Nigel’s Prophet 5 was also used by Thom and Jonny during the recording of Radiohead’s A Moon Shaped Pool. It was also part of the synth collection which Nigel posted on twitter on Mar 25, 2015. It was frequently visible in photos from the recording of Radiohead’s In Rainbows. Perhaps his most notable use of the Prophet was for Everything In Its Right Place on Kid A, though it also features on other Kid A and Amnesiac tracks from the same session. This post is part of a series on Radiohead’s new gear for the 2016 tour.A photo of Thom adjusting the Prophet 5 during the recording of Everything In Its Right Place ( Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 is one of Nigel’s most-used synthesizersįor recording. Thom at the DSI Prophet 08 for May 24 Paris performance of Everything In Its Right Place ( xsuperapple). I also suspect that the Alesis Q25 is being used to trigger the Prophet 08 on Ful Stop. Not only does it feature on tracks from the new album, but Thom even uses it for Everything In Its Right Place – the first time that a synthesizer (rather than a Rhodes piano or piano) has been used for a performance of the track. On the 2016 tour, the Prophet 08’s usage has only increased. The Prophet became a favorite of Thom’s, being used for new songs written on tour, like Identikit and Ful Stop as well as for the subsequent Atoms for Peace album and tour. Nigel bought a new Prophet 5, which Thom used to play the bass on All I Need as well as on A Moon Shaped Pool, but Thom didn’t bring an analogue poly-synth on tour until 2012, when he brought along a Dave Smith Instruments Prophet 08. Thom with his Alesis Q25 during the May 20th Amsterdam performance of Ful Stop ( noise_jam).Īfter his Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 broke in 2001, Thom shied away from bringing polyphonic analogue synthesizers on tour. When he needs to play a complex part, he stands at his Prophet 08 as on the last tour (or even sits at it, as I’ll discuss next), but when the part is only single notes – as on Ful Stop – Thom can dance around the stage with total freedom. It’s pretty nondescript as MIDI keyboards go, but it’s light and Thom had his fitted with a wireless transmitter battery pack. That didn’t last very long, but Thom has a new small MIDI keyboard - the Alesis Q25. He also used the Novation for the early 2002 performances of Myxomatosis, attaching a strap to the keyboard and dancing around the stage as he played. For example, back in the early 2000′s he used Colin’s Novation Bass Station as a MIDI controller on tracks like Kid A and Backdrifts. Thom has generally used whatever MIDI keyboard his bandmates bring along to play any sampled parts necessary.
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