Taking a Break From the Babe

The Synth Babes label is now Synth Chicks.
The first new post to get the label: Mischievous Pauline's Il Pleut Cover - Live Session.

Delia Derbyshire - Love Without Sound (1969)

YouTube via audiolemon
"Delia Derbyshire is well known for her work with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop and her help in creating the Dr.Who theme. Of all the BBC Radiophonic musicians I've heard I always found Delia's music to be more aesthetically mature than that of the others. While many were content to create mathematically structured enharmonic noise she looked for the ghost in the machine, creating haunting, off kilter and often sexually charged music. This track is from the 1969 The White Noise - Electric Storm LP. To me it sounds 30 years ahead of it's time. I hope you like it.

If you want to read more: http://www.delia-derbyshire.org/"

MEDIO MUTANTE Corre Corre

YouTube via denshiblocks. via ZonkOut MOOG Minimoog, Fairlight CVI.
"www.myspace.com/mediomutante Music video for the song "Corre Corre" by MEDIO MUTANTE. Shot in a garage with two security cameras, one fog machine, one strobe light, a Fairlight CVI and Showtime Video FX - just for fun!"

machine gun

Portishead. YouTube via zer0357. via Edgar. Spot the synths.

Tense Tents - The Feast

YouTube via ZonkOut. Chad Yasmine
I asked ZonkOut what was making the drone and what synth that was. He replied:
"There is only guitar (through an old EHX Muff Fuzz) in the Feast video, the rest is Sequential Pro-One. Everything is pretty much live. I used a loop pedal (Akai Headrush) to make the rhythms and repeating lines on the Pro-One and then played on top while shooting the video. I have been doing the looped Pro-One rhythms for Low Red Center lately, but there aren't any videos of that up yet. Thanks for asking and keep up the great work on your blog."

Udpate via ZonkOut in the comments:
"Clarification (in case anyone was confused):
I didn't mean that there was nothing but guitar in the vid--just that between the two Tense Tents videos, the only one w/ guitar is the Feast video. In the Feast, the drums are looped Pro-One and there is some Pro-One drone at the beginning and end.
The other video (using only Pro-One):

Tense Tents - Wuthering Heights

Girls On Synth

Cynthia has a great page up on Women in Electronic Music. Not much more to say other than go check it out!

MESSE08:Eowave Body Sensor Systems USB and Wireless

see the write-up on Sonic State.

Bebban

flickr by Jamovenkilt

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MOOG Prodigy

The Tenorions - girls go bleep

video on sequencer.de

Deeper

YouTube via eodreams. Sent my way via Susan who had the following to say about it:

"I thought you might be interested in the following video recently posted on YouTube. It features great trippy, evolving visuals by Dick Scherzinger (eonite) to the track Deeper from the Dreamaiden Blue Light CD.

Track Details:
The track is a collaboration between myself and Steve Blenkinsopp who mastered the Blue Light CD and records under the name Waveform. The track is a remix 'plus' of the piece titled Emoshun. Once Steve got involved, it took on a life of it's own and turned into a really great piece worthy of it's own standing, making it difficult to call it a remix. A variety of synths and soft synths were used including the Alesis Andromeda which provides much of the backdrop. Steve then added the rhythm and melody lines.

Dreamaiden web site: www.dreamaiden.com
Waveform web site: www.waveform-online.com

Visual Details:
Dick Scherzinger used U&I Mac-only software ArtMatic and V-Track to create the visuals. You can see more of his great artwork at his web site: www.artmatica.ch.

Susan Baird
Dreamaiden.com
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Thanks !
Susan"

Human League-New Romantics Top 10

YouTube via chrisf242
Don't miss the crazy stacked Roland System 100 towards the beginning. Some more synth shots throughout. Anyone know what the sequencer looking device on the top left of the screen during the brunette interview is? Silly personal note: Fascination Street always reminds me of reading X-Men comics back when the song first came out. Good times.

ELO

Electric Light Orchestra - Don't Bring Me Down

YouTube via kiilakas777. MOOG Polymoog.

Electric Light Orchestra - Shine a Little Love

YouTube via peterfile343. Yamaha CS80

Electric Light Orchestra - On The Run

YouTube via VCMX. Yamaha CS80.

ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA

YouTube via ELOPINK1964. Yamaha CS80.

electric light orchestra live 1974 or 1973?

YouTube via lednareff. MOOG Minimoog.
"electric light orchestra live 1973 or 1974 if you know let me know!"

Operator Please

flickr by mistress_f

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Roland Juno-G

Polysics - Kayo the synth girl

flickr by Stéfan

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Clavia Nord Lead 2

IMG_7844

flickr by goutroy

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Anyone ID the Roland?

Pamela Kurstin on TED

Pamelia Kurstin: Theremin, the untouchable music
"Virtuoso Pamelia Kurstin plays and discusses her theremin, the not-just-for-sci-fi electronic instrument that is played without being touched. Songs include the classic "Autumn Leaves," Billy Strayhorn's "Lush Life" and a composition by David Mash, "Listen: the Words Are Gone." Piano: Makoto Ozone."
via TED where you can find Pamela's full bio. via vgermuse.

Bye Bye Synth Babes, Hello Synthettes

Just a heads up, I've removed the Synth Babes label and changed it to Synthettes.
Sorry guys, no label for you!

mixing

flickr by mamadjaniank

KORG MicroKorg

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Double Mod

flickr by Paulkaiju
(click for more)

Big doll? Tiny modular?

Doepfer Modular

Roland AX-1

Yep...

You can thank (or blame) Goodvillain on the forum for this one.

Click the image for the larger shot. Anyone know who that is? Curious if it's a band shot or a Roland promo shot.

Update via Ben in the comments: "The image name is "Kobe Kaige". Plugging that into Google suggests she's some kinda 'model' of a less-than-clothed nature.

Definitely not a Roland publicity shot."

You can find the video where this came from below also courtesy of Ben. Keytar comes in at 1:23.


GREG CERRONE "PILLING ME" KLAAS Remix Video Clip - Australia