Mark Packard

- by Tatiana Ryckman, Open Labs Staff Writer  

Since 1984, when he bought his first Roland Juno 106, Mark Packard has been experimenting with keyboards. Today, while computers and late models of various other keyboards lean against the gray and red walls, one single piece of equipment stands in the middle of his studio: an Open Labs NeKo™.

In those first years, while learning to convert the press of a key into music, Mark began laying the foundation for who he is now as an artist. “Before, I'd have to simulate bass with my left hand and simulate melody and chords on my right hand and I would try to make complete music that way, with that analog board.” Without the multi-track recorders and sequencers ...