Tone Wars, by Graham Simpson

Tone Wars

by Graham Simpson

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1.	Terraform 06:21	buy track
2.	Remote Future Response 05:13	buy track
3.	It's A Long Road 05:11	buy track
4.	The Eighth Tower 06:44	buy track
5.	Tone Wars 22:54	buy track

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'Tone Wars' is an album inspired by industrial electronic music from the late '80s and early '90s, complete with heavy gated drums, mechanical percussion, sequenced basslines, experimental sounds, overdriven synth riffs, and with dark melodies and atmospheres on top. The initial inspiration for the album came from experiments with feeding synthesizers through a recently acquired Roland GP-8 guitar FX processor to create almost guitar-like tones. The resulting music owes as much to progressive rock (especially the multi-part title track) and metal as it does to electronic music. Digital synthesizers have been used predominantly throughout. All guitar sounds on the first four tracks are generated from synthesizers, while real guitars and bass make prominent appearances on the title track.

Instruments used on this album:
TERRAFORM - Korg M1, Roland V-Drums

REMOTE FUTURE RESPONSE - Roland Juno DI, Kawai K4, Korg M1 (including drum sounds)

IT'S A LONG ROAD - Korg M1, Kawai K1 and K4, Roland D-110, Roland V-Drums, Tabla Loop

THE EIGHTH TOWER - Korg M1, Roland D-110, Kawai K4, Korg Monologue, Boss DR-660, Roland V-Drums

TONE WARS - Kawai K1 and K4, Korg M1, Roland D-110, Behringer Model D, Arturia Emulator V, G-Force M-Tron, Fender Telecaster, Gibson Les Paul Special, Fender Vintera Jazz Bass, Boss DR-660, Roland V-Drums

FX units used on this album:
Roland GP-8, Korg AX3000, Yamaha FX500, Native Instruments Guitar Rig 5, Flair, Phasis, Choral, Raum, Arturia Tape Delay, Memory Brigade, Infinity Reverb

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released April 26, 2021

Arranged, Composed, Performed and Produced by Graham Simpson.
Recorded at Broken Troll Studios during April 12-26 2021.

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Graham Simpson Lancaster, UK

Electronic musician from the North West of England. Making music with synthesizers, cheap keyboards, and anything else that can make an interesting sound.

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