Switched On Nutcracker Suite

[bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=1382973032 size=medium bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5] Reader Thom Martin has released his version of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite, arranged in the ‘switched on’ style with analog monophonic synthesizers. A Switched-On Nutcracker is available via Bandcamp.

Interstellar Suite Anniversary Edition Now Available

Triplet Records has released the silver anniversary edition of The Interstellar Suite – a pioneering work of symphonic electronic music. The Interstellar Suite 25th Anniversary Edition is available in High Definition 5.1 surround sound as a 96/24 HiRes .flac download at High Res Audio, a high resolution music download service based in Germany. A HiRes stereo .flac… Read More Interstellar Suite Anniversary Edition Now Available

Switched-On Rite Of Spring

Synthesist Marc Spooner (keyboardist for American symphonic progressive rock band Metaphor) has recorded an all-synthesizer (plus Mellotron) switched-on version of Stravinsky’s Rite Of Spring, in time for the 100th anniversary of the ballet. “I’ve always been a huge fan of the Wendy Carlos and Tomita and Synergy albums and no one had ever done an electronic version… Read More Switched-On Rite Of Spring

Switched On Nutcracker

Free Music Friday: Reader Thom Martin (The Hybiscus Journals) has completed several more tracks in his ‘Switched On Nutracker’ project. Here’s what he’s got to say about the tracks: All sounds for these tracks were created on either Moog Rogue or Sequential Circuits Pro-One analog monophonic synthesizers and performed into Logic Express 8. There are a… Read More Switched On Nutcracker

Richard Galbraith’s Polyphony – Analog Arrangements Of 16th Century Polyphonic Vocal Music

Reader Doug Slocum – the guru behind Synthetic Sound Labs’ modular gear – let us know about an impressive new album of music that features analog arrangements of 16th century polyphonic vocal music. Richard Galbraith’s Polyphony is a collection of 11 works, by Tallis, Byrd, de Lassus and others, arranged for modular analog synthesizer. Gailbraith… Read More Richard Galbraith’s Polyphony – Analog Arrangements Of 16th Century Polyphonic Vocal Music