Pancratio - Pres. OTTA4 X Korghettini Electronics

Format: 12" Vinyl
Catalogue No.: OTTA4
Release Date: 07 Mar 2022
Genre: Techno, Acid, Tech House

A1 - Korghettini Electronics #1
A2 - Korghettini Electronics #6
B1 - Korghettini Electronics #16
B2 - Korghettini Electronics #2

Pancratio: In the early 2000s, Korg invented, engineered and distributed four little instruments called Electribes. A drum machine, one analog modeling synthesizer, a sampler and a music workstation respectively called ER1, EA1, ES1 and EM1. Initially I always found it very difficult to use them in my studio, because they weren’t really fitting with the sound and the workflow. Between march and may 2020, I stopped worrying about trying to force the Electribes into the setup: i just put them together and started jamming, recording several tracks without using anything else apart from these little boxes and their own effects… eventually sampling a few things along the way with my headphones into the ES1.

The title, as well as the aesthetic of the project, are inspired by a future-retro approach to early electronics and 70s Italian product advertisement.