Carla and Brad Talk About Krautrock

Synth Sounds of the Seventies! (w/ Sean Rieger of File Transfer Protocol)

March 31, 2022 Season 1 Episode 6
Synth Sounds of the Seventies! (w/ Sean Rieger of File Transfer Protocol)
Carla and Brad Talk About Krautrock
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Carla and Brad Talk About Krautrock
Synth Sounds of the Seventies! (w/ Sean Rieger of File Transfer Protocol)
Mar 31, 2022 Season 1 Episode 6

In this special double-length episode (!), modular synth guru Sean Rieger talks to Carla and Brad about the many technical and electronic sound elements that Krautrock artists applied to enrich their music.

  • If you want to know about oscillators, ring modulation, sequencers, analog synths, tape overdubs, and vocoders ...
  • If you're asking what was in Faust's "black boxes" ...
  • If you've ever watched Florian Schneider twiddle knobs on YouTube while simultaneously playing the flute and wondered what he was up to ...


Then Sean, who writes and records electronic rock as File Transfer Protocol, is your man.  And ours, too.  Join us for Electronic Music 101 on this Episode 6 of CBK — and be sure to check out Sean's work on Instagram!  

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In this special double-length episode (!), modular synth guru Sean Rieger talks to Carla and Brad about the many technical and electronic sound elements that Krautrock artists applied to enrich their music.

  • If you want to know about oscillators, ring modulation, sequencers, analog synths, tape overdubs, and vocoders ...
  • If you're asking what was in Faust's "black boxes" ...
  • If you've ever watched Florian Schneider twiddle knobs on YouTube while simultaneously playing the flute and wondered what he was up to ...


Then Sean, who writes and records electronic rock as File Transfer Protocol, is your man.  And ours, too.  Join us for Electronic Music 101 on this Episode 6 of CBK — and be sure to check out Sean's work on Instagram!