8/2017
Wiring in the 2nd-hand, 32-channel automated-fader Soundcraft DC2000 desk, has been a lead-footed process.
It uses 8 x 96-pin and 8 x 56-pin 'EDAC' connectors at the back, which enable lots of cables to be plugged in, in one go, but take weeks of work (and much fume-inhalation) to solder!
The other ends of the thick cables feed LaMP's new 24 x 24 patch-field (the desk's own patch-field wasn't big enough).
This should save time in the long run, when orchestrating with different synthesizers, mechanical sounds, and routing signals through vintage and more modern sound processing devices.
Next steps are acoustic treatment, desk make-over and a legacy cable sort.
This year LaMP acquired a dangerously clowny-sounding Crumar DS2.
Its glistening sounds should mix well with others.
Back to the soldering station...
Mastered Sudden Fury CDs have arrived and are available for sale (with the Game Over soundtrack) at the LaMP shop. Hang in there while we try to get the back-end of the online store working securely. If you'd like to pre-order, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. A bientôt!
3/2017
Yesterday I listened again to the title track from the film Pervirella, and was struck by the beauty of Tony Moriah's lead vocal.
I wondered what had become of this fantastic singer since I'd had the good fortune to work with him back in 1997. A search on the internet led to YouTube videos of him singing, which began with titles saying 'In Memory of Anthony Moriah'. I could not understand. He was so young. After further searching I learned that Tony had died from liver failure in late 2009.
Today I learned how important it is to keep in touch with people. The rush of life separates us from each other.
Tony Moriah was an extraordinary young singer, with a golden voice. I would have loved to have worked with him again. He was a quiet, shy man and a consummate professional. I'm lost for words.
Rest in peace Tony. You are not forgotten.
10/2016
A nostalgic Empire interview with Edgar Wright: Once Upon a Time in the West Country appears at the Empire website (11/2015).
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5/2016
Spitfire Audio, the British company who make some of the finest sound sample libraries in the world, are preparing a ‘Bernard Herrmann’ sound collection.
This month, François recorded ondes Martenot samples for these at the late Sir George Martin’s, (now Richard Boote & Paul Woolf's) Air Lyndhurst studios in Hampstead, London.
Keep an eye on Christian Henson and Paul Thomson’s Spitfire Audio website for news of these!
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Ondes Martenot
3/2016
Hear François Evans perform on ondes Martenot live, with Charles Hazelwood's All Star Collective on Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone show on BBC Radio 6 on Easter Sunday 27/6/16 at 8.00pm!
There's a full online interview with François demonstrating the Ondes Martenot, with Adrian Utley of Portishead and Jarvis Cocker, at the Synthtopia website here:
http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2016/02/23/the-mid-century-electronica-of-barry-gray
2/2016
François Evans's soundtrack music from the films Sudden Fury (1998) and Game Over (2006) will soon be released on CD available only from the LaMP Records online shop here! Keep an eye on this site.
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