
All of our stuff combined, if it was burned for insurance money or something, would probably be enough to buy one Fender Rhodes.

NC: I read that you guys have a practice space, do you store a lot of vintage gear there? AS: I wouldn’t call it vintage, it’s just kind of crap gear. This Nashville Scene interview with Alex Scally mentions the bands collection of thrift store keyboards: A lot of string machines and organs from the 80s are now available for cheap second hand. String Machine keyboards and organs have a lot in common – they’re derived from the same technology. Three sounds that make up the Beach House signature sound are thin pulse-wave arpeggio lines, bright strings and warm organs. If you enjoy this article then I have a separate article looking at sounds from Beach House’s 2018 album 7.īeach House tend to favour inexpensive keyboards, saying in interviews that they have a collection of cheap ‘toy’ keyboards such as those by Yamaha and Casio. In this new article, I’ve put together complete remakes of the tracks Space Song, Lazuli and Wishes. This article is an overhauled version of my previous Beach House Keyboard Sounds article one of the first articles I wrote for Reverb Machine. I recreated some of their signature synth sounds using soft synths from the Arturia V Collection, and these presets can be downloaded for free at the end of the article. Their latest album is 2018’s 7 but for this article, I went back to 2011’s Bloom and 2015’s Depression Cherry to look at the sounds used during that era. One of the quintessential dream pop bands, Beach House are instantly recognisable for their unique blend of dreamy synth sounds, emotional songwriting, washed-out productions and Legrand’s characteristic voice. Beach House are a Baltimore-based dream pop duo consisting of singer/keyboardist Victoria Legrand and guitarist Alex Scally.
