Green Pharming is a recording of a live in studio Halifaxian improvisation, which was streamed via video/audio broadcasting online on the night of November 18th, 2017, for an invite-only audience of the Milieu Music Fan Club (
www.patreon.com/analogbotany ). It was created using only hardware, no computers, and has been mastered completely intact, without edits or any post-processing that would obscure the source material.
Musically, it could be considered the liminal space between the Verdant Acre series and the Static Pharming series, as the title reflects. It utilizes live orchestral vinyl sampling in the same way Verdant Acre did, and transmutes that sound into atmospheric waves that wash over and under a foundation of a Yamaha RY-20 drum machine, a Korg Volca Sample & MS-20 monophonic analog synthesizer, an Arturia Microbrute monophonic analog synthesizer, a DSI MoPho monophonic analog synthesizer, a Grass C-TCM generator, a Unisonic receiver and a host of analog and digital FX, such as Moog low pass filter and MIDI MuRF, Boss RV-3 & SL-20, Alesis Quadraverb, BBE Two Timer, Digitech Envelope Filter and Pioneer SR202W spring reverb, all channeled through a Peavey FX2x24 hybrid mixing desk.
Passing through phases of submerged dub warmth and vibrant psychedelic peaks, Green Pharming is a deep excursion through the ever-familiar Halifaxian sonic lands - drugged blue ambient seas, looming shadowy texture forests and a rhythmic presence as constant as a heartbeat - proving once again that somewhere in my musical subconscious, these locations can be revisited, albeit with varying degrees of clarity.
Two editions of this release have been produced - one standard CD-R edition, and a second more limited (only six) edition that includes a one of a kind readymade art assemblage. Additionally, rehearsal/tuning recordings done in preparation for this live set were selectively culled and mutated into a four-EP set called Phyllex, and these EPs will be issued subsequently.
released December 5, 2017
W/P by Brian Grainger. Improvised and recorded live at White Pillar Workshop, November 18 2017, using Gemini PDT-6000 / Yamaha RY-20 / Korg Volca Sample / Korg MS-20 / Arturia Microbrute / DSI MoPho / Grass C-TCM / Unisonic Chippendale / Moog LPF / Moog MIDI MuRF / Boss RV-3 / Boss SL-20 / Alesis Quadraverb / BBE Two Timer / Pioneer SR202W / Digitech Envelope Filter / Peavey FX2x24. Mastered by The Analog Botanist. Photograph by Brian, somewhere between SC and OH, 2013. This is Milieu Music number ABX74.
Special thanks to the members of the Milieu Music Fan Club, for helping make this recording possible: David T / Devin H / Mathieu L / Francois H / Andy B / Joe U / Benoit P / Jonathan W / Jose S / Rik J / Dave W / Levi G / Chris S / Justin T / Burton T.