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Updates from Dehli Musikk

The sample libraries from Dehli Musikk

The sample libraries just reached 10,000 downloads

The sample libraries by Dehli Musikk on Pianobook have now been downloaded over ten thousand times 😃

A studio rack with effects units and outboard gear

Finished building the bus compressor

Finished building and hooking up the G Bus VCA Compressor from DIY Recording Equipment🕺 Here together with the previous build project, Hairball Audio FET/RACK 😃

A partly built G Bus VCA Compressor

Building a bus compressor

Building a clone of a SSL G384 bus compressor from DIY Recording Equipment 🎛️🛠️

Computer screen with GUI and code for Voltage Controlled Cassette Organ

Voltage Controlled Cassette Organ under development

Working on a new Decent Sampler preset 🎹 🎛️

Suzuki Omnichord System Two OM-84

New synth - Suzuki Omnichord OM-84 System Two

Just got this beauty 🤩 Suzuki Omnichord OM-84 🎛️ Thanks a lot to Charlie at Riffers for amazing service 👍 UPS managed to break the first one in transit, even though it was securely packed, but Charlie got me a new one 😃

Neon sign with the text Wurlitzer Music Phonograph

Wurlitzer Music neon sign

Got this beautiful Wurlitzer neon sign from Ruth 66 today 😃 The photos doesn't really do it justice. It looks a lot more vibrant in person 🤩

Partly populated circuit board

New build project - Hairball Audio FET/RACK Revision D

Building a FET/RACK (1176) compressor from Hairball Audio 🛠️⚡🎛️

A Roland PA-120 mixer

New mixer - Roland PA-120

The Mean Green Machine 💚🎚️🎛️

Roland PA-120 with built-in spring reverb and effects loop for tape echo 😁

Album cover for the single "No Man Isle" by Haunted By Silhouettes

New release - No Man Isle by Haunted By Silhouettes

Kick start the weekend with the brand new EP No Man Isle by Haunted By Silhouettes 💥

I have had a lot of fun recording keyboards, sound effects and accordion on this 🤠🤘

Have a nice weekend!

Effects pedal with colors of the ukrainian flag and the text 'Слава Украине!'

Make fuzz not war

Thank you so much, Angus at ABL Pedals for building this amazing Ukrainian Muff pedal and donating the proceeds to the DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal 💙💛🇺🇦 Слава Украине!✊

Album cover for "Selkie" by Haunted By Silhouettes

New release - Selkie by Haunted By Silhouettes

Haunted By Silhouettes is out with a new song featuring Björn Strid from i.a. Soilwork and The Night Flight Orchestra. The song is from the upcoming EP No Man Isle which I've had the honor of participating on.

Album cover for "Flock" by Haunted By Silhouettes

New release - Flock by Haunted By Silhouettes

I have been so lucky to play keyboards on the upcoming EP No Man Isle by Haunted By Silhouettes 😃

Today they've released the first song Flock and it sounds insanely good 🤠🤘

Album cover for "Fired Up" by Kaasin

New release - Fired Up by Kaasin

The album Fired Up by Kaasin is now released 🎉

Available on all streaming services and as a CD 💿

Benjamin Dehli playing a Hammond C3 organ

An oddball is featured in "Varden" and "NRK Vestfold og Telemark" today

This is the living room of Benjamin (32): - "Everything" of salaries since junior high has been spent 💸

Photo by: Andreas Soltvedt 📷

Album cover for the single "Wrong" by Kaasin

New release - Wrong by Kaasin

The new song Wrong by Kaasin has been released. Wrong will also be featured on the upcoming album Fired Up.

Staale Kaasin, Jan Thore Grefstad, Jo Henning Kaasin, Benjamin Dehli and Per-Morten Bergseth

Music video - We Are One by Kaasin

New song by Kaasin with music video shot at Systemblokk in Bø 🧱

The music video is made by Jon Sandersen 🎥

Album cover for "Fired Up" by Kaasin

Coming soon - Fired Up by Kaasin

The debut album Fired Up by Kaasin will be released November 10th, 2021 🔥🎶🎵💿

A Korg MS-20 synthesizer being played

MS-20 brass

Recording some "brass" with a Korg MS-20 synthesizer 🎹🎛️🎺

A Vox AC15H1TV amplifier with a Fulltone Tube Tape Echo effects unit on top

Overdriven Pro-One

Sequential Circuits Pro-One synthesizer with slapback tape echo into a Vox AC15 🎹🎛️📼🔊

Album cover for the single "Guardian Angels" by Haaker

New release - Guardian Angels by Haaker

A smoking hot metal song from Pål is now out 🤘

I've had the pleasure of playing keyboard instruments on this one 🎹🎛

A Hohner Clavinet D6 and a Yamaha YC-25D organ with Fender Twin Reverb and Vox AC15H1TV amplifiers

Shooting music video for We Are One by Kaasin

Recording music video for the next single release from Kaasin with Jon Sandersen behind the camera 🎥🎬

Two mic'd up wine glasses

Recording wine glasses

Recording some wine glass tracks with a pair of AKG C451E 🎤🍷🍷

A Louis Zwicki Pianette piano being played

Clavinet, piano, organ and a 5/4 groove

Recording a part in 5/4 time signature with Hohner Clavinet D6, Louis Zwicki Pianette and Hammond C3 🦡🦚🦄🎹

Album cover for the single "Hidden" by Kaasin

New release - Hidden by Kaasin

New rock music from Kaasin released today 💥🦄🔊

Perfect music to listen to while weeding the flower bed 👌🌼🌸

Have a nice weekend and summer! 🌞

A Hammond C3 organ being played

Recording organ for Taxi Bear

Video of recording session for the song Korea Town by Taxi Bear 🎹🚕🐻

Album cover for the single "Korea Town" by Taxi Bear

New release - Korea Town by Taxi Bear

Taxi Bear released an awesome rock song 🤘🎉

I've had the pleasure of playing organ on this one 🎹

Benjamin Dehli, Staale Kaasin, André Cosmo Søgnen, Jan Thore Grefstad and Jo Henning Kaasin

Music video - Revelation by Kaasin

I've had the pleasure of going on a forest trip with Kaasin to shoot a music video for the song Revelation 😎🤘

The music video is made by Jon Sandersen 🎥

Album cover for the single "Revelation" by Kaasin

New release - Revelation by Kaasin

I've recorded some rock keyboards on this amazing song by Kaasin 🤠🤘🎹

Hohner Clavinet D6, Mellotron M4000D and Korg CX-3

Shooting music video for Revelation

Shooting music video for KAASIN's upcoming release Revelation with Jon Sandersen 🎬🎞️🔥

Keyboard assembly inside a Sequential Circuits Pro-One, before and after maintenance

Pro-One maintenance

Rust removal, adjustment of keyboard action and replacing old key bushings with new ones from Syntaur

PCB board inside a Sequential Circuits Pro-One synthesizer

Cleaning potmeters and switches

PCB art inside the Pro-One synthesizer 🍄🧘‍♀️🎨

A Mellotron M4000D being played

Recording keyboards for metal EP

Adding some different flavours with Mellotron, analog synths, accordion, tonewheel organ and combo organ 🎹🎛️🦄

Sequential Circuits Pro-One

New synth - Sequential Circuits Pro-One

Monophonic analog synthesizer from the early '80s 🎹🎛️

Album cover for the single "Rocknrolla" by Haaker

New release - Rocknrolla by Haaker

My good friend in the north and former band colleague has released an awesome track 🕺

I've had the pleasure to play keyboards and fuzz keytar on this one 🎹 🎛

Kick start the weekend with "Rocknrolla" by Haaker 💥

Album cover for the single "Driving Alone" by Audun Haukvik

New release - Driving Alone by Audun Haukvik

I've had the honor to play Mellotron, synthesizer and organ on this amazing song by Audun Haukvik

Snapshot from the music video for "Runaway Train" by Kaasin

Music video - Runaway Train by Kaasin

Jon Sandersen has shot and edited an awesome music video for Runaway Train by Kaasin 📼🎬

Album cover for the single "Runaway Train" by Kaasin

New release - Runaway Train by Kaasin

I've had the pleasure to play some rock keyboards with the band Kaasin 😃

Sound wizzard Halvor Halvorsen has done his magic behind the faders 👍👌

Turn up the volume, grab a beer and kickstart the weekend with some rock'n'roll 😎🤘

Korg MS-20 and Mellotron M4000D being played

Runaway Train by Kaasin (teaser video)

A short preview of the music video for Runaway Train by Kaasin coming August 14th 😎🤘

Photo: Jon Sandersen 📷

Benjamin Dehli, Staale Kaasin, Rick Hagan, Jan Thore Grefstad and Jo Henning Kaasin

Shooting music video with Kaasin

Shooting video for Kaasin's debut single "Runaway Train" 🎬

Photo: Terje Ottesen 📷

The band Kaasin: Jo Henning Kaasin, Jan Thore Grefstad, Staale Kaasin, Benjamin Dehli and Rick Hagan

New band - Kaasin

Debut single and video from the rock band Kaasin will be released on August 14th 💪😎🤘🔥

Kaasin consist of: Jo Henning Kaasin (Guitar), Jan Thore Grefstad (Vocals), Staale Kaasin (Bass), Benjamin Dehli (Keyboards) and Rick Hagan (Drums)

Album cover for the single "The Keeper of the Lighthouse" by Wolf Moon Fever

New release - The Keeper of the Lighthouse by Wolf Moon Fever

New release by Wolf Moon Fever 👍👍 I've had the honor to play the Hammond C3 organ on this track😃 Start your weekend with The Keeper of the Lighthouse!

Have a nice weekend and summer! 🌞

Roland Dimension D SDD-320 modified with mono/stereo switch

Roland Dimension D modification

Doing a small modification to the Dimension D making the mono/stereo switch accessible from the front panel 🔧

Album cover for the single "Under the Midnight Sun" by 2020 Vision

New release - Under the Midnight Sun by 2020 Vision

New release by 2020 Vision 😎🤘Turn up the volume and enjoy this 80's rock'n'roll song 📼👾 Have a nice weekend!

Louis Zwicki Pianette with an old telephone, tape recorder and coffee cup on top

New product - Lo-fi Tape Piano

The 'Lo-fi Tape Piano' sample pack is now available for $4.99 at Roqstar 😃

Louis Zwicki Pianette with an old telephone, tape recorder and coffee cup on top

Demo video of Lo-fi Tape Piano

Lo-fi Tape Piano will soon be available for purchase 👯‍♂️‍For the time being, you can check out this video with examples

Close up of a Louis Zwicki Pianette

Lo-fi Tape Piano (teaser video)

Short teaser video of the sample pack I'm making 🤠☎️🦄📼🎹

A Korg MS-20 and patch cables with the color of the Norwegian flag

Ja, vi elsker dette landet (Norwegian national anthem)

Happy National Day 🇧🇻

Celebrating the day with a synthesizer version of the Norwegian national anthem

Louis Zwicki Pianette with a modified Televerket telephone as microphone

Lo-fi piano sampling

Sampling the Louis Zwicki Pianette with different kind of microphones and a 4-track recorder 🎹☎️📼

A Fostex X-28H 4-track tape recorder

Piano, synthesizers and drum machine

Making '80s inspired music with piano, various synthesizers and drum machine 🎹🎛️👯‍♂️🦄

A Roland AX-1 being played

Distortion keytar

Recording a solo with a Roland AX-1 keytar, overdrive pedals and tube amplifiers 🎹🤠🦄📼🔊

Snapshot from the music video for "Give Me a Smile, Joe" by Lene Nevisdal

Music video - Give Me a Smile, Joe by Lene Nevisdal

Music video for Give Me a Smile, Joe by Lene Nevisdal is out 📼

Per Kristian Grimsland in his recording studio

Undertow in new episode from the Track By Track series

New episode of the Track By Track series from Haunted By Silhouettes 🔥

This time it's the song 'Undertow' 🤘😎

A Mellotron M4000D being played

Layering Mellotron tracks

Adding violins, cello, guitar, vibraphone and timpani track with the Mellotron M4000D 🎻🥁🎸🎹

Per Kristian Grimsland in his recording studio

Deadlock in new episode from the Track By Track series

New episode of the Track By Track series from Haunted By Silhouettes.

In this episode you can hear overdriven organ, synthesizers and Mellotron I had a lot of fun playing on the song 'Deadlock' 😎🤘

Per Kristian Grimsland in his recording studio

New series from Haunted By Silhouettes

Check out the first episode of the Track By Track series from Haunted By Silhouettes.

In this episode you can hear guinea pig noises and the keyboard tracks I got the honor of playing on the song 'The Last Day on Earth' 🐹🤘

Album cover for the single "Can You See Me" by 2020 Vision

New release - Can You See Me by 2020 Vision

New rock song from the rock guys in the rock band 2020 Vision with rock Halvor "The Rock" Halvorsen behind the faders 😎🤘

And I've been so lucky to play the rock keyboards 🤠

Vacuum Tubes in the AO-28 pre-amp inside a Hammond C3 organ

My favorite kind of candles

Vacuum Tubes in the AO-28 pre-amp inside the Hammond C3 organ ✨💡

Korg MS-20 synthesizer

Recording Korg MS-20 arpeggios

Recording some arpeggios with the Korg MS-20 synthesizer, analog delay and spring reverb

The notes are coming from Logic as MIDI signal and converted into control voltage with a Korg SQ-1

Computer screen with Logic session

Layering keyboard tracks

Layering different keyboard instruments in Logic 🎹🎹🎹

Snapshot from the music video for "Då E Det Verdt Det" by Thomas Tveiten

Music video - Då E Det Verdt Det by Thomas Tveiten

Music video for Då E Det Verdt Det by Thomas Tveiten is out 📼

The video is made by Esben Meyer Kristensen 🎬

Album cover for the single "Då E Det Verdt Det" by Thomas Tveiten

New release - Då E Det Verdt Det by Thomas Tveiten

Kick start the weekend with this all new release by Thomas Tveiten 😎🤘

I've had the honor to play keyboard instruments on this one 😃

Red Yamaha YC-25D combo organ with effects pedals on top

Yamaha YC-25D with effects pedals

Spaceship sounds with the Yamaha YC-25D and effects pedals 🚀🛸

Album cover for the single "Tåkemann" by Esben Meyer

New release - Tåkemann by Esben Meyer

Tåkemann by Esben Meyer is out!

I've had a fun time experimenting with various keyboard instruments on this one 😀

Album cover for the single "Give Me a Smile, Joe" by Lene Nevisdal

New release - Give Me a Smile, Joe by Lene Nevisdal

New release by Lene Nevisdal!

I've had the honor to play the Hammond C3 organ on this track 😎

Louis Zwicki Pianette with a loudspeaker inside

Piano as reverb for the synthesizer

Using the Louis Zwicki Pianette as a reverb effect for the Korg MS-20 🎹🎛

The MS-20 is triggered by the Korg SQ-1 step sequencer

Fostex 4-track tape recorder

Some more '80s rock

Another recording session with some '80s rock keyboards 🤠🤘

Display on a Yamaha DX7 showing a patch named Koto

Recording Yamaha DX7

It's not rock 'n' roll until you fire up the "Koto" patch 🇯🇵🤘

Behringer VC340 Vocoder keyboard instrument

New Synth Day

Vocoder VC340 🎹

Time to make some robot music 🤖

Effects pedals

Recording '80s rock

Recording keys for '80s rock 🎹📼🕹️

Hammond C3 organ with lights inside

Christmas spirit

Christmas Organ Lighting 🎹🎄

Album cover for the single "Get Lucky" by The White Devil

New release by The White Devil

Today The White Devil released a cowboy shanty version of Get Lucky 🍾👯‍♂️

I've had the honor to play some accordion riffs and various instruments on this one 😎

Sign with Dehli Musikk logo on house wall

Dehli Musikk sign

Got my business sign today 😃🕴️🚧🎹

Fender Rhodes piano being played

Twin Peaks

Coverversion of Twin Peaks Theme ⛰⛰☕️

Album cover for the single "Back When" by Spinning Wheels Band

New release by Spinning Wheels Band

New release by Spinning Wheels Band!

I got the honor to play the organ and clavinet on this one 😎

Super talented guys with producer Halvor Halvorsen behind the faders and musicians from Brad Paisley's band 😃👍

Inside of a Hohner Clavinet D6 instrument

Maintenance time

The Clavinet was in need for a service

Piano with effects pedals and a 4-track tape recorder

Recording piano

Recording "lo-fi" piano 📼🎹

Piano with a mid-century design being played

Testing the new piano

It definitely needs some tuning and damper adjustments, but this small piano sounds big 😃

Piano with a mid-century design

New piano

I've just acquired this Danish mid-century beauty 😃🎹🇩🇰

Tape recorder with cassette tape

Recording to tape

Recording a couple of Twin Peaks melodies with some tape saturation 📼⛰️⛰️

An accordion being played

Accordionsyntesizermachine

Why go out partying when you can stay home and play the accordionsyntesizermachine 🤠

A Mellotron M4000D in custom cabinet with effects pedals on top

Sound design with the Mellotron

Making spaceship sounds with the Mellotron M4000D and effects pedals 🤠🚀

Close-up shot of the Logan / Hohner String Melody string synthesizer

A Saucerful of Secrets

Testing the newly maintained Logan String Melody II with some chords from "A Saucerful of Secrets" by Pink Floyd 🎹🦄

Inside the Logan String Melody II synthesizer

Logan String Melody maintenance

The String Melody needed some TLC 🤕

Dirty faders and a stuck j-wire in the busbar👨‍🏭

A Hohner Clavinet D6 with effects pedals on top

Recording the Clavinet

Recording the Hohner Clavinet D6 with effects pedals 🎹👯🦄

Album cover for the single "The Last Day on Earth" by Haunted By Silhouettes

New release - The Last Day on Earth by Haunted By Silhouettes

Kick start the weekend with this all new release by Haunted By Silhouettes!💥

I've had a lot of fun recording some Mellotron and guinea pig/spaceship sounds on this 🛸🐹

A Hammond C3 tonewheel organ being played

Recording the organ

Warming up the Hammond C3 for some recording 🤠🎹

Home made effects pedal

Led clipping fuzz boost effects pedal

Home made an effects pedal with LED clipping, volume boost and octave fuzz,

The boost circuit is based of an Electro Harmonix LPB-1

A Fender Rhodes MKI electric piano with a Korg MS-20 synthesizer on top

Fender Rhodes and Korg MS-20

I recorded a short live jam to tape with Korg MS-20 and Fender Rhodes MKI.

A Korg MS-20 being repaired with a soldering iron

Korg MS-20 maintenance

Repairing a broken power cord on the Korg MS-20 👷‍🛠️🎹

Snapshot from the music video for "Deadlock" by Haunted By Silhouettes

Music video - Deadlock by Haunted By Silhouettes

Music video for Deadlock by Haunted By Silhouettes is out 📼🎬

Album cover for the single "Deadlock" by Haunted By Silhouettes

New release - Deadlock by Haunted By Silhouettes

I've had the honor to play organ and various keyboards on this one 😀

Turn up the volume and enjoy the summer 🔈🍻☀️

A Fender Twin Reverb amplifier

New amp - Fender Twin Reverb

I've just acquired this good ol' Twin Reverb amplifier 🍾👯

A Korg MS-20 synthesizer with rainbow colored patch cables

Happy Pride Month

🏳️‍🌈🌈❤️

A Mellotron M4000D with a custom cabinet

Custom cabinet for the Mellotron M4000D

The Mellotron M400-inspired cabinet for the Mellotron M4000D is finally finished.

A Mellotron M4000D with a partly built custom cabinet

Custom cabinet for the Mellotron M4000D takes shape

The chassis for Mellotron M4000D is starting to take shape. Still missing the top, the feet and some paint.

A Mellotron M4000D, wood material and tools

Building a custom cabinet for the Mellotron M4000D

Creating a custom Mellotron M400-inspired keyboard cabinet for the Mellotron M4000D.