RGO takes it to the edge as you can see, we go for +4dB which gives the sound a real bite and makes it gritty and funky. This process is also known as Hot Rodding.
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Posted: August 6th, 2008 | Author: flixz | Filed under: Music | Tags: music nord otgan | No Comments »
Here it is. After much thinking I have decided to buy a Nord C 1. I still love my vintage L 100 but this thing travels much easier especialy in airplanes. Beside that it sounds amazing. But why must it be so ugly red? 
I love it!


Posted: June 4th, 2006 | Author: flixz | Filed under: Art, Music | No Comments »
Vandaag las ik op digg een hele leuke post over iemand die op YouTube een filmpje had gevonden. Deze film gaat over het volgende:
This fascinating, brilliant 20-minute video narrates the history of the “Amen Break,” a six-second drum sample from the b-side of a chart-topping single from 1969. This sample was used extensively in early hiphop and sample-based music, and became the basis for drum-and-bass and jungle music — a six-second clip that spawned several entire subcultures. Nate Harrison’s 2004 video is a meditation on the ownership of culture, the nature of art and creativity, and the history of a remarkable music clip.
Echter is de hoofdzaak van deze film niet de break maar gaat het om het concept dat ten grondslag ligt aan dit verhaal. Namelijk de definitie van het publieke domein, cultuur en wat er gebeurd als men ideeen, muziek, kunst of welke andere vorm van expressie dan ook, teveel reguleert (patenten, copyright) etc.
Een geweldig verhaal met een geweldig moraal!
Bekijk de film
*UPDATE*
Download of luister hier de originele 7″ inch versie
Met dank aan Ivar. Hij heeft 3 dagen gezocht op Internet en hij heeft het originele nummer van de Winstons, Amen Brother gevonden.
Posted: May 24th, 2006 | Author: flixz | Filed under: General, Journal, Music, News, Media | No Comments »
Gisteren was ik met Amel Eiland (onze saxofonist) op de Radio Den Haag FM. In het kader van The Hague Jazz werden wij geinterviewed. Klik hier om de MP3 te downloaden. Met dank aan mijn collega’s die het hebben opgenomen. En een special thanks aan Bob voor de hoge kwaliteit MP3! Thanks dude!