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Looking for acoustic + electronic music artists
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Emancipator is particularly good at this, as a classically trained violinist, mixing electronica with violins:
Air is the classic example of course, bass guitars, Fender Rhodes, and many analog synths:
This is more electronic, but I love the sampled guitar:
Again the guitar is sampled this time, but still very effective:
Yes, watching them live might make it more obvious that they actually play real instruments!
Emancipator is awesome! One of my favs. Air also top notch
I am also torn between those 2 worlds. The only thing I have actually produced is this song. It can get tricky but I think when you can get a balance between some acoustic instruments and electronic ones you come up with magic. I love the organic feel and sound of actual real life sounds and the abilities we have to manipulate those sounds with synthesis, we ca create our own world of sounds.
In the video below, I am using a piano patch, I think Una Corda from Kontakt with some electronic drum elements and some synth pads and leads.
Set a goal.
Search for resources.
Go for it.
oh and basically any Pink Floyd, right? I mean they were heavy with acoustic and electric guitars but so much Synths. I think of them as pioneers for electronic music. They were able to take you on a sonic journey.
Basically anything that you can get that organic feel. Maybe think of it more than combining Acoustic with Electronic, more of actually playing the songs as opposed to sequencing them. A totally synthesized sound can have an organic feel if it is played by our hands instead of quantized to death in a sequencer.
I am beginning to experiment more with capturing and recording the audio more so than the midi.
@d4d0ug Thanks. Not that I am some music theory genius or anything but I was moving in and out of a few different scale modes to add tension.
Describe your goal and maybe we can help with resources. Something concrete alongside inspiration stuff.
What would you like to...?
Bonobo!
I wouldn’t call it a „recommendation“ but...err....I‘m doing exactly this (combining acoustic instruments with electronic sounds from the iPad. Here are two examples from this years FAWM:
An ambient soundscape:
And something more melodic with harp, dobro and piano (Ravenscroft):
Bibio - vignetting the compost
Fourtet - rounds, pause
Boards of Canada - campfire headphase
Radiohead’s In Rainbows, and the King of Limbs fit the bill. Pool Shaped Moon I’m reluctant to recommend because it’s just too depressing, but the formerly mentioned are indeed enduring classics.
Lindsey Stirling?
70s Vangelis blends acoustic and synth performances pretty seamlessly.
The lead fake theremin on that album's hit track (Kelly watch the Stars) is a Casio SK-1 toy keyboard sampler using the portamento setting. Occasinal SK-1 drums also to be heard.
@d4d0ug Hey man, I like to blend acoustic instruments into my process too. Here's one jam from a while back with some acoustic guitar and percussion mixed with BM3 and Zeeon (it picks up around 1:45):
And another jam with that setup:
And here's one from about a decade ago made with my drum set, acoustic guitar and homemade transducer pickup, Korg MicroSampler, Stanton CD-304, and a noisemaker keychain:
Portishead, Beastie Boys, Beck, Bonobo, Clutchy Hopkins, and Air are definitely good sources of inspiration...also Deodato, Bob James, and Grover Washington Jr, if you happen to dig that late 70's to early 80's jazzy soul sound with synths and traditional instruments.
I thought this was pretty great sounding.
Then there was this awesome video posted by the great @JesperNordin
Thanks for share (so elaborate) an answer. I think Bonobo and other suggestions are great. Also Gorillaz or Prefuse74...
I will sugest you less is more so put some limits and also get the EP goal and make it small goals (write a lyric, play bass just analog, etc) and then put yourself inside the eyes (and ears) of your target audience not just for commercial purposes but also for deliver something sometime instead keep overthinking too much.
Place some deadlines and just release.
Learn.
Make all the whole process again with what you have learnt from it.
Enjoy the most you can the gigs and the process in the end IAATM
@d4d0ug glad to be helpful, sir.
Liked the Air track- it reminded me of Camel, who might also qualify as blending acoustic and electronic instruments.
Or most prog rock bands, for that matter.