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Korg
Mono/Poly“The Korg Mono/Poly is my best friend, it's been all over my records”
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Kelly Lee Owens has said the Korg Mono/Poly has been all over her records, alongside a Korg MS-20, Roland SH-101 basslines and a Doepfer Dark Time sequencer. She has said she writes in Logic, plays live from Ableton, and made LP.8 with a SOMA Pulsar-23 and Korg Minilogue.
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Korg
MS-20“But the Korg MS-20 is something I can't get away from.”
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Roland
SH-101“We used a Roland SH-101 for a lot of the basslines”
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Doepfer
Dark Time“there is something about a machine like Dark Time that I find truly inspiring.”
Said in Kelly Lee Owens: "Analogue keeps things interesting. It rebels against stability" (MusicRadar), September 2022
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Logic Pro“For live work, it's Ableton, but always Logic in the studio.”
Said in Kelly Lee Owens: "Analogue keeps things interesting. It rebels against stability" (MusicRadar), September 2022
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Studio
Has said they use
Korg
Mono/Poly“The Korg Mono/Poly is my best friend, it's been all over my records”
Has said they use
Korg
MS-20“But the Korg MS-20 is something I can't get away from.”
Has said they use
Roland
SH-101“We used a Roland SH-101 for a lot of the basslines”
Has said they use
Doepfer
Dark Time“there is something about a machine like Dark Time that I find truly inspiring.”
Said in Kelly Lee Owens: "Analogue keeps things interesting. It rebels against stability" (MusicRadar), September 2022
Has said they use
Apple
Logic Pro“For live work, it's Ableton, but always Logic in the studio.”
Said in Kelly Lee Owens: "Analogue keeps things interesting. It rebels against stability" (MusicRadar), September 2022
Has said they use
SOMA Laboratory
Pulsar-23“It's a little semi-modular thing and it's incredible.”
Said in Kelly Lee Owens: "Analogue keeps things interesting. It rebels against stability" (MusicRadar), September 2022
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Has said they use
Korg
minilogue“Most of the other synth noises on LP.8 came from the Korg Minilogue.”
Said in Kelly Lee Owens: "Analogue keeps things interesting. It rebels against stability" (MusicRadar), September 2022
Stage
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Ableton
LiveSaid in Kelly Lee Owens: "Analogue keeps things interesting. It rebels against stability" (MusicRadar), September 2022
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Arturia
MicroBrute“Live so far it's been a couple of Arturia Microbrute synths, a Roland JP-08”
Said in Three Questions With Kelly Lee Owens (Synth History), September 2020
Has said they use
Roland
JP-08Said in Three Questions With Kelly Lee Owens (Synth History), September 2020
Records that shaped me
Has said they love
Radiohead
In Rainbows“It's definitely a Desert Island Disc for me.”
Said in Six things that inspired Kelly Lee Owens' new album, Inner Song (Dazed), August 2020
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Björk
Vespertine“I don't know if my first album would have existed without Vespertine.”
Said in Kelly Lee Owens Breaks Down Four Perfectly Produced Albums (Hearing Things), October 2024
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Aaliyah
Aaliyah“It's still so innovative, it could have been made yesterday.”
Said in Kelly Lee Owens Breaks Down Four Perfectly Produced Albums (Hearing Things), October 2024
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Madonna
Ray of Light“When I heard "Frozen" as a teenager, it blew my mind.”
Said in Kelly Lee Owens Breaks Down Four Perfectly Produced Albums (Hearing Things), October 2024
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Depeche Mode
Violator“There's something of the transcendent in those parts, which I connect to”
Said in Kelly Lee Owens Breaks Down Four Perfectly Produced Albums (Hearing Things), October 2024
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On my nightstand
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Jonathan Goldman
Healing SoundsSaid in Six things that inspired Kelly Lee Owens' new album, Inner Song (Dazed), August 2020
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About Kelly Lee Owens's gear.
What synth does Kelly Lee Owens use?
She has said the Korg Mono/Poly has been all over her records and called it the only other synth she has been in love with besides the 808. She has also named the Korg MS-20 and a Roland SH-101 for basslines.
What DAW does Kelly Lee Owens use?
She told MusicRadar she still works in Logic in the studio and in Ableton for live work.
What gear did Kelly Lee Owens use on LP.8?
She said the beats came from a SOMA Pulsar-23 recorded straight into the computer, and most of the other synth sounds came from a Korg Minilogue.
What synths does Kelly Lee Owens use live?
In 2020 she told Synth History her live setup had been a couple of Arturia MicroBrute synths, a Roland JP-08 and a MIDI keyboard her vocals ran through.
What albums influenced Kelly Lee Owens?
She has named Bjork's Vespertine, Aaliyah's self-titled album, Madonna's Ray of Light, Depeche Mode's Violator and Radiohead's In Rainbows, which she called a Desert Island Disc.
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