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Photo: Joanna Sullivan<br />
Yamaha Reface DX / Behringer<br />
Model D / Electro-Harmonix Deluxe<br />
Memory Man<br />
BARRIE<br />
In the the beginning of 2018, dream-pop five-piece<br />
Barrie put out shimmering singles, “Canyons,” and “Tal<br />
Uno,” before releasing a 12” in October aptly titled Singles.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Brooklyn</strong>-based band hail from all <strong>over</strong> the<br />
country (and world), but have recently converged in<br />
New York to collaborate and write songs together. <strong>The</strong>ir<br />
dreamy sound puts an ambient spin on retro synthpop,<br />
delivering ultra gorgeous tracks that swirl in a neon glow.<br />
In <strong>2019</strong>, they’ll be hitting the road in support of Miya<br />
Frolick. (SARA NUTA)<br />
What feelings, events, people and/or records worked as a<br />
source of inspiration for your 2018 tracks?<br />
Barrie: Those songs were written in 2015 or 2016, it took a long<br />
time to get them out. When I wrote them, I was living in Boston<br />
and my band at the time practiced in my apartment, so I had<br />
a full drum kit, percussion, bass and guitar amps, keyboards,<br />
etc. right in my room. I played everyone’s instruments all the<br />
time and that inspired a lot of music. Especially playing electric<br />
guitar, which was new for me.<br />
Do you guys use guitar pedals?<br />
Barrie: Live, the texture mostly comes from Noah’s guitar. I like<br />
a really simple clean setup, just a Memory Man.<br />
Synthpop Chill Wave<br />
Spurge: I run my piano sounds, per the recommendation of<br />
Dom, through a compressor pedal to even out the sound, and<br />
my Roland JV1010 through the compressor out into a mixer<br />
where I can control the levels of my piano sounds along with my<br />
Reface DX which is handling the synth sounds.<br />
Noah: My guitar pedal set-up is super simple: chorus, phaser,<br />
and space echo. I have the chorus on pretty much all the time<br />
and use the phaser and echo for moments here and there. <strong>The</strong><br />
centerpiece of my set-up is the Elektron Octatrack, which is a<br />
sampler, mixer, and MIDI sequencer. I use it to trigger one-shot<br />
samples, and to send MIDI sequences to/process audio from<br />
my KORG Minilogue. We don’t use a backing track so we needed<br />
something that would c<strong>over</strong> a lot of ground and be ultra-flexible/powerful,<br />
which the Octatrack is perfect for.<br />
What other synths were particularly inspiring?<br />
Noah: <strong>The</strong> Juno 106 sound played a large role on our first couple<br />
singles. On the upcoming album, Dominic and I did some<br />
modular synth stuff, Spurge did some sounds with the MS20,<br />
and I recorded a lot of Prophet 08 and Moog Mother 32.<br />
Spurge: I use the Reface DX for live and my personal writing. I<br />
really love the user-friendliness of that versus the DX100 or DX7.<br />
I also recently got the Behringer Model D which I would highly<br />
recommend if you like the classic Moog sound.<br />
22 the deli Winter <strong>2019</strong>