Blog category: Fairlight

A glimpse into the Fairlight CMI factory in 1984

Posted on 050210 in Fairlight

This was fun. It's a clip from a TV documentary about australian venture capital industry in 1984. And we get a look at the place where Fairlights were born.

Youtube via psvbluemts

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Peter Gabriel creating smashing sounds for his Fairlight

Posted on 130110 in Fairlight, Interview and Peter Gabriel

In this french interview, Peter Gabriel demonstrates his Fairlight CMI. Its quite fun to see him run around at a junkyard smashing windshields and TV-screens to create the sounds he needs for his music. A bit more of a hands on approach than most of use today...

"French documentary about Peter Gabriel demonstrating his new toy - The Fairlight CMI.He also talks about the song The Rythmn of the Heat which used the Fairlight extensively."

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The Shape Of Things That Hum - great synthesizer documentary

Posted on 241209 in Akai, documentary, Fairlight, Minimoog, Roland, Simmons, TV, Vintage Gear and Yamaha

The shape of things that hum is a series of short documentaries about electronic instruments with every episode focusing on a specific instrument. These videos have been around for a while and a lot of you have definitely seen them already. If you haven't, its a must see. A lot of classic vintage gear and some cool people talking about them (some, definitely not all of them). This was broadcasted in England back in 2001. I found these nuggets on Google Video and I thinks its the perfect time killer for the Christmas Holidays. Though the narrator is a bit boring...

OK, here goes. 6 clips, all of them 11 minutes long. It was seven clips, but the Yamaha DX7 episode is not available unfortunately.

Minimoog

Roland TB-808

Roland TB-303

Simmons

Vocoder

Fairlight

The Akai Sampler

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Art Of Noise - Close

Posted on 231209 in 80's, Art of Noise and Fairlight

Oh, the 80's . Are they miming to a Fairlight?

The apex of the 80's

Posted on 280309 in 80s, Fairlight, Jan Hammer and Miami Vice

I love the cheesy Miami Vice theme, but it's the video that makes it epic. Jan Hammer plays some super villain in it, and these are the things I LOVE about the video:

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