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Meat Beat Manifesto is led by
producer/re-mixer Jack
Dangers. Dangers has been helping to define the sound
of electronic music over the past 10 years, experimenting with dub, heavy breaks,
industrial, and experimental sounds.
Dangers hails from Swindon, England but currently
lives in San Francisco, California where
in his home studio he has been busy producing and remixing various
electronic music projects! Dangers and
his music have been featured in the movie "Better
Living Through Circuitry" (May,
2000).
 Horn Of Jerico - This is a dark, slow groove laden with classic 606 and 808-like beats and ultra deep bass and synth sounds provided by the Synthi 100. It also demonstrates the new direction Meat Beat's sound is moving; from their latest release, "R.U.O.K?", 2002.
Prime Audio Soup - Here is the popular track featured in the movie "The Matrix" as well as a BMW commercial. From the record, Meat Beat Manifesto vs. The Herbaliser, 2000.
Meat Beat Manifesto has long been known
for hard-edged electronic music that's
always been a musical blend of great
analog sounds and hi-tech digital
sounds. Everything from samples from television,
movies and other bizarre places to
classic modular vintage synths and
ultra-modern experimental synths such as
Korg's Kaoss pad have been used in creating his own
sound. Most recently, Dangers has acquired an extremely rare and powerful
synthesizer, the EMS Synthi 100 (shown above).
It said to be one of only 29 in existence, and the last one still functioning properly
today. Meat beat's latest album, "R.U.O.K?"
features extensive use of the Synthi 100,
which allowed Dangers to painstakingly shape and mold
each and every one of the synth, bass, percussion
and effect sounds that make up the sonic-scape of
"R.U.O.K?". It took about four years to complete the album.
Book of Shadows - Here is a cut-up, electro wonder. Great analog sounds and sampled breaks! From the album, Actual Sounds and Voices, 1998.
Dangers would program sounds into
the Synthi and use its built-in six-layer
sequencer to play patterns. The Synthi's sequencer
could be clocked to his computer running Logic Audio.
He also uses a vast array of classic and often
eclectic synths and outboard gear. And of
course there's sampling, "I use Recycle so I can replay
slices on the keyboard, and reprogram it in the AKAI."
Jack's gear also
includes the Human League's old Roland
System-100, an ARP 2500, 2600, EMS VCS3,
E-mu Modular, and a Buchla with
touch-keyboard, Roland Jupiter 8, VP-330
Vocoder Plus, Oberheim Xpander, E-Mu Emax,
and a Vintage Keys. He also uses a Power
Mac, Emagic Logic, ReCycle and Pro
Tools.
Original images and info from Keyboard Magazine and Meat Beat Manifesto's management.
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Printed May, 2000. Last updated January, 2003. |
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