Sudan Archives shared how synthesizers and tech shaped her new album
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Sudan Archives shared how synthesizers and tech shaped her new album
"CHANG: And dangling above a couch is this museum-worthy gallery of all kinds of violins from all over the world. SUDAN ARCHIVES: This one right here, this is bowed (ph), and it's like an ancestor Japanese violin. CHANG: It's only 3 strings. SUDAN ARCHIVES: This is a Persian violin. CHANG: OK. Wow. SUDAN ARCHIVES: This is a African violin. CHANG: And alongside these traditional instruments hang more modern ones too, like this electric violin she can plug right into a synthesizer. SUDAN ARCHIVES: (Playing MIDI violin). This is a MIDI violin. So this can make synth trumpet sounds, like... (SOUNDBITE OF SYNTHESIZED TRUMPET NOTES) CHANG: Oh, my God, horns. SUDAN ARCHIVES: Like a lot of weird sounds that violins don't normally make."
"CHANG: Sudan Archives has a new album out. It's called "The BPM," as in beats per minute. And in it, you can hear layers upon layers of these sounds. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "A COMPUTER LOVE") SUDAN ARCHIVES: (Singing) I don't want to wait for wedding rings... CHANG: Sudan first picked up the violin as a kid in elementary school. But when she was a teenager, that is when she discovered the electric violin, and it was a game-changer. SUDAN ARCHIVES: Basically, that was the beginning of my electronic gear nerd journey. Because I realized that I don't need to play in the orchestra. I am the orchestra."
Sudan Archives keeps a museum-worthy collection of violins from around the world in her home studio, including bowed ancestor Japanese, Persian, African, electric, and MIDI violins. The MIDI violin can trigger synthesized trumpet and other unusual sounds, expanding the instrument's palette. Her new album, The BPM, layers acoustic and electronic textures to create dense soundscapes. She began violin in elementary school and discovered the electric violin as a teenager, which launched her into electronic gear and self-reliance as a one-person orchestra. The album introduces a tech-obsessed alter ego called Gadget Girl.
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