THE LOVE CAPSULE (3'26)

Due to my shameful pop-rock background, I felt compelled to include some shorter tracks in this album, with recognizable verse and chorus parts, and maybe a cheesy melody to whistle to under the shower. Plus, there is this trend of silly, funny electronic music I love so much, such as Yello, The Art Of Noise, etc... Most of the time, electronic music is so serious.

Most of the effects, and the "50's sci-fi" lead synth are played with the U-He ZEBRA 2. This is not a space shuttle control panel from NASA, but a completely new plug-in synthesizer (as opposed to the software emulation of a famous vintage gear ) from U-He, cleverly named after it's creator Urs Heckmann. Yet another German synth designer by the way, like Wolfgang Palm and PPG, or Native Instruments...
Some of you may find this plug-in particularly ugly, the sound however, is not. A strong modular architecture, provides spectacular analog and digital sounds, from fat analog brass to weird abstract textures... with some patience of course, and getting to know the interface. Hans Zimmer used it intensively, for his filmscores on the recent Batman "Dark Knight" movies. The ZEBRA 2 does a lot of effects, pads and melodies on other tracks on the album, like, various noises and stabs in "Down To Enceladus".