Espen Kraft

When my good friend Anders Enger Jensen, a very accomplished musician and retro oriented artist, wanted to make a remake of my little Akai S612 demo song, I did not hesitate. I said "go" and he did an excellent job. Not only that, he did a full lenght video tutorial on how he did it as well, how awesome is that?

Over the years I've come to rely on the Korg DW-8000 as one of my secret weapons. It's gone under the radar of many, especially since it was pretty much neglected back in the day as it fell between the digital revolution of the Yamaha DX7 and the Roland D50 at the time. The Korg DW-8000 should really cost as much used today as the Sequential VS, as it's so good at creating that hybrid PPG-like sounds. It can blend a totally analog sounding saw with a complex bell waveform into a truly amazing new sound.

The small, but punchy Boss Dr.Rhythm 220A drum machine from 1985. Great value for money! A quick overview and tutorial on how to use it after the demo track.

In 1985 Roland released the last of their analog Juno synths, the Alpha Juno 1 and 2. Excellent synths that failed to impress the world at the time where everyone wanted digital synths and samplers. The 5 octave Alpha Juno 2 with velocity and after touch is still my fav master keyboard and I love it dearly.

Late 1983 Fiction Factory released their only true hit single "Feels Like Heaven". It charted around the world in 1984 hence the "1984" tag. I've always loved that song and since I've had some requests to do something on that I just thought I'd cook up a little "live in the studio" thing on it.

After many requests I've made a video on how I arrange, record and mix my vocals, 80 style. 80s vocals were often lush, large and reverb drenched and I love that sound. To accomplish that I use a large variety of plugins and hardware effects.

I compare the Eventide H3000 and the Eventide H3000 Factory plug-in, side by side. Can the plug-in replace the mighty hardware? What are the differences?

The Atari ST series of computer, (first out was the Atari 520ST in 1985) are by many considered the best music computers ever made. Rock solid, great MIDI capabilities (and built-in MIDI ports) and loads of software made in its day, it soon became the choice of professional musicians wanting in on the computer boom.

From 1989 to 1993 this combo was my main sequencer workhorse and I just churned out so much music with this super combo. Always on time, always in sync with other gear and it just worked non-stop. I relive one of my most productive years with my Atari 1040ST and Notator in this video. :)