JON PORRAS
Voices Of The Air
Boomkat Product Review:
Barn Owl’s Jon Porras (Elm) arrestingly redresses his sound from the ground up in ‘Voices Of The Air’, a diaphanous new album of tempered ecstasies crafted with the multi-timbral voices of the Yamaha DX7 synth
“Taking the Yamaha DX7 as his main instrument on Voices of the Air, Porras read about John Chowning's work with FM synthesis, where a sound waveform's frequency, called the carrier, is modulated with a frequency similar in range. The result is a nuanced and multidimensional voice, and the possibilities are endless. Yamaha specifically licensed Chowning's creations for the DX7, and Porras spent a sleepless weekend poring through the manual, figuring out how to build textures. Taking a conscious step away from improvisation, Porras used these new sounds "as a plastic source to shape and mold." He stacked, arranged and adjusted through digital synthesis and effects. "The process felt like mixing paint to get the right color and texture, then laying down a brushstroke, each day returning to the canvas to build on something I left there from the day before," says Porras.
Once he had the basic structures he experimented with them in live performance,e took the stand-up comedian route with new material and tried out performing it live, (kinda weird esp in the experimental music context ha) seeing what worked, what provoked reactions in the audience, how to perfect each composition to its ideal form. This process went from June 2017 to February of this year, when into he recorded the album at Gary's Electric Studio in Greenpoint with Al Carlson to record the album. Voices of the Air broadcasts these intricate balance of sounds that slowly set together like wet concrete. In their final forms, Porras has created an album of delicacy and power, one that is only fully realized by a listener ready to allow it to take full effect.”
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Boomkat Product Review:
Barn Owl’s Jon Porras (Elm) arrestingly redresses his sound from the ground up in ‘Voices Of The Air’, a diaphanous new album of tempered ecstasies crafted with the multi-timbral voices of the Yamaha DX7 synth
“Taking the Yamaha DX7 as his main instrument on Voices of the Air, Porras read about John Chowning's work with FM synthesis, where a sound waveform's frequency, called the carrier, is modulated with a frequency similar in range. The result is a nuanced and multidimensional voice, and the possibilities are endless. Yamaha specifically licensed Chowning's creations for the DX7, and Porras spent a sleepless weekend poring through the manual, figuring out how to build textures. Taking a conscious step away from improvisation, Porras used these new sounds "as a plastic source to shape and mold." He stacked, arranged and adjusted through digital synthesis and effects. "The process felt like mixing paint to get the right color and texture, then laying down a brushstroke, each day returning to the canvas to build on something I left there from the day before," says Porras.
Once he had the basic structures he experimented with them in live performance,e took the stand-up comedian route with new material and tried out performing it live, (kinda weird esp in the experimental music context ha) seeing what worked, what provoked reactions in the audience, how to perfect each composition to its ideal form. This process went from June 2017 to February of this year, when into he recorded the album at Gary's Electric Studio in Greenpoint with Al Carlson to record the album. Voices of the Air broadcasts these intricate balance of sounds that slowly set together like wet concrete. In their final forms, Porras has created an album of delicacy and power, one that is only fully realized by a listener ready to allow it to take full effect.”
Boomkat Product Review:
Barn Owl’s Jon Porras (Elm) arrestingly redresses his sound from the ground up in ‘Voices Of The Air’, a diaphanous new album of tempered ecstasies crafted with the multi-timbral voices of the Yamaha DX7 synth
“Taking the Yamaha DX7 as his main instrument on Voices of the Air, Porras read about John Chowning's work with FM synthesis, where a sound waveform's frequency, called the carrier, is modulated with a frequency similar in range. The result is a nuanced and multidimensional voice, and the possibilities are endless. Yamaha specifically licensed Chowning's creations for the DX7, and Porras spent a sleepless weekend poring through the manual, figuring out how to build textures. Taking a conscious step away from improvisation, Porras used these new sounds "as a plastic source to shape and mold." He stacked, arranged and adjusted through digital synthesis and effects. "The process felt like mixing paint to get the right color and texture, then laying down a brushstroke, each day returning to the canvas to build on something I left there from the day before," says Porras.
Once he had the basic structures he experimented with them in live performance,e took the stand-up comedian route with new material and tried out performing it live, (kinda weird esp in the experimental music context ha) seeing what worked, what provoked reactions in the audience, how to perfect each composition to its ideal form. This process went from June 2017 to February of this year, when into he recorded the album at Gary's Electric Studio in Greenpoint with Al Carlson to record the album. Voices of the Air broadcasts these intricate balance of sounds that slowly set together like wet concrete. In their final forms, Porras has created an album of delicacy and power, one that is only fully realized by a listener ready to allow it to take full effect.”
Boomkat Product Review:
Barn Owl’s Jon Porras (Elm) arrestingly redresses his sound from the ground up in ‘Voices Of The Air’, a diaphanous new album of tempered ecstasies crafted with the multi-timbral voices of the Yamaha DX7 synth
“Taking the Yamaha DX7 as his main instrument on Voices of the Air, Porras read about John Chowning's work with FM synthesis, where a sound waveform's frequency, called the carrier, is modulated with a frequency similar in range. The result is a nuanced and multidimensional voice, and the possibilities are endless. Yamaha specifically licensed Chowning's creations for the DX7, and Porras spent a sleepless weekend poring through the manual, figuring out how to build textures. Taking a conscious step away from improvisation, Porras used these new sounds "as a plastic source to shape and mold." He stacked, arranged and adjusted through digital synthesis and effects. "The process felt like mixing paint to get the right color and texture, then laying down a brushstroke, each day returning to the canvas to build on something I left there from the day before," says Porras.
Once he had the basic structures he experimented with them in live performance,e took the stand-up comedian route with new material and tried out performing it live, (kinda weird esp in the experimental music context ha) seeing what worked, what provoked reactions in the audience, how to perfect each composition to its ideal form. This process went from June 2017 to February of this year, when into he recorded the album at Gary's Electric Studio in Greenpoint with Al Carlson to record the album. Voices of the Air broadcasts these intricate balance of sounds that slowly set together like wet concrete. In their final forms, Porras has created an album of delicacy and power, one that is only fully realized by a listener ready to allow it to take full effect.”
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Boomkat Product Review:
Barn Owl’s Jon Porras (Elm) arrestingly redresses his sound from the ground up in ‘Voices Of The Air’, a diaphanous new album of tempered ecstasies crafted with the multi-timbral voices of the Yamaha DX7 synth
“Taking the Yamaha DX7 as his main instrument on Voices of the Air, Porras read about John Chowning's work with FM synthesis, where a sound waveform's frequency, called the carrier, is modulated with a frequency similar in range. The result is a nuanced and multidimensional voice, and the possibilities are endless. Yamaha specifically licensed Chowning's creations for the DX7, and Porras spent a sleepless weekend poring through the manual, figuring out how to build textures. Taking a conscious step away from improvisation, Porras used these new sounds "as a plastic source to shape and mold." He stacked, arranged and adjusted through digital synthesis and effects. "The process felt like mixing paint to get the right color and texture, then laying down a brushstroke, each day returning to the canvas to build on something I left there from the day before," says Porras.
Once he had the basic structures he experimented with them in live performance,e took the stand-up comedian route with new material and tried out performing it live, (kinda weird esp in the experimental music context ha) seeing what worked, what provoked reactions in the audience, how to perfect each composition to its ideal form. This process went from June 2017 to February of this year, when into he recorded the album at Gary's Electric Studio in Greenpoint with Al Carlson to record the album. Voices of the Air broadcasts these intricate balance of sounds that slowly set together like wet concrete. In their final forms, Porras has created an album of delicacy and power, one that is only fully realized by a listener ready to allow it to take full effect.”
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Boomkat Product Review:
Barn Owl’s Jon Porras (Elm) arrestingly redresses his sound from the ground up in ‘Voices Of The Air’, a diaphanous new album of tempered ecstasies crafted with the multi-timbral voices of the Yamaha DX7 synth
“Taking the Yamaha DX7 as his main instrument on Voices of the Air, Porras read about John Chowning's work with FM synthesis, where a sound waveform's frequency, called the carrier, is modulated with a frequency similar in range. The result is a nuanced and multidimensional voice, and the possibilities are endless. Yamaha specifically licensed Chowning's creations for the DX7, and Porras spent a sleepless weekend poring through the manual, figuring out how to build textures. Taking a conscious step away from improvisation, Porras used these new sounds "as a plastic source to shape and mold." He stacked, arranged and adjusted through digital synthesis and effects. "The process felt like mixing paint to get the right color and texture, then laying down a brushstroke, each day returning to the canvas to build on something I left there from the day before," says Porras.
Once he had the basic structures he experimented with them in live performance,e took the stand-up comedian route with new material and tried out performing it live, (kinda weird esp in the experimental music context ha) seeing what worked, what provoked reactions in the audience, how to perfect each composition to its ideal form. This process went from June 2017 to February of this year, when into he recorded the album at Gary's Electric Studio in Greenpoint with Al Carlson to record the album. Voices of the Air broadcasts these intricate balance of sounds that slowly set together like wet concrete. In their final forms, Porras has created an album of delicacy and power, one that is only fully realized by a listener ready to allow it to take full effect.”
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