Peter Van Hoesen: From blank canvas to sonic inventions
Back in November, Konduit was released, a sound collection created in collaboraton with Orchestral Tools. Through this interview Peter dives deep into the creative process behind Konduit.
Peter Van Hoesen’s musical brain adds another layer of meaning to the name of Orchestral Tools’ new sample library, Konduit. Not only is his brain the conduit through which ideas flow, it provides a glimpse into the improvisatory and live side of sound design in all its open-ended possibilities. There’s an intense method that allows the neurons to connect quickly as he builds new patches from scratch.
Van Hoesen has turned entirely to live performance in his techno shows, bringing the same expansive sound worlds from his productions into the live context, both as a solo artist and when working with AtomTM or as half of Sendai. Here, he focuses on synths and sound processing, while Orchestral Tools’ Cornelius Duerst adds guitar and bass layers produced with various techniques — a kind of sound design counterpart to Peter’s other duos. Many of those layers are so heavily processed you may not recognize the guitar source, like an additional dimension of sound synthesis.
If you are curious to know what supports this generative creative process, and how these sounds evolve from patches and gear to processing and the final signal chain, read the full interview via the following link.
For more information on Konduit, click here.
