The Secret Weapon

[polar sky]

I still want that thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qfg8VHR0 ... re=related

[polar sky]

This is really great too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXMHmf8K ... re=related

[Pantheon]

Awesome!

I watched bladerunner about 3 days ago, he nailed it in the first vid.

[Tekmosis]

I think the 'secret weapon' is somewhat of a hoax. It's probably just their IMAGINATION!!

[bleak.]

originally i had this fantastical idea that the secret weapon was this huge analog synthesizer - which many fans still seem to believe it seems. whereas in theory, it just seems they have perfected sampling, sound manipulation, sample work etc. listening to their music, they are obviously perfectionist at what they do.

[BunnyRabbit]

"1988: michael bought what he now describes as the band's "secret weapon" synth from a friend for £100 whilst travelling on a bus. "

http://bocpages.org/wiki/Biography

http://web.archive.org/web/19990427204018/http://www.matador.recs.com/bios/bio_boards.html


It's a synth. Either the SH-101 (my pet theory) or a polysynth of some kind (£100 would be a major bargain for a CS80 or 70).

[iec]

The future: BOC's second album on Warp will be released in 1999.

Other news: A single of the band's 1998 Peel Session is set for release on Warp in 1999.
A remix for "Slag Boom Van Loon," (a collaboration project between Mike Paradinas and Speedy J) will be released in 1999. The Hexagon Sun collective promises to deliver a large film project in 2-3 years.

I wish this happened =(

[polar sky]

I think the 'secret weapon' is somewhat of a hoax. It's probably just their IMAGINATION!!

Reeeeeally? What good is an imagination without equipment to create what you imagined? You have to have something to produce it. Weather it's you recording spoons clinging or your cock flapping on the table.

[polar sky]

"1988: michael bought what he now describes as the band's "secret weapon" synth from a friend for £100 whilst travelling on a bus. "

http://bocpages.org/wiki/Biography

http://web.archive.org/web/19990427204018/http://www.matador.recs.com/bios/bio_boards.html


It's a synth. Either the SH-101 (my pet theory) or a polysynth of some kind (£100 would be a major bargain for a CS80 or 70).

.

I knew they said something about a synth. Of course they are talented musicians, and blah blah blah they are the second coming and this and that, but for the musicians on here, some of us wonder what they use, what's wrong with that?

[Numerator]

I think you'll find this is the secret weapon

[Pantheon]

I think you'll find this is the secret weapon

Woah, what the hell is that thing?
It looks awesome, like a basic synth\sampling keyboard with tape in and out function.

[Scories]

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[polar sky]

I think you'll find this is the secret weapon

Woah, what the hell is that thing?
It looks awesome, like a basic synth\sampling keyboard with tape in and out function.

That is NOT a synth. That is a home keyboard. The only synthesizers Casio ever produced are:

AZ-1
CT-101
CZ-1
CZ-101
CZ-1000
CZ-230S
CZ-3000
CZ-5000
FZ-1
RZ-1
SK-1
VL-Tone VL-1
VZ-1
VZ-10M

[Numerator]

'twas only a joke

[polar sky]

'twas only a joke

I know. It wasn't in response to you. That's why I quoted him too. Thanks.

[Numerator]

whoops! my bad
still an awesome home keyboard though isn't it?

[Magic Brenda]

[turquoise70]

picturing them hopping around like the midgets in spinal tap just puffing away on those kazoos like their lives depended on it in the studio

[Tekmosis]

hahaha

[mucephei]

Thinking about it, perhaps the "secret weapon" is a Korg MS-20? Listening to some of their sample manipulations they seem to be doing something with the filters on it.

In 1988 the MS-20 would have been deeply unfashionable as the manufactuers were trying to flog Roland D-50s and DX-7s. Who the hell wanted a monosynth with a patch bay back then?