James Murphy
DFA, LCD Soundsystem
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I believe he mentioned it a few times too, but in the picture you can clearly see the MD409 being used as well. It's his go-to live microphone, and possibly one he uses in the studio as well.
"I've used it for every vocal I've ever done and it's been used for almost every vocal recorded in this studio for DFA releases." -Juan from The Juan Maclean
This microphone belongs to DFA studios, the label that James owns. It's very likely that he has used this microphone for many studio recordings. But if not, the microphone should still be on the list because he definitely owns it.
In the EMusician article "Straight Shooter," James Murphy is noted for using a Squier Telecaster.
This Electronic Musician article states that Murphy owns a Roland Juno-60.
This Electronic Musician article states that Murphy owns a 1961 Fender Jazzmaster.
I have a set of 1957 Gretsch jazz drums that are what we record everything with, and they sound astonishing. There's just no way to tune them or mic them to make them sound bad, which makes drum recording much easier.
In the EMusician article "STRAIGHT SHOOTER," James Murphy is noted for using the Ursa Major Space Station SST-282, highlighting its role in his studio recording setup as an effects processor.
On this article, on the Arturia website, James Murphy claimed to use Beatstep Pro.
This Electronic Musician article states that Murphy owns a Yamaha CP60.
This Electronic Musician article states that Murphy owns a Korg SQ-10.
And there's an old Epiphone bass that I use that has no name, from the '60s, that I've recorded everything with through an old Ampeg Portaflex B-15 flip-top bass amp. Basically bass is always the Epiphone into the Portaflex.
The following section appear in this Electronic Musician Magazine piece on James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem:
Lead single “North American Scum” went through many permutations, and the version that appears on Sound of Silver is actually the rough mix. As he does with some of his poppier songs, Murphy originally wrote a framework for the track on Propellerhead Reason and quickly composed the changes with really dinky phone-ring sounds so that he wouldn't be tempted to keep them for the final mix. “It's like a Kraftwerk version of what the song is supposed to sound like,” he says. Once the Propellerhead Reason sketch of the track was written, Murphy and his team added additional instrumentation and worked toward completing the track.
In the EMusician article "STRAIGHT SHOOTER," James Murphy is noted for using the Akai Professional MFC42 Analog Filter Module.
In the EMusician article "Straight Shooter," James Murphy is mentioned using the Beyerdynamic M160 ribbon microphone.
In the EMusician article "Straight Shooter," James Murphy is mentioned as using the DBX 162SL Stereo Compressor in his studio setup.
In the EMusician article "STRAIGHT SHOOTER," James Murphy is mentioned using the Electro-Voice RE2000 condenser microphone.
In the credits on both the vinyl and on discogs site of American Dream various synths are listed as being used by James Murphy. Yamaha CS-60 is one of them
On this article, on the Arturia website, James Murphy claimed to use Matrixbrute
It is stated in this Electronic Musician article that Murphy owns a Baldwin Fun Machine Organ.
This Electronic Musician article states that Murphy owns a Prophet 600.
In the making of This is Happening, you can see James Murphy play this amp for the song All I Want.
In the EMusician article "Straight Shooter," James Murphy is noted for using the Silvertone Danelectro Electric Guitar.
In the EMusician article "STRAIGHT SHOOTER," James Murphy is mentioned using the Altec 633A Salt Shaker Microphone, highlighting its role in his studio recording setup.
In the EMusician article "STRAIGHT SHOOTER," James Murphy is noted for using the Beyerdynamic M 201 TG Dynamic Directional Microphone.
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In an article by EMusician titled "Straight Shooter," it is noted that James Murphy uses the Manley Reference Cardioid Tube Microphone in his studio setup.
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