Analogue #02: Stephen Morris

The second episode in our short film series Analogue, profiling the artists, musicians and producers whose love affair with analogue sound has come to define the way they work.
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[@shivaduck]

The world needs more Stephen Morris.

[@chriswareham]

He always comes across as such a great guy in interviews, and still completely immersed in making music for the most genuine of reasons. I also agree with what he says about the limitations of hardware encouraging a more imaginative way of working. I tried software based DAWs, but found I was spending hours fiddling with settings rather than making music. So I went back to writing stuff on a bass guitar, ancient drum machine and a single analogue synth.

[@cosmicdrifter287]

the human drum machine speaks!

[@jeff91266]

Steve is a genius, the best drummer ever, like a machine 🙂🥁🥁🎼🎵🎶🎹

[@Krung0401]

Shit, y'all could've made this an hour long.

[@DivKid]

+Krung just what I was thinking

[@ericbarth5648]

Agreed

[@MorbidManoeuvres]

yeah i was just getting into it.. soon as it ended.

[@nelsonmargarottijunior1930]

Best F drummah evah... Metronome Man

[@Ami483]

nice to hear such a happy guy

[@oostenmusic]

Never heard anyone say it that way, that you "could go on forever in a DAW", but its too true. Learn when to hang it up and release it!

[@samsaturos]

He seems to be such a nice guy. Short interview full of wise words. :)

[@nigelericogden3200]

Interesting that Stephen talks about the infinite possibilities ... I think there’s something to be said for having limited possibilities ... in terms of equipment etc ... that this focuses in some way the creative process ...

[@piaguastavinoperez7232]

yes he is cute and he is not old

[@veerchasm1]

So wise and he really summarized the creative process

[@creekandseminole]

Inherited from Martin Hannet. Amazing

[@Skiptondesigns]

What a mess.

[@catalina4630]

He's so cute, even now he's old

[@dwademvp12]

legend

[@NelsonMJr]

Best fuckin' drummah ever! Metronome Man!!!

[@everymandan4176]

Great to see some Mutable and Intellijel in the racks!

[@RegebroRepairs]

What a lovely studio.

[@scott7521]

I hate the rabbit hole of technology..... years can go by and you haven't done a thing except search for sounds.

[@robbe4711]

The power of constraint!

[@kevinz4396]

Best type of English bloke.

[@miguimau]

Married to the best type of English gal, BTW.

[@kevinz4396]

@@miguimau 100% agreed

[@ericbarth5648]

He resumes pretty well the struggle of producing electronic music

[@abberosen]

love him

[@onskestenen3450]

I wanna see a studio tour

[@leonardoaraujobezerra2573]

Whats about Chris Lowe from Pet Shop Boys on this serie of videos?

[@dbag3345]

Leonardo Araújo Bezerra He's no Stephen

[@johnbence1750]

I completely disagree when he says “you can do a record in your bedroom on your computer, it won’t be the best record in the world but you can do it.” Burial - Untrue Flying Lotus - Los Angeles Two of the best records of all time, (that our just as valid as any Joy Division record) both made on computers, maybe even in bedrooms. I can’t find any music he has written with all those synths anywhere online? Thanks for drumming on joy division records x

[@AnalogueSolutions]

Polymath synthesiser!

[@aramzulumyan6380]

na na na nice nice na nice na nice naaaaice cece

[@SERGEL-96]

What is the song in the background that starts at 0:46?

[@globalparadise6979]

I don't know

[@GVike]

Still has a SDS7... damn.

[@gusanocc51]

drums machine Man

[@veridisinlofi110]

Stephen Morris > Kirkiegard

[@Skiptondesigns]

I make awesome albums in my bedroom Stephen...settle. Music Complete wasn't that great, really. Lost Sirens was much better.

[@spurv]

Yeah, I totally agree on his opinions about analogue, but when he said that the album you make in your living room won't be the best, I kinda facepalmed. And I'm a huge fan of his drumming, and of early New Order in general.

[@harmonicresonanceproject]

Actually, it's always a bad excuse when people don't understand the new ways. What they're really saying is; I never could learn how to do it that way. A listen to New Order's new material shows that they are actually not sounding very well produced these days, even with the great gear. Not hating, I love this guy, and the band. But lazy analogue fetishism is simply passe nowadays. ITB is only limited by your talent, your imagination and your experience, and will to experiment and get it right. Just like it should be. That's because it's an advancement. You have to put the time in, however. Go and have a watch of Thomas Dolby's talk at Rough Trade. He has the correct artistic and professional attitude; "no I don't own any old synths - why would I?"

[@spurv]

Correct professional attitude? Seems like you haven't understood one word Stephen was saying.