Live hardware jam (a collaboration with a member of Elektron!)

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A live, semi-improvised performance, all on hardware, and inspired by a new collaboration. Erik Ångman is a Technical Writer at Elektron, but more importantly he's a musician with nuanced taste and subtlety. Erik reached out to me about the possibility of making music together, and after hearing his work, I was happy to oblige. Here, I use some audio stems from Erik as a starting point on the Octatrack, "shred to pieces" (Erik's phrase) and then reimagined. Finally, I made some additional melodic and rhythmic content via the Octatrack, Digitone, and Monomachine. I'm very happy with the results, and here's hoping it's the beginning of a beautiful collaboration!
Elektron Octatrack MkII - Sample mangler, performance mixer, scene maker
Elektron Digitone + Cooper FX & Chase Bliss Generation Loss (into Octatrack) - Warbly melody
Elektron Digitone (into Monomachine) - Swell pad
Elektron Monomachine MkII (into Octatrack) - Drums, bass, high synth, harmony synth, and performance mixer
Written by Erik Ångman and Jay Hosking. Performed and recorded live by Jay, with EQ, compression, and limiting on the master.
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[@ModePhaser]

Man I love your videos! Thanks to you I got a Monomachine for Valentine’s Day today because my lady thought your work with it was so awesome that she felt my desire for one was justified. Thanks Jay! 🤘🏼😎

[@jerem680]

Just mindblowing perf I dream of being able to drive these beasts like that !!!

[@coltranius]

I came here to say the same thing!

[@onkelberra3166]

That melody is hauntingly beautiful. IMO It would have been so fitting having it played on a flute as an outro

[@JayHosking]

That's a cool idea! Maybe one day I'll do a collaboration with someone on flute.

[@berzerkrobot]

I was not expecting the drop to be that aggressive. Awesome work!

[@guyvonlino3685]

J.H. + Elektron = ecstasy & well-being... :))

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

Jay, You outdid yourself with this one. You are one of the few artists whose music makes me feel goosebumps, and this one in particular had me bobbing my head and feeling actual chills down my spine. I truly hope someday the world gives you your proper recognition next to other electronic music geniuses like deadmaus and daft punk. You have an amazing gift and I thank you deeply for sharing it with us. Bravo!

[@JayHosking]

Super kind and generous of you to say. Thanks. And congrats on the new member of the family!

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

@@JayHosking thank you!🙌🏻

[@Metamerist625]

Holy crap, that was spectacular!

[@laax8588]

Everytime I come back to one of your vids I honestly wonder why you don’t have at least half a million subs. Amazing content!

[@snorristurluson9679]

absolute amazing ....in any aspect

[@TheGirlahwlee]

Dude I’m in awe such beautiful sound

[@lesstalkmoredisco9445]

Beautiful piece, and I love learning from the small in-screen comments explaining how/what’s going on. Best:)

[@zorindmitrii777]

powerful sounding

[@pneuma946]

incredible

[@momiboughtasynthesizer6668]

Just WOW!

[@tendingtropic7778]

the little lego piece makes this even better than it already is. bravo!

[@supernatural802]

So sick.

[@MilesKvndra]

Man, this is so awesome! The moment when the drums come in is amazing! And it's great to see and hear a Monomachine again

[@papanovembermusic]

Killing it!

[@Tyetheberious]

That was so nice!!

[@cold_fashioned]

This is awesome! Can't wait to hear more! I love how you work the Octatrack. It inspires me to dig into mine more.

[@stephenroldan5107]

Great job

[@elfinfini]

Shiit ...your amazing!!!

[@grindedfranz]

jesus, this is so goddamn good. I love ur drumwork with the octa.. cant imagine how much time this would cost me to do in ableton and it seems u do it on the fly..

[@benjaminbrodie9801]

NICE JAY! Another classic. Here's a drink to world peace!

[@sepixsound]

great piece!

[@johnchesters81]

This was super fun, enjoyed it.

[@brentladue]

damn dude this was awesome!

[@GloveBunniesVideos]

Beautifully done!

[@dreamdealer]

amazing track and performance, such a cool colab, we need more of these.

[@beardjams]

Loving all your stuff that I've seen. This is immense.

[@starskypartridge1177]

Amazing as always

[@jonmackenzie]

FUCK YEAH

[@xxxxLasKo]

so much energy, love it jay!

[@loveadumb]

this is incredible. your work is quite inspiring.

[@nkozi]

Holy shit.

[@evguenikalachnikov2771]

This is awesome.

[@ArcAudios77]

Excellent listen, well done Jay :)

[@Violentmeals]

Wowzers!!! Amazing, as always...

[@fburton8]

Sublime! Got goosebumps listening to this.

[@gabrieldelamora3701]

Amazing performance!!!

[@dgebossa]

Great perf. Love it.

[@neoaltima]

This is an ENTIRE bop. Way to go.

[@rismosch]

Ace!

[@martinlubitz3171]

Amazing track, powerful 💣, love the 2 nd part❤🔥

[@cicciograziani5458]

Finally you are back! I love it!!! ❤

[@s.r.b.4582]

I love your elektron jams so much man

[@juliengiuliano628]

Really love the drums and lo fi on this one! Your tastes seem to collide pretty nicely, i'm eager for a second collab! Have a nice day

[@plurgrim]

super dope!! very very nice!! I wish!

[@stevemarcolla9232]

Absolutely loved this and the other videos of yours! So informative for finding new tips and tricks for the Elektron gear. Thanks so much!

[@gravityhamster8805]

I keep listening to this song over and over as time goes on. So wistful. So brilliant. So lovely.

[@desireeholiday543]

I really appreciate how you lay out your process! Definitely about to study how you work 🙏🏾✨

[@bionasard]

Sounds like a drive through the clouds. This is just beyond.

[@fredericdeleporte2239]

Oh boy, those pads! Great job detuning as well

[@riddimfernandez5139]

so good dude

[@strongocho]

daaaaaamn, this is too good!!

[@m.Breakzzz]

Love this. Wish it was on Spotify

[@vincentsky]

whoa... been binge watching your videos for last hour...just caught up to present time... or the future. you are an Elektron master.

[@kylewall8521]

Holy fuck!!

[@gergelybognar1080]

Jay a Genious!

[@miltosschimatariotis3906]

exceptional 🔥👌

[@Ferpingr]

cooool

[@palindromeAU]

Haven't seen a monomachine in action for long time. Nice 👍

[@MikkelGrumBovin]

YES ! You are BACK , in SuperDuber Power Overdrive Extraordinaire,- I LOVE IT ! i DO believe , you found a Grrrrreat Collaborator ! 😆☝️

[@MrScheller]

You know, I like the music in this KZbin video!

[@gibbyhanes8357]

Supercool! Greetings from Tijuana

[@PaulBreitzmann]

Squidgy is a good word. Squidgy.

[@kossfort1848]

When LP out ? Top quality material !

[@JayHosking]

Hey thanks! You can find some albums here: jayhosking.bandcamp.com

[@TheAndroidBishop]

As an authority on such things, I deem this both radically awesome and squidgy

[@FelixOlschewski]

I just love your music. I grew up on rock, blues, metal and folk music. Electronic music was considered the enemy by my mates. As a kid I never found access to it, probably due to hearing only the commercial stuff on the radio or MTV. But this? Just great, interesting, well-arranged, varied. Thanks a lot for sharing this. I got a Microbrute last year mainly because I found your videos inspiring and I am about to buy a ... what are they classified as? Groove Box? next. Do you think the Circuit tracks would make sense for someone new to this world? I have been making music constantly for 27 years but it was all non-electronic. I handle DAWs and hardware devices daily, though.

[@JayHosking]

Hey, thanks so much for the kind words. Yeah, "groovebox" is a terrible word, but a great category of devices. I think the Circuit Tracks is the perfect introduction to making music with a bunch of boxes: it's not perfect, but it's plenty hands on, has a relatively intuitive sequencer, and gives you space to grow (e.g. you can run your Microbrute into it and sequence it). Best of luck!

[@Ferrichrome]

Someone's been listening to Aphex Twin... ;)

[@ImJustAWhale]

Hi there ! Amazing jam, ive been eyeing elektron gear for two years and can only afford one piece of gear rn , what would you recommend jay? I feel an allure to the octotrakt!

[@JayHosking]

The Octatrack is great, but I feel it shines most when you're running other things through it. Hard to say what your "one" should be. The Octatrack and Digitakt are both fun sample players. The Rytm is very good as a groovebox, too. But in terms of sound, my favourite is the Analog Four; it's just beautiful sounding. Can't go wrong with any of their metal boxes, really! Best of luck.

[@ImJustAWhale]

@@JayHosking thank you!, i have no other boxes and i saw your bit in. Bo beats best gear 2020 video and it seemed to clear the air a bit, but its so hard to make a decision

[@kylewall8521]

Alright, spill them beanz. You know something about the next elektron machine. Don't you?

[@JayHosking]

I wish! Not a thing, truly, but I would love for someone else to spill the beans to me!

[@kylewall8521]

@@JayHosking monomachinedrum.

[@jdm6784]

I own 3 Elektron machines and found the learning curve to be steep for me...unfortunately. This is a wonderful display of analog sorcery.

[@jimmyscott7414]

I only own 1 and struggling to work it out. But, just tonight I started to feel like I’ve learnt a tiny little bit and that was enough to have me bobbing my head and smiling 🙂

[@christopherdicicco9252]

Who's the little blue guitar lego figure? Sorry if someone already asked that.

[@JayHosking]

His name is Jay!

[@OleksiiSolonenko]

Hey Jay! Do you have a video somewhere maybe on patreon how you create such drums? It’s like 65daysofstatic. I really want to know how to do such things. Greetings from Ukraine 🇺🇦