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ORGATROID’s Jason Daniello and Jeffrey Richards give us a tour of their well-equipped studio in Asheville, North Carolina.

In this video, they share stories about the machines in their jaw-dropping gear collection, some of which were used on the recording sessions for their debut Future Youth EP for Iggor Cavalera and Laima Leyton’s Delayed Records and their remix of Mixhell and Joe Goddard’s “Strong & Wrong.”

Jason and Jeffrey also recall how they met years ago in Albuquerque, playing in rock bands and eventually gravitating toward producing electronic music. A selection of ORGATROID’s studio setup featured in this video includes:

Chroma Polaris
Mellotron Micro
Sequential Prophet 6
Elektron Analog Rytm
Elektron Digitakt
Moog Matriarch
Moog Opus 3
Moog Model D
Roland Juno 106
Moog Mother-32
Moog Subharmonicon
Winter Modular Eloquencer
Earthquaker Afterneath
Intellijel Metropolis
+ more

Filmed and edited by Paul Shaver. Image above by Chela Whiteman.

Los Angeles-based DJ/producer Charlie B. Wilder (a.k.a. Captain Planet) has a voracious appetite for music. Over the years, his passion and curiosity have led him to explore a myriad of musical genres from all over the world. The global influence is at the forefront of his productions, remixes and DJ sets that fluidly celebrate hip-hop, electronic, Latin, African, dancehall and reggae.

In June, Wilder released his fifth album, NO VISA (Bastard Jazz). It’s an adventurous 13-track collection of songs whose musical vibes transcend borders. What follows is a track by track breakdown from Wilder explaining the fascinating origin of each song on the album. Continue Reading →