Blog Archive: March 2009

Depeche Mode - Television Set

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News to me, maybe not for you, but anyway - I thought I had heard everything by Depeche Mode, but apparently they used to play a song written by a friend of Vince Clarke at live sets in 1981. They never recorded it because of copyright issues though. Too bad, it's way better than....What's your name?

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Thom Yorke - Cymbal Rush

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I like this one! Better than the album version. Rhodes and stuff. And a slider gizmo on the synthesizer! Can anyone tell me what that is?

Youtube via thehungover

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Kelley Polar

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I like the electronica artist Kelley Polar. His music is very unique, and he sings really good. And he is a classical violinist who has studied at Juilliard, which is interesting since most electronic artists are just dorks with a home studio. Like me.

Listen to Kelley Polars "Sea of Sine Waves" HERE.

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How to remake magic

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Here are some instructions on how to remake the Doctor Who theme, one of TV's grooviest theme songs ever. All you need is an Arp Odyssey, Yamaha CS-80 and some other expensive, rare vintage stuff!

Youtube via radioshaolin

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A quiet night out

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- So, what did you guys do yesterday? - Oh, nothing special. Dressed up like Nazis and Jesus and went COMPLETELY mad dancing to D.A.F.

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Ministry - from happy to very, very angry

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Before Ministry became MINISTRY, Al Jourgensen made the LP "With Sympathy" in 1983. Apparently, he's not that proud of it today since the songs on it are more up-tempo synth pop than the brain melting death jingles Ministry became known for later on. But I like With Sympathy, and in particular the song Work For Love, which is one of my favourite party songs. Maybe synth pop lost a great mind to the dark world of distorted guitars there....

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Soviet Synthesizers

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If you want to see what syntesizers looked like behind the Iron Curtain (or in front of it, depending on where you're standing), check out ruskeys.net. A great site with pictures, sounds and information on synthesizers that, to be honest, kicked ass when it comes to aestethics. Formanta EMS-01

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Spring time synth

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Now, when spring is coming, why not do like the guy in Tangerine Dream? Lug half a ton of synth gear and speakers into your backyard and make some horror noises? Youtube via AouretVolkenVisage

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Bad Taste Grand Prix

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Calypso musician army playing in unison. Check. Two mechanical voodoo monsters. Check. The musical manifestation of a horrible, never ending LSD dream. Check. Youtube via Zanoni69

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My first love

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I guess everybody has one first love in synths. For me it was the Roland Juno 106. My brother bought one for us some 15 years ago (we still have our band, Velours Perfect, together). I remember the feeling of touching a slider for the first time and making a filter sweep. It was somewhat erotic.

And through the years it was a loyal friend, delivering pads for hundreds of tunes made on our Commodore Amiga 600. It served as ”Hammond organ” for a couple of years in a rock band, and as a Rhodes in a bossa nova band. Later I bought a Viscount DB3 organ module and actually liked the Juno organ sound better. It sounded more lo-fi.

Then I kind of forgot about my Juno some years ago. Today it lies under my bed, waiting for me to change the internal battery. I hate changing internal batteries, and suck at soldering. But that’s no excuse for neglecting my precious, I know. And it makes me sad.

What's your first synth love? Can you forgive me? Can you forgive me?

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Been into synthesizers for 15 years, but never a technical geek. I'm a member of the band Velours Perfect, and have had electronic music as a hobby since I stopped playing with G.I Joe Figures. I buy and sell synths all the time, sometimes manically, and my favourite synth varies, right now it is the Alesis Ion. On this blog you can read about whatever comes out of my mind, mostly synthesizer-related stuff though. Bzzt!

 

I'm also on Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook and off course Ihavesynth.

 

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