Vinyl

Analog outputs

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Revisiting some old tech including the Sony FD Mavica! what a camera!

A popular digital stills camera about 20 years ago, I remember there were 2 available in West Wales School of Art where I was studying at the time, so popular we had to book it at least a week ahead!
One of the first digital cameras to save to removable media, it used a floppy disc and could hold around 10 photos a disc!… amazing! It also boasts the ability to record short low resolution videos and has an A/V out!

Experimenting with the analog output – after not pressing anything for a while the camera went into a lovely demo cycle…

After rearranging the studio, I can now reach the turntables and synths at the same time! This is really quite exciting, these are the second or third time I’ve played the two together seen by Sony A1E and GoPro4 cameras through a Skytronic A/V switcher.

Music of the Spheres – The Luminaries

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A circle in 12 parts has a core of vinyl records selected accorded to the sign of the zodiac and planetary ruler. Most of the planets are represented by Holst’s planet suite and I have a number of different orchestral versions in the collection as well as a couple of interesting electronic versions.

For the Moon (Ruling planet of Cancer) I have been playing with a varied selection of records with Moon themed tracks including Moonlight Sonata and Claire de Lune.

There are obviously a lot more Moon themed tracks in the collection, Moon River, Blue Moon, Paper Moon etc but I wanted to avoid vocals and keep the instrumentation similar to the other planets’ tracks.
I also found some Sun themed tracks on vinyl with similar instrumentation to play with for Leo.

The Astromusical House of Aries

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This year’s cycle of zodiac themed performances will include bits of this amazing series of vinyl. I originally bought the Scorpio one based on the amazing trousers on the cover, when I found it was an album of muzak style covers selected for the sign and not spoken word, it was obvious I had to try and find the whole set. It has taken nearly 2 years to get them all, Pisces proving particularly tricky to get at reasonable cost.
Discogs is the best.