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Tutorial: LBAL Live Performance Setup

This month we take a deep dive into our 'Led by Ancient Light' A/V performances.

00:45 - Ableton Live project file
02:22 - Piano signal path
07:53 - Modular synthesizer
13:51 - Hardw...

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Remix Competition Winners Announced!

Thank you so much to all of you who took part in our Ascension remix competition!

We were amazed to receive so many entries, and it was super interesting listening to how you everyone used th...

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INTERVALS x KOAN Sound | Neurogenesis

We had the opportunity to make a track with one of our all time favorite metal bands, Intervals.

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Q&A!

This month we answer your questions!

We're always looking to improve the content that we offer, and as this is something out of the ordinary, please let us know if these kinds of videos are h...

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Track Breakdown: Voices of Dissent

We dive into the project for our track Voices of Dissent, from our album Led by Ancient Light.

Video correction: at 5.45 I say I used the positive preset in trash but I also added a triangle ...

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Send us your questions!

This month we will be recording a Q&A video. We'll primarily be answering questions about our most recent album but feel free to ask anything else that comes to mind too.

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Audio Stems: Ascension (+ Remix Competition)

The people have spoken! Download the stems here.

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Poll: Album Stems Giveaway

You asked, we listened.

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Album Tutorial #4: Mixing & Mastering

We take a look at the mixing and mastering process for our album 'Led by Ancient Light'

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Album Tutorial #3: Sound Design & Modular Hardware

This month we take a look at how we processed cello to create bass for our album, Led by Ancient Light.

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Live Album Tour — 2024 North America Dates

Our 'Led by Ancient Light' album tour continues in 2024.

Feb 15 — Pittsburgh PA
Feb 16 — Cambridge MA
Feb 17 — Washington DC
Feb 23 — Columbus OH
Mar 01 â...

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Track Breakdown: Temple of Fervor

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Album Tutorial #2: Recording Cello

This month we reveal the process we went through to record and process the cello for 'Led by Ancient Light'. Next month we will be diving into complex sound design created using the cello.

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Track Breakdown: Fragments

Welcome to the next video in a series of album breakdowns. 

This video looks at how we used some of the techniques covered in our 'Generative Music' tutorial series to create the track '...

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Album Tutorial #1: Piano

Welcome to a new series delving into the musical and technical process behind creating our new album.

Over the coming months we'll be diving into every aspect of the project, starting with ho...

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🎥 Led by Ancient Light (Making of Documentary)

An immersive journey into the making of 'Led by Ancient Light'. Immensely proud of this film and how magnificently it tells the story of the new album. 

A huge huge thank you to @sarahk....

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🪩 Funk & Disco DJ Set 🪩

We've been doing a bunch of different one-off DJ sets at festivals recently and thought it would be fun to record this one and share with you all.

Enjoy your weekend! 🕺

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Album Wallpapers

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Track Breakdown: Led by Ancient Light

Welcome to this video deconstructing the title track from our new album. 

We'll be posting more of these album breakdown videos soon – let us know if there are any in particular you wa...

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Led by Ancient Light: The Audiobook

When we wrote the story of 'Led by Ancient Light' we knew that we wanted to make it available to read once the album was released. The story became such an integral part of how we wrote the music, ...

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Generative Music: Complex Chains

For part three of our generative series we look at some techniques that we used on our new album, Led by Ancient Light. We show how to make bass, drums and melody react off of each other in random ...

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ALBUM OUT NOW!!!

We have reached our destination – Led by Ancient Light is out today!

Over the last few years we’ve poured our hearts and souls into this project, scrutinizing every small detail in the mu...

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Led by Ancient Light

All tracks written, produced, recorded and mixed by KOAN Sound

Cello – Oliver Schrecker
Piano, Pipe Organ – Jim Bastow
Double Bass – Jim Barr
Blul, Duduk – Hayk Karoyi
En...

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New Tour Dates Announced!

Presenting an immersive audiovisual presentation of our new album – 'Led by Ancient Light'

Joining us on select dates are edIT, Copycatt, Curra, Josh Teed, Aleph, Floret Loret, Hudson Lee &...

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AAA Pass

We're launching an AAA pass that offers early access to new music and tickets for our live shows.

Sign up to get not...

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Generative Music: Drums & Percussion

For part two of our generative series, we create random percussion and drum breaks.

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Chapter 01: Embers From Chaos

Back in 2020 we made the decision to write another full-length album. We both felt really strongly about creating a body of work that had much deeper and personal meaning to it than our previous re...

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Generative Music: Chords & Ambient Melodies

This is part one of a new series exploring generative music making. In this video we show different techniques to make random chords, melodies and ambient progressions.

Project files with all...

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'Liquid Levity' – OUT TODAY!

The next installment has arrived.

Taken from our forthcoming album – 'Led by Ancient Light'.

This album has taken us on an adventure through new sonic landscapes and ...

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2023.07.11

The story continues...

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