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RORQUALS
Приєднався 27 тра 2017
Rorquals is the project of Essex based experimental musician and composer Robert Mells - Utilising amplified guitar, organ, electronics and field recordings to create honest and intense compositions merging drone, ambient, electronica, noise and film score work.
For further information please email me directly at rob_mells@hotmail.co.uk, thanks.
For further information please email me directly at rob_mells@hotmail.co.uk, thanks.
RORQUALS - 'Organista' New Album Released 22nd Nov '24 (Organ, Noise, Drone, Ambient, Experimental)
My new album ORGANISTA will be released Friday 22nd November '24 via Bandcamp. There will be a limited edition cassette and digital download on BC plus streaming across the usual platforms.
Here's a short taster video with snippets of each of the tracks and a few pics of the gorgeous cassette 🥰
As always, thank you for watching and for supporting me. It really is appreciated. Rob.
Here's a short taster video with snippets of each of the tracks and a few pics of the gorgeous cassette 🥰
As always, thank you for watching and for supporting me. It really is appreciated. Rob.
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RORQUALS - 'Bloodline' (Dark Ambient, Noise, Drone, Make Noise Strega, Chase Bliss, Looping, Delay)
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After a successful show with my good friend Lev Dudas, I thought before packing all my gear away that I would record an improvisation with the same set up I used for the show. There's a Rucci Maximal Drone as the main sound source, which is then being manipulated by the Make Noise Strega, a Behringer Reverb Machine, a Behringer Echo Machine and a Chase Bliss Mood pedal. Several of the outs are ...
RORQUALS AND LEV DUDAS @ The Fishermen's Chapel (Make Noise Strega, Lyra 8, Chase Bliss, Eventide)
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On Saturday 19th October '24 I was honoured to be asked back to perform at the superb KONSZTRUKTING SOUNDZ experimental music event. This was gonna be a special one as I was asked by KS main man Lev Dudas if I'd like to perform as a duo with him that evening. I jumped at the chance! We met up just to make sure both sets of gear sounded cool in unison and that was all the prep we did, other then...
RORQUALS - 'Embrace' (Ambient, Drone, Soundscape, Make Noise Strega, Chase Bliss Mood, Electribe)
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After my last video for the track 'Floodgates' I was inspired to start using the Electribe again - maybe with the possibility of future live performances. Using the Electribe I created a few loops to would work together, that I could gradually stack up on each other to slowly build an ambient piece. I wanted to run these loops through two channels of effects, but I really wanted to keep it supe...
RORQUALS - 'Ark Hive' (East Anglian Noise Alliance Compilation, Drone, Industrial, Experimental)
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"East Anglian Noise Alliance Fundraiser Volume One is an eclectic mix of previously unreleased experimental & electronic music by artists from East Anglia (UK) & around the world. Profits from all digital & physical sales of this compilation will be used to support our mission to improve access to experimental music throughout East Anglia." - EANA I was beyond honoured to have my track Ark Hive...
RORQUALS - 'Floodgates' (Korg Electribe, Chase Bliss Mood, Afterneath Reverb, Obscura Delay, Drone)
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I was recently asked by my buddy Steve if I'd show him a bunch of the gear and some of the techniques I use when it comes to making and manipulating drones. In all honesty I've been a little uninspired recently so it had probably been the first time this year I'd dug out the Electribe and a bunch of pedals to do something like this. It was cool going through various techniques I use, and what c...
RORQUALS - Organista II (Organ, Tape Delay, Experimental, Drone, Noise, Ethereal, Ambient)
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This is my brand new single ORGANISTA II, which will appear as part of my forthcoming album ORGANISTA to be released Summer 2024. This is a long standing project which dates back to the beginning of 2023. I had recently visited St. Pauls Cathedral in London where I had made a field recording of the organ being played. I chopped up these recordings and used them as the sound source for when I pl...
RORQUALS - Live at Cuckoo Farm (Drone Guitar, Ambient, Noise, Travis Bean, Marshall/Orange, Pedals)
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Hi all, On Saturday 20th April '24 I had the huge honour of being asked by my pal Stuart Bowditch to perform at gig he was putting on at Cuckoo Farm Studios, in Colchester. It was an awesome space and a cracking line up, so for the occasion I decided to bring out the full guitar rig. It was a loosely prepared set allowing me to improvise throughout and just have fun with it. It was awesome havi...
RORQUALS - Guitar Rig Rundown (Travis Bean, Marshall, Orange, Electro Harmonix, Earthquaker Devices)
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Hey everyone! I was recently asked by my good friend Stuart Bowditch to perform at a show he was putting together. It was going to be held at a place called Cuckoo Farm Studios in Colchester, and the rest of the line up was a dream - I'd be playing alongside some of my favourite experimental artists. So I decided to bring out the full guitar rig for the first time in a looooong time! I've been ...
RORQUALS - 3 Unreleased Tracks Out Now (Drone, Noise, Ambient, Industrial, Experimental, Electronic)
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Back in February of this year I was preparing for my KONSZTRUKTING SOUNDZ gig, and much of the process starts by simply choosing what gear I'm going to be using. I put a set up together and hope for inspiration, and if nothing really materialises or maybe I'm not sure there's enough room for live development / improvisation with that particular set up, I'll try something else. This process bega...
RORQUALS - 'Live @ The Fishermen's Chapel' (Ambient Guitar, Make Noise Strega, Chase Bliss Mood)
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RORQUALS - 'Live @ The Fishermen's Chapel' (Ambient Guitar, Make Noise Strega, Chase Bliss Mood)
RORQUALS - 'Ambient Guitar & Strega Improvisation' (Make Noise Strega, Drone, Noise, Looping, Mood)
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RORQUALS - 'Ambient Guitar & Strega Improvisation' (Make Noise Strega, Drone, Noise, Looping, Mood)
RORQUALS - 'Depth Perception' (Strega, Chase Bliss Mood, Noise, Drone, Experimental, Industrial)
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RORQUALS - 'Depth Perception' (Strega, Chase Bliss Mood, Noise, Drone, Experimental, Industrial)
RORQUALS - 'This Broken Life' (From Diacritical Mark's Noisy Mixtape, Noise, Drone, Industrial)
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RORQUALS - 'This Broken Life' (From Diacritical Mark's Noisy Mixtape, Noise, Drone, Industrial)
RORQUALS - 'Parcae' & 'Origins' from The Hands of Moirai EP (Ambient/Improvisation/Drone/Soundscape)
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RORQUALS - 'Parcae' & 'Origins' from The Hands of Moirai EP (Ambient/Improvisation/Drone/Soundscape)
RORQUALS - Live @ Ealing Extranormal 21/10/23 (Experimental, Improvised, Drone, Strega, Chase Bliss)
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RORQUALS - Live @ Ealing Extranormal 21/10/23 (Experimental, Improvised, Drone, Strega, Chase Bliss)
RORQUALS - Live Control Voltage @ Colchester Arts Centre 25/08/23 (Electronica/Drone/Ambient/Noise)
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RORQUALS - Live Control Voltage @ Colchester Arts Centre 25/08/23 (Electronica/Drone/Ambient/Noise)
RORQUALS - 'Corrupt' (Taken from the new EP PURIFYSEVERCORRUPT - Electronic/Ambient/Noise/Beats)
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RORQUALS - 'Corrupt' (Taken from the new EP PURIFYSEVERCORRUPT - Electronic/Ambient/Noise/Beats)
RORQUALS - 'Revival Theory' (Feedback Loop, Data Corrupter, Afterneath, Mood, Noise, Ambient, Drone)
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RORQUALS - 'Revival Theory' (Feedback Loop, Data Corrupter, Afterneath, Mood, Noise, Ambient, Drone)
RORQUALS - New EP Teaser (Electronica, Beat Driven, Dark Drone, Ambient, Noise, Distorted Synths)
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RORQUALS - New EP Teaser (Electronica, Beat Driven, Dark Drone, Ambient, Noise, Distorted Synths)
RORQUALS - ‘Data Resonator’ (Wengie MK2, MicroGranny, Earthquaker Data Corruptor, Drum & Bass)
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RORQUALS - ‘Data Resonator’ (Wengie MK2, MicroGranny, Earthquaker Data Corruptor, Drum & Bass)
RORQUALS - ‘Tonal Corruption’ (Earthquaker Data Corrupter, Afterneath, Drone, Noise, Industrial)
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RORQUALS - ‘Tonal Corruption’ (Earthquaker Data Corrupter, Afterneath, Drone, Noise, Industrial)
RORQUALS - Live CV EMOM 15/03/23 (Korg Electribe, Make Noise Strega, Chase Bliss Mood, Drone, Noise)
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RORQUALS - Live CV EMOM 15/03/23 (Korg Electribe, Make Noise Strega, Chase Bliss Mood, Drone, Noise)
RORQUALS - ‘Organista’ @ ExBURYmental 9 (Noise, Drone, Experimental, MicroGranny, Chase Bliss Mood)
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RORQUALS - ‘Organista’ @ ExBURYmental 9 (Noise, Drone, Experimental, MicroGranny, Chase Bliss Mood)
RORQUALS feat. ELYZA (Whom by Fire) live @ Control Voltage (Doom, Drone, Ethereal, Experimental)
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RORQUALS feat. ELYZA (Whom by Fire) live @ Control Voltage (Doom, Drone, Ethereal, Experimental)
RORQUALS - ‘Corporate Ear Bleeder’ (Dark Ambient, Noise, Chase Bliss Mood, Afterneath, Tape Loop)
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RORQUALS - ‘Corporate Ear Bleeder’ (Dark Ambient, Noise, Chase Bliss Mood, Afterneath, Tape Loop)
RORQUALS - 'Vixana's Ghost' (Dartmoor Field Recording, Make Noise Strega, Chase Bliss Mood, Ambient)
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RORQUALS - 'Vixana's Ghost' (Dartmoor Field Recording, Make Noise Strega, Chase Bliss Mood, Ambient)
RORQUALS - ‘Devolution Theory' (Chase Bliss Mood, Feedback Loop, Harsh Noise, Dark Ambient)
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RORQUALS - ‘Devolution Theory' (Chase Bliss Mood, Feedback Loop, Harsh Noise, Dark Ambient)
RORQUALS - 'Glacial' (Make Noise Strega, Chase Bliss Mood, Earthquaker Afterneath, Ambient, Drone)
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RORQUALS - 'Glacial' (Make Noise Strega, Chase Bliss Mood, Earthquaker Afterneath, Ambient, Drone)
RORQUALS - ‘Cascades’ (Chase Bliss Mood, Afterneath, Microgranny, Dark Ambient, Noise, Drone)
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RORQUALS - ‘Cascades’ (Chase Bliss Mood, Afterneath, Microgranny, Dark Ambient, Noise, Drone)
Gotta say, this video’s easily one of the best I’ve seen on the Strega. 🔥
@@Mafyoutube Wow!! Thank you for such an awesomely kind comment. So pleased you enjoyed my video 😊
Yup. 10/10 super basic, super melodic and sonically crazzy. Super love it!❤ im also buying the data corrupter following this 😂😂😂 good jam brother!
@@aurumtree Hey, thanks so much for checking my video out. So pleased you enjoyed, the Data Corrupter is a crazzzzy pedal for sure 😊 Cheers, Rob.
@RORQUALS cheers yourself synth brother!😅👌
If You're Into It , Way Cool 😎 !!
@@NicS-q8n Hiya!! Thank you so so much. So pleased you enjoyed my video, it was good fun to make 😊 Thanks, Rob.
@RORQUALS What's the Black pedal on the Right ?
@NicS-q8n It's actually a synth mate. It's by a company called Rucci and is called a Maximal Drone. It's a cracking bit of kit, 6 oscillators you can individually tune. It's great for making huge droney chords!
Very Cool 😎 . Wanted to Go deep into Harsh Noise . Research pedals non stop - Not a musician, this stuff you don't have to be .
...excellent improv, sort of floating, each sonic layer keeps one present and then slowing shifting one's presence into next moments...well done again!
As always, thank you for your time and very kind words mate.
this is sick! 🖤
Wow!! Thank you so much Simon. Chuffed to hear you enjoyed it and thanks so much for taking the time to give the vid a watch/listen. Rob.
Great stuff, looking forward to more videos
Hey, thank you so much for taking the time to check out my video. I really appreciate it. There will definitely be more to come!! Cheers, Rob
Great Drone textures on your performance! Lyra never disappoints.
@@niancanardworks Hi!!! Thank you so much for taking the time to check out my video, I very much appreciate it 🖤
this was an impressive set, excellently done!
@@noewacreativemusic6794 it's so good to be able to listen back to this and immerse myself in the listening, rather than the performance. I think it came out pretty great mate!!
Great set, worked really well together 👍
@@memorybugmusic That's really kind of you, so pleased you enjoyed listening to the set 🖤
amazing performance, mate! well done!
lovely jam
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Whoa! Bloody awesome, mate😮
@@CNTRRNDM Awww thanks dude!!! Glad you enjoyed this one, it was fun to make for sure!
Very nice, reminds me of Neptune Towers a little bit.
@@TheRealBlackspawn Awesome!! Thanks for checking my video out. I'd not heard of Neptune Towers before so just checked them out. Super cool.
Hi Rob, Amazing music in your channel. Love how minimal and thoughtful every knob turning is. So far this is my favourite composition. Just imagining being in a feel surrounded only by a breeze.
@@niancanardworks Wow!! Hi Nian, thank you so much for the amazing compliment. I'm so pleased to hear you're enjoying my channel, and that you got so much from this particular piece. I really enjoyed making it, it's definitely one of my recent favourites for sure. Thanks so much for the support, it's really appreciated 😊
@@RORQUALS Amazing content! I have now watch all your videos and got really inspired. Keep at it. I feel you onto something really good. Specially could see your passion on your life performance with the guitar!
@@niancanardworks aahhh wow, thank you again for such wonderfully kind words. It's always awesome to hear when someone connects with what I do, and so pleased to hear that the passion comes across as well. Thank you for taking the time to watch the videos, I really do appreciate it!
Builds wonderfully. The layers work perfectly . 👍
@@memorybugmusic Hey, that's super kind of you to say!! Thanks so much for giving my video a listen...I really appreciate it 😊
Nice work. It’s so tempting to keep layering. Less is more!
@@Chopsternator69 cheers Steve mate. Yeah, I had a looper in the set up to begin with but in the end I removed it. Sometimes keeping things super simple pushes you further into exploring a minimal set up. Cheers for checking it out mate 😊
Love it, more!
@@theirondrone Hey!!! Cheers, glad you liked the vid 😊
Very nice.. We'd like to feature your music on our blog
Just awesome, man😮
@@CNTRRNDM Thanks dude, as always you're too kind 🥰 Glad you enjoyed it mate.
lovely stuff here.
@@doctorauxiliary Hey there, that's really kind of you to say. Thanks so much for taking the time to watch my video and leaving a comment. I really appreciate it 😊
@@RORQUALS my pleasure. I'm looking forward to more...
Sounds amazing! That korg looks like a lot of fun
@@matthijsvank that's really kind of you to say, thanks so much. Glad you enjoyed the video. Yeah, the Electribe is a great little piece of kit!
Cool sound with interesting textures going on 👍
@@memorybugmusic Hey, that's really cool of you to leave a comment, thanks. Really pleased you enjoyed it! The whole compilation is pretty rad 😎
I like top down synth videos when they look like this, a mess of wires everywhere. It looks like a science experiment, rather than in the videos where it's all neat and there's some aesthetic objects placed randomly around which I'm sick of seeing.
I used to make patches like this for Absynth when I worked for native instruments.
@@flightlessbird2281 Aah wow, that's cool!!
Nice contribution!
@@maxwethersfield Thanks mate, well worth checking out the whole comp, it's really.cool!
Cheers Rob, thanks for taking the time to put this demo together, it’s a great help!
@@Chopsternator69 My pleasure dude, it was fun doing it!!
Great stuff Rob. Eyes open - it's a bloke playing with knobs and pedals, eyes closed - it's a whole other world.
@@lancebaldock6233 ahh nice one buddy. Thanks for checking the video out and for your kind words 😊
@@RORQUALS Totally drew me in.
Great experimental sounds (reminded me a little of Lou Reed 'Metal Machine Music) 👍
@@memorybugmusic ahh wow!! Thank you. That's really kind of you. Chuffed you enjoyed it 😊
Great track, amazing vid...what more can you ask for?👏
Aww dude!!! Thanks so much for checking it out. Hopefully the album will be out in full by the end of the summer 🤞🏻
This is the character Strega seems to be designed for.
Fantastic composition and the organ samples are a great idea. (and Dartmoor is a wonderful place)👍
That's super kind of you to say, thank you. So pleased you enjoyed the new single 🖤 Yeah, Dartmoor is such a stunning place, absolutely loved it there! Beautiful.
Sounds amazing!
Hey man, thanks so much for checking out my new single and watching the video. So pleased you enjoyed it. The full album will be out this summer 🥰
Whats your verdict on the phaser?
Hey, cheers for checking this video out too!! In all honesty I've struggled with phasers. I borrowed this one for the stepping sequence function, as I thought it'd be cool but it was pretty basic. Good for this vid but I couldn't make it work regularly in a set up. I do have a EHX Nano Small Stone on my guitar pedal board which I adore though, it's so damn simple but gives gorgeous slow swells for long rung out chords. If you're after a simple phaser defo check out some videos for that one ☺️
Really digging this!
Thanks for taking the time to check this vid out and for leaving a few comments. It's really appreciated ☺️ Glad you enjoyed it
Great set.
Hey, thanks so much for taking the time to check out my live vid. Chuffed you enjoyed it. This was a fun one to play for sure!
Sounds epic. I’ll try some reverb with my Data Corrupter next time.
It works a treat making the DC craziness more atmospheric and ambient! Thanks for watching my video 😊
Would you specifically use the earthquaker reverb?
@@matthijsvankI like Strymon reverbs a lot, but if I find a used Afterneath for a good price I’ll buy it for sure.
@@matthijsvank Yeah man. I've got a EHX Cathedral which I love for more classic reverb sounds...but the Afterneath is definitely great for being more experimental, and getting more unusual results. It's a fun pedal to do live manipulation with. Highly recommended for sure 😊
Fantastic!
Hey Rene, thanks so much for taking the time to watch my video. Really happy you enjoyed it!!
Great performance and energy 👍
Hey again!! That's amazing, thanks so much for taking the time to watch my performance. This was definitely a fun one!
This was really interesting. Great to get an idea of the tools behind the fantastic sounds created👍
Thank you so much. Really pleased you enjoyed watching the vid ❤️
Would have liked to be there!
It was a great show...all the other artists were amazing, and I really enjoyed my performance. Such fun!! Thanks for checking out the video 😊
...at the beginning, well first 9 minutes or so, the intro of pink floyd's 'sorrow' popped into my mind, but it developed into a long dron(ish) sonic venture, and I wasn't expecting any riff to conjure, perhaps a very stretched melody or rather a 'no pussyfooting' eno-fripp style loop(s) while still remaining fuzzy and distorted...well done again! would be great to do a duo in 2024....cheers!
Hey Lev, thanks for such wonderful words and for giving this piece such deep listening. It really is very much appreciated, and pleased to hear it was surprising in places too! I'd love to do a duo at sometime this year mate, lets make it happen!!
This was such an incredible performance, and to be watching it live really amped up the experience of feeling completely in the moment with you. Was intense and beautiful x ❤
Thank you for such beautifully kind words! So pleased you enjoyed it so much x
Absolutely man! Please stop by my YT page soon and check out some of my stuff. Normally I do fusion, prog rock,jazz etc. I have 3-4 vids where I do off the grid jams with a Behringer Cat synth module similar to what you’re doing here😊
This is awesome man, what great palette you have there for big noise and ambience. Thanks for running through it!
Ahh dude, that's really kind of you man. Cheers for taking the time to check out the vid, chuffed you enjoyed it! Was definitely fun putting it together 😊
Awesome performance! I immediately thought of the War of the worlds movie Aliens! This pairs well with any version of that movie imho
Hey Kyle, thanks so much!! I hadn't thought of it like that myself but just listening back I totally hear it now, some of those high pitched squeals are very other worldly! Thanks for taking the time to check out my video and leave a comment, I really appreciate it!!
Now I’m envious.
Hey there, thanks so much for taking the time to watch the video. Hope you enjoyed checking it out 😊
I can attest to the power of this setup, Rob’s Colchester gig was amazing!
Steve, you're too kind mate. I'm so glad you enjoyed my set on Saturday. It was a lot of fun to play....I love playing this guitar rig, it gets pretty brutal!!!
@@RORQUALS I was wondering about the Rucci maximal drone. Do you need a mixer or similar?
@@Chopsternator69 You can run it onto a mixer, but it's got standard jack outputs so can go straight into a guitar amp etc as well which is cool.
Great vid, really informative and fun to watch! ❤
Haha, I'm glad it was fun as well as informative!! Thanks for taking the time to watch it 🥰
wonderful
Hey, thanks so much for taking the time to check out my video. Glad you enjoyed it 😊