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Korg
MS-20“I've got an emotional attachment to it because it was the first synth that I really saw in the wild, so raw and gnarly.”
Said in Tone Glow 134: Mount Kimbie, March 2024
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Mount Kimbie have said they make music in FruityLoops, now FL Studio, and Kai Campos has said he is attached to the Korg MS-20. They have named a Dave Smith Tempest drum machine, a Roland Juno and an EMS Synthi in the studio, and Roland SPD-S and SPD-SX pads on stage.
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Stones Throw
The Unseen (Quasimoto)“Two records that were really fundamental, and changed the way I thought about making music, but still sound really good, are The Unseen (2000) by Quasimoto”
Said in Tone Glow 134: Mount Kimbie, March 2024
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K Records
The Glow Pt. 2 (The Microphones)“Those were foundational records; Mount Kimbie has some DNA in the origin there.”
Said in Tone Glow 134: Mount Kimbie, March 2024
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FL Studio (FruityLoops)
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FL Studio (FruityLoops)“So I make music on FruityLoops”
Said in Tone Glow 134: Mount Kimbie, March 2024
What studio gear Mount Kimbie uses: a sourced gear guide
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FL Studio (FruityLoops)
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FL Studio (FruityLoops)“So I make music on FruityLoops”
Said in Tone Glow 134: Mount Kimbie, March 2024
Has said they use
Korg
MS-20“I've got an emotional attachment to it because it was the first synth that I really saw in the wild, so raw and gnarly.”
Said in Tone Glow 134: Mount Kimbie, March 2024
Dave Smith Instruments
Tempest drum machine
Has said they use
Dave Smith Instruments
Tempest drum machine“We have a Tempest Dave Smith drum machine”
Said in York Vision: Interview: Mount Kimbie, November 2013
Roland
Juno synth
Has said they use
Roland
Juno synth“We simply recorded any equipment we had in our studio”
Said in Attack Magazine: Mount Kimbie Share Converse Sample Library, April 2016
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EMS
Synthi
Has said they use
EMS
SynthiSaid in Attack Magazine: Mount Kimbie Share Converse Sample Library, April 2016
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Roland
SPD-S sampling pad
Has said they use
Roland
SPD-S sampling pad“We started to seek out pieces of gear like the Roland SPD-S”
Said in XLR8R: From Studio to Stage: Mount Kimbie, May 2013
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Records that shaped them
Has said they love
Stones Throw
The Unseen (Quasimoto)“Two records that were really fundamental, and changed the way I thought about making music, but still sound really good, are The Unseen (2000) by Quasimoto”
Said in Tone Glow 134: Mount Kimbie, March 2024
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Has said they love
K Records
The Glow Pt. 2 (The Microphones)“Those were foundational records; Mount Kimbie has some DNA in the origin there.”
Said in Tone Glow 134: Mount Kimbie, March 2024
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RCA Records
Is This It (The Strokes)
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RCA Records
Is This It (The Strokes)“The Strokes have always stood the test of time for me.”
Said in Tone Glow 134: Mount Kimbie, March 2024
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Questions
About Mount Kimbie's gear.
What DAW does Mount Kimbie use?
FruityLoops, the program now called FL Studio. Kai Campos told Tone Glow in 2024 that he made music on FruityLoops, and a 2013 York Vision interview with Dom Maker also mentions it.
What synth does Mount Kimbie use?
Kai Campos told Tone Glow he has an emotional attachment to the Korg MS-20. In 2016 Dom Maker told Attack they recorded a Juno synth and a Synthi for their Converse sample library.
What drum machine does Mount Kimbie use?
A Dave Smith Instruments Tempest. Dom Maker told York Vision in 2013 they had a Tempest Dave Smith drum machine, and Kai Campos told XLR8R some tracks were made with it.
What records shaped Mount Kimbie?
Kai Campos named Quasimoto's The Unseen and The Microphones' The Glow Pt. 2 as foundational records. Dom Maker said The Strokes have always stood the test of time for him.
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