GIANT ROBOT MEMBERS

   
  Abdissa "Mamba" Assefa
Drums, programming, percussion, black kekkonen, keyboards
Petro "slomotion" Niiniluoto
Guitar, Teosto liaison
30/2 kids/few guitars/married/luthier/skater

Gear:
Les Paul - Self-made model 2001
Octave - Boss OC-2
Distortion - Boss SD-1
Chorus - Arion SCH-1
Envelope Follower - SysTech
Wah - Jimi Hendrix Fuzz Wah
Delay - Line6 Delay Modeler
Head - Peavey Festival
Cabinet - Marshall 2 x 10" or Peavey 4 x 12"

Kim "Kasio" Rantala
(NuSpirit Helsinki/Club Bundolo)

Keyboards, programming

Gear: Rhodes mk II 73 --> Ibanez Fuzz Wah --> Smallstone phazer (Mod by McGyver) --> "Rolf Bergström" = Maestro Rhythm 'n'Sound for Guitar --> Alesis Microverb II --> Line 6 Delay Modeller --> Fender Twin Amp Head(can't remember the model) with tube spring echo --> Echolette cabinet (usually with only one amp but preferably with two)
Vermona analog synth with two oscillators (East Germany's top a top production)
Siel Orchestra II

Shure M44-7 cartridges
2x Technics or Vestax turntables
Vestax PCM-250 mixer

 

Tuomas Toivonen
Vocals, flute, programming, design, keyboards

Gear:
(*) = in current stage setup
Drum machines: Roland TR-808 (*), Roland TR-606 with bd/sd/hh mods (*), Roland TR-707, RIMF (latvian analog 5-module mystery), Korg MR-16
Synths: Polivox (russian, duophonic, i use it to drive the vocoder) (*),
Roland M-101, Roland MC-202, Yamaha CS5, Teisco 100F, Yamaha CS100
Samplers: Emulator II, Akai s700
Vocoder: Synthovox 260(?) most basic '86 model by the dutch manufacturer, only 1U high and has nice musical tone (*).
Effects: alesis microgate (*), alesis microverb (*), a shite dynacord eq
with only left channel operative (*), Line6 delay modeller (*) and some
obscure soviet stuff...
Flute: from Ville Martin aka us christmas for 300mk. all pads leak. bent and hammered. dirty. sometimes = (*).
image and data: super8 canon camera, minidv handycam by sony, old sony cybershot, a5 sketchbooks and an old wallstreet g3.

Aleksi Tolonen
Bass, t-shirts, design

Arttu Tolonen
Guitar, programming, keyboards, bass, bureaucracy, new media

Gear:
Instruments: Gibson Flying-V, Danelectro baritone guitar, Tero Siromaa acoustic baritone, hand-made Strat copy, Gibson Banjo, Sigma acoustic, butcher block bass guitar
Effects: Line6 delay modeller, Line6 filter modeller, Boss Octave, Roland AP-5 phaser, SansAmp, Dunlop Wah, Dunlop Fuzz, Boss Delay, DOD envelope filter, Rat distortion, Boss pitch shifter/delay, Roger Mayer Voodoo Vibe, DOD preamp
Amplification: Music Man tube head into an Echolette by Klemt cabinet

       
  Orbital members    
 

Hossni Boudali: vocalist
Sami Volotinen: sound and electrical engineer, road manager, driver

 

 
  Past members    
 

Teemu "t-mu" Korpipää: Sound, mixage, programming
Markus "Zarqus Boussè" Poussa: Drums, percussion, programming
Kristjan Eldjarn: Guitar (R.I.P 2002)
Sami Juhani Vepsä: Drums