Well, the title says it all, eh?
On the nicely designed new version of Bitkins, my new instrumental album, "Upon a Sleepless River"
Here's the link
About The Release:
"Upon a Sleepless River" is a dense, dark, political, cinematographic album with moody piano improvisations, noise experiments and a mix of cold digital landscapes and searing analogue leads.
This is a work about victory in the XXth century, from Harry Truman to General McArthur, with Kurtz the European Son providing historical perspective.
Written, performed and produced by Khoral.
Main instruments : Moog Little Phatty, Prophet 08, M-Tron, Korg Wavestation, Roland D50.
Groove on “Last Words” and ambient sound design on “McArthur” by John Fisher aka Ricemutt aka Bagger288.
“McArthur” is featured on short film “Cold Sweat” by Thomas Lesourd : link
 Nantes, France
About me
(this is my current press bio, forgive the 3rd person nonsense;))
32 year old french musician, based in Nantes, composer, performer and producer of his music. After a seminal electronic era (1995-2002), Khoral brings melody and songwriting forward for his debut album, Animal Fraud. Produced between 2002 and 2005, distributed in CD and digitally by Wild Palms Music, the record is a mix of influences, sophisticated songs tinged with folk-rock, pop and electro. Two EPs are then released in 2006 : Elevator Songs (MP3, Electronical, 70s styled instrumental music) and Marys Mellotron Song (CDR, Papergoose Records, pop electro). Khoral distanced himself from electronics for his second lo-fi blues album, Black Hole Years (MP3, Acousmatic Records), and its minimalist, gritty sound, based on slide guitar and industrial beats. The third album (Strawberry Blonde, 2007, unreleased) aims to synthesize the various styles of these past works, straying from Animal Fraud cold wave and the electro blues approach to Black Hole Years, using analog sounds and electric pianos in search of a funkier, richer and more accessible record... My Gear
DSI Prophet 08
Moog Little Phatty Doepfer Dark Energy Korg Wavestation Korg Poly-800 Roland D-550 (w/ PG1000) Roland Alpha Juno 1 (w/ PG300) Crumar Bit01 Microkorg Electribe EMX-1 Boss SP-303 Yamaha SY35 (sold, sob, my very first synthesizer...) Roland SH32 (sold too, er, my second one...) Peavey electro-acoustic guitar Epiphone acoustic guitar Epiphone Emperor II Joe Pass hollowbody guitar Fender steel guitar (the one with the dark sound) Johnson steel guitar (the one with the bright sound) Eko mandolin (with so many guitars, you might wonder how my sound is so electronic... the answer is, I don\\\'t really know) Gforce M-Tron Pro Gforce M-Tron Gforce Virtual String Machine Abbeyroad 60\'s Drums Drums Overkill Sonar LE Edirol UA-25 3Q Joemeek preamp Fat1 Valve compressor Alesis M1 active mk2 +Most Recent Blogs
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Written August 18 2010 , Tags: electroacoustic, dark, instrumental
Comments
Downloaded it last week and I really like it! Great stuff Khoral!!
Recent blogs: R.I.P Tony Wilson
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