Low Frequency AbductionÂ®

About Me

Low Frequency Abduction is the latest incarnation of Richard Oaten's musical evolution.
Born in September 1972, Rich quickly became interested in electronic music (aged 6), when he got hold of his first keyboard. Upon seeing Gary Numan on the BBC's seminal live music show "Whistle Test" in 1979, he found a path that would lead him through his school years, owning his first synthesizer (aged 14) and becoming involed in many different projects and school bands. Influenced by a mixture of synthpop and hip-hop/r'n'b, he strived to mix elements of these styles together to create something new.
After many years of musical exploration 1998 would became a turning point, when many years of hard work would start to pay off as he secured his first record deal with UK wing of American dance label, Aromi (now part of SONY Music) under the name of "Truth". His first club release (a 4 track EP) charted at No.29 (beating many established acts new releases that week, including Sash! and Faithless in DJ magazines official UK dance chart). He later became interested in remixing, gaining a 3 week stay at the top of the US internet download music chart with his mix of Madonna's "Ray Of Light" in 2001. After taking a break from the recording world in 2003 to travel to South America, he's now back and happy to report that work is well underway on a new joint venture, which is looking to be the most exciting yet. Details are being kept secret at this stage (don't want to give too much away) and a major equipment revamp has also just taken place, with some amazing new addittions. Keep returning to this page for more updates.
As well as being involved in the music industry as a recording artist, producer and remixer, Rich also beta tests software instruments and applications for companies including: G-Media/G-Force (hello Dave!), Spectrasonics, fxpansion, Ableton, Propellerheads and now Arturia! As well as working on new tracks, he's also been involved with those splendid chaps (especially Mr. Braidy!) at the Museum of Techno...can you feel the bass???

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/14/2007
Band Members: Apple iMac (4th Generation, just released!) Intel Core 2 Duo Computer & Logic Studio (Logic Pro 8), Arturia V Collection (Moog Modular-V, Minimoog-V, ARP 2600-V, CS80-V, Prophet-V & Jupiter-8V), fxpansion GURU & Orca, G-Force Oddity and impOSCar, Korg Legacy Collection (Legacy Cell, MS-20, Polysix, Wavestation, MDE-X and the brand new Mono/Poly!), Native Instruments KORE & Pro-53, Novation ReMOTE 25SL, V-Station & Bass Station, Spectrasonics Stylus RMX (and quite a few more), M-Audio 2.1 Active Monitors & Subwoofer...and more yet to come (inc. KikAxxe & TimewARP2600, Reason-4 (which I beta tested), M-Tron UB update (which I also beta tested...) watch this space for new toys...
Influences: Amerie, BT, Busta Rhymes, Depeche Mode, DJ Rap, The Eurhythmics, Erasure, Faithless, Ferry Corsten, Gary Numan, Goldfrapp, Kanye West, The Human League, Jay-Z, Jean Michel Jarre, The KLF, Kraftwerk, Madonna, Missy Elliott, Moby, Nelly Furtado, New Order, Nine Inch Nails, OMD, The Pet Shop Boys, Rihanna, Royksopp, RZA, Soft Cell, Timbaland, Visage, William Orbit, Yazoo and many many more!
Sounds Like: Most of my influences and myself too!
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Im Overpowered...

I bought an excellent album today......it's the new Róisín Murphy album called "Overpowered" and it's brilliant! I've had it on a loop all day (just like the Moloko album "Things To Make & Do" that my...
Posted by Low Frequency Abduction® on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 03:51:00 PST

Compact Control

I don't know why everything has to be like an epic tale at the moment, but it seems to be.This week a change in controller keyboard cost me a long lay off and many choices and disappointments and when...
Posted by Low Frequency Abduction® on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 05:44:00 PST

At last, an update!!!!

It seems like an age since I last posted a blog, but at last I find my self with a second or two to hand so I thought I would put up some information (for those who are interested) about what has been...
Posted by Low Frequency Abduction® on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:42:00 PST

Don’t you just hate it when...

...someone doesn't do they job they get paid for?Anyone reading my blog the other day will know that I just got my hands on an ecellent new synthesizer plugin by Rob Papen called Predator.Sadly, someo...
Posted by Low Frequency Abduction® on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 02:24:00 PST

Isnt it great...

...when something turns about better than you ever expected it to be?On Thursday, I was in Doncaster for a meeting with Toni (someone I've known for around eight years but only recently gotten to know...
Posted by Low Frequency Abduction® on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:22:00 PST

Hunted by

...another day, another new arrival, or at least that's how it seems!Not so with this one though. I've spent years (decades?) trying to bring back a sound from a synth I had a very long time ago and I...
Posted by Low Frequency Abduction® on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:05:00 PST

Mono/Poly

It's funny, but sometimes history has a way of repeating itself, sometimes good, sometimes bad, but when we have a good moment coming back around there is quite an excitement normally linked to it and...
Posted by Low Frequency Abduction® on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:26:00 PST

Coming together nicely...

I have a music meeting in Doncaster on Thursday and I'm really having to move quickly, as I've been undergoing a lot of equipment changes recently and it hasn't left me much time to get my act togethe...
Posted by Low Frequency Abduction® on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:01:00 PST

Audio Damage?

Got an ace new toy today in the shape of the Audio Damage BigSeq!What is it? Well understanding this will depend on how old you are!Back in the 70's, ARP had a really cool sequencer called the "ARP Se...
Posted by Low Frequency Abduction® on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:45:00 PST

New blogs coming soon...

Hi everyone!First of all, a big sorry to everyone for the silence over the last few weeks, I've been working like crazy on new material and it's taken what feels like 150% of my time!Now my birthday's...
Posted by Low Frequency Abduction® on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:14:00 PST