KLANG | Oberheim Eight Voice
Limited time offer:
Buy your KLANG Art Edition Box Set now –
and get a FREE Oberheim Eight Voice Bag!
There are only 25 of 50 Box Sets left. Secure yours now, before they are gone forever – sold out like the Weltmaschine Box Set. For a limited time only, the set comes with an Oberheim Eight Voice bag, manually sreen printed by yours, truly. Worth 15 € – for free.
These Art Edition Box sets are a labour of love and a celebration of handcraft and analog goodness. They contain the album KLANG | Oberheim Eight Voice on signed CD and on cassette tape with unreleased bonus tracks. Each of those tapes – of which only 50 exist – has got its unique, one-of-a-kind cover, hand drawn by myself, signed and numbered.
In addition to the musical goodies, each set comes with four analog dark-room prints on baryte paper with photographs of the Eight Voice Synthesizer, taken with a large-format analog camera, also numbered and signed.
Buy your KLANG Art Edition Box Set now –
and get a FREE Oberheim Eight Voice Bag!
There are only 25 of 50 Box Sets left. Secure yours now, before they are gone forever – sold out like the Weltmaschine Box Set. For a limited time only, the set comes with an Oberheim Eight Voice bag, manually sreen printed by yours, truly. Worth 15 € – for free.
These Art Edition Box sets are a labour of love and a celebration of handcraft and analog goodness. They contain the album KLANG | Oberheim Eight Voice on signed CD and on cassette tape with unreleased bonus tracks. Each of those tapes – of which only 50 exist – has got its unique, one-of-a-kind cover, hand drawn by myself, signed and numbered.
In addition to the musical goodies, each set comes with four analog dark-room prints on baryte paper with photographs of the Eight Voice Synthesizer, taken with a large-format analog camera, also numbered and signed.
KLANG
Back in 2015, I had a look at my growing setup of vintage keyboards and felt the urge to share my fascination for these instruments with the world.
These instruments are so inspiring and seem to carry their own kind of soul.
So, in addition to bringing them to their best use on albums and on stage, subordinating to the bigger picture of a musical idea, I wanted to create a place to put them right into the spotlight, for the sake of their own essence.
That's when I started the Klangteppich series on my YouTube channel, featuring jams and compositions – oftentimes with one single synthesizer and nothing else.
That was so much fun that I wanted to go even deeper into it. Why not go crazy on the "One-Synth-Challenge" idea and create a series of whole albums, using just one single synth for each one?
The idea of KLANG (German for sound) was born.
I wanted to capture the essence of each synth I feel drawn to by composing pieces dedicated to the particular instrument, as well as freely improvising without any guidelines or prepared ideas, to create space for a resonance to unfold between the intentions of the synth's creator, me as a player, inspired by the presence of the instrument and you as a listener, merging it all with your own experiences and emotions.
OBERHEIM EIGHT VOICE
The first specimen for this album series is an absolute dream-synth of mine (and many others):
The Oberheim Eight Voice.
In the 1970s, when most synthesizers were only capable of playing one note at a time, Tom Oberheim created some of the first true polyphonic synthesizers by stacking up to eight of his famous Synthesizer Expander Modules (SEM) together with a then groundbreaking digital keyboard.
This concept of having eight complete synthesizers joining their individual voices is very unique in both workflow and the resulting sound.
KLANG | Oberheim Eight Voice
I’m proud to share 7 tracks of sonic love for this one-of-a-kind monster. Two compositions are dedicated to the sound and characteristics of the Oberheim Eight Voice and five of the tracks are free improvisations, inspired by the presence and sound of the instrument, created in the moment when sitting in front of the Oberheim, merging with its presence.
Recorded at GForce Software’s synthesizer studio in England – on generous invitation of Dave Spiers (pictured here with a lucky me, whose bucket-list-dream of ever playing an Oberheim Four Voice had been overdelivered by 100% – I’m still full of Love and Gratitude, Dave!).
Mixed with countless analogue dreams by the fabulous Antonio Pulli at Saal3 – Nils Frahm’s studio at Funkhaus, Berlin (It was once again a mesmerizing experience to attend and watch the magic happen – Thank you Antonio!).
Art Edition Box Set
- Limited to 50 pieces
- Signed and numbered
- Box screenprinted by Marius Leicht
- Music Cassette with bonus tracks not released anywhere else
- Handdrawn Cassette-Cover by Marius Leicht - each is a unique piece of art
- Signed CD in digipack
- 12-page booklet
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4 analog darkroom prints on barite paper,
each signed and numbered - 24 Bit / 96 kHz download included
KLANG | Oberheim Eight Voice - CD
- CD in digipack
- 12-page booklet
- First 100 CDs signed
- Cover art by Marius Leicht
- 7 Tracks of Oberheim love
- 24 Bit / 96 kHz download included
T-Shirt - Oberheim Eight Voice
- Show up as a synth-connoisseur with this unique Oberheim Eight Voice design
- NOT the typical cheapo band-shirt, but high quality, durable and nice fit
- Organic Cotton
- Fair Trade
- Hand printed by Marius Leicht
Please select your size at checkout (click the little “i” button next to the preselected product)!
The shirts are a little larger in fit.
Bag - Oberheim Eight Voice
- Show up as a synth-connoisseur with this unique Oberheim Eight Voice design
- Organic Cotton
- Hand printed by Marius Leicht
