Washed Out | Far Away | Moog Sound Lab

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Ernest Greene, the man behind Washed Out, stepped into the Moog Sound Lab and transformed his song Far Away from the 2011 album "Within and Without". In its original incarnation "Far Away" was built around vibes, bells & stringed instruments, but here Greene tears down the song and completely rebuilds it on a foundation of Moog Synths.
Lead Vocalist & Keyboardist Ernest Greene performs with a Little Phatty analog synthesizer. The harpsichord-esque sound created was then synced to Ableton Live and arpeggiated, and filter sweeps are then applied throughout the song.
Percussionist Cameron Gardner utilizes the Trap-Kat MIDI controller to trigger 3 Rack Mounted Minimoog Voyagers, which combined, create the kick, snare, and hi-hat patches.
Bassist Chris Gardner forgoes his bass guitar and carries the bottom end with a single Minitaur analog bass synthesizer.
Keyboardist and Vocalist Blair Greene uses a Select Series Minimoog Voyager as a controller for Animoog, Moog's iPad based Anisotropic synthesizer to recreate the song's pads.
Visit Washed Out at: washedout.net/

[@chrisparknride6152]

It says this is ten years old and only has 91 comments..... so I guess I have to leave a comment.... love thus band.

[@RKTologist]

Washed Out should make a whole album in the Moog Studio.

[@Electrosentido]

👍

[@ayyylmao5038]

yes!

[@LFRALPHNSTUFF]

yes please

[@DarthBrtt]

Wow...this version is so atmospheric, angelic and simply superior to the album version. Love it!

[@jlcool05]

Still come back to this version 🖤

[@paulinportsva4464]

I never get tired of this! I could watch 1000 times

[@DanielGittinsStone]

That would take 4033.34 minutes.

[@simoneromanello4387]

MAN I FUCKING LOVE WASHED OUT

[@AMTunLimited]

Yep. The drum pad it sending one-off signals to a few rack-mounted Voyagers. If you look at the blue shining moogs behind the girl, you can see the red lights flash in time, like at 2:38

[@cust1972]

Cool Song ! verry melancholic - good arrangement

[@RobiRoadkill]

my life needed this.

[@noisewaveofficial]

My mind is blown away.

[@MostfaandMostfa]

that performance is a Heart touching ..

[@Lushrave]

Ernest Greene is a genius

[@snoozesadtrap7188]

this is gold,

[@joejoe3011]

They performed this version when I saw them live last night! Love it

[@achafilms3968]

to my favorites list, non stop..

[@Bubblegumstudios]

Beautiful song and fantastic sounds of course :)
Expensive drum kit, 3 x voyagers :)

[@TheElectrobuz]

This is so fucking good. I've been listening to this all day.

[@KingMob4313]

What's really absurd about this band is that I've heard so many different arrangements of their songs, played radically different live over the years.

[@melissaplenzio813]

BEAUTIFUL!

[@ModernDevotion]

The chords are from the ipad running animoog. it's being midi controlled via the Brown Voyager notice they go away when she switches to the white voyager for the lead.

[@ignacioarfelimusic]

magic

[@AngMcE]

coolness

[@ellcue09]

Killed it!

[@RobTheBernardinosaur]

Wait a second this shit sounds unbelievable for being live holy shit

[@vitalii261990]

It's so wonderful )))

[@anthonycostine5067]

Epic.

[@musikstudiowendland]

This album is great too :) !

[@thanksforsocializing5912]

In a dream... nearly missing the door to myself. Chills

[@FreeThink1984]

feel the moog all around you :)

[@analog_memoriesmedia]

washed out on moog lab... instant like

[@JonathanAxfeldt]

This is incredible!

[@honeyresearch]

Great Song! :)

[@2463572]

wow!

[@officialluckyturn]

i am in love

[@AamirF]

*lovely*

[@ErichOsten89]

this sounds so nice

[@fbgd]

Amazing...

[@ThePolyesterPimp]

This owns

[@TheNAPSince2005]

Superb!

[@joaovictorcabanas8519]

É, reinado é reinado mesmo

[@hockeyeast56]

thank you for this

[@DaisukeKunNyo]

the chords/pads came from the moog animoog app
he seems to do the arpeggio if i saw/heard right
but you can hook up multiple moog slim phattys to a moog little phatty to get a polyphonic chain via midi

[@LevistoM22]

Awesome !

[@doom705]

thats awesome :D

[@mrblackbond]

I actually like this version better than the recorded studio version ( which is still excellent)

[@trubies]

Magic

[@pablines08]

WHAT A GREAT VERSION.... BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL

[@ellcue09]

Lovvve it!

[@flowerpower111]

Moog lab is the shit!!!

[@mariits]

sad song, but beautiful ;)

[@keriabbott6976]

2018!!

[@Pauloalvesmendes]

So good! :(

[@luasonique4685]

this version is so good, please give me all these synths please hahahaha

[@midiphy]

Awesome! :-)

[@yyyaaazzzmx4550]

Please make a álbum in moog studio
(2018)

[@staticwavelength]

yeah. i was trying to figure that out, too. i thought the LP was monophonic, but apparently i stand corrected

[@morak56]

Fuckin awesome!

[@LF0]

I need a wee, but I can't get up now I've clicked on this video

[@Rickysaur]

even nicer than the original version

[@BlakJak003]

fuckin amazing

[@dilliot2k]

are the drums all synthesized with moog gear?

[@2ammusik]

Where did those chords come from,, it seems like he played the chords on the Little Phatty? Cool song BTW!

[@nicciGT]

amazing :]

[@saswanie]

lovely rendition. is there a place where you can acquire/download this moog version?

[@DaisukeKunNyo]

you can hook up multiple slim phattys to get a polyphonic chain via midi

[@amarok5048]

Where can I buy Moog Sound Lab music?

[@armcannon1998]

Read the description and it tells you that they are. It also tells how.

[@kevintran9689]

WE NEED A DOWNLOAD LINK FOR THIS VERISON

[@arekkusu2006]

The live band stuff was fantastic! I think the original was the best version, then the kexp live band one is a close second (debatable 1st)

[@bromaier]

jeeeeesus get an mp3 up in here plz

[@glsemawang]

Anyone know what brand is the drum pad?

[@faiAhmed94]

hey, is there a mp3 for this?

[@ozkaroxte]

Trap-Kat XL

[@novicabozunovich]

The LP is monophonic, but you can daisy chain SP's to it and create more voices.

[@ModernDevotion]

The chords are coming from the iPad running Animoog the voyager is just a midi keyboard at that point. The other Little Phatty Arpeggiator is the other use in this song.

[@femmenrouge1]

Adam Rojo I was wondering how she was playing polyphonic on a monophonic synth but now I see how

[@officialluckyturn]

[@Madamonitor]

Blair Greene uses an amazing synth patch for her keyboard solo! I wish i knew what it was....

[@MostfaandMostfa]

make it :D

[@HH-Thorsten]

It was a Moog :)

[@a.j.gonzalez438]

They should have performed "feel it all around" in that room.

[@doingmybest222]

Zoning

[@Galewinds]

When I close my eyes I can see Radiohead performing this.

[@mtkbeat]

:D

[@aladaris]

Stranger Things?!

[@Lirka_906]

This song is way older

[@216trixie]

yawn

[@Travybakersk8er]

This might as well be Enjoy the Silence.