80's Purist - An interview with Espen Kraft | GeeK TALK

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Vaughn George

Vaughn George

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@EspenKraft
@EspenKraft 5 жыл бұрын
Happy to spend some time with you man, I enjoyed it. Thanks for having me on your show! :)
@VaughnGeorge
@VaughnGeorge 5 жыл бұрын
Espen!! I really enjoyed it !! I hope we can do it again !! VG:-)
@EspenKraft
@EspenKraft 5 жыл бұрын
@@VaughnGeorge Definitely!
@cortical1
@cortical1 2 жыл бұрын
Just rewatched this since watching the initial posting. Great interview between two great 'tubers. Regards.
@carlosserrano3985
@carlosserrano3985 5 жыл бұрын
Every aspect of how the 80'S music was made was touched in this interview. I started in music in the 80'S when I was 13, the first time I put a hand on a Synth, I said this is the future but my main instrument was the drums and yes I use a Simmons SDSV wich still got today and later I got a Linndrum and my first Synth was a Roland VP-330 that I bought almost brand new from a old man that didn't like it. In the 80'S the structure of music was also different, technology was emerging and when MIDI came out everything where more easier but the individualism in sound was key to the charming of the 80'S and that also is lost today, everybody basically sound the same, I'm tired of hearing the TR-808 in every tune. Excellent interview, Cheers!
@VaughnGeorge
@VaughnGeorge 5 жыл бұрын
Carlos Serrano thank you my friend and I’m glad you enjoyed it !!VG🎹😎
@MultiMrMiles
@MultiMrMiles 5 жыл бұрын
80s decade was soo incredible, after that my life was basicly over....
@nadonadia2521
@nadonadia2521 4 жыл бұрын
same opinion
@LusciousApparatus_
@LusciousApparatus_ 5 жыл бұрын
The 80s ruined me for music. (I sound like an old lady here!) In many ways I'm still stuck there. I don't care for much of today's 'dance' music - the music itself sounds all the same, and the lyrics are so shallow, so banal. It's cool that Espen is still dedicated to using the 80s gear to make that awesome 80s sound. I'll be checking out his channel. Really enjoyed this interview, Vaughn!
@mikehydropneumatic2583
@mikehydropneumatic2583 5 жыл бұрын
If it comes to 80s Numan, Skinny Puppy and Anne Clark are still my favs.
@LusciousApparatus_
@LusciousApparatus_ 5 жыл бұрын
@ Thank you - will do!
@audioartisan
@audioartisan 4 жыл бұрын
@@mikehydropneumatic2583 +1 for Numan!
@imppu
@imppu 5 жыл бұрын
Heart-warming to hear this chat between two enthusiastic music nerds. Lovin' it.
@74goldenjet
@74goldenjet 5 жыл бұрын
Since you mentioned Trevor Horn, he once said in an interview that the main difference between recording sessions in the 80s and now is that now they write lyrics, produce and record at the same time. Back in the 80s they wrote a great song with meningsfull lyrics, and then they produced it based on the contents of the lyrics, which made the artists go down a different lane. And sometimes they spent a week just designing one sound.
@EspenKraft
@EspenKraft 5 жыл бұрын
George Michael made the album "Faith" by stepping up to the mic and making up the lyrics as he recorded so no hard rules here. I too make up the words as I record my vocals.
@74goldenjet
@74goldenjet 5 жыл бұрын
@@EspenKraft interesting :). Of course, creativity (luckily) shines in many different ways. However, in general, l think Trevor has a point. Even in classic art, like Leonardo Da Vinci you can find similar philosophy. In music, I think Alan Wilder is another great example, if you catch my drift :).
@EspenKraft
@EspenKraft 5 жыл бұрын
@@74goldenjet Different musicians will have different creative workflows. No right or wrong as long as the end result is a piece of beautiful music. ;-)
@74goldenjet
@74goldenjet 5 жыл бұрын
@@EspenKraft amen! :)
@petercarrington948
@petercarrington948 2 жыл бұрын
Two great minds and talents talking together. A joy!
@VaughnGeorge
@VaughnGeorge 2 жыл бұрын
Bless you Peter. Thank you , VG :-)
@petercarrington948
@petercarrington948 2 жыл бұрын
@@VaughnGeorge 100% true, my pleasure my friend !🙏🏻
@KortKramer
@KortKramer 5 жыл бұрын
Let's hear it for the 80s! Thanks Espen. And thank you Vaughn.
@VaughnGeorge
@VaughnGeorge 5 жыл бұрын
Cheers to you Kort!! You're welcome bud!! VG:-)
@lawrenceheiskell447
@lawrenceheiskell447 2 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed the interview guys! Love my D-50 Juno 60 Juno 106 and my Dx7...Long Live the 80's !!
@VaughnGeorge
@VaughnGeorge 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your kind words Lawrence !! VG :-)
@darrenhirst9900
@darrenhirst9900 4 жыл бұрын
Espen makes videos because he wants to show people his love of eighties music and equipment and it shows in his videos. He doesn't care about fame and fortune. You can tell a lot just make videos for the money and there is no love its just fame and fortune and appearing on each others channels to promote each other. With you two its a genuine love and its like sharing campfire stories. Respect and love to you both.
@VaughnGeorge
@VaughnGeorge 4 жыл бұрын
Darren my bro, thank you for your kind words!! You will be pleased to know that I have done a send video chat will Espen which will be released this week !! VG :-)
@darrenhirst9900
@darrenhirst9900 4 жыл бұрын
@@VaughnGeorge Oh cool I look forward to it. Watched a few of your videos and they are really enjoyable and I look forward to watching the rest.. All the best bro and keep up the good work. Regards.
@Wesaveingold
@Wesaveingold 5 жыл бұрын
Very cool. I'm from Norway too.
@robertgarscadden
@robertgarscadden 5 жыл бұрын
Fascinating Vaughn.really just got round to watching this,but Geek talk is excellent.hearing two professionals converse about too much low and things like that and the sequencencing of sound blows my mind.
@TheMontyfire
@TheMontyfire Жыл бұрын
I follow you both ,Espen did a great cover of living a boys adventure tale by A-ha
@christaylor839
@christaylor839 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this interview, Vaughn! Espen is a fantastic musician and songwriter!
@frankgijselhart
@frankgijselhart 5 жыл бұрын
I like it when two of my favoriete KZbins collaborate!
@VaughnGeorge
@VaughnGeorge 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Frank !!VG:-)
@michaeljarram
@michaeljarram 5 жыл бұрын
Been following you both for ages,I too was in the music biz in the 80s,had a single in the billboard chart for a couple of months but never got the cigar of success,I quit for 20 years but just started getting back into writing and I totally get the whole chord/melody debate,my youngest son is 22 and listens to 80s all the time.I refuse to get into vst’s,I use a RM1x,d50,m1,jx3p and recently got a ms101,tr08 and 09,tb03 and ju06a is on route.Aiming to get on here with some tunes in the near future.Watching you guys is an inspiration.keep up the good work Vaughan and Mr K👍
@dmomcilovic9185
@dmomcilovic9185 3 жыл бұрын
Comments on modern music are very true and only the tip of the problem
@diegoguadalupi7836
@diegoguadalupi7836 5 жыл бұрын
Very interesting chat. Thank you Vaughn & Espen
@skroll71
@skroll71 4 жыл бұрын
Aaaah! Two of my favourite channel hosts in the same video! Had no clue Espen was a fellow Norwegian - excuse my ignorance. Like the interview/chat! :-)
@VaughnGeorge
@VaughnGeorge 4 жыл бұрын
Michael Schollert you are welcome my friend !! I am happy to have you here !! VG🎹👍😎
@gregrobinson2877
@gregrobinson2877 5 жыл бұрын
Love 80s music and Espen is amazing.
@74goldenjet
@74goldenjet 5 жыл бұрын
Great stuff, guys! I would've loved to invite both of you over for a couple of beers and talk about 80s music and synths all night 😄.
@VaughnGeorge
@VaughnGeorge 5 жыл бұрын
For sure !!VG:-)
@audioartisan
@audioartisan 4 жыл бұрын
I've lately said bye bye to VST's, got some hardware, and I'm back to making music the way I used to in the 80's & 90's as well. I never knew just how much I missed working like that. It's a lot more intimate and productive for sure. (Crazy side-note, I also took my old 4 track cassette portastudio out and record with it. I forgot how much I missed doing things this way!) Great interview, Espen rocks! (or pops lol)
@slenderson4525
@slenderson4525 5 жыл бұрын
I'd thought to myself "I wonder if Vaughn has come across Espen's channel" and Voila! A great interview pops up! Imagine my surprise. Awesome discussions.
@R---66---R
@R---66---R 4 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, Vaughn, I watched every second of this upload...it grabbed me enormously...said here as a 54 year old, yeah, ofcourse ;-} Espen is a very decent and solid and nice person and the both of you are do terribly right in your thoughts/beliefs... wanna scream out to those plug-in users (and I know that, for instance, Jean Michel Jarre shares this opinion): "Buy this standard early days synth and get on with it...focus on all aspects of the machine and learn to live with it, sleep with it and dream of it...know it fully"...right? Thanks again, man!
@HynekRozkovec
@HynekRozkovec 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for the excellent interview. And it's actually a great idea to have a beer somewhere. I would love to have a beer with you whenever you come to Prague!
@mr-robot-2.099
@mr-robot-2.099 5 жыл бұрын
thanks vaughn. to see espen for the first time really... so, you know what we say if someone doing something awesome. GIVE THAT MAN A BELLS.
@TraumaHound
@TraumaHound 5 жыл бұрын
I can't subscribe to Espen after watching this....because I already am subscribed!👍👍
@staffordbt
@staffordbt 5 жыл бұрын
80's for me will always be the best computer error message ever.... provided by Pro-24 "fatal system error, try to save your work".
@Mute67
@Mute67 4 жыл бұрын
LOL
@mattavalon
@mattavalon 5 жыл бұрын
Another great insightful interview, inspirational and reassuring that we are all on the same wavelength!
@synthicidemusic1915
@synthicidemusic1915 5 жыл бұрын
Wow, good to see Espen interviewed here. I find it odd that not many current "synthwave or synthpop producers/artists aren't interviewed on many YT channels. Synthetix Sundays was a great podcast for that but it ended just before Espen was really noticed. I think it would be a great idea if some channel picked up the slack...? Man, his studio. I wish I had all that gear! How about we get together and....rob it?!?!?
@djdiscodeluxe
@djdiscodeluxe 5 жыл бұрын
80's bands can't make a housetrack and 'David Getto" can't make a 80's track... they are complete different scenes...NIce interview. I like Espen.
@marje1813
@marje1813 5 жыл бұрын
Great interview. If you plan on further collaborative work It would be really cool if you two talked a about gear and perhaps look a bit into how they were utilised by different artists in the 80's. Loving the new intro as well.
@anderslarsson6149
@anderslarsson6149 5 жыл бұрын
Great episode! Interesting discussion around ”head room” in music production
@jaggass
@jaggass 5 жыл бұрын
You must interview Paulo from Synthmania one day.
@_P_M_
@_P_M_ 5 жыл бұрын
Check out Marshall Arnold's channel. He did an hour with Paulo. GOod stuff.
@synthicidemusic1915
@synthicidemusic1915 5 жыл бұрын
Good idea. And RetroSound72
@genx1144
@genx1144 5 жыл бұрын
Two of my favorite YT'rs! Thanks for this. Agree on overpriced vintage synths. Analog sounds great, yes, but digital has really come a long way in the last 20 years. The Jupiter X and SYSTEM-8 are great examples of this.
@VaughnGeorge
@VaughnGeorge 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you bro!! VG:-)
@DestroyER82
@DestroyER82 5 жыл бұрын
I love the point about not buying overhyped and overpriced synths since there are many thats "close enough" and for fraction of price. My best example is that im using JX-8P to make Jupiter sounds and for really like 1/20 of real Jupiter cost. Awesome interview, keep it going!
@RyRoc
@RyRoc 5 жыл бұрын
"Pop" music has become an insult of sorts, for good reason in many cases. Pop itself stems from the word popular ie popular culture. The difference between 80's and even 90's pop music and modern pop music is the lack of actual artists/artistry/creativity. Today it's more of an ends to a means... With the goal to create this dumbed down easily accessible sound that makes $. IMHO In the 80s and 90s the creators of pop music were artists. Loved this interview Vaughn! Definitely very interested in more topic based talks with you and Espen!
@Curtiss1965
@Curtiss1965 5 жыл бұрын
When you come to Norway, let me know. I would like a beer too...
@VaughnGeorge
@VaughnGeorge 5 жыл бұрын
Will do bro !! VG:-)
@romanryabinkin4306
@romanryabinkin4306 5 жыл бұрын
Cool! Thank you!
@apislapis
@apislapis 5 жыл бұрын
Funny how you mention that some of the guys who have subbed to you VG should check out Espen. I've 'discovered' your channel the other way round from your interviews of Robin Vincent & Espen. Both are great videos, many thanks btw, so I've subbed you too and hit that bell. Good news for me is I've got your back catalogue to watch at my leisure. Keep up the good work VG and as I don't have the attention span of a goldfish, it's fab that you produce really interesting long videos. Imho if your into Scandi pop, if you haven't already, it's worth checking out Anders Enger Jensen too. The 'sun always shines' in his music. Perhaps, VG he may be an interesting source for one of your interviews?
@fraancetate8759
@fraancetate8759 5 жыл бұрын
Really fascinating interview Vaughn,on the subject of Norway it would be amazing if you could discuss A-HA and their influence on synth pop and their origins and influences,cheers Vaughn
@carlosserrano3985
@carlosserrano3985 5 жыл бұрын
I think before A-ha, the Human League should be discussed, they started in the late 70'S.
@Andy-kd1kb
@Andy-kd1kb 4 жыл бұрын
Found this one going back through your channel after joining a few months ago.. really, really interesting.. one of the best you've produced? 😉 It really resonates with me.. but in a very different way, because I started making music in the 80s but stopped in the early 90s after all my gear was stolen.. I started out using CV/Gate synced gear - an Roland SH101 and a pair of MC202s and then with the advent of MIDI bought a very early UMI BBC B Micro based sequencer (from the maker, Lynton, after being put in touch by Vince Clarke who I'd become a fanboy of..) (I'd love to have acquired one of his MC4s, I have some of his old gear). I also have a really interesting view because my daughter has found her own way in making music, not at all influenced by me paradoxically, using a Mac and only VSTs (and some sampling) (she went to a music college, DBS in Bristol). She's awesome too. Influenced by and references so many artists but doing her own thing, original, fresh and yeah, just awesome 😃 In the end it comes down to the strength of the ideas, the tunes - in the end it's all about the music. Thank you both 🙂 Lots I agreed with on this video..
@grabsch73
@grabsch73 5 жыл бұрын
Two favorite channels at once! =)
@LFOVCF
@LFOVCF 4 жыл бұрын
feels like home right here
@VaughnGeorge
@VaughnGeorge 4 жыл бұрын
And I want you to feel right at home here my friend!! VG :-)
@jaggass
@jaggass 5 жыл бұрын
What music video's i miss the most is the low budget ones from the 60's/70's and early 80's that showed musicians playing the instruments and singing. Now it's all dancing, cars, half dressed people etc.
@gilo7171
@gilo7171 5 жыл бұрын
BTW 2 :) - I bought JU-06A - juno 106/ juno 60 in ONE lately - AMAZING SYNTHS
@carlosserrano3985
@carlosserrano3985 5 жыл бұрын
Human League was a major influence too in the synth arena, they started in the late 70'S.
@andrewsly3183
@andrewsly3183 5 жыл бұрын
Great interview guys,agree about modern pop being unimaginative -Radio 1 playlist for example.
@_P_M_
@_P_M_ 5 жыл бұрын
Espen brings up a couple of good points. The difference between US and European 80's sound, where the US sound had a heavier bass. I've been listening to a lot of early 80's post-disco R&B lately and wondering why it's not also called 'Synthpop' since it's mainly synths but it's funkier than the Euro sound with more bass. Both styles share a common ancestery. Also, he brings up a good point about 80's synths and collectors versus players. I love my old gear and I know part of it is nostalgia for synths I fell in love with as a teen in the 80's. But the idea of spending thousands for collectable old gear just seems silly to me. ESQ-1's and SY77's are powerful 80's synths for not a lot of money. The only way I'll ever own an Oberheim is if Behringer releases their tribute.
@jaggass
@jaggass 5 жыл бұрын
Espen is really good at what he does.
@mijadevi7445
@mijadevi7445 4 жыл бұрын
Good interview. I think so many people have a question: Why we must hearing mostly african music ewerywhere.
@mijadevi7445
@mijadevi7445 4 жыл бұрын
We resonate with some harmonic orders. And music simply can be a healer or poison for enybody. The industry vanish good music from major media and promote untasted banal and mayhem of multi cultural pop especially. This is really big hit for human mentality and relationship.
@dmomcilovic9185
@dmomcilovic9185 3 жыл бұрын
Afrobeat from the 70s and 80s was fantastic. Today it is a pile of shite
@mijadevi7445
@mijadevi7445 3 жыл бұрын
@@dmomcilovic9185 i agree music was end in 90s
@beatatomaszewska5009
@beatatomaszewska5009 5 жыл бұрын
Today, even though pop music were created so long ago, their adventures are still being hear by people all over the world, Yes adventures ! Music....The `80`s , for me it is British music . Animation painting , Emotion painting , Music painting it is begininning pop music which give us British music . I saw a lighhter colour music , ye so thanks British music. Michael Jackson for me for ever , ever stay is Nomber One .. Pop King . And back Today I still feel ,m British music , British pop, did with me something on the next years incredible. It is luggage, good luggage I think ;) Gary Numan.... still waiting on the good time ;)Thanks so much !
@mightymissi
@mightymissi 5 жыл бұрын
Title track: "One way to Norway"...how fitting for this interview 😂
@temporoboto
@temporoboto 4 жыл бұрын
Cool video, you seem to love what you do. New sub.
@gilo7171
@gilo7171 5 жыл бұрын
BTW - listen to ITALO DISCO 80s style and Space Synth !
@DarkSideofSynth
@DarkSideofSynth 5 жыл бұрын
That's talking!!! Yeah!
5 жыл бұрын
Space synth? What the heck is that?
@DarkSideofSynth
@DarkSideofSynth 5 жыл бұрын
@ Man... you missed out a lot! :))) Look it up, plenty of stuff, even on my humble channel. Some genres have more names. You'll thank us later ;)
@gilo7171
@gilo7171 5 жыл бұрын
@ Buahahahha
@DarkSideofSynth
@DarkSideofSynth 5 жыл бұрын
@ No rush. Have a good one.
5 жыл бұрын
Isn't a keyboard a computer in essence. ? Or vice versa.... for instance the fairlight etc etc...
@homophonia1570
@homophonia1570 2 жыл бұрын
80´s purist!!! jajaajajajajaajajajajajajajajajajaajajajajajajajaajajajajaajajajjaajaj
@VaughnGeorge
@VaughnGeorge 2 жыл бұрын
Espen Kraft is a legend and I’m glad you agree!! VG 🎹👍
@homophonia1570
@homophonia1570 2 жыл бұрын
@@VaughnGeorge OK, we accept octopus as a pet! Legend is used in a very "everything" way nowadays... of course, legend to me is something else!
@VaughnGeorge
@VaughnGeorge 2 жыл бұрын
@@homophonia1570 okay, please send my regards to your pet octopus……😜
@syracusemusic1539
@syracusemusic1539 5 жыл бұрын
Great video yes most mainstream is awful. But to find great music in this day and age is not mainstream. It’s almost you like you have to search twice as hard to find good music.
@rikardvilhelmlindell405
@rikardvilhelmlindell405 Жыл бұрын
”Switch it on and go.” Really? You had to micromanage scares sample memory, manage midi latency, load time of floppy disc, abide the noise of the spinning hard drive. The 80s synths and samples had horrible user interfaces from the dx7 and onwards. Whereas with a PowerBook, only a little more than a decade later, you could fit the studio to go inside your laptop.
@mikimaravi6788
@mikimaravi6788 5 жыл бұрын
Espen 🙌
@beatatomaszewska5009
@beatatomaszewska5009 5 жыл бұрын
Realex The AND ;))))
@DarkSideofSynth
@DarkSideofSynth 5 жыл бұрын
80s forever. There were lots of dumb, poor lyrics even back then, though
@FilipMilerX
@FilipMilerX 4 жыл бұрын
Guys your videos are actually too short.
@ZenMountain
@ZenMountain 2 жыл бұрын
You spend 60% of your time "sorting out computer crashes"??? What??? What kind of computer do you use?
@gilo7171
@gilo7171 5 жыл бұрын
HE is very talented and perhaps very rich .... but he can't sing...
@EspenKraft
@EspenKraft 5 жыл бұрын
What you mean is you don't like my voice and that's fair, but don't say I can't sing. THAT is not true.
@gilo7171
@gilo7171 5 жыл бұрын
@@EspenKraft OK sing as you wish....
@ManuinTexas
@ManuinTexas 5 жыл бұрын
Come on! That’s not true! He has a good voice that fits perfectly in the genre.
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