Kevin Braheny Fortune
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Kevin Braheny Fortune (born Kevin Braheny, 1952) is an American musician. He composes and performs quiet ambient music, often more melodic than other music of this kind.[citation needed]
Biography[]
Kevin Braheny was on the early design team of Serge Modular, a company building modular synthesizers.[1][2] He was also the chief engineer at Sound Transform Systems headed by Rex Probe.[citation needed]
In 1977, he built his highly customized Mighty Serge,[3] a 15-panel system that he would use on his own albums. He also built a system for Craig Huxley that he then sold to Michael Stearns. He taught Stearns how to play and customize it.[4] Michael Stearns would later become famous[citation needed] for albums performed on this Serge, such as Planetary Unfolding (1981) and the soundtrack of Chronos (1984).
Kevin Braheny also built prototype electronic wind instruments (EWI) for . He also performed with his Steiner EWI on such albums as Western Spaces.
The EWI wind controllers are extremely versatile and expressive instruments.[citation needed] All of the EWIs use breath, sax- or trumpet-like fingerings, bite, and thumbs to control the instrument. They must be used with a companion synthesizer module. The Steiner EWI has an easily recognizable sound that can resemble a cross between a soprano saxophone and a deep cello.
Discography[]
- The Way Home (1978)
- Lullaby for the Hearts of Space (1980, reissued Hearts of Space, 1991, CD - Hearts of Space, 2017)
- Western Spaces with Steve Roach & Richard Burmer (1987)
- Galaxies[5] (Hearts of Space, 1988)
- Desert Solitaire with Steve Roach & Michael Stearns (1989)
- Secret Rooms[6] (Hearts of Space, 1990)
- Rain[7] (Hearts of Space, 1995) with Tim Clark
- The Spell[8] (Hearts of Space, 1996) with Tim Clark
References[]
- ^ https://kevinbrahenyfortune.com/serge-restoration
- ^ http://www.serge-fans.com/history_braheny.htm
- ^ Phares, Heather. "Biography: Kevin Braheny". Allmusic. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ^ "In 1977, '78 I built the highly customized Mighty Serge, a 15-panel system. (Recent photo attached.) I built a system for Craig Huxley that he then sold to Michael Stearns. I taught Michael how to play it.... Planetary Unfolding was not done by me but Michael Stearns using patches he learned from me."[1]
- ^ "Galaxies". Valley Entertainment-Hearts of Space Records. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
- ^ "Secret Rooms". Valley Entertainment-Hearts of Space Records. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
- ^ "Rain". Valley Entertainment-Hearts of Space Records. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
- ^ "The Spell". Valley Entertainment-Hearts of Space Records. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
External links[]
- KevinBrahenyFortune.com – official website
- Kevin Braheny's point of view on Serge's history
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