Nortec Collective Visits BCM

via Big City Music

http://www.myspace.com/nortec

You might also remember Nortec Collective from these videos from pepemogt, specifically their catchy Tijuana Sound Machine featuring plenty of "Synth Babe." They use classic analog synths including an Oberheim Four Voice, as well as newer gear such as the Tenori-On. They rip a mean accordion as well.

If you are short on time, here are some posts that stood out:
Latinsizer / Celofán
Latinsizer Synth Cover Art
SEARCH /Broadcasting Tijuana Electronic Music to outer space
I also wrote this article for CDM back on April 27, 2007.

Malekko Assmaster Euro Module

via diablo guapo:

Assmaster1.mp3

"Germanium octave fuzz based off the Maestro Brassmaster fuzz pedal. The clip is a square (TipTop Z3000 and a Harvestman Polivoks filter with modulation on the freq of the filter and sens on the Assmaster) Fuzz circuits play nicely with filters with lots of res...the harvestman certainly fits the bill. i really didnt "push it" very much in this clip but you can get some INSANE tones and harmonics that way... they will ship first week in Feb"

Metasonix R-51

"R-51
Coming soon....
Audio demos by Josh Humphrey at Big City Music, using Analogue Systems modules (RS-95 VCO, various LFOs, EGs and sequencer -
R51 with EG
R51 with EG - 2
R51 sequence
R51 with LFO
"R51withLFO" shows what happens when you modulate the distortion CV input with a slow LFO signal."

via bigcitymusic.com and brian c

010609pm

YouTube via dkimcg
"Experiment in using PlanB Model 10 Polyphonic Envelopes (4 of em) as a compositional tool. The first M10 is at a super long cycle, and 2 more long envelopes that control many many things. The video is about 3 cycles of the longest Model 10 with tweaks here n there, and the Analogue Systems Echo module gong between the three time modes manually (I flick a switch)."

Playing Around

YouTube via soso0101
"I just got this for Christmas...So im having fun playing around with my Korg Kaossilator...It's a little touchy and you have to be extremely gentle when sliding to the pitch you want...see me cross my fingers and practice a few times with patch 58 before recording it...but i went for it and went to the right pitch...yeah mines of moria! best game in the world..."

Playing Around pt. 2

Weird Sound Generator + LFO Light www.thebetatesters.org

YouTube via IINewIIVirusII
"Here is the video of my new WSG currently for sale on ebay until 01-11-09 of course you can check out the designers website www.musicfromouterspace.com for some cool stuff. Don't forget to check out www.thebetatesters.org for some more of my items."

My Vocoder

YouTube via VoiceEncoder. Hmm.... His voice sounds familiar. :) Go Cowboy!
"Roland SVC-350 Vocoder using Korg Poly-800 Synthesizer as the carrier input."

My Vocoder 2


Roland Vocoder and Korg Synthesizer

"Roland SVC-350 Vocoder and Korg Poly-800 Synthesizer"

Moog Memorymoog

via this auction

Oberheim OB-8

via this auction

Trevor Pinch Interview on VICMOD

"Trevor Pinch is the co-author of the amazing book Analog Days. If you are a fan of synths, or just have a passing interest, this book is a must read. After interviewing so many people for the book I thought it would be great to interview Trevor."

You can find the full interview on VICMOD
(direct link in case you find this in the archives)