Exclusive – Albert van Abbe and Jochem Paap aka Speedy J share vintage technology collaboration preview

Album created on test and measure equipment from the 1950s

Albert van Abbe & Jochem Paap aka Speedy J have joined forces to create the General Audio album, an LP of drone and ambient experiments using retro electronics equipment up to 70 years old.

Recorded at Willem Twee studios in Den Bosch, General Audio explores a unique and esoteric approach to sound creation using test and measure equipment from the 1950s, originally designed for the maintenance of various audio and radio transmitters, van Abbe and Paap create otherworldly walls of sound and dense rhythmic abstractions with an early form of synthesis. Rudimentary signals are combined and processed before being committed to tape via mic’s set up to capture the Willem Twee studio’s unique acoustics. The equipment itself predates the invention of the analog, modular synthesizers developed in the 70s that are now commonplace in many studios.

They’ve been good enough to share ‘WZ-1Wobbel Zusatz’ from the album

The album is due out on out on September 23 – pre-order your copy here