MATRIXSYNTH

complex modulation lullaby

"improv Serge drone on a cold, windy night"

via live modular improvs by cebec

MFB Kraftzwerg early explorations

YouTube via simonsound1
"I picked this up to use as a mobile modular setup for live shows. Really impressed so far. I'll be using it for some upcoming gigs - find out more at www.myspace.com/thesimonsound"

The Simonsound Transmission

"The Simonsound Transmission is a 60 minute mix featuring music from pioneering electronic composer Fred Judd, Canadian pop-psych group The Sugar Shoppe and British jazz artist Bob Downes amongst further library mood music, spaced out rock and electronics. You can intercept the transmission at www.thesimonsound.com

The first Simonsound single is released on the 2nd of March on 7" vinyl and as a digital download available from iTunes, Amazon, Napster and emusic.

The A side shoots The Jimmy Castor Bunch into outer space aboard a rocket ship full of synthesizers. The result; a switched on Moog version of the classic B-Boy funk track 'It's Just Begun'.

The B side features an equally spaced out journey but this time the destination is inner space. 'Bad Love' features the achingly beautiful vocal talent of Debbie Clare set against a wash of strings, horns, drums and electronics.

To celebrate the release of our single we will be playing records of a psychedelic nature with an accompaniment of live electronics & spaced out sounds at selected venues in the UK from the 26th of February.

You can expect to hear exclusive tracks from our forthcoming album "Reverse Engineering", alongside 60's Rock, Psych, Library recordings and music for TV & Film.

We'll be visiting Newcastle, Leeds, London and Bristol.

For more info about The Simonsound go to www.thesimonsound.com

Thanks
The Simonsound"

"Minimoog Voyager, Synthesizer Dot Com modular, Tone Generator and recorded to tape"

Tangerine Dream - live in Paris 15Feb73 (part 1)

YouTube via MOB666. via rustyanalog.
"angerine Dream live at the Theatre de l'Ouest in Paris, February 15, 1973."

Tangerine Dream - live in Paris 15Feb73 (part 2)

Rhodes Chroma Site Turns 10

via Chris Ryan on the Rhodes Chroma List:
"Ten years ago [2/21/99] today the first version of the Chroma site went live. I posted five pages on the instrument to my personal site, and sent a short announcement to comp.music.midi (Usenet! how things have changed). I've attached a screen shot of the home page from 1999.

A decade later, the site comprises 327 pages and more than 975,000 words--about the length of ten or eleven novels--including over 3700 posts to the mailing list (which now has about 150 subscribers). It all adds up to 330mb of information on our beloved synthesizer. All of the documentation is available, along with most of the known reviews, a gold mine of technical information, software, patches, numerous downloads, and a lot more: take a look at the site map to get an idea of the scope if you haven't browsed recently. Of course, I couldn't have done it all myself; see the list of contributors.

Perhaps most significantly, activity surrounding the instrument has resumed, with excellent projects such as the CPU Plus, SPSU kit, and more. Some have purchased and/or restored their instruments as a result of the community and the resources available at the site.

There have been more than a couple hundred thousand visitors, which is astonishing considering we have figured out that only about 1500 Chromas were manufactured, and probably only a few hundred, at most, are currently in use or even in working order. I've updated the Site Statistics page with information through the end of 2008; it's quite interesting to see the changes in browsers, referring sites and search engines, and top pages over the years.

Thanks, everyone, for your continued participation, contributions, and donations. It's been really rewarding; I've learned a lot and have heard from many great people from all over the world.

Chris"

I want to congratulate Chris on running THE BEST dedicated synth site on the web hands down. It really is amazing how much life Chris has given to the Rhodes Chroma through the site and the email list. As someone on the list said, if it weren't for the site his Chroma would be a paper weight. As a proud owner of a Rhodes Chroma myself, I sincerely thank Chris for all he has done for us. I still need to get me a CPU Plus one day. :) If you haven't checked out the site, do it. It's a vast resource not only on the Rhodes Chroma but the Polaris as well.

silver apples on the moon

YouTube via LightsOutLightshow. via rustyanalog
"morton subotnicks silver apples of the moon is the sound track for a JAHL vs. GMHL death match w/scott bartlett as the judge."

JOHN BOWEN SOLARIS SYNTHESIZER PROTOTYPE DEMO NUMBER TWO

JOHN BOWEN SOLARIS SYNTHESIZER PROTOTYPE DEMO NUMBER TWO from RED MARTIAN on Vimeo.
http://johnbowen.com Watch the screenshots. It's great to see manufacturers come together like this.
Update: Solaris demo 1 here.

UCHU SENKAN YAMATO SEQUENTIAL SIXTRAK SYNTHESIZER

UCHU SENKAN YAMATO SEQUENTIAL SIXTRAK SYNTHESIZER from RED MARTIAN on Vimeo.
"Arranged on the Sequential Circuits Sixtrak and recorded onto cassette 18 years ago. The sequencer is very limited on the Sixtrak, however, its good for prototyping tunes."