RVNG Intl. shared this short documentary on the 70’s Canadian electronic music group Syrinx.
Syrinx (synthesist and multi-instrumentalist John Mills-Cockell, percussionist Alan Wells and saxophonist Doug Pringle) was a short-lived progressive psychedelic rock group.
In the video, founder Mills-Cockell tells the story of the group and its rise and fall.
Syrinx was also featured recently on John Diliberto’s Echoes podcast, embedded below:
Syrinx will be performing live at Moogfest 2017, they first performance in 45 years. See the Moogfest site for details.
thank you for posting this – did not know them – instantly fell in love!
I knew this was ringing a bell! I used to watch that show “here comes the seventies” (Vers l’an 2000, en français). A lot of what they were forecasting turned out wrong! But I loved the theme music by Syrinx. Great to hear about them again.
Hard to see the opening for that (with the nudity) flying on network TV today.
Remember, that was on canadian tv…
Being relatively close to the US border, I watch OTA american channels like Movies TV Network (great vintage stuff), and I am in disbelief that they blur any form of nudity: the other day, they blurred breasts…on a statue (not making this up)! To me, considering the human body as “obscene” is a form of mental illness.
And at the same time, uber violence is quite acceptable.
AS a child growing up in Canada, I used to regularly watch that show (and especially the beach scene in the opening credits). Loved the synths in the title music. In fact, I recall Syrinx playing a mini Moog in the closing sequence. However, at the time, I found the show to be dark and alarmist, and especially with the opening sequence’s use of video clips featuring technology, war, armageddon (and bare asses).
As in the Rush 2112 Temple of Syrinx?