James Holden's top 10 gear

James Holden gives FM a quick rundown of his 10 favourite items in the studio.

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[andymc32]

Anyone else spot the bong?

[lavlavvv]

@andymc32

oh yeah!!!

thanks for the suggestion. The bong is near the puppets!

[Triames]

retarded and boring.

[lavlavvv]

what?

why?

where?

[lavlavvv]

hey guys, you have to give me a help. What is the name of the machine at 4.19 minute?

[minimalmayhem]

nice tidy studio then? LOL...

[lavlavvv]

(-: ...asd... :-)

hippies are back

[marrrrga]

The guy isn't retarded nor is he on drugs all the time as many people claim in many comments. He's a shy guy who's abolished many barriers and preconceptions about electronic music. A guy who isn't afraid of speaking his mind. And, damn, he has a Maths degree. I think "The Idiots Are Winning" speaks for itself.

[Jahanjin]

THIS GUY IS A MASTER OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC. new sound and textures r his buisness. hes not afraid of experimenting, and sussesfly bring it out. Respect

[djsmokey]

@MrSlipster79 very true i went to school for this and these days u need a macbook pro sound card and a decent pair of monitor speakers

but this guys just didnt mention all the great gear he's got if u notice they only go for the silly stuff because its him he's kinda silly but the guy does have some great equipment

i do too lol and these days u can do almost the same on software yes hardware is def much better but its still doable just depends what ur trying to do

[MrSlipster79]

@MrSlipster79 just like if you were to give eric clapton a $50 guitar he will make it sound like a $2000 one. There was an article about a man playing a violin in grand central station. The man was the best violinist, playing a $3million violin, playing the most beautiful composed songs. No one stopped to notice, even tho the guy was playing a sold out concert the next night....

[MrSlipster79]

@XtianWestendShamer That is not the point he is making. The point he is trying to make is it doesn't take $10k plus to make good tracks. That you don't need all the expensive equipment to make new music. He started out like most of us broke so yeah he used those cheap toys to make hits. He probably knows there are alot of people watching this to find out what gear he uses so they can run out and buy that exact piece, but you don't need it.

[XYtoTheDoubleG]

@lavlavvv A beautiful ceramic piece!

[IcarusTuga7]

animals in studio!

[thenanomanx]

yawn

[Ac1DGoD]

@EvaOriginZ some pee would be nice for it to have....

[Ac1DGoD]

The sky was pink and the roland klinkenberg were mega awesome up to the a point of equilibrium adjacent to Heavyweight by infected mushroom.

[BenDoubleM]

James is a genius...respect!

[XtianWestendShamer]

this guy is fucking around. he has expensive as shit equipment but he chooses to go over gimmiky toys that he obviously doesnt use because they are buried in clutter.