Rival Consoles is an electronic musician known for his intricate sound design, evocative melodies, and meticulous attention to detail. He utilises synthesizer modulation and effects to craft rich, organic-sounding synth patches which he uses alongside intimate piano chords and techno-influenced beats. With a career spanning over a decade, Rival Consoles has released several critically acclaimed albums and EPs that showcase his innovative approach to electronic music production.
You can use an audio waveform (called an impulse response) to create recordings that simulate the reverberations in a particular space after a loud bang. You can also use an impulse response to convolve the effect of any linear response effect, whether it's a guitar cabinet, zany delay, or exotic filter. You can recreate the reverberations in a particular space using the recorded audio waveform (called an impulse response).
The late 1980s and early 1990s marked the heyday of the grassroots bhangra scene.[212] Although the music remained largely underground, with sales of bhangra albums excluded from the British charts due to the scene's separate and often informal distribution networks,[213] successful bhangra bands could sell up to 30,000 cassettes a week, often outselling mainstream top 40 acts.[214] Groups usually featured between 5 and 8 musicians, often freely exchanging members, making one-off recordings and performing at Asian nights and weddings, with only the most successful being able to build longer-term recording and performing careers.[212] A network of late night and weekend events at local nightclubs was supplemented by "All-dayers" that could appeal to younger fans.[215] Bhangra musicians began experimenting with recording technology and with tracks such as Apna Sangeet's 1988 "Soho Road Utey" and DCS's 1991 "Rule Britannia" started to locate their songs within a distinctive British South Asian experience. [216] Handsworth's Soho Road in particular developed a global cultural resonance, symbolising the specific cultural social and political space occupied by British South Asians.[216]
Away from the style that bears the city's name, Germ was one of the formative influences on early UK techno, pioneering the combination of the form and techniques of electronic dance music with the more "composerly" models of classical, industrial and experimental jazz music to form what would later become known as electronic listening music, becoming "one of the most influential, under-recognized forces of innovation in the European experimental electronic music scene".[289] Originally a solo project of the Birmingham-born musician Tim Wright, Germ later developed into a collaboration with other musicians including trombonist Hilary Jeffrey, double-bassist Matt Miles, and producer John Dalby.[289] In 1998 Wright and Jeffreys became founder members of the Birmingham-based spin-off project Sand[290] which sought to combine electronic music with organic instrumentation.[291] Wright has also released more dancefloor focused work as Tube Jerk.[292]