Tech Talk: Anthony Rother’s Studio is a Modular Utopia (Electronic Beats TV)

Anthony Rother has created forward-thinking electro since the ‘90s, the creative force behind the PSI49 Net and Datapunk labels and producing alongside Sven Väth and DJ Hell, and here invites us into his incredible studio in the latest 'Tech Talk' on Telekom Electronic Beats TV. Described by the veteran producer as a “big modular system”, Rother walks us through both his recording studio as well as the hardware-heavy jam space he uses to prepare for his live performances.
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[@GebruennenTube]

Ich war lange Jahre ein riesen Fan unseres Offebacher Bübsche. Dann verlor er unheimlich. Ich meine noch nicht mal Popkiller - das war noch kreativ. Danach wurde es sehr flach. Umso mehr Respekt habe ich davor, dass er seinen alten Spirit wieder gefunden hat! Super geniale Musik, mir der er sich (und seinen Fans) treu bleibt und trotzdem mangelt es nicht an Innovation. Das ist ein Spagat, den nicht viele hinbekommen! Anthony ist eine Legende und steht als Produzent hinter sehr vielen, ganz großen Projekten. Nun in der Mitte des MOMEM-Teams... ICH WÜNSCHE DIR GANZ VIEL GLÜCK UND ERFOLG, VON HERZEN!

[@XanderEwald]

One of my biggest inspirations! Love his music and the way he approaches his studio.

[@Yavor_B]

I' a techno purist, but when listening to AR's stuff, I make an exception. I love all his albums, so well produced and engineered. The guy is a true master of the genre. Utter respect.

[@onceuponasynth]

Love the idea of having a "jam studio" separate from the main studio.

[@octaviusbrine909]

master of electro !!!

[@timhardman9386]

Das ist das erste Mal, dass jemand erzählt, dass er Sounds visuell sieht (geometrischeFormen, Farben) und das ging mir schon immer so. Das nennt man Kinästhesie - hatte ich nach zig Jahren herausgefunden.

[@Timecop1983]

Awesome video of a great artist! Those studios are epic! Love his gear!

[@2beer_OR_NOT_2beer]

Anthony Rother, wie immer eine Inspiration. Man, wie sehr diese Musik mein (DJ) Leben beeinflusst hat, unglaublich. Living in the future 👍

[@mynameistechno]

Finally! I have been waiting for this so long.

[@dopesensi]

The most techno haircut there is.

[@ThomasUeber]

Anthony's studio architecture is similiar to Ableton Live. Production studio = Arrangement-View and Jamming studio = Session-View. I think it's maybe the reason why he is also called Little Computer People :D

[@AsteroidKiller]

Nice to hear what Anthony has to say about his gear ✨❤️👍

[@GreeenDennis]

Im Jam Studio als Live Act gespielt,record gedrückt und der Track ist fertig. Absolut klasse

[@naisvd]

love the part about visualizing sound. very well said

[@JanAndhisfiets]

Big inspiration this man.. True artist.

[@Auxinelectro]

great interview this guy is really in touch with his sound.. he has built an amazing environment - look up his tune 'Hacker' if you want to hear the perfect example of his work.. I used to play this tune.. amazing sound Scape at volume and now I understand why!

[@AB-ck5tz]

Love the way he deals with live performance showing how skillful he is

[@hightowerTB303]

Klangkosmonaut! ❤️ Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Elektro!

[@simonlegrec]

Ultraproducer, sehr nett und hilfsbereit privat

[@Electrodefender]

Wahnsinn, das geht runner wie'n kühler Schoppe Bier aus'm Steinkrug! Ich bin begeistert!

[@hackehenry]

😁😁😁 Jawoll!!! Genau so!

[@MIGELGLORIA]

KRASS DACHTE AM ANFANG AZAD SPRICHT...WAS FÜR EINE LEGENDE DER HERR ROTHER

[@storsender2032]

Tolles Video! Toller Musiker! Toller Sound! Well deserved......

[@grauoliv]

Thanks EBTV! This was long overdue! :-D

[@jammadamma]

One of the best electro producers ever. "Simulationszeitalter" is on my top 3 list of best electro albums ever. Brutal. But my god, he can be cheesy sometimes ( 4:34 ) 😏😁

[@sebp400]

what, you're not living in the future?

[@maxmaxington5873]

Prefers hardware that is easy to use. *Uses the Nord Modular.*

[@ElectronicazMusic]

Great vid. Fascinating bloke too.

[@URRBANELEKTRO]

Legend !!!

[@b.k.9810]

Unglaublich faszinierender Mensch

[@busywl69]

what a room! so many great ways to make music today! most producers I know don't even use keyboards anymore. do it all on pads with a laptop.

[@TheMunkt]

after thomas p heckmann one of the greatest modular-analog archive

[@ElectronicBeatsTV]

He don‘t has much analog modular gear but some great synths

[@PastTime777]

Awesome.

[@bis5260]

Mega! Hat mir sehr gefallen!!!

[@christiantorma2440]

So muss das laufen ✌️live

[@Metroplex313]

inspiring!!

[@Lonely3rrior]

love his music.

[@TJE303]

hammer!

[@DmitryPuffin]

Inspiring video.

[@danaminyip]

Electro boss!

[@sanguerillia]

one of so many. but yes my fav to

[@soonkah8036]

Wow!

[@user-du5tn1kp8w]

More of this please!

[@ElectronicBeatsTV]

Watch the playlist for many many more: kzbin.info/aero/PLfRh37c5lviugeRYrBc-Tp1wrX7OmfR9i

[@user-du5tn1kp8w]

I watched most of them already

[@MattGreerMusic]

Man, I was on the same page with literally everything this dude just had to say.

[@sandro1017]

Guuude!

[@SIAKPHDLIVE]

The man

[@simonsorensen5405]

The real deal!

[@tommymai3062]

Insane gear. The lexicon 480 yummy

Hell yeah boi....

[@gregorostheimer9933]

mega geil

[@MarkoDeLaVoota]

cool 👍🏻

[@magicmastera]

sehr cool

[@_Thorsten]

Ja so kann man das machen. Like!

[@scottcummins1288]

What is the amazing ambient track in the first half of this?

[@MikeBaas]

I love every word this guy says. I LOVE every word this guys says!!!!!

[@ek9897]

🙏🏻

[@denniswinter6060]

Ser gut weiter so Digger 😎👍

[@ChrisRamis]

I really appreciate german producers.

[@tonipepperoni3424]

They're some of the best in the world as well as from london

[@ChrisRamis]

@@tonipepperoni3424 I quite agree 👍

[@AudioAddicted949]

Little Computer people is a great Track also the releases on nextdata. Verbalizer is straight Forward.

[@WiboLammerts]

Wow

[@saifeek]

What is that synthesizer he's using around the 7 min mark? Never seen it before, sounds huge

[@ThomasUeber]

Waldorf Wave

[@BobBell.]

Wicked! He should get a bane mask for that Mic 😄👍

[@gts1067]

wish he could expand on how he uses the nueron

[@TerekkiTerekki]

Neuron, nice

[@djvartan]

pioneer

[@magadan4626]

Tell me please, how many instruments are connected to one 32-channel mixer console? In other studios, the console is even smaller, and the tools.

[@NineHellHeaven]

Magadan - Patch bay probably connected so he can quick switch. Most people with lots of gear only have some connected to their mixer at any one time.

[@jbforce10]

Yep, the opening shot shows him connecting via a patchbay.

[@davidgeppert5763]

Der Mann hat's verstanden, was die Analog- /Digital-Frage betrifft

[@sebastienjurkowski]

Does anyone knows what tubular rack system Anthony uses?

[@ElectronicBeatsTV]

Guess you mean the Jaspers?

[@busywl69]

whats the headset he's using for the vox?

[@anthonyrothercom]

AKG C 420

[@vedabou]

"I try to use devices that aren't profoundly complex so I can concentrate on making music." - *uses several Nord Modulars :D

[@jjooijjjoo1075]

what synth does he use in 3min?

[@ElectronicBeatsTV]

Yamaha CS-50

[@claytonlevibrown]

some might think this video is poor but I felt that this guy seemed verte cool future ya

[@randall642]

that old waldorf sound so distinct. what is that big ass waldorf keyboard?

[@ElectronicBeatsTV]

Waldorf Wave, very rare and expensive.

[@jbforce10]

Difficult to find, and even more difficult to find a working one. There are several stories of people building a working Wave out of multiple donor machines. Super desirable.

[@Emiel1983Schoonoord]

And for sale www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/waldorf-wave-synthesizer-16-voice-speed-board-/888924457-74-4522

[@SIAKPHDLIVE]

tune at 6:48!!!!!

[@cbass909]

What's the Synth used at 03:00 ??? Thanks

[@Miscellama]

yamaha cs60

[@cbass909]

@@Miscellama Thanks a Lot. Amazing sound

[@moket808]

4:09 ... super custom SH-101

[@markolijus]

what is that man?? what is that mod on sh101?

[@olivergramm4571]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@PilferMusic]

4:01 spot the cirklon

[@timmbrockmann959]

7:21 Synästhesist

[@synthdude7664]

Does anyone know what type of controllers he’s using ? The fader ones on his desk are they avid ? What’s those buttons above them ?

[@ElectronicBeatsTV]

It's his Avid SC48 Venue Live mixer like he says in the interview

[@synthdude7664]

Telekom Electronic Beats ahh thank you

[@andrewpetrovsky7746]

Meine Liebe, Katarina! Icj liebe dich! Always and forever!

[@froydtrax2]

" an der Furt der Franken will ich mich bedanken ! "

[@Moskalus]

:)

[@f.p.8577]

wie ich ihn und seinen dialekt feier...

[@nofussproductions]

If only he would play in the uk, somewhere other than fabric, does he hate the uk?

[@FFMborn]

Anthony listet etliche Maschinen seines Studios auf und meint dann doch glatt: "Und das alles zusammen reicht mir vollkommen aus, da brauche ich den Computer nicht".😆 Ist bei mir genau umgekehrt. 🙃

[@ElectronicBeatsTV]

Und kommt dabei auch was nettes raus?

[@timornoscommovet1111]

Der PC ist nur essentiell wenn man abstrakte Dinge arangieren möchte (z.b. umfangreiche Ambient Produktionen mit vielen Samples oder lokal gelegten Effekten wie Glitches o.ä.) die niemals in einem Onetake aufgenommen werden könnten.

[@artjomschmidt9984]

Die Lexicon & Eventide Effekte sind doch nicht analog 😀 Das sind Hardware-FX aber die sind nicht analog 😌 Nur so nebenbei…

[@dankkarl1904]

WhErE is ThE MoDuLaR?!?!? LMAO

[@ShirouNiichan]

try be more hessisch. you cant

[@ElectronicBeatsTV]

It‘s possible, believe me

[@VinceVega303]

? I don't get it?

[@btr909]

…his hessian (regional) accent!

[@wilfamis]

Title it synth utopia, dont be throwing in modular as clickbait

[@ElectronicBeatsTV]

He builded his studio modular, that's what he says in the interview. Nothing wrong about it. The definition of modular is designed with standardized units that can be fit together in a variety of ways. An example of modular used as an adjective is in the phrase "modular furniture," which means furniture made with standard units and parts.

[@wilfamis]

sassy mobile companies, nice. yeah im well aware of what modular means, and i totally understand what anthony rother means by calling his set up modular, but the reality is that when we're talking modular in the same sentence as synthesizers there is a standard meaning, and that is the kind with that comes in a rack with patch cables. To title the video as about modular is, i think, wilfully misleading. but yeah i don't really mind, so it's not worth getting defensive over, i was just pointing it out as i and a few others in the comments obviously came here to geek out on modular synths

[@wilfamis]

i realise it looks like i'm calling a perfectly sensible response sassy, but i was responding to telekom's original unedited response which was "you know what modular means, right?"

[@merrionjames]

Get a grip - nobody cares mate 0:16

[@funkempfang]

totaly missed the point dude

[@bias69]

Too bad he forgot how to make music after Simulationszeitalter.

[@arkh1730]

doesnt know chords huh

[@XanderEwald]

Yet he released several celebrated albums and countless videos since you left your comment. Apparently, it does not hold him back.

[@lilakmonoke982]

interesting studio but the music ive heard from him has no depth .. kind of like from a spoiled kid with too many toys. keep going anthony!

[@ElectronicBeatsTV]

🤔

[@kellymerrill5294]

Just a bunch keyboards making generic techno. Where is the modular?

[@ElectronicBeatsTV]

You‘ll get the answer in the video

[@kellymerrill5294]

A router?

[@TheHeadbite]

Great Guy, great video, cool topic Telekom. I also disagreed few times like Kelly here ;) - for instance when He said "I also have some analogue stuff like Lexicon and M-One and H8000 from Eventide" - actually these few effects while they sound amazing are one of the most digital stuff in the industry, like ever. Yeah I also don't like everyone slaps "Modular" (also Organic, Bio and Gluten-Free :D) label on everything- yeah, amazing collection of vintage synths but by design (they are mostly digital and they have only audio and midi output - no triggers, gates and control votages and all that modular jazz) they cannot connect with eachother like modular block are. Last but not least - "Look Mum, no computer attitude" - It's just too hard to believe he programmed Nord Modular on a typewriter machine, or those 2 monitors are just there for the mood... and PAZ Analyser. Just have fun, grab what you need and make music no need to act like You are a some sort enlightened monk of electro but thats my opinion- some people are after this I bet ;)

[@nikesan2472]

Kelly Merrill Rother, generic techno... o boy. his sound is pretty unique... to me at least.

[@stefanmitkov1337]

One of the Greatest to live TRACK ID pls