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The work presented here is presented by players of folktek and not the artists. If you have something you want to post, please feel free, and we may add it to our blog in the future as well. If you'd like to post an audio track, please load it elsewhere (soundcloud for example) and use your embed code to post it up here. Feel free to post anything as it pertains to folktek - video, photos, publications, comments, sounds recorded with folktek works or the VST collection, etc. Your email address won't be viewed or shared and only the name you enter will be seen by the public. Enjoy!
The Players Club
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18/Feb | the magnetic bug, talking to itself
a chaotic, nasty, grimey, splittering and crackling soundscape - sometimes aggressive, sometimes melacholic, all the time surprising and fresh. great !
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17/Feb | Folktek Omnicord used in exit music
I used the Folktek-modded Omnicord for almost all music in a short film called "Cowboys and Indians". Even the exit music I wrote and you can listen to here starts with the lovely noises this instrument can produce.
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10/Jan | omnichord and rainbow machine _ melting sound
the melancholic and fragile sound of the omnichord(modified by folktek), connected to the rainbow machine and a simple delay, creating some dreamy and trancy soundscapes.
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28/Nov | My last experiment with Luminist Garden
This is my last song played with my Luminist Garden and an Access Virus TI snow.
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04/Nov | Impressionist Drum Scape Xii - Demo 01
Ambient/Drone/Noise Madness
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22/Oct | Hunting for bugs
Lagos Real, Bahia. Fresh from the undergrowth.
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22/Oct | TIMAS 23 "Vimana"
TIMAS 23 "Vimana" Edit from the 65 minute track. Captures the essence of these flying machines described in Indian Sanskrit epics. Chariot of the gods, any mythical self-moving aerial car sometimes serving as a seat or throne, sometimes self-moving and carrying its occupant through the air; other descriptions make the Vimana more like a house or palace, and one kind is said to be seven stories high. Features many Folktek units.
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27/Sep | emotions of the microgarden
i like different kinds of noises, and there are a lot of very interesting possibilities useing the microgarden. really fun! thanks!
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25/Sep | Sharing a new mix.
Just thought I'd share the first episode of Radio Free Ether... a bi-monthly radio show featuring lotsa soul/psych/noise/electronics, etc. Something to get my deejay chops up. Open noise/electronic/ambient submissions are encouraged... if you'd like them featured on the show please hit me up at tokenrecluse (at) gmail (dot) com Cheers!
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13/Sep | Constant Gardening
Early adventures with a garden in London. Thanks to Arius and all at Folktek.
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07/Sep | Luminist in Live
This was the first time I played my Luminist Garden on a stage live, with my rock band –EIT- from Italy. I played it using “wave reverb mode”, on a slowly drum machine synth-sound. People have immediately been catapulted in another dimension, made of ethereal atmospheres... After the swoh, a lot of people have congratulated me, both for the beauty of the sound, and for the aesthetical charm of the Luminist!
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05/Aug | Klirrfaktor: Folktek Luminist Garden & Modular System
Folktek Luminist Garden & my modular system
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22/Jul | i am a hotel_using omnichord/folktek
that fragile sound is really great, thanks! martin
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17/Jul | Dreaming of Eyes /#/ Carved From Quartz
Hey, My name's Simon Bird, I'm and independent Dublin based musician. I just released my 4th ep which you can stream or download for free here. It's a 16 minute long seamless track blending drones with a lot of sample based stuff. I used the Folktek sample collection a lot in it so you can probably spot some of the signature Folktek sounds throughout. Hope you enjoy, Cheers.
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16/Jul | Luminist Gardening
Roy Harter, sound designer extraordinaire at SkinnyMan in NYC playing his Folktek Luminist Garden
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05/Jul | waltzing the microgarden
the microgarden is one of my favorites. there is a lot of colours of sound, the handling is great and it looks phantastic - a real artwork for the eyes also. at my improvisation i added an external delay too(echopark), but with that exception no other effects are used. have fun! martin
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17/Jun | our experience with folktek
first video about our experience of many electronic devices, each of them used in a quadraphonic way
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13/Jun | Circuit bent video ft. folktek instruments.
Hey everybody, This is video I made for my track "the Stale Breath of 1000 Lucrative Club Bangers." The video features a plethora of circuit bent video pieces I have made (http://djpz.com). The track features extensive use of the Pendulum Translator (bug family) and Ben's modified omnichord for the textural elements in the second half. Check it out and if you like it please pass it along. Cheers, BP
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13/Jun | Folktek instruments all over this shit..
Hey all, this is Drew with Folktek and I just finished an album for Fake Four/Circle Into Square that features a plethora of Folktek instruments buried in it. Thought you might be interested in checking it out. Featured are various incarnations of the bug, the time machine, both modified omnichord models and various elements from the Folktek Collection Vol. 1 for Kontakt. "Beyond My Means" is available from the link above. Only in 30 sec sample form, but I'll throw up the full thing streaming on bandcamp soon. Free tracks on the net at: http://rcrdlbl.com/2011/03/22/download_big_pauper_big_sick http://www.chroniqueselectroniques.net/article-compilation-chroniques-electroniques-beat-abstraction-75916776.html Hope you enjoy and cheers, bp http://djpz.com
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22/May | The Micro Garden live
The first time the Folktek Flightcase, including a Micro Garden and an EHX Holy Grail reverb pedal, went on stage with my ambient band For Greater Good. All went well, got a lot of curious looks afterwards. People came up to the stage after the gig to look at it, and they all found it a highly original and amazing instrument :) Yay folktek! Yay us!
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18/May | Fall short of your winnings
A quick little live jam with a touch of treatment from various bits of hardware... think of it as a sonic shower _________________________ (modified omnichord)
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27/Apr | In Vitro Metabolism of Insect Neuropeptides
This track consists of a number of virtual instruments from the Folktek collection. I've used various sounds for some of the percussion, pads, FXs and most notably the bassline which has been overlaid on a basic sub patch. It was compiled in Cubase 5 with excessive use of the pitch and warp tool on the bassline to create variation in the sound. The result is a rather heavy growling bass sound unlike anything I've heard in the 'dub-step' genre. Definitely going to invest in an insect after playing around with this sample pack.
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18/Mar | Cosmic Mind Warp - "Kickd"
http://www.cosmicmindwarp.com/Cosmic_Mind_Warp-Kickd.mp3Track four from the 2011 Cosmic Mind Warp album "The Eye" is called "Kickd". It is almost entirely made with a Folktek modified Omnichord OM84. Just a few effects and background sounds added and then the whole thing reversed... The album, or tracks can be bought/downloaded through cosmicmindwarp.com
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10/Feb | folktek collection volume 1 demo
performing on an enormous MIDI keyboard keyed in to a variety of patches from the Folktek Collection Vol. 1 for Kontakt. The first patch is the "Classic Strum Velocity" instrument - a velocity sensitive multi-sample glitch beast (5-9 different glitches on each key) . Later demonstrated is the Achilles Tape Loop patch, a lo-fi time machine based instrument, and The Shrill Cops Eat Flowers preset based on a rare one-off instrument by Arius Blaze. Hallucinogenic brain-feed visuals by Big Pauper. (http://djpz.com) Original Patches also by Big Pauper.
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02/Nov | Conflicted Stargazer
This composition initially started as an improvisation, and then grew both in layers and in length. It uses both the Folktek modified Omnichord OM-250m and the Micro Garden rather extensively, along with a Waldorf Blofeld synthesizer. The Blofeld was used mainly for its lush pads and to provide an ambient environment, while the Folktek instruments are used to create a storm-like tension within the use of texture, rhythmic variation, and dynamics. There are times that the Micro Garden generates a constant, hypnotic pulse that is truly otherworldly. The juxtaposition of technologies and sounds can feel both ancient and modern, perhaps in the way that Atlantis, or ancient Mayan culture might be felt or visualized.
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24/Oct | Ghost Colony
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24/Oct | ether^ra VS FOLKTEK IMPRESSIONIST DRUMSCAPE lll
an improv featuring my new Drumscape(recently seen on the Folktek blog!) Thanks Arius and Ben!
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24/Oct | Plutonia
an improv in celebration of the new FOLKTEK site. The Folktek Pluton provides much sound along with my Serge Creature/Seq A combo plus fx.
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24/Oct | Stacked Hive
an(live/looped) improv featuring my Folktek Subharmonic Field, a Critter and Guitari Pocket Piano, an Arp Odyssey loop and various
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24/Oct | off world EP made with Folktek gear
Norwegian noise, ambient, sound-art made with Folktek gear: DroneScape X, Micro Garden and Luminist Garden. All recorded live and no editing done.
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23/Oct | Izzy's first try with the Folktek Micro Garden
Playing FolkTek's Micro Garden through a simple Behringer UB1204FX-PRO mixer with a cathedral-like reverb. Super for eerie soundscapes. IZ.
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19/Oct | Arcana Red "Bent out of shape"
"Bent Out Of Shape by Arcana Red is a track done almost exclusively on the modified Folktek Omnichord OM-250m with external patchbox. The OM-250m sounds are not altered except for some reverb on the right channel. This track emphasizes the potential for interesting glitch textures and rhythmic patterns on just one of the voices (strings), and just one patch configuration using five magnetic patch cables while pressing multiple magnetic keys.
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19/Oct | Izzy's Folktek Flightcase Parts 1 and 2
The Folktek Micro Garden, built in a self-made flightcase, and chased through a Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail plus pedal...
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19/Oct | Kegel - The Voyeur's Apprentice (version)
A long track that makes use of a Folktek Pluton, Drumscape, and Custom Bug (sometimes through a Zvex Fuzz Factory). A Korg Mini-Kaoss Pad processes a few of the above. My Genoqs' Nemo, Machinedrum, and Nord Lead complete the gear glut. One of my favorite pieces.
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19/Oct | Ether^ra Tomorrow Knows
an improv featuring a percussive Folktek Feedscape, my Serges, and a Korg MS20 loop.
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18/Oct | Video from T.Heau
Garden winter tune by T.Heau. A very nice composition of imagined snow, fire in the living room and a warm cup of the sweet life.
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18/Oct | Luminist Garden in Germany
"yesterday I have "played" more than 4 hours with this "luminist"! It's a DRUG...can't stop to find out new soundscapes...simply brilliant!"