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The Bob Moog Foundation's Flickr Set

I just saw a link to the set on fotosis. I subscribe to a number of synth related tags on flickr and when something catches my eye, I put it up. Apparently The Bob Moog Foundation flickr shots are not being tagged, at least not with the tags I subscribe to, so I completely missed them. Now I am subscribed to the set. You can find the set here.

Pictured here is Chris Swanson. You can read a little more about him on Bob Moog's personal site.

"The first Moog concert featured two jazz composers, Herb Deutsch and Chris Swanson, and their quartets. The instrumentation was entirely electronic, employing polyphonic, bass, and percussion synthesizers, and an electronic piano. The output of each instrument was fed to a separate, large Bozak CM-109 speaker system. The output of these units was in turn picked up by a microphone and fed to the Museum's sound reinforcement system, consisting of several compact acoustic - suspension systems hung along the Fifty-Fourth Street wall of the Sculpture Garden. No prerecorded tapes were employed. Every sound produced was created on the spot, and though this was composed music that had been carefully rehearsed, there were ample breaks in both composers' work for prolonged improvisation."

The Bob Moog Foundation

Korg EX-800

flickr by Ricardipus.

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"The polyphonic "synthe" module again, showing some of the panel graphics describing various parameters available for tweaking.

It's very 80's sounding, but I love it. The module (keyboard-less) version of the Poly-800 keyboard, with an added sequencer (lower right)."

Tripping out at Electric Death Trip Studios. home of VAC.

YouTube via hexfix93.
"The home of Velvet Acid Christ, www.velvetacidchrist.com. check it out. Sony XBR trinitron 34 inch analog 1080i HD TV, Driven by Sony Playstation 3. PSP hombrew running final fantasy 8 stable! Awesome! Gear list: dr 880, futureretro revolution, doepfer modular with plan b, livewire, and harvestman modules. Mackie onyx 1620, kurzeil ksp8, roland jp8080, tubestation compressor, 2x empiric labs distressors, roland sh-2, novation remote 61 keyboard controller, line 6 spider valve 112 tube guitar amp. Martic acoustic guitar, Fender geddy lee jazz bass, Gibson Flying V, Macbook pro 2.16 ghz, core 2 duo. bowers and wilkins 602 s3 studio monitors. Halfer TA110 amps. Chameleon labs 7602 neve micpre and eq clone, emagic amt-8 midi 8 in 8 out. mackie 1202 vlz pro.."

Velvet Acid Christ Roland SH-2 Demo, Futile riff.

YouTube via hexfix93 of VAC. Also see this interview on Matrixsynth.
"I thought i would demo the sh-2 doing futile. And messing about with the sound while it was going on. Notice this, no fx were used, and listen to how great it sounds, no VA can even dream of doing that. Fat, Cutting, Metallic at times, warm, organic. Like a lazer.. I love this synth."

Anchorsong with String Quartet - In His Left Pocket

YouTube via yohage. Also see this post.
"Anchorsong is the solo project by Masaaki Yoshida from Tokyo, Japan.

He plays AKAI MPC2000XL and KORG Triton. He creates music with loop and overdub right in front of the audience.
Some people say, "To see that he constructs music little by little on the stage, reminds me of a painter drawing on a white canvas."

On 16th June 2007, he made another collaboration with string quartet.

After making his career for 3 years in Tokyo, he has moved to London to play music with a bigger excitement. "