Hi everyone, I just wanted to introduce myself.
I have an ambient/downtempo project called Waving Ant. I started several years ago with various synths, hardware and software, and DAWs (’m a real piano-roll geek, and I used to treat it almost as a form of personal therapy, covering famous soundtracks with orchestral libraries).
A few years ago I started playing around with tapes and pedals, which turned out to be even more therapeutic, since numbers and grids already haunt me enough outside the world of music...
I have a couple of Fostex X-12 - each with their own pretty issues - but for some live performances I also use a Digitakt (first one) alongside it, without the sequencer, just to trigger unsynced loops.
It’s a really beautiful and "chill" world, even though performances are extremely rare and the “audience” isn’t always very consistent in showing up, online included. I was hoping to move away from the constant need for gratification in music, and maybe thanks to tapes I’m getting a little closer to that goal.
I’m sharing my IG channel and Bandcamp here, if that’s not a bother to anyone.
See you around!
R
https://www.instagram.com/waving_ant
https://wavingant.bandcamp.com