While we’re all DJs around here, we do love a bit of Roland retrofuturism in our lives. So we were rather happy to witness David Ahlund roll up with a complete Roland AIRA system complete with the new modular system too. Drool.
This demo was the penultimate one of our three days at BPM. Most technical issues had been identified and ironed out whack-a-mole style (yes it was like that for a while), but the whole thing was being held together with sheer willpower aka virtual gaffer tape. But for whatever reason, one camera decided to stop recording missing the left hand side angle), and the sound recorder was selective with which channels it was recording, even though it had done a sterling job for the rest of the time. Oh well.
My 50th birthday is coming up at the end of December. I think a TR-8 and TB-3 are very high up on my pressie list. And that Acid House album I never finished my well be my magnum opus.
I just got the System-1, awaiting the courier.
This might be one of the best demo’s of anything ive ever seen.
Great demo of a really interesting line of products. Got me interested in Aria series, gotta admit those things look awesome!