THE MAGIC OF THE NOVACHORD Collins H Driggs 3 x 78 LPs

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"For sale is a vintage 1941 shellac LP copy of The Magic of The Novachord on 3 x 10" records (Victor, P-57). This album features some of the earliest recorded electronic music from the Hammond Novachord. Far ahead of it's time the Novachord premiered at the 1939 New York World Fair, and within 3 years manufacturing of the instrument ceased. Perhaps the Novachord's 500 lb weight or the featured 160 vacuum tubes and nearly 1000 capacitors contributed to poor sales of this synthesizer and it's decline. This set is perfect for sampling from or to add to your growing collection of antiques synth LPs."

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Happy Holidays From Moog

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"Happy Holidays! Love, your friends at #Moog."

Vintage Switch on Santa.

Benge Releases All EMS Polysynthi Album - Forms 3

"One of the interesting things about creating an album using just one synthesiser is that it puts you in the 'sonic era' of the machine that you are working with. So for this reason I decided to create these tracks with this idea in mind, resulting hopefully in a sound reminiscent of the musical cues found on certain late 1970s soundtrack or library albums. Therefore when listening to this record it would not be inappropriate to try and imagine yourself immersed in a progressive Television Play such as would have been broadcast on on a sunday evening in 1978

This record was made using the EMS Polysynthi electronic polyphonic synthesiser. All sounds were created and played on this single machine, and then recorded directly to multi-track tape in overlaying passes. The only exception to this was the minor addition of monophonic spring reverberation via the EMS VCS3 and some occasional band-pass filtering courtesy of the EMS 8-octave filter bank
credits
released 16 December 2013
Music created on the EMS Polysynthi
Recorded at Memetune Studios, London, UK
© December 2013 Benge / Expanding Records
All Rights Reserved
expandingrecords.com
memetune.net"

via Benge's It's Full of Stars

Electronic System - Tequila (1975)

Published on May 13, 2013 mondo moog·12 videos

One last one from mondo moog's channel.

The assumption is this was done on a Moog, but the year was 1975 and other synths by ARP, EML, Roland, Korg, Yamaha and so on were also available. I'm only finding mp3 searching for the release online. If anyone has any additional details feel free to comment. You'll find some release details on discogs

The Copper Plated Integrated Circuit - Relay Circuit (1969)

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Multiple copies are available on eBay here. Pics below via this auction.

"Presented on the Moog synthesizer and other electronic instruments by Sear Electronic Music Productions, Inc."

Gordon "Moog" Barry - Femmes (1976)

Published on May 20, 2013 mondo moog·12 videos

"GORDON MOOG BARRY Spanish SEXY Cover LP Cheesecake" via this auction.

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John Keating Electronic Philharmonic Orchestra 1974

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"Artist: John Keating

Title: The Electronic Philharmonic Orchestra

**This recording highlights the new technology of the time and the orchestra comprises of the following instruments.

Solina-String Ensemble ARP 2600 Odyssey
Elka - Rhapsody 610 Farfisa - Synthorchestra
Freeman - String synthesizer
Hohner - Clavinet D6
Moog - Mini Moog

Released: 1974
Record Label: EMI
Cassette type: Normal Stereo DOLBY
Labels: PAPER LABELS
Country of origin: U.K
Cat:TC-EMC-3057 (no Bar code)

Side One
FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN
PROMENADE
LOHEHGRIN: PRELUDE ACT III
GENERAL LAVINE
TRISTAN AND ISOLDE
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY

Side two
SABRE DANCE
HEBRIDEAN IMPRESSIONS
FINALE 1812
THE UNANSWERED QUESTION"

I didn't find the release on YouTube, but I did find the following from 1975:

John Keating - Starcluster (1975)

Published on May 23, 2013 mondo moog·12 videos

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds BY John Keating

Uploaded on Jun 21, 2011 edgycorners·575 videos

"A very groovy take on The Beatles 1967 classic. It is off the album entitled Space Experience 2.
If you dig the Moog and easy listening then you'll like this.
Enjoy."

Clear Promo Vinyl with Roland TB-303 & TR-606 Print Embed

Caustic Window - Joyrex J9.

Uploaded on Dec 18, 2011 Jackhouse1989·37 videos

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Already sold for $19.99. This one in via Dumb Luck.

"This is a Rare Vintage LP Record Promotional Picture Disc for Roland professional Recording Equipment. The 33 1/3 / 12” record is on a Clear Vinyl., with the image of the 'Drumatix TR-606' Drum Machine on one side, and the 'Bass Line TB-303' Analog Synthesizer on the reverse side. The record is oddly die-cut to fit the rectangular shape of the machines. The record comes in its original clear plastic sleeve. The record is in great condition, with no apparent wear. The plastic sleeve cover has some creases along its edges..."

Update via Nick: "According to Discogs this was not a 303 and 606 demo disc made by Roland, but a release by Caustic Windows. Or maybe it was and RDJ that that was neat so he made is own release which copied it. http://www.discogs.com/Caustic-Window-Joyrex-J9/release/19315"

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Three One Synth Releases From Important Records - Alessandro Cortini (Buchla), Eliane Radique (ARP 2500), & ELEH (Serge)

Important Records wrote in to let us know they have three new releases showcasing one synth each.   Alessandro Cortini's "Forse2" was made entirely on the original Buchla Music Easel, Eliane Radique's Adnos I-III was composed with an ARP 2500, and ELEH features an 8 panel Serge modular wynthesizer.
Full details and links:

"-Alessandro Cortini’s “Forse 2” is now available. Made entirely on an original Buchla Music Easel, just like 'Forse 1' but with an entirely different mood to it.

This is a 2xLP and the second in a series of 3 releases we have planned with Alessandro. Hopefully the CD Box will be out early next year. A cassette for our sister label Cassauna is in the works too for his Synthi A explorations.

You can find more info and a soundcloud track here:

http://importantrecords...imprec374
https://soundcloud.com...


Eliane Radigue "Adnos I-III" 3CD - Official Traile Published on Sep 19, 2013 importantrecords

"Eliane Radigue's Adnos trilogy was composed between 1973 and 1980 and is among her finest compositions. Adnos is a deeply meditative work of infinite depth and sensitivity; one of the high points of modern minimal electronic composition.

Packaged in a heavy duty 3CD jacket containing extensive archival materials.

Film & collage: John Brien for Imprec"

"Eliane Radigue’s masterful “Adnos I-III” 3xCD box-set containing a cleaner mastering of the album, new artwork, and an absolutely gorgeous booklet of archival material. Adnos I-III was composed using Arp 2500 feedback paths into multiple reel-to-reel tape recorders. A masterwork of minimal electronic composition."

http://importantrecords.com/imprec/imprec028

"ELEH mail-order only CD 'For Moussavi Atrium' a studio recording initially created for a recent live performance at Cleveland Museum Of Contemporary Art using a custom 8 panel Serge Modular Synthesizer and loosely based on a composition by La Monte Young."

http://importantrecords.com/artist/eleh

Tonto: It`s About Time LP + Poster

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"1974 UK pressing on the POLYDOR label. Cat No: 2383 308. Sleeve graded EX. Vinyl has clean labels and barely noticeable spindle wear. There are a couple of light hairlines on each side that are only/more visible when held at an angle to a bright light. Only the occasional instance of light background. Vinyl graded EX+. Complete with very hard to find poster. Poster graded Near Mint..."

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KILLED BY SYNTH - 16 NERVOUS SYNTH PUNK TRACKS

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Three videos below.

"KILLED BY SYNTH - 16 NERVOUS SYNTH PUNK TRACKS - NEW

RECORD NEW / MINT

1- SHOX LUMANIA – SIGNALS – 1981 – NEW
YORK
2- LAST FOUR (4) DIGITS – CITY STREETS -1980 - INDIANAPOLIS
3- RED ASPHALT – RED ASPHALT – 1981 – SAN FRANCISCO
4- A-MOS – MODERN NOISE – 1980 – DETROIT CITY
5- ACTIVE INGREDIENTS – LAUNDROMAT LOVERBOY –
1979 – NEW YORK
6- BPA- BUS – 1983 - CINCINNATI
7- ASBESTOS ROCK PYLE – POLICE STATE – 1983 DETROIT CITY

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Pittsburgh Modular & Tuff Sound Recording Encryption Cipher Remixes

via Pittsburgh Modular:

"Pittsburgh Modular and Tuff Sound Recording have teamed up to release Encryption Cipher, a series of remixes that will highlight Tuff Sound’s talented clientele and modern, modular synthesis. Merging retro with futuristic, Encryption Ciper is innovative, dystopian sci-fi hip-hop. The tracks feature Pittsburgh’s top rappers in ways that they’ve never been heard before, accompanied by remixed beats that are are gritty and forward thinking. Visit the Encryption Cipher page to listen to the first single."

Make Noise Shared System Release Featuring Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe

The third release in the Make Noise Records Shared System Series, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe: Heptagramic Approximation & Alpha Crucis is now available.

"For this series we were given fairly strict parameters within a system coming from one designer with a heavy aesthetic. The challenge was to create two real time patch pieces recorded without multi tracking or any sort of outboard gear, effects, etc. Everything you will hear on these sides was done in a single pass without treatment of any kind outside of what was in the synthesizer. any delays or echoes you hear are generated by the machine..."


You'll find the full details and ordering info on TRASH_AUDIO here.

IDOW: Robert Wheeler & Allen Ravenstine Release EML 101 & 200 Recordings

Pere Ubu's Robert Wheeler & Allen Ravenstine, featured in the modular documentary I Dream of Wires, have released two LPs on 12" vinyl, City Desk & Farm Report, featuring the EML 101 & 200.  You can watch a clip from IDOW featuring them and their EML systems including a custom EML in this prior post.  A double CD is planned in the future.

"In the spring of 2012, Allen Ravenstine and Robert Wheeler travelled to historic Grant Avenue Studio in Hamilton, Ontario, to appear in I Dream of Wires, a film documentary about the role of modular synthesizers in electronic music.

Canadian Filmmaker Robert Fantinatto dedicated 20 minutes to an interview with the two pioneers of industrial electronics, and their choice of the unique EML Electrocomp synthesizer as a performance instrument in Pere Ubu.

Allen Ravenstine was a composer, patron and pioneer of the burgeoning Cleveland arts scene in the early 1970's. As synthesist with Pere Ubu, playing the EML-200 and later the EML-101, he earned international acclaim for his inspired use of industrial sound before retiring from popular music in the late 1980's. His approach to live performance - rejecting the traditional tonal keyboard for an intuitive wash of modulated noise - has been much imitated but rarely equaled.

Robert Wheeler (of Home & Garden) joined Pere Ubu in 1994, playing the EML-101 and a handmade Theremin. He is a relative of Thomas Edison - a birthright that led him to take a leading role in the Edison Birthplace Museum in Milan, Ohio. In January 2010, he accepted a Grammy Award on Edison's behalf..."

Click here to continue with the full article & info on ordering the LPs.

AtomoSynth EP Now Available

Just announced last Saturday, the AtomoSynth EP is now available on iTunes: AtomoSynth - EP - AtomoSynth Proyect

via Atomo Synth on Facebook:

"Hello World!! we are proud to release our first EP it is called simply 'AtomoSynth'. All the sounds of it (except from drums) come from the AtomoSynth MochikaXL and the AtomoSynth Krakken, it has been recorded in cassette using a Tascam 4 track portastudio Porta07, different effect pedals and hardware processors. the sound of it is somehow raw and noisy but it is part of its nature due to the tools used. Tracks are:
1.Robot bacteria
2.Neon walk
3.Hysteric loop
4. Machine's own will
all composed produced and performed by Alfredo Aliaga in the AtomoSynth Records studios in Lima.
Album cover by Karin Arakaki.
Now in iTunes"

AtomoSynth - EP - AtomoSynth Proyect

Vintage Synth ARP OMNI Promotional Brochure w/ Sample Record

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AtomoSynth EP in the Works

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"Upcoming AtomoSynth EP !!"

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CLAUDE DENJEAN AND THE MOOG SYNTHESIZER 1970 LP

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Playlist:
Claude Denjean - Knights In White Satin 1970
Claude Denjean - Bridge Over Troubled Water
Claude Denjean - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Moog! - 1971
Everybody's Talking - Claude Denjean and the Moog Synthesizer
claude denjean -come together

A few tracks I found on YouTube for the album via this auction - learn how to sell on eBay here.

LABLE - DECCA
NO. - PFS 4212
YEAR - 1970
MATRIX NO.
SIDE 1 - ZAL 9976 IL
SIDE 2 - ZAL 9977 IL

Update: new pic below added via Alfonso Guerrero on Facebook

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Benge's Twenty Systems Re-Released

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"My 2008 album Twenty Systems has been reissued at last! So if you have been looking for it out there in the shops or online since it sold out a few years ago - well you can get it here (if you are in USA you can pre-order it here). The release is exactly the same as the original with the exception of a few minor tweaks that niggled me about the original (but the content and audio are identical). Thanks to Steve Malins, Darren at Cargo, and Paul Agar for helping to make it happen this time round!"

This is a great release and comes with a booklet filled with synth pics as you can see from some of the shots below.  Click here for a pic of the book.  Each track features only one synth.  You'll find a link to an interview with Benge on the initial release with some additional notes here.   The release transverses synths over time starting with the 1968 Moog modular and ending with 1987's Kawai K5.  This release is HIGHLY recommended for the music, the pics and audio showcasing individual synths.

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LP Vinyl: Charanjit Singh - Synthesizing Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat

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And here it is in the flesh.

ORIGINAL 1982 INDIAN PRESSING

If you are not familiar with this, see these posts.  Word is this is the first recording to feature a Roland TB-303 and it is acid. Remember, acid house didn't come until later.

Roland Jupiter-8s & TB-303s on the cover.

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