Tristram Cary - UK Electronic Composer "Dr. Who"

YouTube via molotov324. via rustyanalog. What the Future Sounded Like. I haven't watched this through yet but a clip in episode three was not work safe - not sure of there are more.
"Tristram Cary - Pioneering UK Electronic Composer Electronic Music Studios avant-garde Peter Zinovieff Dr Who VCS3 Brian Eno Hawkwind Pink Floyd Dark Side Of The Moon Emperor Machine Roxy Music BBC Radiophonic Workshop Tangerine Dream Hawkwind Tim Blake Jean Michel Jarre Kraftwerk David Cockerell"

What The Future Sounded Like.

You might remember this post. Well, it looks like it will finally air on ABC, this coming Tuesday, the 18th of September at 10pm. Title link takes you to more info including images and video. EMS.

Update: Word is this is ABC Australia only. Unfortunate for the rest of us...

What The Future Sounded Like - EMS Documentary

Remember this video? Title link takes you to the official site.

"Documentary, 27 minutes
HDV and Digital Betacam
16:9 Anamorphic Widescreen
Stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound

From Dr Who to the Dark Side of the Moon, the members of the Electronic Music Studios used pioneering technology and ideas to create a radical new soundscape for the 20th century."

WHAT THE FUTURE SOUNDED LIKE

YouTube via VCS3DOCO.
"Film teaser for the documentary What The Future Sounded Like - the story of the Electronic Music Studios and their impact on music history." More info and shots
Upate: link to the official site.

Interview with Hexfix93 of VAC

The following is an interview I just wrapped up with hexfix93 of Velvet Acid Christ. As you know, this site is about the gear, namely synths, and the gear that helps drive and enhance synths, but ultimately the focus is on synths.

I was chatting a bit with hexfix93 and asked him if he would be interested in a slightly different take on an interview, one focused on synths and their impact to his world. We all have our story regarding how our obsession with synths first started, how we see and approach synths and what they mean to us. I thought it would be interesting to hear his story. The following is the interview.

Before it begins, I want to thank hexfix93 for taking the time out for this. We all have a different approach and a different story when it comes to our synths. This is his. For more of his music check out VAC and don't miss Toxic Coma. Cheers, matrix.


1. What was your first synthesizer, how old were you when you picked it up, and why did you pick it up?

"It was some kind of old yamaha cheap thing. i got it for my atari st, so when i played games like leisure suit larry that the music wouldn't come from the wimpy fm built in sound, but a general midi synth instead. it really didn't sound all that great. i wasn’t really a keyboard player at this point.

The first synth i got as a keyboard player was a roland w30 sampler workstation. And we made like 3 records with that keyboard. i remember gary slaughter an x vac member, spilled orange vodka drink on it. and i had to take it apart and clean every part of it by hand slowly, it took weeks. it was a pure nightmare.

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What the Future Sounded Like

Via Ross: "Adelaide Australia will show a world premier short film about the
history of the mighty EMS VCS3 in March 2007."

Title link takes you there.

Synopsis:
"Post-war Britain was a period of intense scientific and industrial experimentation where art participated in, and reflected, wider social change. Out of this context came Electronic Music Studios (EMS), a radical group of avant-garde electronic musicians who composed a futuristic soundscape for the New Britain. Comprising of pioneering electronic musicians Tristram Cary (famed for his work on Dr Who) and Peter Zinovieff, EMS was one of the world's most advanced computer-music facilities. Its great legacy is the VCS3, Britain’s first synthesizer and rival of the American Moog. The VCS3 was a uniquely British invention, which changed the sounds of popular musicians including Brian Eno, Hawkwind and Pink Floyd. Almost thirty years on, the VCS3 is still used by electronic artists like Aphex Twin and Chicken Lips. Local filmmakers Matthew Bate and Claire Harris uncover a lost chapter in music history, emphasising a group of composers who used technology to re-think the boundaries of music and sound.

Matthew Bate, Claire Harris and Tristram Cary are Guests of the Festival"

Metal Banjo Mashup

Remember this post? Title link takes you to a wicked 4.83M mp3 mashup via Doktor Future. If I remember correctly Doktor Future was the person who claimed all 200e samples sounded like a banjo.

If Tom Waits had a banjo, this is what it would sound like.

mirrored here

Update: I put this post up after reading the comments of this post. I just checked my email and found an email from Doktor Future with a link to the mp3 and this better quality WAV along with, "I'm including a graphic to go with the post (if you want to post it). The graphic, appropriately, has nothing to do with anything." Works for me. : ) Somehow the image actually seems appropriate - you're going to want to use it after listening to this.

Synth Movies

Be sure to see Synths in TV and Film for videos and pics.


Deconstructing Dad - Raymond Scott


OHM: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music (2005)


Moog (2004)


Tangerine Dream Live at Coventry Cathedral 1975 (2007)


Modulations: Cinema for the Ear (1998)


Better Living Through Circuitry (1999)


Oxygene: Live In Your Living Room (3D version here)


Et la tendresse?... Bordel!


Liquid Sky on IMDB
Liquid Sky on Ebay
Liquid Sky on Amazon

via synthetic in the comments of this post: "Neil Diamond's "The Jazz Singer" was on cable a few days ago and the synth player was rockin' an ARP Quadra. I think I saw a String Ensemble in there too. The last concert scene, "Fahhh, we've been travelin' faaahhh..."


Totally Wired

Stockhausen Interview 2007

Also see Synths in TV and Film and the Synth Movies label for more, for example this excellent documentary on KORG.

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Theremin: an electronic odyssey -trailer-

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