Showing posts with label Synth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Synth. Show all posts

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Mikio Masuda


Japanese keyboardist Mikio Masuda with a legitimately smooth track, and quite possibly the best/worst album art I've seen in a while.
"Moon Stone" from the 1977 album of the same name:

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Mort Garson


Mother Earth's Plantasia (1976) by Mort Garson, moog instrumentation for growing plants. Mort's career started as a composer and pianist in the early 60's, but he became known mostly for the eccentric psychedelia that doused his Moog recordings. Preceeding Plantasia was Black Mass (1971) written under the pseudonym of Lucifer and meant to accompany the ceremony of its namesake; a series of singles, one for each aspect of the Zodiac; and a psychedelic re-telling of the Wizard of Oz, The Wozard of Iz (1968), complete with insane narration.
"Symphony for a Spider Plant":

"Music to Soothe the Savage Snake Plant":

"Ode to an African Violet":

"Swingin' Spathipyllums":

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Tyndall


Nik Tyndall and Rudolf Langer with their 3rd LP, Reflexionen (1982).
"Strassen Der Nacht":

Friday, May 13, 2011

White Noise


In 1968, David Vorhaus formed White Noise with Delia Derbyshire and Brian Hodgson. The three were pioneers in early British electronic pop/psychedelic music, and produced their legendary album An Electric Storm later that year. After the record, Derbyshire and Hodgson went on to successful careers in composing and producing electronic music, and Doavid Vorhaus has continued on under the White Noise pseudonym, releasing 4 more albums into the 21st century.
"Firebird":

"Love Without Sound":

"My Game of Loving":

Monday, April 18, 2011

Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan


recorded in 1957 in the Netherlands, released in 1963 in the US, some of the earliest "serious" electronic music to be found out there (no keyboards here, simply computer algorithms), "Sonic Re-Entry":

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Haruomi Hosono


One of the founding members of Yellow Magic Orchestra, part-time session bassist, and electronic producer, Haruomi Hosono also produced some of his own eclectic music, including the album Philharmony (1982), a collection of ambient, experimental, and pop electronic sounds.
"Living Dining Kitchen":

"Platonic":

"Luminescent/Hotaru"

Monday, March 28, 2011

Vangelis


Vangelis is a greek synthesizer god. In 1982, through a series of improvisational recordings, he wrote the score for the movie Blade Runner. It is one of the most celebrated pieces of synthesized music, known for its lucidity, virtuosity, and stirring beauty.
"Blade Runner Blues":

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Thomas Leer

Thomas Leer is an experimental composer, musician, recording artist, and producer. His work covers a multiple of genres and mediums from electronic and punk to jazz and classical.
Private Plane (1978) was his first self-released single:


"Letter From America" from the 4 Movements EP (1981):


"Hear What I Say" from the Contradictions EP (1982):

Rüdiger Lorenz

Rüdiger Lorenz built many of his own synthesizers and even a his own label to release his recordings through, originally on cassette, then moving to vinyl and eventually CDs. He self-released 17 albums in the 18 years between 1981 and 1998.
"38-17-34" was originally released in 1984 on a cassette compilation of electronic music called On-slaught No. 5, and also appeared as the title track on Rüdiger's 1985 album The Last Secret of Posiedon:



"Francis and Friends" from Southland (1984):

Friday, March 4, 2011

Mark Lane

recorded in 1981, "Quest" from Kill Joy (2000) a collection of rare or unreleased recordings:

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Monday, February 28, 2011

Paul Nelson


abstract synth from Portland, Oregon.
Paul Nelson with "Labyrinth" from the album Vortex (1981):

Friday, October 22, 2010

Tangerine Dream

Ricochet is the first live album recorded by Tangerine Dream in 1975. This is part of it.

Friday, September 17, 2010

Tangerine Dream


spanning 5 decades, Tangerine Dream is one of the most influential electronic groups out there. Alongside others like Kraftwerk, they catapulted the popularity of krautrock outside of Germany into the stratosphere in the late 60's and 70's. They continued on (with a few lineup changes) into the 80's and 90's experimenting with what became known as "New Age" music, and they're still out there today touring every once and a while. "Kiew Mission" from the 1981 album Exit:

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Vangelis


i posted a shorter clip of this same video about a week ago. enjoy.

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Vangelis


the greek synthesizer deity responsible for the blade runner soundtrack and the 60's psych prog group Aphrodite's Child probably spent lots of time high up in his secluded studio doing this:


here improvising with Neuronium, a synth demigod in his own right, and an anonymous feminine aide.. no wait, that's Carlos Guirao. 1982.