El pibe de la foto es jesus y el mueble que tiene adelante es un theremin. “Con su obra, intenta plasmar que inmediatamente a las creencias religiosas se encuentra un sentido y gusto por la experimentacion musical que lo acerca a las fronteras mas aventuradas del sonido” – pag. 78 del catalogo de aithiffani. If… Read More Jesus Rocks The Theremin
A little synth porn, via Jean Michel Jarre. The shot of the Arp 2600 is especially nice. Please don’t drool on the keyboard.
A recent interview with Armin van Buuren recorded recently during a visit to New York.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU3O1AKCheU Follow this link if the embed doesn’t work for you. I’m not sure why the embed doesn’t work! The image quality of this video is pretty poor, but it captures a fun vintage performance by Kraftwerk of Autobahn, their first hit. And you’ve got to love the BBC Tomorrow’s World narration. Can you imagine… Read More Awesome Vintage Kraftwerk Video For Autobahn
Ladytron’s Synthesis Workshop, on the Korg MS20. The electronic foursome discuss their beginnings and Mira offers a brief tutorial on how to work an analog synthesizer. Tracks in the video: “They Gave You A Heart,They Gave You A Name,” “Tomorrow,” “Deep Blue” – Ladytron; “Motionless” – Analog Girl bluepreview via Califaudio
I got a tip from Ben Tremblay on Twitter that I thought was worth sharing: “Now and again I feel like my ears are plugged. I go to NoahPred.com to re-calibrate. ;-)” I checked the site out and it’s got a motherload of free music. Noah Pred is a DJ devoted to “the authentic and soulful strains… Read More Free Music From Noah Pred
A couple of days ago, I mentioned that I’m checking out SoundCloud – a new music sharing site specifically for musicians. It’s a site that lets you upload your tracks and then share them via websites, blogs, email, Digg, Twitter, MySpace and Facebook. I wanted to learn a bit more about how it works and… Read More Music From Synthtopia Readers
Bakis Sirros, above in his studio, is a synthesis and composer and DIN recording artist, as Parallel Worlds. Sirros’ work is in the tradition of classic synth music artists like Klaus Schulze, Robert Rich, Steve Roach and Tangerine Dream. He talked about his love of modular synthesizers, especially Eurorack modules, in a recent interview with… Read More Saturday Synth Porn: The Studio Of Bakis Sirros
Watchmojo had a chance to talk to Moby about his most recent album, Last Night.
Icelandic original Björk has penned an interesting essay for the Guardian that looks at why she loves Karlheinz Stockhausen. Here’s an excerpt: For my generation, Stockhausen’s published lectures had unbelievable impact. He was the most hopeful of figures: the 21st century was going to be great. The classical teachers in my school, meanwhile, kept… Read More Björk Loves Stockhausen
