Electroknight

“I am interested in both composition and form! My introduction to the world of composition started in the late 1980’s, creating audiovisual demos on an Amiga 500 computer with an 8-bit sampler attached running ProTracker, something I found to be a simple yet a very addictive environment to work in. I really loved the mix of audio you could achieve with ProTracker, which was a multi-track sample based public domain piece of software.”

Much of Stephen’s work today is sample-based, with audio derived from a whole host of diverse sources. His overriding principles are to maintain simplicity throughout his compositions, and this extends to his user-friendly hardware, the most favoured of which is his classic Novation Bass Station.

Stephen comments;

“I consider it an evolutionary sample based process! Different samples or entire Bass Station tracks are typically pushed through a number of different types of audio processing tools (hardware and software) at different points in their composition cycle. This is a part of the process that has no real set formula and provides track deltas (differences), which can be stacked allowing the composition to achieve a somewhat random and varied feel. This method of composition can demand a lot of effort and time, as results are unpredictable and many times prove to be unusable, but it is a great way to move away from normal composition techniques and arrive at something new!”

“Modulator 26 is a good example of this process. My goal was to see how far a sound could be deltoid, with the idea of trying to virtually bend the sound around a listener.”

The end result of such compositions has lead Electroknight onto his next challenge - the use of multi-channel surround sound systems to further immerse the listener into sonic heaven!