Bicep

When asked: "What made you decide to use your current DAW?"

Bicep replied: "Ableton, just always made sense to the writing process…been using it since pretty much the first version."

In this article Bicep say: "We have (or borrow) Korg M1, Yamaha DX7, SH101, Juno 6, Roland midi keyboards, Akai MPC 2000xl and Mackie monitors."

In this article Bicep say: "We have (or borrow) Korg M1, Yamaha DX7, SH101, Juno 6, Roland midi keyboards, Akai MPC 2000xl and Mackie monitors."

In this video you can see Bicep using the ADX-1 in a live performance from 0:15 onwards.

At the start of this video from Facebook you can clearly see the Sherman Filterbank 2.

When asked: "What piece of software and hardware could you not live without?" Bicep reply: A good set of monitors is probably the most essential thing in the studio. We have the Mackie HR 624 Mk2’s and know them inside out. Working in other studios on different monitors is a pain.

As seen in the video at 0:03, Bicep have the Boss BC-1X Bass Compressor in their live setup.

Probably one of our favorite synths in the studio is the super-cheap Korg Poly-800. It's not particularly groundbreaking or versatile, but it just has some really really ace noises. For the price and flimsy build, it really packs a massive punch, holding its own with our more expensive polysynths easily. We got this one modded with a pair of Moog filters (Polybeast mod), making it more hands-on and intuitive. You can really take its classic '80s sound and bring it somewhere very dark and distorted!

In the first few seconds of this video from Facebook you can see the Intellijel Metropolis. They also confirmed this in the comments section saying: "808 trigger and the Metropolis for sequencers. MPC is just drums!"

Bicep using a Novation Launch Control XL alongside a Launchpad.

In this article Bicep say: "We have (or borrow) Korg M1, Yamaha DX7, SH101, Juno 6, Roland midi keyboards, Akai MPC 2000xl and Mackie monitors."

In this article Bicep say: "We have (or borrow) Korg M1, Yamaha DX7, SH101, Juno 6, Roland midi keyboards, Akai MPC 2000xl and Mackie monitors."

As seen in the video at 0:03, Bicep have the Pioneer Toraiz SP-16 Sampler in their live setup.

As seen in the video at 0:03, Bicep have the Roland SBX-1 Sync Box in their live setup.

From about 14 seconds you can see the Roland-808 in this video from Facebook.

In this video from Facebook at about 19 seconds you can see the Universal Audio Apollo.

As seen in the video at 0:03, Bicep have the Eventide Space Reverb Pedal in their live setup.

In this article Bicep say: "We have (or borrow) Korg M1, Yamaha DX7, SH101, Juno 6, Roland midi keyboards, Akai MPC 2000xl and Mackie monitors."

From about 14 seconds you get the best view of Bicep using the Roland-909 in this video on their Facbook.

We originally got the ARP Odyssey for a lead synth and for bass, as we heard it 'really' has got a sound of its own. Some days we are cool and get on with each other, other days it just bounces out of tune every minute… but that's part of the character of this machine. Back in the '70s, people loved it because they could get sounds like no other, but it was notoriously a hard synth to play live; even the smallest tweak can change up everything (you have to tune each of the oscillators by hand). As a studio instrument, that makes it fun—you know you are never going to get the exact same noise out of it twice. Apparently, Korg are going to remake this one like they did the MS-20. It will be very interesting to see what they come up with.

At 5 seconds in this video from their Facebook you can see the logo for "Mono/Poly" on the Korg synthesiser.

From about 8 seconds you can see the Roland Juno-60 synth in this video from Facebook.

In this video at about 13 seconds you can see the Roland TR-606 Drumatrix.

In this video posted to Facebook, Bicep are seen using an array of synths and machines, last of which being the Alesis A6 Andromeda synthesizer.

In the AMA they did for the subreddit r/electronicmusic, Bicep mention they use the SP-1200 for the drums on the track "Saku":

Saku was a lot of hybrid-ing different demos but the bulk of the song was made around the main sp1200 drum beat and Clara's vocal sang over a very early bones drums & bass demo, the latter chords are from the Andromeda with the sh101 through a tonne of guitar pedals coming in later.

In a Reddit AMA, Bicep confirmed that they use the Eventide TimeFactor Twin Delay in their live setup.

In a Reddit AMA, Bicep confirmed that they use the Roland AIRA TR-8S in their live setup.