How I Play Live: Active Systems
Active Systems plays live with no laptop in sight: a Cirklon sequencer at the centre, four Intellijel Atlantix modules on bass duty and a 909 keeping time. After sets at Lost and Houghton and the release of The Red EP, we talk pattern-based performance, backup rigs, forced improvisation and the sorrow of a poorly played flute.
Attack: You make 99% of your music on the Cirklon. Was a hardware live set always the plan? What did you use before it, and what makes it right for you?
Active Systems: Honestly, I got my hands on a Cirklon at the perfect time. I was making most of my tracks using a…
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