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Amsterdam Dance Event ADE – 2017

Amsterdam Damce Event is a big event – really big… This year, in the 22nd edition there were with 395,000 visitors a new record. ADE is the leading electronic music platform and the biggest club festival in the world for the whole spectrum of electronic sub-genres. Not everything happens in one place, of course. More or less the whole (inner) city of Amsterdam was turned into the festival ground, eye-catching banners with the ADE logo in black and yellow point the way to events and locations. These events can be anything, from parties at night to talks, exhibitions, perfomances and workshops during the day.

During daytime the events are more focused on equipment, for example The Sound Lab. Last year, the Sound Lab took place at the Compagnietheater and had its own Modularsynth section, the Modular Maze. For this year’s Sound Lab, the Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond was the venue. In addition to Pioneer’s omnipresence, the brands Ableton, Elektron and Roland were shown and heard at the Gear Test Lab G10, while Novation, Amptec, Splice, SAE, Serato and KV331 were included in the Gear Test Lab G5.

Modular Maze? Unfortunately not this year. Almost… BUT Sound Lab 2016 was too good to not being back, so Alex4 was there to represent ACL, Vermona, Doepfer, Verbos and E-RM: Not in the 2 aforementioned rooms which had lots of colorful and plastic devices on display, but in the corridor in between, next to the entrance to the main stage and the stairs to the workshops.

Systems on site:

  • ACL Demo Case 2x84TE, complete System
  • Doepfer A-100PB+P9 incl. news like A-111-4 Quad VCO
  • E-RM Multiclock
  • Verbos Electronics incl. Bark Filter configuration in Vermona Case
  • Vermona im Vermona Case incl. RandomRhythm and Quad-Env prototypes

Quite often large crowds of people formed and surrounded the 4 modular systems. Mostly young people who wanted to know how to produce electronic music. Almost no one had previous experience with modular synthesizers, but there were no reservations, but lots of curiosity. And so the reactions were very open and positive because people realized that they were just offered new perspectives on music making.

The situation in the building was characterized by a professional, friendly and very competent organization. All in all a nice event. Hopefully there will be a Sound Lab next year!

 

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SynthFest UK, Sheffield

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SynthFest UK took place in Sheffield on the 7th of October 2017. It is located on the campus of Sheffield University, in the Octagon Centre. The exhibition took place in a large function room and a smaller conference room in the basement. Another room was used for concerts, another one for lectures. Despite the fact that this event was at a University, there were not many young people. The audience consisted mainly of people who have been dealing with the subject synthesizer for quite a while.

At first the atmosphere at SynthFest UK reminded us of Knobcon, where we have been just a few weeks ago, but with a classic British feel to it. The interest turned more towards old vintage things than to the latest developments of the manufacturers who had took the journey to Sheffield. There were instruments to be seen from times long past, like Synthi, an old Moog system, dusty Buchla systems and some for us indefinable ones. The strong British reference was also featured in the program, for example with a seminar about “Deconstructing the Dr Who Theme” and a lot of EMS, a lot of BBC Radiophonic, Mini-Oramics, 80s synthpop. Especially the Mini-Oramics were interesting, student Tom Richards built a device that its inventor Daphne Oram never finished. The Mini-Oramics is a machine that interprets drawings to sound, find out more here.

Personally, relatively few modular manufacturers were on site. AJH, Kenton, Radikal Technologies, Rebel Tech, Abstract Data, Soulsby. Then there were some sound library producers, controller and music software booths like Bitwig, iConnectivit, Softube, Nectar, Keith McMillen, Novation and a few enthusiasts who have exhibited their collection of Serge, Buchla, EMS and Bugbrand synthesizers. So there was quite some gear to check out, but exhibitors were mainly shops that took the opportunity to use the SynthFest as a sales event. All in all it was an intersiting day with some good talks and lots of synths.

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NAMM AFtershow..

AAEAAQAAAAAAAAttAAAAJGFmYjIxNGM5LWYwZjktNGM3Ni04ZTQ2LWVjYjRiMzJjMjJlYQThe view from amerika onto some european modular makers is quite interesting stating out here that we care for features and sound quality in not just high end but higher end modules, so .. thank you for the flowers and ..  what’s going on with the products of our american collueges then? Read the whole article here and join www.superbooth.com for deeper knowledge not just on this.

thank you..

2016 was a wonderful year, we had a very good time with each other, a good mood in the company and many nice private moments. The world is going crazy and many people are anxious of the future but first of all I would like to say thank you for the past and even more for the present. We are at the lucky end of the world and we should share a bit more carefully the goods we have keeping a respectful relation with those who are not that lucky now and in the future.

I am very much looking forward to another great meeting on 2017s SUPERBOOTH to also talk about such with you and yours. I hope to meet you all up again soon wishing you a good start into 2017.
with warmest regards from all of us,

SchneidersLaden, Alex4 distribution and SUPERBOOTH17

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