Wednesday, October 31, 2007
NASH THE SLASH
YouTube via TheLittleDevil. Sent my way via LDT: "this is from 1978 or so. He plays electric mandolin and violin but also used back then lots of analog goodies and beat boxes. His main keyboard was a Crumar Multiman which he controlled with some sort of pedal arrangement."
Spot the synths. Be sure to check out a bit of each if you can't make it through the full videos. There's a bit of a Halloween vibe going on in Parts 2-4, so enjoy.
Video Descriptions:
NASH THE SLASH & FM live 1985 part 1
The success of Nash The Slash's 1984 album 'American Bandages' (he would receive a CFNY-FM CASBY Award nomination for single of the year) that brought about a reunion of his old band FM -- Martin Deller and Cameron Hawkins make cameos on the album. Slash needed to tour the album but double bills with The Spoons seemed ill-suited for the bandaged one's eclectic noodlings, so FM hit the road doing their old standards and Nash doing his proven solo material.
Nash's label, Quality, were impressed enough to offer FM a reunion album and so 'CON-TEST' was released with a promising single/video "Just Like You" to establish the '80's FM as Canada's answer to The Cars. Alas, as was FM's karma, Quality decided to eliminate its recording division just as 'CON-TEST' was gaining momentum and the album hung in limbo. MCA records jumped in to save the day and re-issued the album without missing a beat but the momentum had been lost. Martin Deller had decided he'd had enough and decided to finally retire and spent more time with his family.
NASH THE SLASH RISES AGAIN 1978 part 2 - 4
This is a rare find!!
NASH THE SLASH didn't even know this still exsisted and I got this copy from an old beta tape loaned to me by his brother.
This was before the bandages so I have obscured Nash's face.
I hope you all enjoy!!!
A TV Ontario special, entitled 'Nash The Slash Rises Again', featuring paintings by Robert Vanderhorst set to the music of Nash The Slash aired in 1978. Live performances by the two artistes soon followed and included a one hour "pulsed, multi-screen audio-visual show" entitled 'Bombardier', (a reworking of a similar project from 1976). Nash would release musical segments of this production on his first two solo records, including the first EP, 'Bedside Companion' (1978). Robert Vanderhorst's cover art may have been instrumental in starting the mystery of Nash The Slash's appearance by deliberating obscuring his face.
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I have video somewhere of Nash the Slash playing with Gary Numan in his heyday...
ReplyDelete1985 video: Prophet 5 rev 2, Pro One, minimoog and what appears to be a micromoog.
ReplyDelete1978 videos: Elka Rhapsody 610
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ReplyDeleteProphet 5 rev 3 (cam never owned a rev 2)
ReplyDeleteMinimoog with the "new" osc board
Pro-One
Taurus I pedals
Polyfusion Step Sequencer
Mu-tron III
Korg Rhythm 55 Drum Machine
Colorsound Supa Tone Bender
Foxtone Fuzz
If you can find his CD "Blind Windows" which has all of his 1970s insturmental stuff on it.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to know what flanger he used back then as it has this massive thick sweep unlike the later "Boss" stomp box pedal type flangers.
plexus: the P5 seen in the video has gotta be a rev 2 'cause it's got the bigger type *Prophet 5* nameplate on the back panel, the same type as found on the rev 1 & rev 2.
ReplyDeleteYou can tell it ain't a rev 1 though because on that one the sequential nameplate is positioned in the middle of the back panel, not on the left as on the rev 2.
Also, I noticed the knobs in the filter section are laid out in "zig-zag" pattern just like on the rev 1 & rev 2.
The Micromoog is to be seen in the beginning of the video, in the drummers setup.
I am recalling now that cam said he had his P5 upgraded to rev3. so it might be a rev2 chassis that has been upgraded. good point.
ReplyDeleteMarty did use a micromoog back then connected to a Moog Drum.
I created the cover for the Blind Windows cd, by the way. ;)