Disco sound of Montreal '83, Latest production Karel Post using classic synthesizers in 2009 part 2

A movie showing work on a brand new "High Fashion - Montreal style Disco" track by Karel Post.

Reactions to this movie best left at part one of this set.

It is the fresh sound of the Montreal disco scene of the early eighties that has caught my interest. The sound of Denis Le Page / Lime and Cerrone, mixed with the West End Records sound is my goal, but a bit more spectacular in the arrangements and sounds (where i CAN....).

The synthesizers are:
Moog Memorymoog, Midimoog, Jupiter 8, Prophet 5, Juno 60, Elka Synthex MIDI, Korg Trident 1 MIDI, Akai VX90, SX340.
Drums:
Oberheim DMX, Oberheim DPX, Linn Linndrum,
Roland TR808, Simmons SDS8, Pearl Syncussion and Akai S1000


The style is explored and enhanced to a new level of club-disco to be released in New York first, as a underground release for the "West End" clubscene.

I have had earlier success with the Dub version of Rozzetta's Fantasy which was a Italo-disco production made for the Konstfack of Stockholm / Jenny Mortsell as a study.

This movie shows the real-time arranging in an unorganized way, which gives me ideas for the final arrangement, so this is NOT the final record.

Release will be approx. 9 minutes long on 12" vinyl as well as CD, contact SURESHOTRECORDS@LIVE.NL for the official release date (end of summer).

Sub-publishers welcome! As well as a GOOD female singer and a rap artist (deep voice necessary, like Hamilton Bohannon)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Disco
• Montreal
• Lime
• Denis
• Le
• Page
• Karel
• Post
• Italo
• ATARI
• TT030
• jupiter
• moog
• synthex
• juno60
• korg
• trident

[TheHevquip]

nice music bro. now this is just my opinion, but...needs excessive sidechaining!

[karelpostthuis]

@TheHevquip watch the Charlie Conrad movie on my channel, and you'll hear a proper mix of this track........ Then react again please.

[davethedoobie]

excellent I love the sound and the tour of the synths very envious. Is it not possible for you to give a run down on what synths you used for each part etc eg what is the bass it sound very Divine-ish.

Love the hi-Nrg sound. Can't make my mind up whether to get rid of my analogue synths as they are becoming more of a pain and as for my Soundtracs desk - I am reluctant to go DAW but it seems the rest of the pack are ahead of an old dinosaur like me.

[karelpostthuis]

I think you best stick to your analog gear and synths!

In a few years these babies will be worth a fortune and the DAW's of today will be outdated and nothing more than scrap metal and "incompatible software".

A good synth never loses value, it only goes up!

I spent a lot of time thinking about DAW, and i have a PC based studio system as multitrack for vocals, but the sound of this DAW is still far from where the Soundtracs  desks already were in the 80's.

KEEP YOUR GEAR! is my advice...

[Hot80s]

OMG i love your collection. i'll bet its never cold in that room!

[karelpostthuis]

There are small rectangular windows in the walls of that control room, plus a mobile airconditioning system.

My old studio often got to 40 degrees Celsius, but this studio doesn't get much hotter then 28 degrees....

It's very, very inspiring to work in a analog studio, i tried the DAW way, but i soon got frustrated with the overall sound and workflow of it.

I work behind computer screens all day at the radio station where i work, so i want to reduce the "staring to a screen" to a minimum.

[intromix]

DAMN!! The DMX,,, 808,,, Prophet V,,, Jupiter 8,,,, Emulator ll,,,,Juno 60,,,,Korg Trident,,,,AKAI's BEST SAMPLERS,,,,,,,,

SH-101,,,,Synthex,,,, ALL THE GREAT VINTAGE MONSTERS!!!!

[oyoyey]

this is sooo fucking great :P your studio is amazing.

have you got any myspace? or whats your artist aliases?

[gimmietheprize]

Jeez! That's some serious gear! Lucky git!

Great synth track, I wouldn't mind hearing it in it's full quality!

[Sjobeck7]

I gotta be honest here... My girlfriends Casio CZ-101 could eat for breakfast

most of these synths that you have in this demo!  JUST KIDDING!!!! :p

Great Song. Fantastico Collection!!!!

[quadcam24v]

two prophet 5's ?!!?!

lucky c**nt!

[planetmusicsamos]

LOVELY!!!!!

[PsychedelicVideos]

im going to rob you.

[mrpropo]

goddddamnnnnnn thats a setup!!!

[synthmx]

love the jupiter 8! great

[jarrydn]

Awesome track, wicked gear. I'd munch a couple to this and boogie :)