Classitronic Artists Keeping The Switched On Spirit Of Wendy Carlos & Tomita Alive

The Classitronic SoundCloud group is a group for makers and fans of electronic arrangements of classical music: If you make or like electronic classical music in the styles of Isao Tomita, Wendy Carlos and William Orbit style this is the group for you. For want of a better description I call this Classitronic (Classical Electronic),… Read More Classitronic Artists Keeping The Switched On Spirit Of Wendy Carlos & Tomita Alive

Vince Clarke Analogue Monologues 2 – The Roland System 100M

Synth pop legend Vince Clarke (Yazoo, Erasure, Depeche Mode) is back with another episode of his Web series, Analogue Monologues, which offers his take on classic synths: The Analogue Monologues is a new series of mini video documentaries. In each webisode Vince talks about one his analogue synths and explains where the on/off switch is. This series… Read More Vince Clarke Analogue Monologues 2 – The Roland System 100M

Jeff Snyder’s Birl – A Bizarre Wooden Electronic Brass Instrument

This video captures Natacha Diels noodling on the Birl – a bizarre wooden electronic brass instrument. The Birl is a creation of Jeff Snyder, of Snyderphonics, makers of the unique Snyderphonics Manta controller. (See our earlier Snyderphonics posts.) The birl is an electromechancial oscillator – the sound is produced by the rotation of two stepper motors. In… Read More Jeff Snyder’s Birl – A Bizarre Wooden Electronic Brass Instrument