Techno Live set with jazz - from scratch Jonathan R Cross 2024-03-08 | Improvised techno Live set from scratch infused with jazz, using synths and drum machines. Find out what happens when you try to make techno from scratch and mingle it with jazz on a livestream? Watch to find out how it goes!Live and improvised techno set. Made up on the spot, an electronic music improvisation in a techno style, including jazzy sprinkles. Streaming live, there's a high risk of everything going wrong! Using synths, drum machines, and keyboards, I will make up a live set from scratch and keep going to see how long I can go... Come and help me choose a patch for the Arturia Microfreak as we go!The next instalment of the live-jammed hardware set from scratch show.00:00 Stream start5:05 IntroJammin20:00 Random Microfreak Patch of the week1:17:01 OutroJammin
(TB) 303 day challenge (shh its a TD3) - Hardware Jams Jonathan R Cross 2024-03-04 | Our challenge is to make a jam using hardware based around the following prompt. Has anyone noticed what the date is on Sunday? Yes, that's right, it is the 3rd of March - 303 Day of course.So, here's your challenge, make sure to read it all the way through...I challenge you to get through the full five minutes without making any 303 (or clones of 303) sounds at all! If you can't resist the urge half way through the jam to do a bit of squelching then you will get the sharp end of THE AXE OF CURTAILMENT when your jam is played in the streamthrough...But, there is one way to get around this, seeing as I know you all love a chance to bend the rules and you all love a bit of acid... If you start your jam with full-on 303 lovliness from the very first note, then it will stand and be allowed to escape the axe!Have fun jammers! Please keep your jams around 5 minutes long and avoid using any copyrighted materials. Drop a comment below here with a link to your jam, preferably on YouTube but Soundcloud. Also you need to fill in the Google form at the link below. Streathrough will be on our YouTube channel on Monday evening (GMT) - see you there!Website www.jonathanrcross.comMerch - jonathanrcross.bigcartel.comWatch me build a live set from scratch every Thursday at 23:00 UK timeLinks to my releases fanlink.to/JrC
Jazz and Techno from Scratch - Live Jonathan R Cross 2024-03-01 | Episode 79. Improvised techno Live set from scratch infused with jazz, using synths and drum machines. Find out what happens when you try to make techno from scratch and mingle it with jazz on a livestream? Watch to find out how it goes!Live and improvised techno set. Made up on the spot, an electronic music improvisation in a techno style, including jazzy sprinkles. Streaming live, there's a high risk of everything going wrong! Using synths, drum machines, and keyboards, I will make up a live set from scratch and keep going to see how long I can go... Come and help me choose a patch for the Arturia Microfreak as we go!The next instalment of the live-jammed hardware set from scratch show.Tonight's intro track is a release out on the 29th February 2024, "Chasing Entropy" Jonathan R Cross distrokid.com/hyperfollow/jonathanrcross/chasing-entropy-200:00 Stream start04:00 hellos and intro05:05 Intro JamminWebsite www.jonathanrcross.comWatch me build a live set from scratch every Thursday at 23:00 UK timeLinks to my releases fanlink.to/JrCMerch - jonathanrcross.bigcartel.com
Moon landing rave! (if you could hear it) Jonathan R Cross 2024-02-25 | Moon Landing Rave! To celebrate humanity's return to the moon, we took some synthesizers (only two, the TR8s drum machine, and the Quadrantid Swarm) along to play a rave to the inhabitants... here was our challenge prompt:"You have just landed on the moon again....and find you are not alone!Due to the small area in the space craft, you were only allowed 2 instruments... (Or 2 rows of modular😝)You are also restricted by oxygen meaning that your jam can not take longer than an hour to make and film!Its important to make friends with the aliens because you have noticed they have already have collected junk that the earth has sent their way n are constructing a weapon for earths doom!5 mins you have to impress them we are worth saving!"So i started jamming at 142BPM on the swarm and TR8s for five mins, then started recording... We won't discuss how we actually managed to broadcast sound in a vacuum. Instead, let's imagine we could beam the signals to the alien residents, and we would be listening on headphones, inside our helmets, so i guess it would work lol! We could also physically vibrate the moon's surface... maybe...Website www.jonathanrcross.comMerch - jonathanrcross.bigcartel.comWatch me build a live set from scratch every Thursday at 23:00 UK timeLinks to my releases fanlink.to/JrC
Crunching up jazz with techno #techno #jazz #live Jonathan R Cross 2024-02-24 | Jamming jazz and techno music, an Improvised techno Live set from scratch infused with jazz, Made up on the spot, an electronic music improvisation in a techno style, including jazzy sprinkles. Gear used Roland TR8s Arturia Microfreak Korg MonologueEowave quadrantid SwarmKorg kaosspad iiBehringer edgeBoss rc505 looper Yamaha reface cpYamaha reface ycCasio prévia px330Behringer xenyx usb mixerAlto mixer Akg 702 headphones
Jazz-infused techno? Improvised live set from scratch. Jonathan R Cross 2024-02-23 | Improvised techno Live set from scratch infused with jazz, using synths and drum machines. Find out what happens when you try to make techno from scratch and mingle it with jazz on a livestream? Watch to find out how it goes!Live and improvised techno set. Made up on the spot, an electronic music improvisation in a techno style, including jazzy sprinkles. Streaming live, there's a high risk of everything going wrong! Using synths, drum machines, and keyboards, I will make up a live set from scratch and keep going to see how long I can go... Come and help me choose a patch for the Arturia Microfreak as we go!The next instalment of the live-jammed hardware set from scratch show.00:00 Stream start / intro05:15 Jamming19:07 Random Microfreak Patch of the week 46Website www.jonathanrcross.comWatch me build a live set from scratch every Thursday at 11pm UK timeLinks to my releases fanlink.to/JrCMerch - jonathanrcross.bigcartel.comGear used: Roland TR8s Arturia Microfreak Korg MonologueEowave quadrantid SwarmKorg kaosspad iiBehringer edgeBoss rc505 looper Yamaha reface cpYamaha reface ycCasio prévia px330Behringer xenyx usb mixerAlto mixer Akg 702
Jazz-infused live techno set from scratch - Episode 77 Jonathan R Cross 2024-02-16 | Improvised techno Live set from scratch infused with jazz, using synths and drum machines. Find out what happens when you try to make techno from scratch and mingle it with jazz on a livestream? Watch to find out how it goes!Live and improvised techno set. Made up on the spot, an electronic music improvisation in a techno style, including jazzy sprinkles. Streaming live, there's a high risk of everything going wrong! Using synths, drum machines, and keyboards, I will make up a live set from scratch and keep going to see how long I can go... Come and help me choose a patch for the Arturia Microfreak as we go!The next instalment of the live-jammed hardware set from scratch show.00:00 Stream Start01:16 Intro track - "Escape Velocity" Jonathan R Cross05:24 Techno with Jazzy SprinklesWebsite www.jonathanrcross.comWatch me build a live set from scratch every Thursday at 23:00 UK timeLinks to my releases fanlink.to/JrCMerch - jonathanrcross.bigcartel.comGear used: Roland TR8s Arturia Microfreak Korg MonologueEowave quadrantid SwarmKorg kaosspad iiBehringer edgeBoss rc505 looper Yamaha reface cpYamaha reface ycCasio prévia px330Behringer xenyx usb mixerAlto mixer Akg 702
Discover live Techno with jazzy sprinkles - Episode 76 Jonathan R Cross 2024-02-09 | Improvised techno Live set from scratch infused with jazz, using synths and drum machines. Find out what happens when you try to mix techno and jazz on a livestream? Watch to find out how it goes!Live and improvised techno set. Made up on the spot, an electronic music improvisation in a techno style, including jazzy sprinkles. Streaming live, there's a high risk of everything going wrong! Using synths, drum machines, and keyboards, I will make up a live set from scratch and keep going to see how long I can go... Come and help me choose a patch for the Arturia Microfreak as we go!The next instalment of the live-jammed hardware set from scratch show.Gear used: Roland TR8s Arturia Microfreak Korg MonologueEowave quadrantid SwarmKorg kaosspad iiBehringer edgeBoss rc505 looper Yamaha reface cpYamaha reface ycCasio prévia px330Behringer xenyx usb mixerAlto mixer Akg 702 00:00 Stream start and intro05:40 Initial jam 28:37 Random Microfreak Patch of the week1:07:07 Happy Friday and outro
Stop fading out your tracks! 🙌🎵 Jonathan R Cross 2024-02-06 | Do you prefer an actual ending? Or a fade?Website jonathanrcross.comMerch - jonathanrcross.bigcartel.comWatch me build a live set from scratch every Thursday at 23:00 UK timeLinks to my releases fanlink.to/JrC
Super quick synth tour! Jonathan R Cross 2024-02-06 | A whistle stop tour of my synths and some of the sounds they make
The chase - Hardware Jams weekend challenge Jonathan R Cross 2024-02-05 | This hardware jam was made to represent a chase scene. Part two from last week's Kebab challenge, "So…at the end you didn’t manage to resist and you grabbed that Kebab!!! You tried to sneak out but you got spotted!! Now a big chase is going on and you must RUN!!! Will you escape and taste the spoils or you gonna be busted? Make a jam that describes that chase and let the jam fam decide if you made it! 😊"Video clip of the running man is from Christian Bhodi on Pixabay pixabay.com/videos/tunnel-stars-light-exit-man-124983Website www.jonathanrcross.comMerch - jonathanrcross.bigcartel.comWatch me build a live set from scratch every Thursday at 23:00 UK timeLinks to my releases fanlink.to/JrC
When your Hammond loop gets all 70s cop show #funk #hammondb3 #electronicmusic Jonathan R Cross 2024-02-03 | Live looping with techno beats and electric piano and Hammond organ. This was taken from the livestream of 26th Jan.
Experience the journey of Jazz-infused Techno - Episode 75 Jonathan R Cross 2024-02-02 | Live and improvised from scratch techno set using synths and drum machines. Find out what happens when you try to mix techno and jazz on a livestream? Watch to find out how it goes!Live and improvised techno set. Made up on the spot, an electronic music improvisation in a techno style, including jazzy sprinkles. Streaming live, there's a high risk of everything going wrong! Using synths, drum machines, and keyboards, I will make up a live set from scratch and keep going to see how long I can go... Come and help me choose a patch for the Arturia Microfreak as we go!The next instalment of the live-jammed hardware set from scratch show.00:00 stream intro 00:38 Inkpress08:37 IntroJammin38:14 Random Microfreak Patch of the week1:18:11 OutroJammin
Which was your favourite techno club back in the day? #orbit48 #orbit #90s #90stechno Jonathan R Cross 2024-02-01 | ...
What it feels like being inside a techno kick (maybe) #techno #hardware Jonathan R Cross 2024-01-31 | Hardware techno jam, made on roland tr8s, korg kp2 and behringer edge.Recently released as "Re-entry burn"
Some new Kickdrums added to the TR8-S! #techno #hardkick #rumblekick Jonathan R Cross 2024-01-26 | ...
Techno Meets Jazz - LIve Techno with jazzy sprinkles - Episode 74 Jonathan R Cross 2024-01-26 | What happens when you try to mix techno and jazz on a livestream? Watch to find out how it goes!Live and improvised techno set. Made up on the spot, an electronic music improvisation in a techno style, including jazzy sprinkles. Streaming live, there's a high risk of everything going wrong! Using synths, drum machines, and keyboards, I will make up a live set from scratch and keep going to see how long I can go... Come and help me choose a patch for the Arturia Microfreak as we go!The next instalment of the live-jammed hardware set from scratch show.00:00 Stream start04:45 Initial Jam43:50 Random Microfreak Patch of the Week (trence)1:16:00 Outro JamminNo talking version available mixcloud.com/pianotpot/techno-live-with-jazzy-sprinkles-episode-74Merch - jonathanrcross.bigcartel.comWebsite - jonathanrcross.comReleases - fanlink.to/JrC
What’s ya fave tempo for electronic music? And which genre? #bpm #tempo #techno #electronicmusic Jonathan R Cross 2024-01-25 | ...
What if you couldnt use all your gear? Jonathan R Cross 2024-01-22 | Our challenge this weekend was to prepare 5 minutes for an Electronic Music Open Mic night, (EMOM), but we had to imagine that on the way there, our driver had a problem and we had to take only what we could carry in our arms! Using Limitations of which gear we can use is a great way to increase creativity and force you to extract as much as you can from your boxes. I chose the Roland TR8s, Behringer Edge, and Korg Monologue, (i'm hoping there's a mixer at the place, but I will try and use the Roland's external ins... Straight up Techno from the off... Prompt:L "EMOMs (Electronic Music Open Mic) events are spreading over the UK and the world! Created by Martin Christie , they are the perfect excuse for us jammers to get out of our synth dungeons. This week we're all going to an EMOM, usually 15 mins, we want your first 5 minutes of a set!However.....the man who was going to take you and you're entire studio just called to say the van has broken down! Therefore you are only allowed to use what you can physically carry!Remember you're representing HWJs😁 and have fun!!!"Website www.jonathanrcross.comWatch me build a live set from scratch every Thursday at 23:00 UK timeLinks to my releases fanlink.to/JrCMerch - jonathanrcross.bigcartel.com
Techno from scratch (live) with jazzy sprinkles - Episode 73 Jonathan R Cross 2024-01-19 | Live and improvised techno set. Made up on the spot, an electronic music improvisation in a techno style, including jazzy sprinkles. Using synths, drum machines, and keyboards, I will make up a live set from scratch and keep going to see how long I can go... Come and help me choose a patch for the Arturia Microfreak as we go!The next instalment of the live-jammed hardware set from scratch show.00:00 Stream start05:47 Jam initiation1:15:31 Stream error1:16:42 Restart for outrojammin
Brrr! 🥶🥶🥶it’s chilly out! #dogwalk Jonathan R Cross 2024-01-18 | Dogwalking in the wintertime! Out for a lunchtime walk on a wintry day, with the dogs. Wishing you a good weekend ahead.
Handbags and Gladrags (Cover) for Hardware jams Remix challenge Jonathan R Cross 2024-01-15 | COver version of Handbags and Gladrags. Thanks to the 1967 song by Mike d'Abo, I present to you my version of it, made on the RC505 looper. After the jam I've inlcuded the entire build process (in case you are bored or interested) :-) "Remix and RearrangeThis weekend we are running a crossover challenge with the current Jamuary daily prompts provided by ourselves and Petite Victory CollectiveRemix Challenge - Take an existing song and give it your unique twist."So i added some microfreak arp to add to the chords...I've got a website! Links to more stuff. . . www.jonathanrcross.comSupport me on bandcamp pianotpot.bandcamp.comWatch me build a live set from scratch every Thursday at 23:00 UK time www.twitch.tv/pianotpotLinks to my releases fanlink.to/JrC
Behringer Edge and Eowave quadrantid swarm live techno. #techno #semimodular #livesynthjam 🎛👽 Jonathan R Cross 2024-01-13 | ...
Six snips of streamed live set from scratch.... Improvised techno with jazzy sprinkles. #technolive Jonathan R Cross 2024-01-12 | Clipped sections from my weekly live stream... Where I make techno and layer jazz piano on top. Live electronic music
Techno (live) with Jazzy Sprinkles - Episode 72 Jonathan R Cross 2024-01-12 | Building an improvised techno beat using synths and drum machines, I then add layers of electric Rhodes piano to the mix. And then improvise a techno live set all the way along until I can't keep going anymore. Help me pick a patch on the microfreak that I then have to use. See you there!00:00 Stream start9:09 techno with jazzy sprinkles
Image inspiration strikes. A smooth jam inspired by an image by Remedios Varo called ‘harmony’ #art Jonathan R Cross 2024-01-09 | ...
Jammin with the Yamaha Reface YC combo #Organ. #Hammond and #Leslie tastic! 🎹 Jonathan R Cross 2024-01-08 | ...
Electronic Music inspired by art - HWJ weekend challenge Jonathan R Cross 2024-01-08 | Inspired by an Image! picture challenge jam! This jam is the first weekend music-making challenge of the year 2024. This was the prompt:"Happy new Year fellow Jammers,First challenge of the year will be one of my favourite PICTURE CHALLENGE whoooop hoop.This is a picture from the artist Remedios Varo titled Harmony – 1956 (surrealism I’m inclined to think) (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remedios_Varo)The challenge is to draw inspiration from the picture, interpret it and translate it into your music. Many elements spark my attention looking at the picture, for instance the “objects” on the pentagram (are they actually a melody?), the muses (????) in the walls, the tiles on the floor lifted as if they were organ (or wah-wah) pedals. Get inspired by it."So I did a downtempo jam and got to use my new Yamaha reface yc ! I've got a website! Links to more stuff. . . www.jonathanrcross.comMerch! jonathanrcross.bigcartel.comSupport me on bandcamp pianotpot.bandcamp.comWatch me build a live set from scratch every Thursday at 23:00 UK time www.twitch.tv/pianotpotLinks to my releases fanlink.to/JrC
Jamming with the Yamaha Reface YC (no talking) Jonathan R Cross 2024-01-08 | Just got the Yamaha Reface YC (Combo organ), and it's all I hoped it would be! My main desire was for a Hammond-type sound with good leslie speaker simulation. And I've been eying up the Reface YC ever since I first saw/heard it. I defo wasn't disappointed. It also has distortion, reverb and also percussion and vibrato and chorus. So here's a collection of my initial jams with it, definitely awesome fun! I didn't experiment much (at all) with any of the other engines, having too much fun with the Hammond! Also check out my initial Yamaha CP jams youtu.be/SGSy4UH2cTcI've got a website! Links to more stuff. . . www.jonathanrcross.comSupport me on bandcamp pianotpot.bandcamp.comWatch me build a live set from scratch every Thursday at 23:00 UK time www.twitch.tv/pianotpotLinks to my releases fanlink.to/JrC
Techno, Live (with jazzy sprinkles) - Episode 71 Jonathan R Cross 2024-01-05 | Time to dust off the synths for the new year and get jamming with the first livestream of the year from me. Lets make up some techno from scratch and layer with some jazzy sprinkles
Secret santa Hardware Jam for Minor Joy Jonathan R Cross 2024-01-01 | For the festive period at hardware Jams the group are making jams as presents for other jammers, either by paying homage to them in some way or just by making them a jam. Mine is for @minorjoy-records who makes wicked techno with nice B&W videos, so check out their channel! THanks Simon! @HardwareJams the rules were no longer than 5 minutes. I've got a website! Links to more stuff. . . www.jonathanrcross.comSupport me on bandcamp pianotpot.bandcamp.comWatch me build a live set from scratch every Thursday at 23:00 UK time www.twitch.tv/pianotpotLinks to my releases fanlink.to/JrC
Clownfest 12 live set - Techno, Improvised with Jazzy Sprinkles Jonathan R Cross 2023-12-30 | Live improvised hardware techno set with Jazzy Sprinkles for Clownfest 12. Here is a set I made for the Clownarmy at Clownfest 12. A five day, 7-9 hours of music a day event where artists get 20 minutes to perform.Thanks to @pierrottheacidclown8570 for the slot, and to all of clownarmy for the amazing music so far! And Clownfest 12 is still not over! It will be ongoing for 2 more days taking us into 2024. I've got a website! Links to more stuff. . . www.jonathanrcross.comSupport me on bandcamp pianotpot.bandcamp.comWatch me build a live set from scratch every Thursday at 23:00 UK time here on YouTube and also streaming on www.twitch.tv/pianotpotLinks to my releases fanlink.to/JrC
Improvised Techno with Jazzy Sprinkles Episdoe 70 part 2 Jonathan R Cross 2023-12-22 | Late night live improvised Techno and Jazzy Sprinkles after OBS died! Part one hereyoutube.com/watch?v=PkQYRRPNY5E&t=13s
Clip from improvised techno session🎚🎛👽 #techno #electronicmusic #acidtechno Jonathan R Cross 2023-12-22 | Last night's live session was plagued with an OBS death, and then the dreaded crackles. Here's a techno section from last night.
Live Techno (with jazzy sprinkles) - Episode 70 Part 1 Jonathan R Cross 2023-12-22 | Improvised, made up from scratch, built out of synth sequences and drum machines, programmed live, and drizzled with jazzy sprinkles for a session that will take you on a journey.See you there! Part one! Part two here youtube.com/live/WwZDXdPkm7Y
Have yourself a merry Christmas! (Cover) piano solo Jonathan R Cross 2023-12-18 | Hardware jams festive challenge. I ran out of time so here's a Christmas classic.The prompt:"It's getting to that time of year when much of us take a well-needed festive break.To some that may be spending time with family, others snuggling in front of the fire or going for bracing walks in the cold. Or throwing a shrimp on the barbie.However you celebrate this time of year, make a jam that fits the season. You could go full fa-la-la-la-la, channel your innner Maria Carey or subvert the whole thing.Who will be the Hardware Jams Xmas Number 1 this year?RULES:Jams must be created between now and the 18th"
Birthday Live Jam for @InkyDaCaT and @CreativeCollektive Jonathan R Cross 2023-12-17 | THanks to the @CreativeCollektive for asking me to do a jam for @InkyDaCaT 's birthday bash! Loved all the music, check out their channel and have a listen to the sets!Enjoy, JC.I've edited out a portion where we had crackles.I've got a website! Links to more stuff. . . www.jonathanrcross.comSupport me on bandcamp pianotpot.bandcamp.comWatch me build a live set from scratch every Thursday at 23:00 UK time www.twitch.tv/pianotpotLinks to my releases fanlink.to/JrC
Live Techno, with Jazzy Sprinkles - Episode 69 dude! Jonathan R Cross 2023-12-15 | 69 Duuuuuude! How many times can I squeeze in "69 dude" into a live techno set. Made from scratch, improvised, and with those jazzy sprinkles on the top, it's time for Episode 69 of Techno with jazzy sprinkles
“These Foolish Things” piano cover. #piano #pianosolo #thesefoolishthings Jonathan R Cross 2023-12-13 | I am always reminded of my grandad when I play this. When I was little I recorded him playing, and this was the first song on the tape. These foolish things.
GAS GAS GAS! Hardware Jam challenge - Re-Entry Burn Jonathan R Cross 2023-12-11 | I recently bought a behringer edge, and a kaosspad 2, and this week in Hardware Jams @HardwareJams we're showing off our latest acquisitions and how we're incorporating them into our setups. In this case, alongside Jamming with the Roland Tr8s on kick and hihat duties, we have the Behringer Edge which is crunchy as heck for techno jam purposes. As is the Korg Kaosspad 2. Still not sure about the KP, toy/fun or serious? Lets see how it sounds.Released as “Re Entry Burn” go.jonathanrcross.com/ReEntryBurnI've got a website! Links to more stuff. . . www.jonathanrcross.comSupport me on bandcamp pianotpot.bandcamp.comWatch me build a live set from scratch every Thursday at 23:00 UK time www.twitch.tv/pianotpotLinks to my releases fanlink.to/JrC
What are you twiddling with all the time? 🎛🎚🎛 #techno #acidjazz #livelooping #liveelectronicmusic Jonathan R Cross 2023-12-08 | ...
Techno (live) with jazzy sprinkles - Episode 68 Jonathan R Cross 2023-12-08 | It's improvised, made up from scratch, it's what happens when I turn on my synths and drum machines and get busy making techno, then add some jazz on the top.
180+BPM challenge - Hardware jams weekend challenge Jonathan R Cross 2023-12-05 | "For this week’s challenge I want you to raise your BPM! Go FULL SPEED. Your lower limit is 180bpm, there is no roof, go as fast as you like. No cheating half-speeds or time gimmicks’ 😊 you need to go fast!"So here's 190 BPM techno - with some Behringer Edge 10,000BPM endingFull stream of al entries here youtube.com/live/Y6_GBqCGp7c?si=6QKQiLC8W9Kzc35-I've got a website! Links to more stuff. . . www.jonathanrcross.comSupport me on bandcamp pianotpot.bandcamp.comWatch me build a live set from scratch every Thursday at 23:00 UK time www.twitch.tv/pianotpotLinks to my releases fanlink.to/JrC
Transitioning from improvised jazz to improvised techno 🎛👽🎼 #electronicmusic #acidjazz #techno Jonathan R Cross 2023-12-01 | ...
Techno (live) with Jazzy Sprinkles - Episode 67 Jonathan R Cross 2023-12-01 | It's a techno live set made up from scratch, it's improvised, it's drum machines and synths all joined together and twiddled with, knobs-a-twisting, faders-a-fading and live hardware techno will emerge! Then i'll dose with some Jazzy Sprinkles on top.No talking version on Bandcamp - Free download pianotpot.bandcamp.com/track/techno-live-with-jazzy-sprinkles-episode-67No talking version on Mixcloud - mixcloud.com/pianotpot/techno-live-with-jazzy-sprinkles-episode-67-jonathan-r-cross
