Paul M. Young (interview)
My Instrument is an 8 panel Serge.
It looks more like a mixing board.
I have control modules on the left
and right sides
the lower two panels has the TKB
with a Quantizer on the left
the right panel contains DSGs
DTGs
SSGs
Random Noise
Processors
etc.
In the middle of the system spanning the Top three dual panels are 3 NTO
3 PCO
3 VCM
3 FCFQ
3 FCVS
3 FCF2
plus
Triple Waveshaper
Frequencer Shifter
Ring Modualtor
Dual PreAmps
Dual Phase Shifters
many VCAs
Audio Mixers
4 Resonant EQs
and
4 channel Stereo Output Mixer.
The other modules include DSGs
DTGs
3 ADSR
2 ÷ by N
Dual Analog Shift Registers
Dual Processors.
There are many mods on the system
that all help make operation easier for me.
I also have a Steiner EVI
and
Moog Theremin
that both have
Gate
and
CV voltage outputs.
I am presenting a collection of pieces.#1 VCF2X3, #4 Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, #6 Springtime, and #7 Clin Clang, are all recent pieces. They are all single patches recorded in real time to 2 tracks with no effects other than what is in the Serge.#2, Fortie Sortie, is the live performance of my composition for the 40th Reunion Show featuring Gino Robair on Drums and Richard Marriott on Trombone.#3 Shades, is a dance piece composed for Mary Jane Eisenberg Dance Co. in 1978 featuring Bruce Fowler on trombone. Bruce composed the trombone section. The piece is one of my Musique Concrète pieces in which the Serge is one of the elements. Samplers did not exist then. All elements are on magnetic tape spliced together the old fashioned way. #5 Poverty, It’s Gone, is from 1979 featuring Robert Williams on drums and vocals, lyrics by Robert Williams. I play Serge and Bass Clarinet.#8 I Am the Box, is another dance piece composed for Dance/LA in 1983 with Snakefinger, Philip Lithman on Slide Guitar
BONUS TRACK#9 is the studio version of Fortie Sortie recorded a week before the live performance without drums or trombone.
A quick note, if you visited the Serge shop in San Francisco between 1980-1983 and wanted a demo, it was on my system as I had my studio and residence in the back of the Serge Shop.
curated by Philippe Petit
