Obscure Objects Ep. 1: The Korg PS-3100.

video upload by smem

"Introducing Obscure Objects: a mini-documentary series about exceptional and unknown items found within the smem collection.

The Korg PS-3100 is a 1976 polyphonic synthesizer, father of the well-known PS-3300. It's one of the only analog synths in history to feature complete polyphony.

LINKS:

SMEM WEBSITE
smemmusic.ch

BROWSE THE SMEM COLLECTION ONLINE
smemmusic.ch/collection"

Terry Riley - In C [Live at smem]

video upload by smem

"On October 8th, 2022, an orchestra composed of 11 musicians played the famous minimalist piece "In C" by Terry Riley using various instruments from the smem collection. This was the closing night of the exhibition "Patterns, Loops and Textures. On Minimalism and Electronic Music", held at bluefactory, Fribourg, Switzerland. For more information, visit smemmusic.ch

CREDITS

Musicians
- Julie Milani: Sequential Circuits Prophet 5
- Timothée Verheij: Arturia Microbrute
- Arthur Holliger: Yamaha DX-7
- Isabelle Vauthey: violin
- François Aubort: clarinet
- Laurent Steiert: Buchla modular
- Emmanuel Küng: modular synthesizer (noise and percussions)
- Christopher Curtis: modular synthesizer (bass)
- Christophe Lesimple: Roland SH-101
- Lucien Müllener: drums
- Mikael Dürrmeier: arranging & direction, live mixing & sound spatialization, samples & Arturia Drumbrute

Sound
- Bernhard Zitz: sound system and sound engineering
- Mikael Dürrmeier: sound engineering assistance

Video
- Mikael Dürrmeier: mixing and mastering
- Victorien Genna: video recording & editing

Thank you to our partners:
- bluefactory https://bluefactory.ch/en/home/
- TEAR https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...
- Ville de Fribourg https://www.ville-fribourg.ch"

SMEM Synthesizer Museum

Published on Oct 12, 2019 Alphacode

"Welcome to the world's biggest Synthesizer museum !"

See this post for details. And the SMEM label for additional posts.

Playing the SMEM Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 - Amateur Space Jazz

Published on Jan 18, 2019 Nightwind Records

"Some improvisation on the SMEM Swiss Museum For Electronic Instruments Prophet 5 synth...not the most obscure and rarest in the SMEM collection but I never really worked on one, alas this was my chance!...not much bells and whistles just pure simplicity in polyphonic synthesis with a SPARKLING wonderful characteristic sound!"

Playing the SMEM Memorymoog - Unconditional Contour

Published on Jan 17, 2019 Nightwind Records

"Here is a little movie of me playing the awesome MOOG MEMORYMOOG at the SMEM Swiss Museum for Electronic Instruments in Fribourg Switzerland. Its instant Halloween III SEASON OF THE WITCH soundtrack, not sure if they used this on that...anyways if you want more information about the SMEM - you can contact them to visit the place and play with the synths yourself too! https://smemmusic.ch"

The Playroom - Massive Synthesizer Museum in Switzerland Seeks Funding on Kickstarter

The Playroom - an interactive synthesizer space Published on Sep 3, 2018 smem

"Support us on Kickstarter : http://bit.ly/playroom_smem

Play, record, and discover the beautiful history of vintage and contemporary synthesizers in our space.

The Playroom will be a beautiful open space created for people to take advantage of the huge SMEM (Swiss Museum & Center for Electronic Music Instruments) collection. Here we’ll also host lectures, workshops, classes, and more. And for a hands-on experience, The Playroom can be rented for private recordings, events, and parties.

We believe that the best way to share such an unparalleled collection is through experiencing it firsthand.

smem website : https://www.smemmusic.ch"

And the official press release:

"ENJOYING THE HISTORY OF MUSIC WITH A CREATIVE HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE—INTRODUCING THE PLAYROOM, AN INTERACTIVE SPACE FEATURING VINTAGE AND CONTEMPORARY ELECTRONIC MUSIC INSTRUMENTS

September 4, 2018—Fribourg, Switzerland—From their first emergence in pop music in the 60s, to their expansion to rock and disco in the 70s, and widespread usage in the 80s, electronic music instruments – especially synthesizers - have changed the way we make and experience music today. However, their influence and use hasn’t been extensively documented and there aren’t many places to learn how to use them—until now.

Today, the Swiss Museum & Center for Electronic Music Instruments (SMEM) launches a Kickstarter cam- paign to create the first ever space dedicated to recording and learning about electronic music instru- ments: The Playroom.

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SMEM (Swiss Museum for Electronic Music Instruments)

This one in via swissdoc:

"SMEM (swiss museum for electronic music instruments) aims to establish as the worlds first platform for electronic music instruments. The first base of this project was laid by the incredible collection of Klemens Niklaus Trenkle who for the last 35 years collected numerous and valuable synthesizers, organs, keyboards, effects- and studiogear. SMEM is located in the innovation center of the “BlueFactory” in Freiburg-Fribourg (Switzerland). It will gradually build up its different activities on an international level while increasing its current collection."

Click here for the site. When you get there, click on the three bars to the left of the "smem" logo on the top left to get to the site menu.