I couldve done without the use of saxophonist casey benjamin s vocoder on some of the tracks, particularly on their remake of buster williams ballad christina, which harris also played on williams lost in a memory album. Chris dave performs on drums as casey benjamin on vocoder appears on the giant screen during a performance by the robert glasper experiment at the dc jazz festival in washington on june 28, 2014. He makes it sound fresh, using different kinds of patches and effects but he still has extremely clear vocals. But it is mario castro who provides the leadership and sparkle to each of the tracks.
Glasper played piano on benjamins demo for betty carters jazz ahead program. This software was used for the robot voices and sound effects in the computer game freelancer. Live jazz robert glasper experiment, 2x grammy winner5x. May, 2008 like sequencers and onboard effects, vocoders have now become standard features of computerbased hardware and software synthesizers, and inevitably some will say that nothing sounds quite like a dedicated analog vocoder. Black radio 2 deluxe by robert glasper experiment on. Nov 04, 2008 talvocoder is a vintage vocoder emulation with 11 bands that emulates the sound of vocoders from the early 80s. The sinuous blackout melodist on the alto sax with pedals and the vocoder is casey benjamin, introduced in the ballad christina and not to be missed.
We assemble the right mix of talent as a custom package for every job. For instance, the duet with lalah hathaway on the previous album was really cool. The true story of a vocoder love ballad sometimes a melody just captures your ear in a way that renders you powerless to resist. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. Robert glasper experiment performing big girl body live on kcrw. The versatility in their playing is evident on this disc.
Recorded on friday, july 11th 2014 north sea jazz festival, rotterdam, ahoy, maas with metropole orkest, vince mendoza conductor casey benjamin alto saxophone, vocoder. Basil wajdowicz keys, carlos henderson bass, eric brown drums and randall runyon guitar. After making two acoustic trio albums for the vaunted label, the pianistkeyboardist introduced his experiment band on the second half of 2009s double booked. I love the sound of vocoders, yet aside from one off tracks like california love by 2pac or transformer man by neil young, i cannot seem to find any artists aside from daft punk and kraftwerk that make prominent use of vocoders. Later in 1979 they released the ems vocoder 5000, an expensive beast used by synth aficionados like kraftwerk, stevie wonder and the bbc radiophonic workshop. Forums and discussion of recording, guitar, bass, keyboard. Mar 08, 20 vintage vocoder realtime audio effect vst and dxi plugin for pcmac. Limited copies of this release come with two free slip mats with the album cover art on them. The core remained the experiment, featuring robert glasper on keyboards, derrick hodge on bass, mark colenburg on drums, and casey benjamin on vocoder and saxophone. Robert glasper experimentblack radio volume 2vinyl record. I have a roland vocoder engine in my vsynth and ive ended up creating probably a couple of hundred patches but 99% is dedicated to everything but vocals.
I am desperately trying to find out what gear he is using to do the audio manipulation on his vocodinsinging. On top of that, theres a lot more to getting a goodsounding vocoder than simply getting your daw routing configured properly. Korg ms2000r, reassigning knobs to other internal parameters. Play your own thing eine geschichte des jazz in europa motion picture feature film over 60 minutes. Through his melodic ingenuity on the vocoder, textual mastery on the keytar. Havent heard the new glasper far from a fan, but i actually dig the sax vocoder guy benjamin casey. Casey benjamin with the robert glasper experiment at marcus.
The robert glasper experiment let it ride live nsj 2014. Robert glasper black radio, volume 2 deluxe edition amazon. Grammy awardwinner casey benjamin is one of the original members of the robert glasper experiment. Casey benjamin on vocoder and saxophone, derrick hodge on electric bass, and chris dave on drums, the band is plugged in and open source. Vocoder love musicplayer forums music player network. All about jazz vision x software is a dmca designated agent. Featuring glasper on piano and fender rhodes, casey benjamin on vocoder and saxophone, derrick hodge on electric bass, and chris dave on drums, the band is plugged in and open source. Finding inspiration with musician casey benjamin tchoup industries. Casey benjamin the importance of individuality youtube. Casey benjamin, is a genius producer, musician, and artist. The vocoder was invented in 1938 by homer dudley at bell labs as a means of synthesizing human speech. It only took a few minutes and i didnt have any compatibility problems or other issues whatsoever. Zerius vocoder is a free software channel vocoder, which imposes vocal effects on a waveform.
Casey, 24, a first generation new yorker, born of grenadian and panamanian parents, began showing an interest in. Through his melodic ingenuity on the vocoder, textual mastery on the keytar, and spiky virtuosity on the alto and soprano saxophones, benjamin gives the experiment some of its most defining sounds. Glasper dares to write an explanatory note that there are no programmed loops on this album, everything you here is played live. Casey benjamin vocoder ilan barlavi guitar jonathan newmandrums antoine katzbass mitch henry keys jake sherman organ marcos lopezpercussion. Robert glasper born april 5, 1978, houston, tx, piano. The vegas creative software support community find help here. Each of the band members is prodigiously talented and lives naturally in multiple musical worlds, distilling countless influences into a singular voice. Glasper spotlights benjamins intriguing vocoder work on his enthralling makeover of nirvanas smells like teen spirit, transforming the. Contribute to cwilsovocoder development by creating an account on github.
Originally a commercial product published by sonicism digital audio solutions in 2002. A pioneer of his unique brand of saxophone and vocoder, casey has been constantly pushing the limits of music and the very concept of genre itself to new heights. Casey benjamin october 10, 1978 is an american saxophonist, vocoderist, keyboardist, producer and songwriter. Although benjamin remains a central member of the robert glasper experiment, hes working on his forthcoming solo project coming out in summer 2018. Set in this context black radio 2 is a welcome respite, but it does not. He has two similar black devices with slider knobs and some buttons but i cant figure out at all whta these things are. Casey benjamin saxophone, vocoder george colligan piano, rhodes lamont mccain bass teddy crockett guitar stephen roberson drums raquib anthony percussion nicole guiland background vocals tone wilson background vocals. The robert glasper experiment is a quartet centered around jazz pianist robert glasper, and originally featuring bassist derrick hodge, drummer chris dave later replaced by drummer mark colenburg, and casey benjamin on saxes and vocoder. His father demanded a lowerquality vocoder that would spare precious radiowave spectrum. Of the robert glasper experiment, casey benjamin assembles extraordinary dynamic musicians for an amazing live performance at the 2018 london saxophone festival casey benjamin saxophone vocoder. Breaking through genre boundaries to create a singular, sinuous sound, the quartet jazz pianist robert glasper, casey benjamin vocoder. Robert glaspers triumphant fourth blue note album, black radio, has the spirit of an afterhours hang and the thoughtful preparation and sharp execution of a studio effort.
Robert glasper experiment, live in concert hear a freewheeling set of vamps and vocoder from the hiphop hybrid band, with a herbie hancock tune followed by a daft punk cover. Casey benjamins vocoder works seems to sit behind here. Vocoder video is a fullservice video production company dedicated to delivering quality results. Find casey benjamin credit information on allmusic. Casey benjamin with the robert glasper experiment at marcus garvey park image by dave. It was used by many artists, perhaps most notably by vangelis for the blade runner soundtrack, and is known as one of the most popular vocoders ever made. Sep 02, 2010 kraft music korg r3 synthesizervocoder demo with rich formidoni duration. Led by vivian and coproducer, chris parks, life features a diverse cast of musicians, beginning with her persistent collaborations with saxophonist casey benjamin and pianist shedrick mitchell and followed by appearances from brandee younger, keyon harrold, donny mccaslin, and gregoire maret, among others. Shmerls featuring casey benjamin mario castro quintet. On october 29, 20, glasper released black radio 2, another genredefying effort that took the black radio blueprint and built to even greater heights. Fastforward to today and xils lab have faithfully recreated the 22band vocoder in software form.
So ive been in love with the vocoder on the ms2000br for over a year. Learn the basics of jazz music and how the art form works. There are lots of great free and commercial vocoder plugins available these days, but setting them up in cubase isnt always straightforward. Robert glasper experiment performing big girl body live on kcrw duration. Experiment group sounds as cohesive as ever with glaspers gospel infused harmony, derrick hodges buttering base line, and mark colenburgs skittering drums. Saxophonist casey benjamin also plays vocoder, the syntheticvoice device seldom heard in jazz since late70s. Our team is an agile network of multitalented production professionals. A huge collection of windows vocoders software freeware, shareware, and demos that you can download for free. Artists that artists love artists interviewing artists casey benjamin x sly5thave visit for music videos and exclusive interviews. Nov 26, 2002 i cant get orange vocoder to work with any dx to vst adapter. This matrix is a smallworld network a version of socalled six degrees networks wherein artists can curate artists who can curate artists. Two time grammy awardwinning casey benjamin is the first original member of the robert glasper experiment. I think it would way cool for casey and the robert glasper band to cover that herbie hancock tune i thought it was you featuring the vocoder. The exception is if the vocoder has some kind of internal synth to generate one of the sources prosoniqs orange vocoder is an example of this.
That might come off as dismissive to an artist like casey benjamin, who has emerged as a modern master of the vocoder through his work with the robert glasper experiment, if not for the fact that this robotic element attracted him to the instrument in the first place. A huge collection of vocoders, free software freeware, shareware, and demos that you can download for free. The prosoniq orange vocoder was an easy piece of software to install as it was just as easy to install as any other piece of software out there. Hes also in vibraphonist stefon harris unfortunately named urbanus project. Casey is probably my main source of inspiration as far as vocoding goes, i think that he is really innovative in the world of vocoder, and his vocoding doesnt sound dated or old. Originally a jazz saxophonist, he evolved to develop a sound that is wholly unique to him. Through his melodic ingenuity on the vocoder, textual mastery on the keytar, and spiky virtuosity on the alto and soprano saxophones, benjamin gives the experiment some of. Apr 25, 2019 for those unfamiliar with the vocoder, a shorthand description of the instrument could simply be the robot voice. Two fearless new jazz records declare war on urban radio the. Lydia hallies instagram profile has 89 photos and videos. Live jazz from robert glasper experiment, 2x grammy winner. I have been trying to find videos of casey benjamin, my biggest inspiration when it comes to vocoders, and see exactly what hes doing on that vocoder.
Through his ingenuity with vocoder, keys and saxophones, casey benjamin has lent many artists some of their most defining sounds. A vocoder imposes the spectral fingerprint of one sound onto another, so most vocoders require two audio inputs. Electronica, indie, synthiepop, alternative and new wave. For those unfamiliar with the vocoder, a shorthand description of the instrument could simply be the robot voice.
Casey benjamin s vocoder works seems to sit behind here. A quartet centered around jazz pianist robert glasper, the robert glasper experiment originally featured bassist derrick hodge, drummer chris dave from the pianists acoustic trio, and casey benjamin on saxes and vocoder. Love will find a way jazz hdtracks the worlds greatest. Installation using my mk1 ilok key worked straight off and away we go. The original meaning of matrix is source, from mater, latin for mother.
The vocoder sound was enhanced by an ensemble effect. It was a 10band vocoder, which is limited by todays standards, but gives it a classic sound. They made their debut on one half of glaspers twodisc double booked for blue note in 2009. Vediamo il vibrafono di stefon harris dialogare con il vocoder di casey benjamin, le tracce jazz sono trasformate in esperimenti funkypop.
The core remains the experiment, as astoundingly versatile a band as has ever existed, featuring robert glasper on keyboards, derrick hodge on bass, mark colenburg on drums, and casey benjamin on vocoder and saxophone. Chris dave performs on drums as casey benjamin on vocoder. Music video by robert glasper performing inside the robert glasper experiment band. A vocoder a portmanteau of voice and encoder is a category of voice codec that analyzes and synthesizes the human voice signal for audio data compression, multiplexing, voice encryption or voice transformation.
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