News & Features
The Live Sound of Bat For Lashes: Ben Christophers Interview
29th October 2012
Bat For Lashes' new album 'The Hunted Man' is garnering critical praise from all angles ; we talked to musical director Ben Christophers about some of the sonic tricks he uses to get the sound, and how Soniccouture instruments fit into the production.
The Music and Sound Design of Breaking Bad - Dave Porter interview
22nd February 2012
Breaking Bad is one of the most acclaimed TV drama of recent years - Dan (a massive BB geek) spotted our Balinese Gamelan instruments in the soundtrack, and caught up with composer Dave Porter for a chat ..
The Crowd-Choir Project : Add your voice and win a $2000 Array Mbira
23rd January 2012
UPDATE 14.4.2012 We can now announce that Bob Derkach of Scarborough, Canada is the lucky winner of the CrowdChoir competition. We will be shipping the Array Mbira instrument to Bob directly. Thanks again to everyone that submitted a note, we're currently about halfway through sorting...
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.
