4thEden

I started writing material in the 80's with some friends using a small Boss DR-55 drum machine, Korg MS10 mono synth and Korg Poly 800 synth all recorded on my little Fostex X15 4 track recorder. So after a 25 year break for whatever reason, in 2009 I decided to buy my first DAW, Magix Samplitude for 50 quid with a small MIDI keyboard. I started playing around with loop based tracks but now I have the confidence only use pre-recorded loops as a last resort.

So after a year of messing around with software I now have Sonar Home Studio with an array of VST instruments of which Absynth 5 and Alchemy are my current favourites.

Today anything goes but current favourites would be Jon Hopkins, Editors, The Knife etc etc...

Trumpet (used to)

Sonar Homer Studio
Native Instruments Absynth 5
Camel Audio Alchemy Player
Image Line Drumaxx
rgc: z3ta+

m-audio Oxygen v2 MIDI keyboard
m-audio fastrack usb

Golden Arpelligo - Shearwater
Silent Shout - The Knife
Contact Note - Jon Hopkins
Fever Ray - Fever Ray
Marina & The Diamonds - The Family Jewels
The Natinal - High Violet
Ulrich Schnauss - A Strangley Isolated Place
Delphic - Acolyte

Ultravox - Systems Of Romance
John Foxx - The Golden Section
The Arcade Fire - Funeral
Zero 7 - Simple Things
Bill Nelson - Getting The Holy Ghost Across
Mike Oldfield - Platinum
Peter Gabriel - IV
Propaganda - A Secret Wish
White Lies - To Lose My Life
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid

I would say that my influences are wide rangeing. But to start with it was the electronic Japanese artist, Tomita that got me interested in Electronic music. Mike Oldfield became a firm favourite of mine at this time as well followed by the ususal suspects such as Ultravox, John Foxx, Bill Nelson, OMD, Peter Gabriel, A Flock of Seagulls, Kraftwerk..... you get the picture!

early 80's electronica... I think a bit Mike Oldfield ish

Run a cafe/B&B in mid Wales
go walking in the Brecon Beacons