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    SHAW & GROSSFELDT

    Sep 09, 2020 6 minutes

    Jas Shaw is best known for his endeavours as Simian Mobile Disco with his partner James Ford. For his latest record Klavier he teamed up with Bas Grossfeldt to produce an album the latter describes as ‘piano studies in a breaky-technoish surrounding’. It was inspired by a Disklavier, a blend of acoustic and electronic tech first built by Yamaha in 1987. Sounds intriguing to say the least, so it’s time for Jas and Bas to explain all…

    1 So what’s the story with the new album?

    JS: “The record is called Klavier as it came about from discovering a classic Disklavier in the studio. We abandoned the synths and let this strange but familiar instrument lead us down a path that neither of us had imagined.”

    “The process was pretty much what makes the record special. We built a setup with the Disklavier and some Max Patches and then altered the sound of a piano hands

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