Sonic Immersion has an interesting interview with ambient electronic music pioneer Steve Roach. 
In the interview, Roach touches on his renewed interest in analog synthesizers:
I have been using vintage analogue gear all along in some basic ways as I consider the Oberheims the core to my sound and I never let go of these. They have been [...]

The Doepfer Monsterbase synth rack is hot enough that I considered marking this one NSFW.
Lucky man Matthew Davidson just took delivery of this monster base, and has the rundown on it at his Stretta site:
I’ve been anxiously awaiting the arrival of the monster base since it was announced at the Winter NAMM show as I’ve [...]

The Electric Western Phantastron is a new all-tube synth VCO with capabilities for waveshaping and crazy effects. This will be a synth DIY project, offered as a kit.
“This is a very special circuit and remind me of the old days playing with HeathKits in the basement,” says Lorin from EW. “I’m very glad that I [...]

A collage of impressions from the recent Synth-DIY meeting in Cambridge/UK, focusing on the DIY aspects.

BigCityMusic delivers a some scrotum-smashing drums, courtesy of Metasonix.
The snare is running into the Metasonix TM-6 Multimode filter and the kick drum is having its scrotum smashed by the TM-7. The Analogue Solutions SEMblance is just being a tool in the corner. The Jomox 888 provides the analog kick and snare as well as the [...]

Isidore is the funky modular synth of DamagedMeat:
This video is a demonstration of the latest version of Isidore with a screen in the head displaying waveforms and Lissajou shapes comin’ out from the MFB Videoscope module.
All sounds by Doepfer A100 except micromoog bass in the 1st part and little melody in the 2nd one. The [...]

Flame has published some videos that demonstrate the Flame Clockwork Synth Module:

 

 Midi Talking Synth [0:38m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 MIDI talking synth 2 [0:42m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 MIDI talking synth 3 [0:33m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Progressive keyboardist and Moogaholic Erik Norlander will be performing at Moogfest, the annual festival commemorating and celebrating the groundbreaking achievements of maverick inventor Robert Moog and his namesake synthesizer.
Norlander’s known for carrying the torch for progressive keyboard playing, with a style that recalls the prog gods Rick Wakeman, Keith Emerson and Jon Lord. Erik’s [...]