Buck Rogers Explains 70’s Electronic Dance Music And Then Shows Princess Ardala His Frightening Dance Moves

http://vimeo.com/3098596 While some Synthtopia readers were lucky enough to first get exposed to synths in their monster-synth Mooged-out switched-on progtastic prime – others of us get to point to crap like this as seminal influences. In this clip, Buck Rogers explains, amazingly succinctly, the essence of 70’s electronic dance music & then goes on to… Read More Buck Rogers Explains 70’s Electronic Dance Music And Then Shows Princess Ardala His Frightening Dance Moves

The Hammond Novachord, A Polyphonic Analog Synth From 1939, Goes Virtual

Hollow Sun has announced plans for a new virtual instrument based on the rare and amazing Hammond Novachord – a polyphonic analog synthesizer released in 1939! The Novachord is sort of the B3 of synthesizers – a huge, unwieldy beast that sounds like nothing else. Unlike the B3, though, the Hammond Novachord has largely been… Read More The Hammond Novachord, A Polyphonic Analog Synth From 1939, Goes Virtual