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What DAW does The Blessed Madonna use?
The Blessed Madonna uses a Roland Juno-106, a Moog Grandmother and a Teenage Engineering EP-133 K.O. II, plus Soundtoys Decapitator, Radiator and AlterBoy, Sonic Academy Kick 2 and AudioRealism emulations, per a 2024 MusicTech interview. They have said they use Logic Pro and Ableton Live.
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Studio
“I write the strings with one of the onboard string synthesizers in Logic”
“I laid it out in Ableton at first on the beach with my mom”
Plugins
“Half the tracks on the album are just run through Decapitator 25 times.”
Records that shaped me
“My first LP that I ever owned was Talking Heads, and I was obsessed with the song “Burning Down the House,”
“And even stuff like “Gypsy Woman,” which is a perfect record.”
“It’s one of those records that ate the world because it was just so good.”
“That line is 1,000 pounds; it has the whole universe contained in it.”
“Those records live in a space and time that’s outside of trend.”
On my nightstand
“It’s very good.”
About The Blessed Madonna's gear.
What DAW does The Blessed Madonna use?
The Blessed Madonna has said they use Logic Pro, writing strings with its onboard synths (Red Bull Music Academy lecture, 2016). In 2013 they said they first laid out the track Exodus in Ableton Live before moving it into Logic.
What plugins does The Blessed Madonna use?
Per a November 2024 MusicTech interview, The Blessed Madonna uses Soundtoys Decapitator, Radiator and AlterBoy, Sonic Academy Kick 2 for layered kicks, the AudioRealism ABL Pro and drum machine emulations, and Arturia's software instruments.
What synth does The Blessed Madonna use?
The Blessed Madonna uses an old Roland Juno-106 and a Moog Grandmother, along with a Teenage Engineering EP-133 K.O. II sampler, according to a November 2024 MusicTech interview about the album Godspeed.
What books does The Blessed Madonna read?
In a 2017 XLR8R interview, The Blessed Madonna named Drift by Rachel Maddow, Communion by bell hooks, The Plot to Hack America by Malcolm Nance, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo and Stories of Your Life by Ted Chiang.
What records shaped The Blessed Madonna?
The Blessed Madonna has said they love Talking Heads' Burning Down the House, Crystal Waters' Gypsy Woman, The Bucketheads' The Bomb, Floorplan's Never Grow Old and Sylvester's You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real).
The Blessed Madonna (Marea Stamper) is a Kentucky-born, London-based DJ and producer behind the album Godspeed and Marea (We've Lost Dancing) with Fred again... This guide covers the synths, plugins, records and books they have named in interviews.
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