“To me the DS doesn't sound much like the original [Korg] analog engine. It has its own new sound, nice chippy glitches, etc” - Receptors


If the Korg DS-10 you scored for Christmas is already collecting dust, out of sheer bloody-fingered frustration, then you may not want to read any further.

‘Electronic artist/producer/gearhead’ Jeremy Kolosine (below) has already released a whole album of DS-10 music under solo pseudonym Receptors.

Free to download from last.fm, the album - groKwork - could make painful listening for anyone still scratching their head with their stylus instead of the recommended DS touchscreen, but it’s a motivating example of what the software is actually capable of in the right hands.

London born, now resident of Roanoke, Virginia, Kolosine is a recognised star of the chiptune scene (or ‘bitpop’ - depending on how catchy/commercial the music is I guess), having performed at SXSW, CMJ, and New York’s annual Blip Fest.

Armed with 8-bit Gameboys (running carts like Nanoloop and LSDJ), circuit-bent Speak n Spells and Furbies, a pocket Theremin, Ataris, Vocoded Stylophones, vintage synths and so on, Kolosine  has released three EPs, performed the first ever ‘circuit-bent performance with a full symphony orchestra’ in 2007, and curated Astralwerks/EMI’s impressive chiptune all-stars cover album "8-Bit Operators - an 8-bit Tribute to Kraftwerk".


Lazy bastard.


Receptor has just made his DS-10 created User EP available to download for free - somewhat redeeming himself for being so goddamn clever . Be sure to check out the SpeedDialer Remix.
  
If you want more chips with that, bookmark 8-bit Collective, the 'chiptune-related media repository and file sharing community'.

And for any aspiring ‘blipsters’ out there, here is a 2007 NPR audio interview with Kolosine in which he explains what he does, and how. Did you know you could turn your old Atari 2600 into a 4-track synth using a $25(US) Synthcart?

You do now.


Receptor's Myspace / Facebook