In celebration of the second anniversary of the Milieu Music Fan Club, I've assembled this four-track EP of Analog Botany to add to the MMFC catalog of exclusives. All four tracks were created live and taken from four very different sessions, and built with very different hardware and equipment, and until now they have been strays kicking around hard drives and badly labeled cassettes.
Stylo Dub, leading the set, was recorded during the lengthy Sun Cast sessions, using a Korg ES-1 sampler, a Boss DR-880 and of course a Stylophone. It is the oldest of the four, and originated at the Botany Bay studio in South Carolina. MS-20 Dub was recorded at White Pillar, as one of the very first tracks made using the Korg MS-20 monophonic analog synthesizer, in tandem with a Korg Volca Beats drum machine. RY-20 Dub, like Stylo Dub, came from Botany Bay as well, sometime during the first year of Deep Earth, and is built primarily out of a Yamaha RY-20 drum machine modulating/modulated by custom resonator patches on an Alesis Quadraverb and three Moog FX units. DS-10 Dub is another White Pillar cut, being jammed on during the sessions for MMFC-004 / The Cartridge Reader's Travelogue, and built using only the Korg DS-10 cartridge for the Nintendo DS portable gaming system. It was likely designed in a Chicago hotel, in March 2018.
With this release, I raise a glass to all the members of the Milieu Music Fan Club, past present and future - here's to many more years! Thanks to all of you for being a part of it.
credits
released September 9, 2019
W/P by Brian Grainger. Recorded various dates at Botany Bay & White Pillar, 2015-2018. Mastered by The Analog Botanist. Text, photography & design by ABM&D. This is Milieu Music number MMFC005, 5th in the Milieu Music Fan Club catalog. (C) + (P) Milieu Music 2019. All nights preserved.
Special thanks to all of the members of the Milieu Music Fan Club at Patreon (www.patreon.com/analogbotany). With their continued support, more music like this release can happen! At the present moment, the members of the Fan Club are: Burt T / Brian S / Jake P / Christ S / Damian H / Levi G / Brian C / Arthur W / Joel B / Peter H-B / Rik J / Jose S / David P / Helge J / Peter C / Alan A / Alex G / Seth B / David T / Devin H / Mathieu L / Andy B / Francois H / Benoit P / J.C. Bastos
Many humble thanks to the subscribers of the Deep Earth series. Without them, this music might not exist, and if it did, you might not be able to hear it. Support deep electronic mining initiatives today: malfokusita.bandcamp.com
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As always, I am in utter awe at the vastness of our musical universe, comprised of beautiful stars for our ever-listening ears. Let the gorgeous waves of this incredible album wash over you, perhaps taking you to another realm, out of space & time. One of the most pleasurable experiences I have had in a long while. Pip From The Forge
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