ESSENTIAL GEAR

Roland Juno-106 “It’s the opposite of FM, super-easy, quick to use and sounds good wherever you put the faders.”

Roland TR-606 “While it’s a lovely drum machine, the mods make it odder and trashier and give you some room to carve some dynamics into a take.”

Roland SH-09 “Just turning it on, the basic sound you get is just so good.”

Sequentix Cirklon “This had quite a strong influence on the new album.”

Yamaha TX81Z “The thing that makes the TX fun is the controller. It allows you to make changes to sounds without having to navigate the menu system on a faded LCD screen.”

Nord Lead “A very simple two-operator FM but super nice-sounding in a frizzy, chilly way.”

Studer 089 Console “Lovely to use for synths as the preamps sound great, distort nicely and the EQ is rudimentary but nice.”

Conn Electric Organ “It’s an amazing-sounding thing with two speakers, a Leslie on the side and a really long spring reverb. I’m planning to mod it so that I can send external signals in and then get the sound of the Leslie and those springs.”