Tag: prog-rock

Moogus Operandi Concert To Feature Erik Norlander & Friends, Plus “The Wall Of Doom”

The Bob Moog Foundation has announced the lineup of Asheville  musicians who will come together May 27 to perform with symphonic rock keyboard virtuoso Erik Norlander at the fundraising concert, Moogus Operandi. Norlander, a long-time Moog aficionado, will perform songs from his new album, The Galactic Collective. His massive custom modular synthesizer, affectionately known as… Read More Moogus Operandi Concert To Feature Erik Norlander & Friends, Plus “The Wall Of Doom”

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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

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Dallas Hates Keith Emerson’s “Onslaught Of Overindulgence”

ELP’s Keith Emerson and Greg Lake played the Granada Theater in Dallas, Texas on Friday – and let’s just say that they didn’t win over the skeptics. Critic Darryl Smyers writes: The progressive rock floodgates opened and nothing could stop the onslaught of overindulgence. Lengthy cuts followed from ELP’s disastrous sophomore album Tarkus, an album… Read More Dallas Hates Keith Emerson’s “Onslaught Of Overindulgence”

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