{"id":118667,"date":"2020-08-26T18:15:12","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T23:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/?p=118667"},"modified":"2020-08-26T18:15:12","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T23:15:12","slug":"ambient-music-on-an-mc-303-alessandro-canovas-counting-the-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2020\/08\/26\/ambient-music-on-an-mc-303-alessandro-canovas-counting-the-eyes\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambient Music On An MC-303, Alessandro Canova’s ‘Counting the Eyes’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Berlin-based One Instrument<\/a> is a label that, like their name suggests, puts out albums that are made with just one instrument.<\/p>\n

It’s an unusual premise for a label, but their albums, as a result, tend to feature instruments being used in unusual and interesting ways.<\/p>\n

Alessandro Canova’s Counting the Eyes<\/strong> is a great example. The album is entirely created using Roland MC-303<\/strong>, a late 90’s groovebox that Roland designed for ‘dance music producers and other groove enthusiasts with little or no musical training’.<\/p>\n

While Roland positioned the MC-303 to capitalize on the use of devices like the 303 & 606 in dance music, Canova goes in a completely different direction, coaxing ambient sounds and minimalism out of the instrument.<\/p>\n

Here’s what One Instrument has to say about the album:<\/p>\n

“Counting the Eyes<\/strong> aims to create a meditative dimension: a contemplation of the physical nature of sound, space and rhythm.<\/p>\n

During his early experimentations, Canova worked with silence, sine waves and white noise as his only sound sources, developing a keen interest in a zen-like aesthetic.<\/p>\n

Influenced by his study on philosophy and eastern religions he aims to create a meditative dimension, a contemplation of the physical nature of sound, space and rhythm.”<\/p>\n

You can preview Counting the Eyes<\/strong> below, or via Bandcamp<\/a>:<\/p>\n