UVI release new hybrid synth Falcon, Red Bull Studios celebrate fifth birthday with unique events, James Holden discusses his setup for Terry Riley tribute shows and The Rise and Fall of French Touch.
James Holden’s ‘Hello Terry Riley’ Performance Tools. Traxmag finds out the five essential tools of experimentalist musician James Holden‘s live homage to minimalist composer Terry Riley. The tools include Monomes, tablas, a modular synthesiser, a map and magic stones. ‘Hello Terry Riley’ will be performed at MARATHON! Festival, 13th November. Find out more here (in French and English).
Red Bull Studios Celebrate 5th Birthday with Unique Events. Celebrating five years of projects, people and parties, Red Bull Studios London are opening ballots to attend a series of unique celebratory opportunities, including Studio Science with Disclosure, during which the Disclosure brothers will offer an intimate technical insight into their album recording and studio processes in a unique workshop. Find out more and enter here.
Win Adam monitors. Adam Audio’s Soundtrack Competition is now open, with prizes including a pair of special edition A77X monitors for the winner and A7X, F7 and F5 models for the runners up. To enter, create a 30-second soundtrack to accompany one of the images provided. Find out more here.
The Rise and Fall of French Touch. Red Bull Music Academy Daily shares an in-depth piece retelling the story of the the unique take on house music created by Parisian producers and DJs from the mid 90s to early 2000s. Read it in full here.
Fabric Survey 2015. “If knowledge is power, then information is key.” In order to get to know their patrons a bit better, London superclub Fabric are conducting a short survey. Those who take part will be entered into a prize draw to win one of the club’s coveted ‘friends of fabric’ cards, which provides the holder and a friend free entry to the club for one year, and the benefit of priority queuing. Enter to win here.
UVI Release New Hybrid Synth Falcon. UVI has released a new hybrid synthesiser, named Falcon. It’s a fully featured virtual instrument, “with 15 oscillators covering both synthesis and sampling techniques, over 80 effects, extensive modulation control and more.” It’s available now at an introductory price of $229, until November 9, 2015. Watch UVI’s overview video above, and find out more here.
New UAD plugins released. Universal Audio announce the release of UAD Software v8.4, featuring four exclusive new plugins for UAD hardware and Apollo interfaces: the Eventide H910 Harmonizer, Marshall Bluesbreaker 1962 and Silver Jubilee 2555 amplifiers, and UA’s own Oxide Tape Recorder. Learn more here.