Mister Colins
Indie Ambient
Banjo, samples, sequences, Ableton, Teenage Engineering, Deering…
A drummer with a banjo, a
PO-33 K.O! and a K.O. II
from Teenage Engineering
Debut Single
Becca, Drop It
from
Mister Colins
OUT NOW
24 August 2024
Colin learned to play the banjo, clawhammer style, during the pandemic.
He learned from Evie Ladin and Tom Collins on Patreon and watched educational videos by Hilary Hawke, Banjo Jen, Mandy at Banjo Lemonade and Hilarie Burhans.
All exceptional educators and players and each had their own little tips and tricks to get him through the learning process.
Drop Thumbs – Not Bombs!
Over the winter of 2023/4, he discovered the KO-33! by Teenage Engineering, a micro sampler and drum machine that fits in your pocket.
Realising that he could now create full tracks with this wee machine and a microphone pointing at his Banjo, Colin got started turning his banjo jams into tracks with beats and chops.
His debut instrumental ‘Becca, Drop It’ came out on August 24th 2024 and was followed very shortly after by ‘Hey, Dougie’, both tunes inspired by the two labradors in his life.
Special thanks to DISTROKID for being an awesome platform for helping us release these tracks to the world via the streaming services.
Once hooked on Teenage Engineering’s methodology & innovation, Colin grabbed himself a K.O. II (EP-133) and has been getting to grips with its ridiculous sampling power and having fun compiling new tunes.
‘An Intro Sequence’, a tune made completely on the PO KO-33! Using a sample pack from the awesome
True Cuckoo…
Plunging into the world of ambient …
OUT NOW ‘GOOD NAME FOR A BAND’,
A tune featuring guest vocals from friends all over the globe.
Version 1 is a hip-hop inspired groove … made on the K.O. II (EP 133) from Teenage Engineering.
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