While Roland positioned the MC-303 to capitalize on the use of devices like the 303 & 606 in dance music, Canova goes in a completely different direction, coaxing ambient sounds and minimalism out of the instrument.… Read More Ambient Music On An MC-303, Alessandro Canova’s ‘Counting the Eyes’
With the renaissance of the vinyl LP has come a firehose of new and reissued electronic music releases on vinyl.… Read More New Electronic Releases On Vinyl
The album has been remastered and given a deluxe reissue for its 30th anniversary – on CD, vinyl and in digital formats.… Read More Steve Roach’s Classic ‘Dreamtime Return’ Gets Deluxe Rerelease
Synth Jams I is a compilation of tracks recorded live, using analog and digital synthesizers and drum machines.… Read More Live Electronic Music From Marcus Padrini – Synth Jams I
Synthesist and label head Ian Boddy let us know about a new release from his collaboration with Mark Shreeve, ARC.… Read More New Music From ARC – Fleet (DiN53)
Spanish guitarist, composer and synthesist Rubén Álvarez has released a new solo EP, Solstice, that’s inspired by the sound of the classic 70’s synth albums of Jean-Michel Jarre.… Read More New Album, ‘Solstice’, Inspired By Classic Jarre
Synthesist Ian Boddy & guitarist Markus Reuter have a new collaboration out on the DiN label, ‘Stay’.… Read More Ian Boddy & Markus Reuter Release New Collaboration, ‘Stay’
On many of the tracks, there are no melodies, no chords and no beats. And most of the sounds not only don’t sound like presets, they don’t even sound like they come from recognizable instruments. … Read More Atomic Shadow – Shortwave Robot Pants
This set of videos, via Marius Leicht, is an in-depth eview of the Roli Seaboard Rise MIDI controller.
Klaus Schulze is one of the seminal artists of electronic music. He was an early member of Tangerine Dream and Ash Ra Tempel, but quickly established himself as a solo electronic artists. In the 70’s, Schulze helped define the ‘Berlin School’ of electronic music – a new style of music that was performed almost completely… Read More Five Essential Klaus Schulze Albums
