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...according to our Dave on Thu 01 Apr, 2010.
If old computers had an inkling to make uptempo glitchy electro ,what would it sound like? It may well end up sounding like 5alad. This stuff will have geeks everywhere creaming themselves. Every sound on this opus has come from the data banks of machines, and these computers are set to "party" like its on sale for £19.99. The ringleader of these machines also records tunes under the name Monoceros. I think every song on this album is genius, from the harsh stomp of "Big Pixel Worlds" to the engrossing techno squelch of "French Kiss In Miami (Vice)". All in all a great album I reckon. When that guy said the machines will rise up and take over, I bet he didnt think it would sound this good. (Robotic Voice) "I am 5alad..OBEY MY COMMANDS HUMAN SCUM!!!"5alad is the parallel project of Joan Malé (more known as Monoceros) using "obsolete" machines, that has been developing at the same time as the "ebay" orchestra has been growing. A project that in fact started in a tender age nearly 82-83 with a Commodore 64 and a Casio vl-tone. Closing the circle (or nearly), some years after, culminated with this work where some old computers and synths has been used, like the Commodore 64, the plus/4, Casio cz-101, Roland CR5000, Yamaha CX5M (more info at the credits) and some today´s plugins, using speech synths that was used by Kraftwerk at the time, and rhythm and synth soft developed in the 80´s that was used in platforms like Zx spectrum, MSX etc..
He also programmed his own synths to be used in laptops from that time. Not happy with all of this work, he programmed his own visuals, released in a separate DVD, to be played in live in real machines synchronized with actual soft. A hard work that has need about 1 and a half year.
"Low res. graphics" is a step away than chiptune, between "Beverley hills cop", "Miami Vice", Kraftwerk, Super Mario, OMD and of course today´s electro and IDM.
CD include 13 tracks + 3 archives ready to load in .WAV format for the laptops, NEC Pc 8201, Tandy model 100, Canon X-07
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