Who doesn’t love a good synth pad? Even in the midst of electronica’s rising popularity, the more elegant sound effects of the earliest video games aren’t employed enough; it’s astounding what millenial production can do for what was already done twenty years ago. The skeletal formula is as follows: remastery + ProTools + […]
Monthly Archives: June 2006
Blue Sky Objective Review in Release Magazine
June 18, 2006 – 2:12 pm
Emulsion (aka Nathan Koch) presents his debut CD “Blue Sky Objective”.
The style comes from his love of quite classic elements – electronica, IDM
and indie. This is not all though, as he also states a fondness for the old
8-bit gaming machines, so how have all those catchy Mario melodies guided
his musical development?
The interesting thing you […]
Emulsion DJ and live sets: Locale @ Rodan
June 18, 2006 – 10:24 am
Audio: Emulsion
Video: Erik Olsen aka Amputeenie and Ben Cirrus aka Spiderback
Locale @ Rodan
1530 N. Milwaukee
Chicago
Blue Sky Objective Review in Textura
June 1, 2006 – 1:18 pm
Emulsion’s 8-bit sound is proudly front and center from the opening moment of Blue Sky Objective, but what most distinguishes the full-length by native New Yorker and now Chicago resident Nathan Koch is his gift for bright, tangy melodies. Every requisite elements of the classic electro-IDM style is here—bouncy, lo-fi beats, symphonic synths, handclaps, bleepy […]