| Horray-list: |
Bob Moog
Without Bob, there would not have been any minimoogs, and perhaps no
analogue-enthusiasts.
Ileana Grams
Bobs wife, who gave us a reason to talk about other things than electronics and tech stuff.
Magnus Danielson
The man who took the initiative, and managed to patch things together!
Daniel Kahlin
Who took care of details concerning the dinner, like the financial
arrangements.
Bengt Falke
Who made the SAS-compilation CDs for Bob, and presented SHotQ while they
were patching like mad!
Sten Björnebro
Who carried the PA system and drove the car.
Hans Åkerman
Who Convinced SHotQ that it was an excellent idea to play.
Jörgen Bergfors
Our official photographer in style with his fantastic camera!
Patrik Eriksson
Who engraved the SAS-medal and made the cartoon.
SHotQ
Our musical icebreakers, who immediately took the party to top level with
their transistorised jazz.
Stockholm Audio/SPL
Who provided the PA - a Genelec system!
Källaren Diana
For their great food with a north-swedish touch and excellent service in a
fine environment. A perfect dry martini in the bar!
All of us
Who in one way or another contributed in making the night a success, perhaps just by being such nice people!
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Photografier © Jörgen Bergfors 2001
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| Party in historical surroundings |
When Robert A. Moog was awarded the Polar Music Prize, and therefore
would come to Stockholm, a few souls from Swedish
Analogue Enthusisasts had the idea of inviting him to an informal and more
personal party afterwards. We were very happy when
Bob said yes to our invitation, so we hired the 14th century cellars of
the restaurant Diana in Stockholms old town. Everybody
was welcomed with a cocktail, and a three-song live performance by the
Swedish HotSynth Quintet. Three transistorised (but
hand-played!) versions of old jazz classics instantly brought the party to
the top. After this musical icebreaker, the
company went downstairs to enjoy the dinner which had a very
northen swedish profile with "löjrom" , reindeer, "lingonparfait",
västerbotten-cheese and so on. The food was, just like the service,
perfect. Everyone was enjoying themselves. At the
dinner we gave Bob our first medal of honor - a heavy piece in
mirror-polished brass with a 0-10 scale, a bakelite
knob, and the label "EMPHASIS"! Below were the three crowns and the text
"Svenska analogsympatisörer". All hanging from a
blue and yellow ribbon. We beleive Bobs heartly laugh at the sight of the
medal to be a sign of appreciation. A cartoon with the
text "Patch the world together" was handed over too, along with a few CDs
of SAS-related music.
When the night closed in, our guests of honour left for a good nights sleep before their departure next morning. All of us
took farewell, and our master of ceremonies, Magnus, provided for
their safe transport back to the hotel. The rest of us left the table,
and went on with heavy bar hanging, serious drinks, serious smoke, and
serious talking. A little later, the company found the
stairs leading one floor up, where there was a synth music club going on.
Almost two dozen men in suits and tuxedos, some
with turkish fez on their head, went on to serious wild dancing to old
electronic classics.
No serious injuries, physical as well as psycological has been reported, so we have to consider this by Swedish
Analogue-Enthusiasts most ambitious project a success.
See also Mattias R:s photographs from the
dinner!
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| SHotQ live! |
Stormy Weather
performed by the Swedish Hotsynt Quintet
Having heard SHotQs unique interpretations of jazz classics for some time now, it was with great excitement we looked forward
to hear them commit their stage debut, and what could be better than do it with Bob Moog himself in the audience? After a few
days of intense rehearsing, SHotQ took on three jazz classics, which were performed absolutely manually, with no aid from
sequensers or prerecorded tapes. Being an electronic band today, this is an extraordinary fact. You will notice that the band
consists of skilled musicians, and the swing had no limits! "Stormy Weather" was stuck in my head several days afterwards. The
theremin solo must have been a thriller - to learn this extreme instruments in just a few days, enough to perform a
recogniseable melody! Actually, they succeed in doing so. Propably due to intense concentration. Of course, there is still a
long way to go to Clara Rockmore as well as the Kurstins, but still it is okay, and far better than what Jean-Michel Jarre
managed to do at his concert here in Stockholma few years ago. Another credit is the frantic patching between songs! Changing
sound on non-programmable instruments is somewhat demanding. It is good to hear that this immortal music is doing well even on
analogue synthesisers, and now the demand for an official SHotQ-release is greater than ever!
/Rotwang
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| SHotQs toolbox |
frontline:
Big Briar Theremin
Moog MiniMoog
Station 1:
Roland SH-101
Casio MT-31
Station 2:
Moog Opus 3
Roland SH-09 (broke down during transport)
Station 3:
Hammond AutoVari-64
Boss DR-110
Korg DDD-1
Korg MS-10
Clavia Micro Modular
Zoom 505 II
Mackie 1202 VLZ
Station 4:
Moog MicroMoog
Korg Trident mk II
Zoom Studio 1201
Boss Digital Delay
Mackie 1402 VLZ
Station 5:
Korg VC-10
Clavia Nord Lead
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