Seeing a producer take a strong performance-based approach to playing live is always refreshing, and KiNK doesn’t disappoint in this wild live routine recorded at Resident Advisor‘s Sessions studio. He manages to work in a whole array of controllers for layering sounds and new beats over top of his own original productions. RA writes in the video’s description:
“KiNK’s performances are a middle finger to live dance music’s naysayers. The Bulgarian house artist shows the broad possibilities of the form by playing his assorted setup with the skill of a seasoned musician. Strahil Velchev’s style blends DJ tricks with keyboard and controller manipulation. He also likes to involve the crowd, encouraging dancers in the front row to smash out patterns on his Novation Launchpad […] he stopped by RA’s London HQ he combined “Source Of Uncertainty,” a new track from his forthcoming debut album, with a stretch of improvisation.”
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Well that blew my dick off
I was lucky enough to see KiNK in Boulder, CO for the Communikey festival. I have been attending underground parties, clubs, and festivals since 1998 and this was easily one of the most impressive Live PA sets I have ever seen, if not the most. Just a taste above was absolute madness in person. Don’t miss this guy if he comes to your town or nearby.
KiNK’s performance at CMKY was the shiiiit. And how about Voices from the Lake tho?
Or this one? http://youtu.be/VUxbqJNP5mI
Wonderfully musical and creative… Really inspiring stuff.
What do you think of my routine and set up? http://youtu.be/dUrFD_gpdSE
Controllerism with turntable? It is not possible (due to the Controllerism definition itself)
It is not turntablism neither (due he is not scratching, juggling…)
So… Maybe the turntable or the buttons are only “tools”
Mmmh… maybe TOOLtablism?
Yeah – dig it! Thanks for posting this one.
I think I know why YOU like this 🙂
I’m with Dan – a producer taking a performance-based approach is definitely refreshing. I always get ticked off when I see a producer perform as a DJ and just play the tracks, not really doing anything to them. I always think, “Come on!!! You’re a producer! You can do better!!!”
P.S. The Other Routines link keeps giving me a 500 Internal Server error. Anyone else having trouble with this?
Our web server is having some database issues, causing the 500 error. We’re working on getting them to fix it.
This is really awesome! Very smooth transitions. I especially enjoyed the tapping on the vinyl to get that nice thump sound for use in the routine. This is a great example of implementing pretty straightforward techniques. I personally always try to overcomplicate things.
Loving the use of pitched Vinyl – great idea.
Re: ableton, presumably recording the hits on the Akai pad thing as clips in session view – nothing complex as a technique, but great to see it pulled together in this way.
Check fretless fader by John Beez. I hope you find it interesting…
At the beginning I thought it was a bit “arty”, but then as I evolves it very cool. Pity we can’t see the what’s happening in Ableton (I just guess he uses that).
This is sick