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Battery Operated Orchestra
Великобритания
Добавлен 13 июн 2012
Using their synths as a Ouija board, Brigitte Rose and Chris Black brought BOO from the ether to radiate inter-dimensional indie synthpop. Taking cues from ABBA and DEVO they make “highly charged electronica with incredibly addictive melodies” (Louder Than War).
Their art encompasses every aspect of music production, from designing and making their CDs and videos to creating lighting and video art for their dazzling live shows.
In 2022, to celebrate ten years of BOO the band started a monthly livestream on RUclips, BOO-cast, giving a glimpse behind the BOO curtain as they create their fifth studio album.
“It’s electro pop so good it sends shivers down parts of the spine other bands cannot reach.”
- The Devil Has The Best Tuna
batteryoperatedorchestra.com
Their art encompasses every aspect of music production, from designing and making their CDs and videos to creating lighting and video art for their dazzling live shows.
In 2022, to celebrate ten years of BOO the band started a monthly livestream on RUclips, BOO-cast, giving a glimpse behind the BOO curtain as they create their fifth studio album.
“It’s electro pop so good it sends shivers down parts of the spine other bands cannot reach.”
- The Devil Has The Best Tuna
batteryoperatedorchestra.com
BOOcast - Bandmade: Your DIY Recording Studio On A Budget
BOOcast - Bandmade: Your DIY Recording Studio On A Budget
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BOOcast - Synth of The Month: Korg Volca Keys
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BOOcast - Synth of The Month: Korg Volca Keys
BOO - Obelisk (Music Video by Truthstream Media)
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BOO - Obelisk (Music Video by Truthstream Media)
BOOcast - Synth of the Month: Korg Monologue
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BOOcast - Synth of the Month: Korg Monologue
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BOO - Give Me Back My Man Live (The B-52s cover)
BOOcast - Synth of the Month: Arturia MicroFreak
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BOOcast - Synth of the Month: Arturia MicroFreak
Join us on BOOcast - It's like Blue Peter with Synths!
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Join us on BOOcast - It's like Blue Peter with Synths!
BOO - Where Nobody Can Find Us Live (Katsen cover)
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BOO - Where Nobody Can Find Us Live (Katsen cover)
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BOOcast - Synth of the Month: Arturia Polybrute
BOO-cast - Synth of the Month: Casio CZ-101
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BOO-cast - Synth of the Month: Casio CZ-101
BOOcast Song Stories: Sparrow Dance and the History of Japan
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BOOcast Song Stories: Sparrow Dance and the History of Japan
BOOcast - Synth of the Month: Korg ARP 2600
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BOOcast - Synth of the Month: Korg ARP 2600
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BOOcast - Synth of the Month: Roland SH-1
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BOO X BBC Jan 2023 - Fairy Tale Live
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BOOcast - Synth of the Month: 1010music nanobox Tangerine
I built my first studio in 1978, and have built or reworked so many that I can't recall......So many tricks and solutions under my belt.......Great upload.......ane cool trick I learned from Bruce Fairbairn's world famous 'Armoury Studios' build in Vancouver (KISS, Yes, Seal, Metallica, Aerosmith.......) - floating your whole floor on hockey pucks. In Vancouver, he needed to 'float the floor', to isolate it from the sound of large trucks, trains nearby, etc........................Very useful video - good for you
Hi Boo, the best review of the sh1 so far 👌🏻. In your opinion based on the sound quality the sh1 provides compared to other vintage, what would be a fair price?
So what constitutes a "fair price" these days basically means "what people are prepared to pay", and a brief glance around for SH1 prices shows that right now, we can expect to pay well above 2,000 for an SH. This, in my opinion, is anything but fair, but it seems to be the norm. I wish that maybe 500 - 1,000 was the norm. That would be closer to "fair", I think, but we don't live in that world. I'm not sure what the original price of an SH1, corrected for inflation would be, probably 2 or 3 grand. Sorry for rambling, but prices are crazy, and I think I'm just annoyed that I didn't buy that whiteface Odyssey for 200 quid in 2003! The thing that gets me most is that analogue synths could be so cheap thru the 90s, and now they're not, all based on perception. Sorry, but I can't answer your question, but I can tell you this: I'd sell a kidney before I sold mine!
@@BOOelectric well i just literally bought one and your answer was very clear “ IF YOU LIKE IT SELL THE KIDNEY AND BUY IT” 😂. Fun story i never liked any roland monophonic synth neither the expensive sh5 neither sh7 they sound too metallic and ringy to my ears, i much prefer Oberheims and all yamaha cs series especially cs10 bass/lead are like nothing else to me) but than you demo thus and for some wired reason i like “geez Louise” what a tone. There is special depth in the sound of 1 VCO synths korgMS10, yamahaCS10, arp axxe etc. anyway cheers Boo 🍻
🎹🎸🤟 The Dress on the Lead Singer with the keytar looks amazing! Awesome music and style!
Nice key tar playing! What keyboard is it?
Thanks! It's a Yamaha CS01
had one for a year and it's ..........dunno. just not inspiring
I'm totally with you on this.
It looks like very useful sampler, but for the money? You can get SP 404 mk II for that money.
😱
This is the first of you videos I've seen........SOOOO well done. Such great audio quality and video work, editing, etc.........truly masterful work.....Instant Sub........Haven't seen a presentation this good in a while................Can't believe that you don't have 10 or 100 times this many subscribers..........Cheers, from the Canadian Wilderness
Thank you very much! The Canadian Wilderness sounds like a wonderful place to be.
8:41 "Bridget Jones is involved in the tuning"
Haha!
To be fair, egg cartons would have to be better than flat, parallel walls …
As we say, there may be a slightly improved acoustic response, alongside a vastly improved chance of burning your house down.
Egg cartons have “bad estatic”? Learn something every day … ☺️
The source material producer clearly can't speel "esthetic"
Stick a beat under that!!!!
I love it when this synth gets pushed beyond basics. Sounds amazing
Question: - What features would you like Arturia to add in future firmware updates?
Big question! It's already flexible enough for me, but sampling directly into the synth would be incredible.all my other requests would probably involve hardware upgrades, like more modulation ins and outs...
Still got one of these in the cupboard! 😂 great memories, great little synth
Mate had a cz230s which was a preset one of these with a built in sequencer and drums!
We had one of those too. In fact 2, if you count the one from the past. The last 4 presets are programmable via midi. Great keyboard!
Let him out!! 😊
⚡👍 Incredible analogy! Do u have affiliate links to purchase the Malevolent?
I'm sorry, no I don't have anything like that. Wish I did! It should be available in most of the usual places though. Good luck!
⚡👍 DUDE! I love the dirty, distorted sounds... Liked and subscribed.
Thank you sir! Yes, it's a screamer!
@@BOOelectric 👍⚡
Reminds me of my pro 3. 😮
Does the P3 do all that screamy stuff too? I've never played one.
@@BOOelectric oh yes like crazy. It has the tunable feedback loop and tunable overdrive after the filter. 😯
Gnarly!
Love your music!!
Congrats! You've officially made "it" lol. ⬇️ You got hate mail! You MUST be doing it right!! 👍 😅
And I love that you liked the comment! Take that high road! I must say, as a pianist/B3/Rhodes/Synth guy... classically trained... I mostly get compliments, or nothing... BUT; singers... man! everyone likes to jump on them & tell them how to do their job. I think you guys are doing great doing your thing! Original music is REALLY hard to book/promote/tour etc... I know: I did it for 15 years. (Now I'm in a Grateful Dead Tribute Band & making better money playing someone else's music. Not as gratifying, but... on an up note, I eat regular & its not Top Ramen 😅😅😅) Keep it up you guys! 👍
@@AMSOLO420 Haha! Thank you sir, you've made our day! It's endlessly funny that the hateful comments always come from "this channel has no content" types. I guess It's a form of creativity. Love to you from BOO! :)
Cool stuff!! I subscribed to you guys a while ago... I've been a pro musician for over 25 years, but I just got into electronic music in Nov of 23. If you've not checked out my channel... id appreciate it if you'd go check out my latest track or short "Tokyo Dream" .... thanks guys! ✌️
Cheers! Subbed!
Oki doki, glad I stumbled on this video, this has actually helped me. Thank you, Lee
You're very welcome Lee!
0:25 - at least three things: Akai S20 sampler - still going strong. Roland XP-60 - ditto. Yamaha DJX - roflz. But it, too, still going as it should. I absolutely want a MicroKorg though. I need summert dinky.
I congratulate you on your care of these items! I have a smouldering heap broken stuff from that era!
@@BOOelectric well none of it's ever been gigged - that helps, for sure
Love it! 😎👏🏼 Such a good groove. What were you playing the lead on?
Thank you! The bass is from the BS2, the parpy trumpety sound is from the Roland Promars, and the rest (not in this short clip) is from the Arturia MicroFreak and the Teisco 110F.
@@BOOelectric Ah, Promars was what I couldn’t make out … Thanks. 🙏🏼 Is there another extended/full clip somewhere I can hear/view?! 🙂. Cheers!
@@kierenmoore3236 Hiya! Youcan find the full live version, and our other live BOOcast videos here: ruclips.net/p/PLz72pR4WSLzXfc1Po7lKZpZDyQklgj-pD and you can hear everything we've released so far here: booelectric.bandcamp.com/ and if you want to stay in touch, know more etc, here's our website: booelectric.com/
@@BOOelectric Sweet, thanks! 😎👍🏼
Try using it with a distortion pedal!!🔥🔥
Challenge accepted!
I still own a CZ-101 (which I love), and 'd buy a "new" CZ-101 in a heartbeat! Casio, please give us one before Behringer does.
Love this!!!! That tune
I love this song
Thank you!
Sounds really nice! <3
It does! I wish the actual keybed was a little more substantial, however, or that they'd release a module.
I went on a 1979 synth acquisition kick for a bit (I ended with 4 more added to my Liberation I bought in 1990) and I can say this synth is absolutely a joy to play.
It's very special, isn't it. We were very sad to let it go.
Would be awesome with a better mix. Still cool though!
Love the breakdown at 3.15 😎 Are you guys familiar with Japan's, The Plastics? you might like some of their stuff! ruclips.net/video/Gi5un_z6A9M/видео.htmlsi=dc2ASi9gsZ4squYg
I wish Korg had added a transpose function (for sequences).
That would be amazing wouldn't it. A transformational improvement, in fact. Surely it can be done?
man after my heart...BASS SOUNDS! 💯💯💯💯
You either have to learn how to sing, or put some type of effects on your voice.
Hi there! Cool overview of the volca keys! Love it. The "llttle lights" in there are the signal for the machine self-tuning its oscillators, constantly. So, the 3 oscillators are most of the time in-sync esp. when the machine is being on for more then 10 minutes or so.
Oh wow! Thank you for clearing that up! One more mystery solved! :)
Can you make good monophonic lead and bass patches by any chance?? Anyone...thanks !
The Opsix should be more than capable of mono bass and lead sounds, though I haven't yet put it to these tasks as there's always a choise of monphonic analogue synths around. The fact that it's a bit more than just an FM synth, and that it's multiple engines can transform it into a virtual analogue, or a virtual modular madness machine lead me to believe that if I only had the Opsix, I would probably be ok. One thing I will say is that programming is not always as immediate as I'd like, and some of the digital oscillators might be described as a bit thin, but if you put the time in, it can yield pretty convincing fatness. Here's a link to some bass examples I found: ruclips.net/video/in2mV30UQ8I/видео.html And here are some leads: ruclips.net/video/BPXsbvVPm1U/видео.html Hope that helps!
@@BOOelectric Thank you so much !
Glad Synth of the Month is back ✨ I've not seen such an in-depth exploration of this little Volca's filter, that's not half bad! The envelope re-trigger thing is bugging me though.
Thank you! There's no way around the retriggering in paraphonic mode unfortunately, just gotta incorporate the limitation somehow! :)
Really great fluttering sounds! Is that a type of mellotron seen at the end with the rotating magnetic tape? Very cool.
Thank you very much! The tapeloop thing is our WEM Copicat, a tape delay thing. Sadly we blew it up a few years ago and haven't gotten round to fixing it. Congrats on the recent films btw. Excellent stuff for mad times. Xx
What's melody you created it's a kind of glitch hop session?
Im not sure what it is. I never rehearse these videos, neither the script or whatever I play is prepared, but sometimes I do accidentally play something from the real world. It just kind of pops up.bill have a think and if I realise what I was doing I'll get back to you.
Only coming if Chris wears his shorts 🤓
It's gonna be hot in there, so there's a high probability of knees.
Edit: comment deleted because apparently it applied to this video rather than the previous. But yes, I also love my microfreak and your tutorials.
It's cheaper.
j’adore ProMars! i like to call it a jupiter 1
Great name for it!
I learned absolutely nothing.
ABSOLUTELY ABSORBING AND BRILLIANT TUTORIAL On the Incredible Sounds of the,,Microfreak🎉 My Personal Favourite in my large studio, ive had it for 3 years now, .. STILL Don't know Synthesis, but it Doesn't seem to Matter when it comes to the,,Freak,, 😅 Just SOOooh Easy to Create Beautiful Tones ❤❤😊Jaffa Jenkins Dawless jams 😊
it's great isn't it... Will check your channel out. Thank you!
I L❤VE IT , I L❤VE IT , I L❤VE IT 😊 Jaffa Jenkins Dawless jams 😊jaffa
Cheers!
Really insightful demo Chris.
This means a lot coming from a man with SIX Volca modulars! Thank you!
awesome
Great vid as always, I soundproofed my small garden studio with rockwool, chipboard then plasterboard and then plaster and it’s pretty quiet from outside
Sounds great!