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Autamata's Ken McHugh and the Casio VL1
Musician Ken McHugh from Autamata gets reunited with his long lost Casio VL1 synthesiser. So what does it feel like to meet this blast from the past? "It's so dinky and small," he says. "I imagined it being a lot bigger. It feels really good, it brings back a lot of memories and different emotions." Ken really loved his first VL1. "I thought I was cool, I used to sit in my bedroom and just play around and program different rhythms and come up with little melodies that had beats, rhythms and all that kind of stuff," he says. "The sounds are quite plinky plonky." Autamata Ken McHugh is the songwriter and producer behind Dublin-based Autamata, whose album Short Stories uses programmed electronic music to create different sounds and rhythms. McHugh has worked in Irish music for many years and has produced songs for artists including David Kitt. Casio The Casio VL1 or VL Tone was a tiny keyboard with 29 keys, popular in the early 1980s. It worked by trying to emulate real instruments by creating an electronic version of their sound. This type of electronic musical instrument is called a synthesiser (or synthesizer, or synth). Some of the instruments emulated included violin and flute. Learn more: Find out more about the Casio VL1 and check out other synths at the synth museum Visit Autamata on the web Learn more about synthesisers |
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