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The Crowd-Choir Project : Add your voice and win a $2000 Array Mbira

23rd January 2012

We're very excited to launch the Crowd-Choir project - to build a unique sampler instrument comprised of hundreds of different voices from all around the world. We don't yet know if it will work or how it might sound - but we're going to give it everything we've got to...

David Hirschfelder on film scores, samples and zen detachment

21st November 2011

David Hirschfelder is one of the world's most sought-after film composers, whose scores include Strictly Ballroom (1992), Shine (1996), Sliding Doors (1998), Elizabeth (1998), Hanging Up (2000), Peaches (2004), Australia (2008), and recently Sanctum with James Cameron. David collaborated...

Xtended Sound: Imogen Heap and Kelly Snook in the studio

5th September 2011

Imogen Heap's recent single, Propellor Seeds, is a whirling cloud of sonic and musical ideas. When we heard that Soniccouture sounds had played their part in its creation, we were excited to find out more. Imogen and her engineer/ Studio Manger Kelly Snook were happy to share some insights.How did...

Win Soniccouture's Morpheus

1st September 2011

The competition has now closed. We are pleased to announce that Steve Bosanko, from Birmingham is the winner of the Morpheus instrument. he received it this week - he's sent us a picture of him playing it, look.

Win Soniccouture's Rock Creek Tongue Drums

1st August 2011

We are accumulating quite a few instruments at Soniccouture HQ, so we decided that it might be nice to offer some of them as prizes to our faithful customers.For the next 3 months we will be giving away a different instrument each month, starting today with the fabulous Rock Creek Tongue Drums...

Omnichord Appeal Raises $10,000 for Japanese Tsunami fund

5th May 2011

On 28th March 2011, Soniccouture released a special instrument, to raise money for the Japanese tsunami and earthquake disaster. The Omnichord was based on samples from a Suzuki Omnichord System Two from the 1980s, a unique synth that is played by strumming a metal plate.The instrument was available...

Balinese Gamelan Stars In Indie Film Obselidia

26th January 2011

Obselidia, Diane Bell's debut feature, is an eco road-movie with recurring themes of nostaliga, obsolescence and apocalypse. As well as the award winning photography ( Excellence in Cinematography Prize at Sundance 2010), the movies' score, by Liam Howe, makes a big impact. Howe is a UK...

MOGWAI : THE SOUNDS AND THE PROCESS

27th October 2010

Mogwai have recently put the finishing touches to their seventh studio album, 'Hardcore will never die, but you will ' - which will be released on 14th February 2011 (St.Valentines day - nothing says "I love you" like Post-Rock).Curious about their working methods and instrumentation, we...

Massive Attack Producer Neil Davidge talks Novachord, Glass Works and Clash Of The Titans

10th August 2010

Producer and composer Neil Davidge is one of the people responsible for shaping the sound of Massive Attack ; blurring the line between atmospheric, dubby beats, song-writing and cinematic soundscaping. His compelling production style has led him to Hollywood, to work with some of the biggest...

FUNKY JUNK : Soniccouture release Free RMI Rocksichord Instrument

23rd March 2010

Soniccouture have teamed up with Mikael Jorgensen of the band Wilco for this latest release, a full Kontakt format rendering of the 1960s 'electric harpsichord', the RMI Rocksichord. Mikael started sampling his ancient Rocksichord keyboard, but hadn’t the time to finish the...

"Sounds of beauty and wonder" - Glass Works 5 Star SOS review

21st January 2010

Another absolute corker of a write-up in our favourite recording magazine, Sound On Sound. It's always extremely rewarding when a magazine / reviewer really gets a product, especially one that consumed so much of our time and resources to make. So, once again, thanks to Dave Stewart for...

SOS Five Stars for Skiddaw Stones

17th December 2009

Our thanks to Dave Stewart ( not the Eurythmics one, no ) for his glowing review of The Skiddaw Stones in this months Sound On Sound.You can read the full review on the SOS site here , and there's an excerpt on the Stones product page, along with the usual demos and product info.