#synthesizer

Rich Aucoin is a Halifax-based multi-instrumentalist, composer, and actor. His live shows are legendary as being multi-media dance and sing-along extravaganzas, and he's well-loved for his ability to connect with his audience in ways that create a feeling of community and also mutual trust and respect.

Rich's most recent project is an ambitious undertaking of massive scope: a quadruple album entitled Synthetic: A Synth Odyssey. It is being released over 2 years. Synthetic Season 1 (2022) was recently awarded "Electronic Recording of the Year" at the East Coast Music Awards (ECMAs). The album employs 37 synths (all played by Rich), many of them legendary vintage instruments made famous by people such as Brian de Palma and Stevie Wonder.   

Rich is currently on tour for the release of Synthetic, Season 2.
For more information on Rich and his amazing adventures, go to richaucoin.ca.

MUSIC SAMPLES IN THIS EPISODE:
"Pure" - Synthetic Season 2 (2023)
"Algorithm" - Synthetic Season 1 (2022)
"How it Breaks" - United States (2020)
"Future" - Synthetic Season 1 (2022)
"Return" - Synthetic Season 1 (2022)
"Want to Believe" - Ephemeral (2014)
"The Dream" - Release (2019)
"Tonto" - Synthetic Season 1 (2022)
"It" - We’re All Dying to Live (2007)
"Space" - Synthetic, Season 2 (2023)
"Space Western" - Synthetic Season 1 (2022)
"Liminal" - Synthetic, Season 2 (2023)

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Today, we chat with Ben Coe.  Impressively, he's a physicist who has worked with lasers and a huge super collider, where he smashes ions together, and  here we explore his tendency to see things in life as largely upgradeable. If something can be improved, made different, better, more consistent with his needs, whatever, he'll figure out a way to make it happen.

We specifically explore another if his life interests, that of being a musician, paying attention to how he's managed his evolving musical tastes. Essentially, he was a heavy rock and thrash metal dude who played electric guitar, loves to solo and who had an aptitude in and desire for messing with electrical currents to create new effects pedals for his guitars. Later, he fell into electronic music and found a way to make music using his talent and skills managing midi controllers and other computery elements. Later he found that get the same buzz he gets while playing electric guitar, something had to change. Enter the Keylluitine, and instrument that Ben invented. Yes, invented.

The Keylluitine is now in it's third incarnation and is, to say the least, impressive.  We discuss the evolution of the Keylluitine and the the creative process that Ben engages as he has improved the instrument over the last few years.  We're also lucky enough to hear a few samples of the Keylluitine. Pay attention to the second half of the episode.

To see Ben playing the Keylluitine, check out Ben's YouTube Channel: @BenCoeMusic https://www.youtube.com/c/BenCoeMusic/videos

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This episode of Kites and String's was produced by Catherine Chinnock and  it was edited by Steve Ploum at Turning Stones Counseling, Inc.  

Kites and Strings' theme music is by Harrison Amer and  all other original music is from Purple Planet Music and PurplePlanet.com , and in this episode, Ben Coe's music is also featured.  Our logo-design is by Cole Monroe at Blue Stag Creative.