Well, it’s that time again, time to journey down the sonic rabbit hole that comes from all creations made by Pladask Elektrisk. Today’s wild machine, the Feber Amplitude/Phase Modulator, is an exploration of the intersection of single sideband modulation, ring modulation, phasing and tremolo. Blips, beeps, sweeps, creeps and more pour our of this gorgeous effect, blowing all you thought you knew about sound right out of...
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Noisy pedals are fun, hands down. They can be inspiring and musical (if you can get them to behave slightly), and taming their wildness is one of our favorite things in the world. Therefore, we’re excited once again to be perusing a pedal from our friend Knut over at Pladask Elektrisk – the Romferd Ambience/Modulation Unit. This thing will do slow, mellow ambience or out-of-control, feedback-infused chaos –...
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Glitchy and granular types of synth delay pedals have really made a name for themselves over the last couple years, and we’ve got one of the best yet for you today. No strangers to the weird and unconventional, Pladask Elektrisk has come up with the third pedal in an odd trilogy of effects – the Baklengs Granular Synth Glitch Delay. Taking after its brothers Bakvendt and Bakfram, this glorious noise machine has modulation,...
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So far, we’ve had the pleasure of checking out the Fabrikat and the Draume pedals from the crew at Pladask Elektrisk. Full of inspiring character and bold sonic statements, these pedals are a real revolution in the effects world. That’s why we had to have more, and that’s why we’ve got another one for you today. The Tåken is an asynchronous dual-head delay with random modulation and a powerful...
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Hi! My name is Knut Olai. I run Pladask Elektrisk, located in Bergen, Norway. www.pladaskelektrisk.com How long have you been a musician? How did you get into it in the first place? I grew up in the countryside listening to Tom Waits and Rammstein through my father who played classical guitar. I started learning the electrical guitar in primary school after discovering Nirvana. I’ve never been very active as a musician in bands other...
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If you’re not privy to the world of effects created by Pladask Elektrisk in Norway, you are really missing out. We got to check out their incredible Draume Artificial Reverb pedal recently, and it blew our minds with ease. An ambient player’s dream lineup, these pedals take everything you think you know about reverb, delay, sampling and more, and turn it completely upside down. Experimentation is key, and you better mark...
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Like a lot of you, we had been patiently waiting for our chance to get our hands on some pedals from Pladask Elektrisk, and folks, that day has finally arrived. Seemingly always sold out or wicked expensive on the secondary market, we were stoked that we snagged a couple of units during their last release. Today, we’re going to be looking at the Pladask Elektrisk Draume Artificial Reverberation pedal, a mixture of sonic...
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Enrico Preuß KMA Audio Machines Berlin, Germany www.kma-machines.com How long have you been a musician? How did you get into it in the first place? Well, I started playing guitar with the age of 18. A friend from school was playing a red Squier Strat and a Peavey Valveking 100W 2×12 combo and he showed me some Green Day, Ulver and Anathema riffs…oh, and he was using a Marshall jackhammer pedal (the first pedal I ever heard...
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Today, we’ve got an ancient piece of gear that we ran through a bunch of different effects, and it was one of the funnest experiences we’ve had here in the office. The Library of Congress started building their own cassette players for handicapped people from the 1960’s until the late 2000’s. These cassette players are known for their complete control of cassette tapes that other cassette players just...
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With each new release, Chase Bliss defies our expectations and manages to one-up itself as one of the top effects pedal companies in the world. Their latest effort, Habit, is a delay and looper, but it’s also much, much more than that. Combining elements of sonic manipulation, tape delays, free-form composition and shrinking subdivisions, to name a few, this is the next step in the evolution of what a pedal is truly capable...
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