Analog Revolution - The Sound of the Century

"This is the story of the synthesizer, the entirely new class of instrument born out of the technological tumult of the 20th century. It had a revolutionary impact on the sound of the century, crossing all musical genres on the way. We hear how artists as diverse as Pink Floyd, Sun Ra, Herbie Hancock, and Doctor Who's Tristram Cary took to Bob Moog's invention with fervour, weaving it into the cultural fabric and popular psyche." Title link takes you there.

Update via the comments:

"I posted this on the analogue haven list yesterday. Hope everyone enjoys...don't forget part 2, it's called Transformer, and it should be up within the next few days."

sequential circuits pro five - New Flickr Shot

flickr by windupgodzilla.

One Blue Monkey Adds RSS

Awesome. I'm subbed. Title link takes you there. Look for the orange RSS icon up top for the feed. I also added the link to my blog roll on the right.

Studio 303 Roland MC202 Samples

Title link takes you there. Some beefy samples. The MC202 sounds goooood.

Vangelis Video on DVDBorn

Title link takes you there.

Popol Vuh Beat Club 1971

Click image to launch. Via nx.

"It's time to freak out with some glacial soundscapes from Popol Vuh (florian) on the beat club television show, 1971"

Update via james in the comments:

"Very nice. Sadly, Florian Fricke passed away in late December, 2001.

Here's one of the few interviews you're likely to find:

http://www.eurock.com/features/florian.aspx"

Update via James Anderson in the comments:
"just to let others know...

a bunch of popol vuh's cds,
mainly soundtracks I believe, have been re-released on the cd format in the past couple of weeks.

I work at a record store and have wanted to know what it sounded like. thanks Matrix! "

You're welcome! BTW, to my surprise Yahoo! Unlimitted actually has them including their early stuff. I'm listening to it now. I love Yahoo! Unlimitted. I pay 5 bucks a month and get access to all this stuff. And no, I have no affiliation with them. I just like the service and don't want it to go away. : ) They have 19 Popol Vuh CDs. These alone would pay for the subscription. Think about that... I also get to check out Christopher Randall's music of Analog Industries (Sister Machine Gun and Micronaut)! Alright, off of my soapbox.

Mike Walters' Geeky License Plate

Mike Walters' of Mystery Circuits sent this shot of his Polymoog license plate in. Nice! I'd be honking my ass off if I saw that driving down the street. : )

Korg Sigma - New Flickr Shot

Another great shot by SkullKid.

Japan on YouTube

Japan Promo Video - Life In Tokyo
Japan - Quiet Life
Japan - Gentlemen Take Poloroids
Japan Quiet Life 1981
Japan - Cantonese Boy (Live)

via Micke in this VSE post.

Shimmer - Synthesizers.com Demo

Via Andrew of bleepsandbloops, "Here's a little demo I made with my Synthesizers.com setup. It's pretty minimal right now - just two oscs, noise unit, one envelope, one filter, one multiple, one amp - but I've already been able to do a bunch with it."

Title link takes you to a 2.84M MP3.