Angakut recordings


Adorned Upright Piano (fig.1)



Lamellophone (fig.2 front view)



Lamellophone (fig.2 rear view)



Mbira (fig.3)



Masenqo (fig.4)



Gingiru (fig.5)



Guembri (fig.6)



Kora, Guzheng (fig.7)



Saraswati Veena (fig.8)



Morin Khuur, Amaan Khuur (fig.9)



Kyl-Kobyz (fig.10)



Sarangi, Bansuri (fig.11)



Tsuur, Tovshuur (fig.12)



Shakuhachi (fig.13)



Gyaling (fig.14)



Asmat Fu Trumpet (fig.15)



Slit Drum (fig.16 front view)



Slit Drum (fig.16 side view)



Dhyangro Drum (fig.17)



Sámi Drum (fig.18)



Shaman Frame Drum (fig.19 front view)



Shaman Frame Drum (fig.19 rear view)



Damaru, Handbell (fig.20)



Qilaut (fig.21 side view)



Qilaut (fig.21 rear view)



Saron Demung, Gong (fig.22)



Baule Figural Drum (fig.23)



Yoruban Handbell (fig.24)



Edison Standard Phonograph



Edison Gem Phonograph



Pathé Intercylinder Phonograph



Bijou Crystal Radio Receiver



Racks and Outboard



Optosynth Diviner's Baule Mouse Oracle



Telegraph Key and Oscillator



EMS VCS3



Buchla Easel



Formanta Polivoks



MFB, Doepfer Semi Modulars



Soundcraft Spirit Mixing Desk



Inside the Spirit Mixer



MPC 1000 for the [Re:]Entanglements Score 2022



Effects Pedals



Monitors



Main Studio (front view)



Main Studio 2 (front view)



In the studio [Re:]Entanglements Score 2022 Picture 1



In the studio [Re:]Entanglements Score 2022 Picture 2



In the studio [Re:]Entanglements Score 2022 Picture 3



Custom Built PC Server












Recording resonances of the inner and outer world




ANGAKUT


The Birth of the Studio


Angakut studio was designed in a hope of having an alternative way of musical expression blending the traditional and technological, a different path from the current music industry norms toward truer creative freedom, discovery and reconnection to the joy in the process of making music. It was also started to preserve earlier forms of sacred music and instruments which unfortunately is in decline, and finally to offer an empathic musical voice to our collective emotions.


The studio is home to some of the older, more scarce Shamanic and World instruments each with their own narratives and history which are an integral part of Angakut.


The information below is just to give you an idea of a section of the instruments and equipment used in the studio and what I work with:


Instruments from Left to Right (Corresponding to the photos at the top of the page)

1) British Kemble Upright Piano ca.1980s, conch, drilbu, singing bowl, wooden fish, shang bell, rolmo.

2) Botswana San Ceremonial Kalahari Lamellophone, front and rear view ca.1900.

3) Zimbabwean Shona Mbira Dzavadzimu (Lamellophone) ca.1970s.

4) Ethiopian Masenqo mid 20th Century.

5) Mali Dogon Gingiru style Harp Lute ca.1960s.

6) Moroccan Guembri ca.1980s.

7) Mali Kora and Chinese Guzheng ca.1990s.

8) Indian Saraswati Veena ca.1990s.

9) Mongolian Morin Khuur ca.1970s and Amaan Khuur.

10) Kazakh Kyl-Kobyz.

11) Indian Sarangi and Bansuri.

12) Mongolian Tsuur ca.1970s and Tovshuur ca.1980s.

13) Japanese Shakuhachi ca.1970s.

14) Tibetan Gyaling 1 of 2 instruments ca.1980s.

15) New Guinea Asmat Fu Bamboo Trumpet ca.1960s.

16) Angola Yaka Diviner's Slit Drum Gong front and side view ca.1970s.

17) Nepal Dhyāngro with Phurba ca.1960s.

18) Norwegian Sámi Drum.

19) Mongolian Shaman Frame Drum front and rear view.

20) Tibetan Damaru ca.1960s, Korean Mudang Handbell.

21) Greenlandic Qilaut side and rear view.

22) Indonesian Saron Demung ca.1980s and Borneo Kalimantan Gong ca.1960s.

23) Ivory Coast Baule Figural Drum ca. Early 20th Century.

24) Nigerian Yoruban Ceremonial Handbell ca. Early 20th Century.


A Selection of Equipment in no Particular Order

Computers

(x2) Self assembled and software modified PCs salvaged from decommissioned Supermicro servers, multi booting Linux Ubuntu, Mac OSX, or Windows.

(x3) Self assembled and software modified Macbook Pro laptops, Intel.

(x1) Macbook Air modified M1.

(x1) Macbook Pro M1.


DAWS

Noatikl/Wotja, Logic Pro, Ubuntu Studio, Ableton, Pro Tools, Reaper.


Audio Interface

Alesis iO 26, Behringer UMC404HD, TC Electronic Konnekt 24D.


Recorders and Players

Edison Phonograph Standard Model A with Reproducer and Recorder ca.1901, Edison Gem ca.1900-1910, Pathé Inter Cylinder Phonograph ca.1904, Minifon P55 Wire Recorder circa 1951, Revox G36 tube reel to reel circa 1963, RCA 72-A lathe overhead cutter mono circa 1940s paired with a Technics SP10 turntable and self built holding mechanism, Technics SL-1200 turntable,


Mixers

(x3) Behringer BCF2000, Rane TTM 56, Soundcraft Analogue Spirit Live 24 Channel Mixer, Soundcraft Portable Notepad Mixer.


Amplifiers

HH Electronics MosFet VX-150, Quad 303.


Speakers

Speakers are measured using a measurement microphone and Sonarworks SoundID Reference

Up to 9.1 surround custom speaker array setup, including Auratones, Celestion DL8 MKII, ESL Quad 57s, Harbeth DPM1s (I recently soldered Celestion DL8 MKI woofers to the DPMs and modded the speaker cabinets an experiment that produced a positive outcome), Yamaha NS10Ms.


Headphones

Fostex T40RP, Hifiman 400SE, Monolith M1060, Sony MDR-V6, Stax Lambda Electrostats.


In Ear Monitors

Phonak Audeo PFE 012, Etymotic HF5, Shure SE310, Linsoul Tin Hifi T2.


Microphones

1970 AKG C414EB with the Brass CK12 Capsule, Neumann U87, AKG The Tube, Pearlman TM1, Beyerdynamic M160, Coles 4038, Shure SM57, Zylia ZM-1 19 Capsule Ambisonics Array Microphone, Roland CS10EM Binaural Microphones, (x2) Earthworks SR78, Gefell MV102 Measurement Microphone.


Outboard

Klark Teknik DN410, Kuhn Electronics 372C Valve Amplifiing Limiter, Pultec EQP-1A, True Systems P Solo, Universal Audio Solo 610, Vintage Audio M73 Dual Mic Pre Amp with Carnhill Transformers, Warm Audio WA76 1176.


Synths, Samplers and Sequencers

Arturia Beatstep, Buchla Easel, Data Garden Midisprout (translating biodata from plants to midi messages), Doepfer Semi Modulars, EMS VCS3 Putney (rebuild by Derek Revell), MFB Semi Modulars, MPC 1000 Music Production Center 2003, Novation Launchpad and Five12 Numerology combo, OptoSynth (assembled by Ewa Justka) integrated into a Gbekre Diviner's Baule Mouse Oracle from the Ivory Coast, 1982 Formanta Polivoks. Telegraph Morse Code Key ca.1930s to 40s coupled with a test oscillator.


Pedals and Effects

Boss Super Phaser PH2, Boss Tremelo TR2, Dunlop Wah Crybaby, Mooer Super Bender, Rainger Air Traffic Controller White Noise Filter, Robofuzz, TC Electronic Trinity Reverb, Vermona VSR3 Spring Reverb, Way Huge Supa Puss Delay, WMD Geiger Counter, Marshall Guv'nor Overdrive GV2, Yamaha FX500.


3D Surround DSP Audio Processor

Smyth Research Realizer A16 3d Processor for Ambisonics, Dolby Atmos, DTS and Binaural virtual mixing through headphones.


Early Historical Radio and Receiver

British Thompson Houston Bijou Early Type C Form B Crystal Wireless Radio Receiver ca.1920s.


Oscilloscope

Hantek DSO5102P Oscilloscope, Blue Cat Oscilloscope Multi Software Plugins.





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