Moby’s Play – a 1999 album that was a massive electronic crossover hit – is getting a limited edition vinyl reissue. Play is the fifth studio album by Moby, originally released on May 17, 1999. The album become the biggest-selling album of its genre, with over 12 million copies sold worldwide. The album introduced Moby… Read More Moby’s ‘Play’ Getting Deluxe Vinyl Reissue
Sunday Synth Jam: This video, via DJ Jon Dent, features the sounds of the ARP 2500 modular synthesizer.
New Order’s electronic classic Blue Monday was released #onthisday in 1983. In this cover performance, Orkestra Obsolete performs it as might have, if it had been made 50 years earlier, using instruments available in the 30’s.
Music video for Femmepop’s Underground.
This video, via SynthMania, demos making an 80’s disco groove.
This video captures a 1986 news broadcast, aired in Chicago, that brough mainstream attention to House Music, when it was still in it’s infancy & still an underground culture. Money quote: “Huh!”
Sunday Synth Jam: This video captures a performance by Russian musician Rewire (Andrei Swipe), at Propaganda club, Moscow
New Order has announced a new album, Music Complete, scheduled for a Sept 25, 2015 release. The album will be New Order’s first full studio release since 2005’s Waiting For The Siren’s Call, and their debut album for Mute.
Novation today made it official: the custom synth featured in Giorgio Moroder’s latest video is the limited edition MoroderNova. The Novation MoroderNova, above, is a new version of the MiniNova that is pre-loaded with synth patches inspired by the work of Giorgio Moroder and featuring Moroder-inspired styling.
Eagle-eyed viewers of the new Giorgio Moroder + Sia Déjà Vu music video noticed a unique synthesizer – the Novation MoroderNova.
