Neil Arthur

In an interview with MusicRadar, Neil Arthur of Blancmange discusses using the Korg MS-20 V2 Software Synthesizer, describing it as a tool that "does what it says on the box."

GForce impOSCar2 is discussed in this interview with Neil.

GForce Oddity is discussed in this interview with Neil.

"I love the Gforce stuff – the Oddity 2 is my favourite. Obviously, you want to find your own sound, but there are some bloody good presets in there. I really like my Super Jupiter module. There’s also the new Roland Boutique modules. I have the JX and JP ones. I was thinking of incorporating them into the Blancmange setup to see if we could get Blancmange in a smaller box, but you have to daisychain them together to get the polyphony."

ArKaos VJ is discussed in this interview with Neil.

Neil lists various other plug-ins used across the album: “We’ve got Waves, Logic’s Bass Amp, ES1… I tell you what I do use: Audio Damage Filterstation; Smart Electronix LiveCut, that gets used quite a lot. It gives you a random, weird, chop-up on different parts of audio. I like that and it was used on [the last and most recent Blancmange album]Blanc Burn and on this record.”

Neil lists various other plug-ins used across the album: “We’ve got Waves, Logic’s Bass Amp, ES1… I tell you what I do use: Audio Damage Filterstation; Smart Electronix LiveCut, that gets used quite a lot. It gives you a random, weird, chop-up on different parts of audio. I like that and it was used on [the last and most recent Blancmange album]Blanc Burn and on this record.”

"I started actually recording 'Semi Detached' in January 2014 and finished mixing in the early summer, then there were edits and remixes that got signed off in late December. Essentially the recording was done in several stages. The first I did on my own, cobbling together the structure and sounds by hook or by crook along with a guide vocal. Then I took them to Adam Fuest's studio, up in the Brecon Beacons, where we added David Rhodes' guitar and I then added lead vocals. During that process the files were transferred from Logic and Ableton into Cubase to prepare for mixing. I then took them back and added backing vocals. Finally me and Adam mixed the lot at his place and went and had a pint!"

AudioThing SR-88: “I have the real thing [Sound Master Memory Rhythm SR-88, a rare '80s drum machine], but as a plugin, I love the raw sound and its simple programming features. Also the MIDI file drag-and-drop is brilliant.”