Derwent from Strata by Oscilliard
Derwent reflects the electronic music that has inspired me. One example is Dorian Concept; his melodies and beats are so playful and his digital production full of human quirks. Derwent features some of the synthesisers that I have worked on in my day job in music technology research and development. I run my electric double bass through the filter in the Novation Bass Station II. The more digital sounding synths are an early pre-production version of the Ultranova, using its touch envelope trigger. The symbol like sounds are my recordings of hitting an iron garden rose arbour.
Oscilliard make dance music, or more accurately, music made for dancing. Strata draws upon a global, kaleidoscopic range of dance for inspiration; from Balinese to American Lindy Hop, from medieval steps to cutting loose at a warehouse party, from the height of disco to arabesques at the ballet. The project is led by bassist and composer Justin Foster.