Jonathan Block - The Ambient iPad
I make ambient electronic music using a mellotron, bass, alto recorder, kalimba and the iPad. Look for live jams, improvisations and gear reviews for making music using the iPad as some part of the chain — from just a couple of effects to a complete production.
I’ve produced music under my own name and Synthetic Block, available on all the streaming/download sites and Bandcamp. I've had albums released by various labels (including Hypnos, Mindspore and Gears of Sand) that are available through online retailers. My music has appeared on compilation albums and featured on many radio shows, including Echoes and Star's End.
I also compose and play bass and mellotron for the progressive folk duo, Block & Tackle (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVINU0XhYrtS1yNIffZg7vg).
Thanks for stopping by!
Ambient Gibson Bass Sound-On-Sound Looping Frippertronics | Boss RE-202 Space Echo, Boss GT-1000Core
ExoSphere iPad App and the Modern Mellotron Make an Ambient Soundscape
Boss RE-202 Space Echo Frippertronics Build | Modern Mellotron M4000D Sound-On-Sound Looping
Modern Mellotron Frippertronics | Boss RE-202 Space Echo Sound-On-Sound Looping Improvisation
MXR Script Phase 90 LED On Bass: Overview and Sound Demo | Gibson SG Bass With Flatwound Strings
1993 Yamaha SY35 Synthesizer and QY10 Sequencer Synth Drums Ambient Electronic Album
Modern Mellotron Mk I Woodwinds, Brass, Organs — Sound-On-Sound Looping | Boss RE-202 Space Echo
Building an Ambient Kalimba Sound | Hokema B7 Kalimba, Other Desert Cities, Velvet Machine
Kalimba Goes Ambient | Hokema B7 Kalimba with Other Desert Cities and Velvet Machine Effects
1990 Ambient Electroacoustic Synthesizer Music Album - Keyboard, Guitar, Flute, Kalimba
Grainy Ambient Fretless Bass Build | Other Desert Cities App with Rob Allen Mouse Bass
Grainy Ambient Delay Rob Allen Fretless Mouse Bass+Other Desert Cities and Velvet Machine iPad Apps
Yamaha DX7 Synthesizer Ambient Music | 1986 Album - Hidden Sky
Modern Mellotron M400 Sounds | Boss RE-202 Space Echo Sound-On-Sound Mellotronics Frippertronics
JHS Mini A/B Switch Pedal: The Unassuming Box Of Wonder
Create Mellotron Frippertronics-Style Sound-On-Sound Loops With the Boss RE-202 Space Echo
Studio Tour: Mellotron M4000D, Rob Allen and Gibson Bass, Hokema Kalimba, Aulos and Yamaha Recorder
Kalimba Stellarvox Soundscape Build | Hokema B9 Kalimba and Stellervox iPad App
One App Kalimba Soundscape | Hokema B9 Kalimba and Stellarvox
Ambient Bass Soundscaping With the iPad | AUM, Stellarvox, Vintage Rack
Ambient Bass Sounds in AUM With Stellarvox and Vintage Rack iPad Apps
Ambient Tron Soundscaping | Mellotron M4000D, Stellarvox, VintageRack, Classic FX
Ambient Mellotron With Igor Vasiliev Apps | Stellarvox, VintageRack, Classic FX
Broken Wind Synth Loop Visualization | Roland Aerophone AE-20, Imaginando VS, Boss RE-202 Space Echo
Ambient Kalimba Soundscape Build | Hokema B9, SpaceFields, Other Desert Cities, Velvet Machine, AUM
Ambient Kalimba Soundscape | Hokema B9 Kalimba, Other Desert Cities, Velvet Machine, SpaceFields
Bass Frippertronics Looping Build | Boss RE-202 Space Echo, Boss GT1000core, Gibson SG Bass
Ambient Bass Frippertronics Looping | Boss RE-202 Space Echo, Gibson SG Bass, Boss GT1000core
Ambient Kalimba With iPad Effects | SpaceFields, Other Desert Cities, Velvet Machine, GarageBand
Mellotron + Boss RE-202 Space Echo Sound-On-Sound Frippertronics | Mellotron M4000D M300 Sounds