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Posted on 31/07/1982

Communication – Musical & Album Project

The new buzzwords My collaboration with Scatterbrain lead to involvement in the ambitious multimedia musical "Communication" by Spencer Shaw, which was recorded as an album and performed partly live to the musical by Michael Kastrup Hansen (keyboards) and myself (synthesizers) in "Saltlageret" in Copenhagen during the - very hot - summer of 1982. By today's [...]

Posted on 25/02/1982

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First company registration

After having spent around 6 years doing music in my spare time while working or studying, I felt the need to go further with it. In order to be able to build a proper studio I had to establish a proper company to be able to make the gear purchases a deductable expense. So in […]

Posted on 31/03/1981

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Scatterbrain

THE NEO WAVE Kraftwerk and Brian Eno's work with Roxy Music and Bowie (especially on "Low" and "Heroes") showed a new direction for pop music, paving the way for New Wave and New Romantics bands like Gary Numan, Brian Eno, Ultravox, Human League, Depeche Mode, Visage, Simple Minds and Devo. These were among the inspirations [...]

Posted on 01/07/1980

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Roland System 100M Modular Synthesizer

THE NEXT SOUNDWAVE In 1980 I traded my otherwise beloved Korg MS-20 / MS-50 / SQ-10 Modular for the Roland System 100M. Since I could not afford both systems, I needed to part with the Korg System for the upgrade. I was first introduced to the System 100M by Bent Corlin of Roland Scandinavia, who [...]

Posted on 31/10/1978

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Nous Yto – The first Danish all-electronic band

Together with Morten Roger Henrichsen and Jens Walther I created the first Danish all-electronic act "Nous Yto" in 1978 with electronics acts Tangerine Dream, Cluster, Kraftwerk, Eno, Robert Fripp, Amon Düül and Popol Vuh as common inspiration and reference. Later the band was joined by Henrik Lumholdt on string machine and guitar treatments. COOL SCIENTISTS [...]

Posted on 29/04/1978

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Korg MS-20 Analog Semi Modular Synth

The game changer When Korg launched the MS-20 Synth in 1978 they changed the rules for affordability and flexibility for a performance synth. The selection of sound parameters plus the added patchability made it a winner - at least on paper. But if you traded your MiniMoog for an MS-20 you would probably be disappointed at first, [...]

Posted on 02/10/1976

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Roland System-104 Sequencer

I started my sequencing career in 1976 using the Roland 104 Analog Sequencer, hooked up to the Moog Sonic Six – my first synthesizer. The sequencer was originally part of the Roland System 100 Synthesizer system, but could be purchased individually, too. I hooked it up via a piece of copper wire to the Moog’s […]

Posted on 01/10/1976

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Moog Sonic 6 Synthesizer

The first synthesizer I acquired was the rather special Moog Sonic 6, which lacked some of the MiniMoog's performance features, but offered quite a lot more possibilities for experimentation. It still had the fat Moog filter sound, but the limited Envelope Generator somewhat narrows its potential for traditional musical synth sounds. The Sonic 6 was originally [...]

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Communication – Musical & Album Project

First company registration

Scatterbrain

Roland System 100M Modular Synthesizer

Nous Yto – The first Danish all-electronic band

Korg MS-20 Analog Semi Modular Synth

Roland System-104 Sequencer

Moog Sonic 6 Synthesizer

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