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
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
This vintage video features Pat Metheny, in 1986, explaining the Synclavier digital synthesizer.
American minimalist composer and performer Terry Riley is not as well known as fellow minimalists Steve Reich and Philip Glass. Nevertheless, his work – which explores tape looping, live performance with tape delay, microtonality, world music influences, synthesis and more – has been influential across several generations of musicians An interesting example of his early… Read More Minimalist Terry Riley Was Remixing Before Remixing Was Cool – ‘You’re Nogood’
The theatrical version of the modular synth documentary I Dream of Wires is now available via streaming on Netflix in the US. I Dream Of Wires is an independent documentary about the history, demise and resurgence of the modular synthesizer. It features interviews with modular musicians, inventors and enthusiasts, including Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails), Gary Numan,… Read More ‘I Dream of Wires’ Modular Synth Documentary Now Streaming on Netflix
SYNTHESIZED – Original Movie Score by (((Crystal Beach))), SAKI BOMB Christoph Kresse, creator of the upcoming synth documentary Synthesized, let us know that the film’s score is now available. You can preview it via the embed above or via Bandcamp.
This YouTube video, via Adrian Täckman, captures the audio from a vintage 1971 Moog Music demonstration record, The Sound Of Moog.
MakeNoise has introduced the tELHARMONIC, a multi-voice, multi-algorithm Eurorack synthesizer module. The new module, programmed by Tom Erbe, is inspired by Thaddeus Cahill’s Telharmonium, a proto-synth, originally created in 1897. tELHARMONIC features three electronic tone generation techniques that are historically important, but infrequently implemented within modular synthesizers.
In this video, Mitch Gallagher sits down with synthesizer legend Tom Oberheim for a special interview at Sweetwater’s GearFest 2015.
This video, via urcich, captures a vintage look at what digital synths looked like in 1977.
