MATRIXSYNTH

at 4/27/2006 12:02:00 AM

flickr by malota. Title link takes you to more synth shots.

at 4/27/2006 12:01:00 AM

Some keytar action for you. Title link takes you there.

And then there is this. No synth connection other other than a song of the same name with a lead singer that looks a lot like David Lee Roth. BTW, I always mixed these two songs up. At one point I actually questioned if they were the same song, just redone from the "David Lee Roth" version to the Freeze version. I never bothered to look them up, becaue I really didn't care other than the "hey, I thought I heard this before and it sounded different." But now I know. Odd that one of my life's little bizarre and forgotten mysteries is rediscovered and answered on a synth forum. I actually had that little moment of clarity, "ah.. so that's what it was..."

Via this VSE post.

at 4/27/2006 12:00:00 AM

I thought I had a proper post on BugBrand, but apparently not. I had this Weevil post, followed by this. Only Weevils! So here you go, a proper BugBrand post. Title link takes you there. Via Analog Industries.

at 4/26/2006 03:00:00 PM

Title link takes you there.

"BD: What is your take on analog nostalgia and the resurgence of homebrew synths? People are taking the SID chips out of Commodore 64 computers and wreaking havoc; Products like the SID Station, TB303 cloning, x0xb0x, countless others...

TMDR: Yeah, I mean, I'm all for it, you know, I think it's fantastic the level to which electronic music has really sort of permeated. When I started out in the late 70s there were only really a handful of us doing it. There was myself and Throbbing Gristle and Cabaret Voltaire, and a few other people. Synthesizers were still something of a rarity. And my generation were inspired by the ones that went before us; the Fripps and the Enos of the world and Kraftwerk, obviously, people like that. But we were developing this stuff in parallel to punk rock and punk of course stole the headlines. It was only really in the 80's when bands like The Human League and New Order and Depeche Mode starting having bonafide chart hits that the electronic music movement really sort of went mainstream. And then the prices started to come down, you saw personal computers getting in there, and suddenly my $120,000 Fairlight was looking like a useless antique. "

at 4/26/2006 02:29:00 PM

Some interesting tidbits via Kris the owner:

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at 4/26/2006 09:08:00 AM

Title link takes you to more. Via this VSE thread.

at 4/26/2006 08:57:00 AM

"[I]n music stores throughout the country, young kids bought the Minimoog because of a former evangelist David van Koevering, whom [Robert] Moog had enlisted to sell the new product.

Like a traveling medicine show, Van Koevering moved thousands of Minimoogs by using innovative marketing techniques. In Florida, he hooked up with Taco Bell, handing out free coupons to the restaurant, and then showing up later in the evening to play to diners. He promoted the "Island of Electronicus," an artificial land mass connected by a causeway to the Florida coast, where a Moog concert was scheduled. The radio ads announced, "Where is the Moog synthesizer? It's here now ... to stimulate your feelings, thought, and your love for your fellow man."

Title link takes you to more. Via Music Thing.

at 4/26/2006 01:09:00 AM

Melissa sent me a link to her website. I saw a cat so I'm putting up a post. : ) Title link takes you there. BTW, the cat is in this shot. Click it for a bigger image.

at 4/26/2006 12:53:00 AM

I've already put up a couple of posts on AHNE 2006. Thought I'd put up one last one as it's this coming Saturday, 4/29. Wish I could be there, but I'm stuck on the west coast. : (

Here's a shot from last years get-together. Hmm... That's one funny looking cat. Title link takes you to more info including links to images from last year's get together.