One of the first ideas that emerged when I started exploring the QLX setup was this depiction of birds in space. Picture yourself a flock flying through space when they discover a planet that seems interesting. They dive down to explore it further. And after a few rounds they rest for a while before they continue their journey.

A livestream from the Hellkvist HQ to both celebrate the release of Quadraphonic and also explaining and showing the setup of QLX.

This is the song that most of all brings out the quadrophony. Especially in the beginning you can hear how the sound bounces steadily between the cabinets. Towards the end you can also hear how a single melody turns into a four part melody when the notes are repeated. So cool!

Another song from the concert at UKK. Here’s the song “Caverns” that uses a giant reverb as effect. What’s also interesting in this video is that you see how the audience is moving around in the room to experience the sound from different places and angles.

The concert at UKK (UPpsala Konsert & Kongress) was the first one held in a black box type of venue. It made it possible to work with the lighting in a whole new way compared to before. You might say this is where it all came together, This is how QLX should be! Here’s one of the songs from the upcoming album, “Return of the Hero”.

Before the first concert at Katalin, I was in full swing exploring the monster I had created. Here I have recorded a small clip that is looped, while the leslie controller had the “Wave” program that continuously moves the fast speed between the cabinets.

To then just stand next to it and both watch and hear this was absolutely incredible. I was filled with a rush of joy only to burst into hysterical laughter. I think the video says it all.

Here is a clip from the premiere concert. It shows most of the musical concepts used but a minute or so from each part. It is also interesting to observe the audience, how they move around and experience the whole thing.

Listen in stereo or with good headphones, It’s not really possible to recreate the surround feeling in the room, but the four cabinets are aligned in the stereo image so you can still get the feeling of how the sound jumps around.

Here is a clip I made for the premiere showing how the loop effect can be used. The looped loop is played through two of the cabinets, and the rest is played through the other two. I really like how you can mix sound and leslie speeds like that. The two cabinets that play the loop have been disconnected from the control of the organ and just spin slowly the whole time.

A big reverb really changes the room. You are transported somewhere else, and sort of float around the room. This song was given the working name “Caverns”, because I came to feel like being in a big cave. Kind of like on a journey of discovery.

The delay effect really brings out the quadrophony! The tones bounce around the room and come from all directions. New tones are mixed with old ones and both harmony and dissonance arise in a way that is incredibly cool. This effect has become the most used in the project.