Erika live at No Way Back Streaming From Beyond 2021

This set is a whole new vibe for me. Most of my performances are specifically for the club, so fall into that 127-135 kind of tempo. I recorded this set over a year into lockdown, and was very disconnected from sound systems at the time, struggling with my relationship with club music and dancefloors. This set reflects that mindset, at a faster tempo than I've ever worked at before (158!), yet with more of an at-home listening vibe than a dancefloor feeling. While exploring this new tempo, I was thinking deeply about our interconnectedness and capacity for growth and change. We lost Andrew Smith two days before I performed this set, and his presence is felt throughout the recording.

track listing:
1. Radiance (for Andrew)
2. Nucleation
3. Scattering
4. Reduced
5. Semblance *
6. Cracked
7. Precipice
8. Constellated

This is a live version of Erika's remix of Headless Horseman's "Semblance"
everything else is original music by Erika

Available on Bandcamp:
https://erika.bandcamp.com/album/no-w...

THE GEAR

My live show is usually given on a stage, away from my home, so I use a carefully chosen selection of equipment that fits into an airplane. Typically, I perform with a sequencer, drum machine, 4 synthesizers, and 2-3 effects pedals. Recording a live set in my studio made it possible to use as many instruments as I have inputs, so I brought as much variety as I could to this set. While some of this gear is used throughout the set (say, the 808 BD), some of it only appears in a single track (like the Deckard's Dream). Here's the complete list of what I used to make the set.

sequencer —
Genoqs Machines Octopus

drum machines —
Elektron Analog RYTM mk 1
Roland TR-606 with Quicksilver 606 mod
Roland TR-808

effects —
Empress Phaser
Eventide Space
Moog Moogerfooger MIDI MuRF
Strymon BlueSky

synthesizers —
Black Corporation Deckard's Dream
Dreadbox Typhon
Korg Mono/Poly
MODOR NF-1M
Moog Minitaur
Moog Mother-32
Moog Voyager RME
Roland SH-101
Sequential Circuits Pro-One
Waldorf Blofeld
Waldorf Pulse2

recorded and mixed through —
Ableton Live
SoundCraft Ghost 24LE
UA Apollo 16
UA Apollo x16

— Erika