Vangelis And The Journey to Ithaka is a 2014 documentary on the Acadamy Award winning Greek composer and synthesist. The two-hour documentary includes interviews with Vangelis and many of his friends and colleagues, including Sean Connery, Hugh Hudson, Jessye Norman, Oliver Stone, Akiko Ebi, Julian Rachlin and many others. It also includes rare, historical footage, most… Read More Vangelis and the Journey to Ithaka
Knobcon 4 – a massive synth meetup, featuring performances, workshops and vendors – will be held next week, Sept 11-13, 2015, in the Chicago area. The three-day event, which focuses on electronic and experimental music and the tools used to create it, will be held at the Westin Chicago Northwest. Highlights include two nights of live electronic… Read More Knobcon 4 Synth Convention Coming Next Week, Sept 11-13
In the last few weeks, we’ve featured a few videos from Ralph Baumgartl‘s vlog, featuring his discussions with the German synth group Thau. In this video, Baumgartl talks with Thau (Bernd-Miachel Land and Frank Tischer) about why they play the music they do, their inspirations, and their take on what Berlin School synth music is. Land & Tischer also… Read More The Philosophy Of Berlin School Synthesizer Music
https://vimeo.com/55969912 This video captures a short discussion by Brian Eno on his concept of Composers as Gardeners. Eno contrasts the stereotype of the classical composer conceiving a piece and then writing it out against the practice that became more common in the 60s of creating processes that result in music that you may or may not… Read More Brian Eno On Composers as Gardeners
Earlier this week, Korg introduced iElectribe for iPhone – a software version of its classic Electribe ER-1 drum machine. This video, via Marcus Padrini, compares similar patches on the software iElectribe and hardware ER-1.
Output has introduced REV X-LOOPS – a brand new instrument, based on the REV Loops Engine. Available for $99, the new product delivers 2GB of multi-layered loops. Output says that X-X-Loops ‘features a robust engine for manipulating, tweaking and discovering new sonic possibilities’. Here’s the official video intro:
Academy Award winning composer and synthesist Vangelis demonstrates his custom MIDI setup and how he uses it to do realtime composition and orchestration. … Read More Vangelis Demonstrates His Custom MIDI Studio
Dreadbox has introduced Hades – a new analog bass synthesizer module.
Lachlan Mooney has introduced Alpha Editor – an editor and patch library app for the Roland Alpha Juno synthesizer family.
Bitwig has released an open beta for Bitwig Studio version 1.2 – a preview of what they call their ‘most significant update yet’. All Bitwig Studio license holders have access to the latest beta version, in anticipation of the official release in October 2015. Here’s what’s new in Bitwig Studio v1.2:
