CLLR TMTA by NYZ

From the archives, generative music on the Casio VZ-10m.

Originally slated for a double CD release [along with CLLR TMTB] on Allon Kaye's Entr'acte label sometime around 2020. This was scheduled as a follow up to the MCRTNL and FLD RCDR releases.. but then.. Entr'acte was no more..

This is the original master by Finlay Shakespeare for the planned release of the first CD.

From the original sleeve notes:

Casio made some interesting instruments with their Phase Distortion synthesis method, a direct competitor to Frequency Modulation such as in the Yamaha DX7 et al. I first bought a Phase Distortion synth, the Hohner HS-2, in the early 90's. This synth is a licensed version of the VZ-1, Casio's second generation Phase Distortion technology [after the CZ-101 et al]. This synth was unfortunately destined to become a rapid flop, dying an immediate death. I ended up selling mine in the late 90's during a studio clearout, having not used it much..

Fast forward nearly twenty years and the VZ series became harder and harder to find. The agonizing twinge of never having explored it fully was finally sorted out when I got a cheap minty rack version [Casio VZ-10m] in the original box with a ROM card and all the manuals off EBAY.. :] I plugged it in.. the painful memories of the user interface.. ouch.. I had unknowingly put this into the depths of my brain and it now immediately came flooding back.. just utterly terrible, even though Casio named this 'interactive Phase Distortion'..! Anyway, its do-able, and these days I have much better explorational tools e.g. MANIAC cellular automata sequencer. After some initial playing around, I set aside a couple of days for an in-depth recording session with this painful, yet powerful instrument. Collected here are a few excerpts from these sessions.

Recorded 29th April 2017 at Noyzelab with MANIAC cellular automata sequencer and Casio VZ-10m.

Mastered by Finlay Shakespeare.
https://finlayshakespeare.com/

Thanks : Allon Kaye, Finlay Shakespeare

Noyzelab plan to release CLLR TMTB at some point, so please watch this space! :)

My other releases for Entr'acte:

FLD RCDR
https://noyzelab.bandcamp.com/album/fld-rcdr

MCRTNL
https://noyzelab.bandcamp.com/album/mcrtnl-2

Tracklist

1.	ORG PRLD	0:57

2.	SLIDE TODDLER	1:19

3.	TINg TODDLER	0:46

4.	v2k5 PRRL PROC1	2:48

5.	v2k5 PRRL PROC2	2:34

6.	v2k5 PRRL PROC3	0:55

7.	CA SYNFORCH	1:12

8.	MTF_SLP	2:16

9.	MTF_ORG	2:17

10.	MTF_ORGDLY	2:23

11.	MTF_SYNFORCH	2:21

12.	MTF_SYNFWND	1:43

13.	MTF_ORGDRN	4:07

14.	MTF_SYNF	2:09

15.	MTF_SLOSYNF_DRNDLY	7:52

16.	MTF_DRN	15:11

Credits

released April 17, 2025

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