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Switched On Nutcracker – Tchaikovsky’s Arabian Dance On A Pro-One

Here’s a free holiday-themed music download – the Hybiscus Journals’ version of the Arabian Dance from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite: For those interested in that sort of thing, all sounds were created on a Sequential Circuits Pro-One. The cello/bass ostinato was programmed into the Pro-One’s onboard sequencer.  All other parts were played live (one at a… Read More Switched On Nutcracker – Tchaikovsky’s Arabian Dance On A Pro-One

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Switched On Beethoven

http://vimeo.com/10693616 This Switched  On Beethoven track, the Adagio from Moonlight Sonata, comes from a library music album, Synthesized Classical Music, by Paul Durango and Alden Volney, The tracks were recorded with analog synths and Mellotron-style tape playback keyboards.

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Classitronic Artists Keeping The Switched On Spirit Of Wendy Carlos & Tomita Alive

The Classitronic SoundCloud group is a group for makers and fans of electronic arrangements of classical music: If you make or like electronic classical music in the styles of Isao Tomita, Wendy Carlos and William Orbit style this is the group for you. For want of a better description I call this Classitronic (Classical Electronic),… Read More Classitronic Artists Keeping The Switched On Spirit Of Wendy Carlos & Tomita Alive

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Jean Jacques Perrey’s New Album, Froots, A Collaboration With Cosmic Pocket

Happy synth-pop pioneer Jean Jacques Perrey has announced a new full-length album, Froots, in collaboration with In Vitro artist Cosmic Pocket. A longtime friend of Robert Moog, Perrey was one of the first pop musicians to experiment with splicing tape to create loops and sequences. His music is known for it’s light, humorous style. “Today, more… Read More Jean Jacques Perrey’s New Album, Froots, A Collaboration With Cosmic Pocket

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Stretta’s New Jam, Sounding Deliciously “Switched On”

Effeweambystretta Matthew Davidson (Stretta) posted this piece, a work in progress from his latest “future modular” A Funneled Stone project, and it’s sounding deliciously switched on. Davidson explains why: Inserting a Minimoog into this kind of composition instantly gives it ‘that’ Moog modular character. You’ll hear what I’m talking about. I don’t have an S-trig… Read More Stretta’s New Jam, Sounding Deliciously “Switched On”

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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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