Antenna Research is the Austin, Texas, duo of Karin Kross and Bruce Levenstein. They’ve done me the honor of reworking my “Six-String Buddha” track, a brief loop of layered electric guitar intended to emulate the background quality of the FM3 Buddha Machine. Like the earlier remix of the track [that Lee Rosevere committed](https://disquiet.com/2015/08/16/if-you-meet-six-string-buddha-on-the-internet/), the Antenna Research version, “Buddha On the Radio,” uses the original audio as the sonic foundation, and then creates an additional layer, a bit more foregrounded, that is based on select segments of the source track. The underlying track is given a buzzy, warbling quality thanks to dense analog reverb, and the percussive material lends it a slight pulse. The rhythmic fadeout is especially appealing.
Write Kross and Levenstein of what they’re up to, for those playing along in a home studio:
>We’ve taken Marc’s track and loaded it onto two Radio Music modules. One is looping the entire track, and run through an Intellijel Springy reverb module. The other is playing a short section of the track, with the reset being triggered rhythmically by a Korg SQ-1 sequencer. The bass drum is from a Peaks module, synced to the SQ-1 via a Pamela’s Workout clock divider.
Track originally posted for free download at [soundcloud.com/antenna_research](https://soundcloud.com/antenna_research/buddha-on-the-radio). More from Kross, aka Hanging Fire, at [soundcloud.com/hangingfire](https://soundcloud.com/hangingfire) and from Levenstein at [soundcloud.com/brucelev](https://soundcloud.com/brucelev).