Modular synthesizer
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I:Cube has always been private about his exact equipment, but across interviews and fan discussions, a picture emerges of a producer who values tactile, analog interaction with machines over screen-based composition.

His early setup was primitive: a Casio mini sampler, cheap consumer electronics from Tandy, recording straight to tape. Over time he graduated to a proper sampler, drum machines, and synthesizers. By the mid-1990s he was ready to release music.

For Eye Cube (2023), he set aside the computer entirely, recording all eight tracks by improvising with electronic hardware in real time — synthesizers, sequencers, drum machines, and effects units — with very little after-editing. The Cubo Live Sessions followed the same philosophy: no computers, just a free conversation with machines.

The track "Gypsotheque" was made with a Gaveau Piano, Moog Sub37, and granular synthesis, partially recorded during his Villa Medici residency in Rome.

His production philosophy has remained remarkably consistent: spontaneity over perfection, instinct over calculation, the raw energy of the moment over the comfort of endless revision.

Known & Speculated Equipment

  • Casio Mini Sampler First instrument
  • Akai MPC Parisian house producer staple
  • Moog Sub37 Confirmed on "Gypsotheque"
  • Moog / Minimoog "Very moogy basslines"
  • Sherman Filterbank Speculated (Gearspace)
  • Korg PolySix Speculated (Gearspace)
  • Gaveau Piano Villa Medici recordings
  • Various Sequencers Used for live jams
  • Analog Drum Machines "Instant intuitive feel"
  • Effects Units Dub processing, filters
  • Tape Recorder Early recordings direct to tape
  • Granular Synthesis Used on Eye Cube tracks

Source

Equipment information compiled from interviews with Anthem Magazine, Torture the Artist, the Gearspace forum, and liner notes from Eye Cube.

07 — Listen

Essential Listening

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