From Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies cards to Matthew Herbert’s manifesto, we have seen very different ways of working within constraints.
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We’ve all been there. Sometimes an empty page is full of too many possibilities. After all, “the enemy of art is the absence of limitations”, quoting Orson Welles.
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This is why a few weeks ago I decided to do a little experiment. I was leaving for a trip abroad and I wanted to have a small, portable setup (it had to fit in my carry-on!) for hands-on DAWless jams. Also, I wanted to add a specific creative constraint (more on this later).
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Here’s what I brought with me:
- KORG Volca Sample OK Go limited edition
- Erica Synths Acidbox ii
- KORG Mini Kaoss Pad 2S
- the always inspiring Teenage Engineering OP-1
- Keith McMillen K-MIX
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