Arksun
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Arksun is a British freelance music producer and sound designer. Rapaccioli specializes in several forms of electronica
music, particularly trance
and ambient music
.
, Armind
, and Armada.
Apart from being a Producer and a composer, Arksun is also a skilled sound designer. Arksun's journey as a Sound Designer started when he was gifted his first synth, a Yamaha keyboard which had 8 second sampling chip on it. As the years progressed, Arksun's Sound Designing skills changed with the change in platforms. Arksun's skills developed from composing on his first pro keyboard, The Ensoniq ESQ1
, to MIDI sequencing on an Amiga 500
to mastering DAWs on PC. Arksun is also known for being an active member at the Anjunabeats forum and often providing production tips and advice.
Arksun worked with Emu Systems
(APS Soundcard, XL1, XL7, PX-7, XK-6) and with Novation
creating presets for the A-Station, Supernova II and KS series. He also worked with Linplug (for Albino and CronoX), Image Line
(Sytrus
), reFX and Humanoid Sound Systems.
Arksun currently designs and markets his Arksun Series Soundbanks for various Synths.
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
music, particularly trance
Trance music
Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...
and ambient music
Ambient music
Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...
.
Biography
Born 9 October 1976, Arksun always had a deep love for sound and music. From an early age he learnt how to play TV themes by ear on the piano. With a strong taste in progressive and trance music in 1996, Arksun set out to release trance music and so his first release with Zone Recordings came about in 1998. Since then, Arksun has released over a dozen of his tracks as 12" singles through several labels and under various artist names. ("Hajimeru" being his first in 1998). In 2006, he gained further recognition for the trance hit "Arisen". Originally producing tracks for Zone Recordings, Arksun now releases his productions on record labels such as AnjunabeatsAnjunabeats
Anjunabeats is a British record label, started by producers Jonathan "Jono" Grant and Paavo Siljamäki in 2000 which releases trance music. The first 12" record was titled Volume One, released under Grant and Siljamäki's alias, Anjunabeats, in 2000. As the label got the name Anjunabeats, they...
, Armind
Armind
Armind is a Dutch trance record label. It is under the umbrella of the Armada Music empire, whose forefront face in the public is the founder, Dutch DJ Armin van Buuren....
, and Armada.
Apart from being a Producer and a composer, Arksun is also a skilled sound designer. Arksun's journey as a Sound Designer started when he was gifted his first synth, a Yamaha keyboard which had 8 second sampling chip on it. As the years progressed, Arksun's Sound Designing skills changed with the change in platforms. Arksun's skills developed from composing on his first pro keyboard, The Ensoniq ESQ1
Ensoniq ESQ-1
Ensoniq ESQ-1 is a hybrid digital-analog synthesizer released by Ensoniq in 1986. The ESQ-1 featured 8 voices with 3 digital oscillators per voice. Each oscillator could be set to one of 32 different waveforms. Some of these were standard simple waveforms such as sawtooth and pulse, while others...
, to MIDI sequencing on an Amiga 500
Amiga 500
The Amiga 500 - also known as the A500 - was the first “low-end” Commodore Amiga 16/32-bit multimedia home/personal computer. It was announced at the winter Consumer Electronics Show in January 1987 - at the same time as the high-end Amiga 2000 - and competed directly against the Atari 520ST...
to mastering DAWs on PC. Arksun is also known for being an active member at the Anjunabeats forum and often providing production tips and advice.
Arksun worked with Emu Systems
E-mu Systems
E-mu Systems, Inc. is a synthesizer maker and pioneer in samplers and low-cost digital sampling music workstations.-History:Founded in 1971 by Scott Wedge and Dave Rossum, E-mu began making modular synthesizers...
(APS Soundcard, XL1, XL7, PX-7, XK-6) and with Novation
Novation Digital Music Systems
Novation Digital Music Systems Ltd. is a UK musical equipment manufacturer. Founded in 1992 as Novation Electronic Music Systems, the company specialises in MIDI controllers and analog modeling synthesizers, which they have manufactured in China....
creating presets for the A-Station, Supernova II and KS series. He also worked with Linplug (for Albino and CronoX), Image Line
Image-Line Software
Image-Line is a Belgian software company best known for its digital audio workstation program FL Studio and related audio plugins such as Sytrus. Founded in 1994, in 2007 Image-Line introduced Deckadance, a virtual DJ console application...
(Sytrus
Sytrus
Sytrus is a software synthesizer included in the music production program FL Studio. Image-Line also released its VSTi and DXi versions.-Features:...
), reFX and Humanoid Sound Systems.
Arksun currently designs and markets his Arksun Series Soundbanks for various Synths.
Singles
- Hajimeru
- Astrodancer
- Voyage
- Into the Sun EP
- Astrodancer Remixes
- Soul Force
- Virtual World
- Dragonfire
- One Day
- Alliance
- Earth One
- Desire
- Arisen
- Regeneration
Remixes
- Torin - Vanity
- Jaya - Stellar
- Luigi - Jet Black
- Micah Lukasewich - Hollowmind
- Envio - Time To Say Goodbye
- Terradia Feat. Damona - Drowning In Dreams
- P.O.S. - Gravity
- Factoria - Kissed By An Angel
- Luminary - My World
- AR52 - Piiska