september theme ... GOSSIP

[emdot_ambient]

About Tomita .... I agree. A lot of people seem to put him in the same bracket as Wendy Carlos, Patrick Gleeson, even that bloody Hooked On Classics shite from the seventies.

Well, it's easy to do because he did so much classical work re-interpreted on synth. Of all of them, though, he was the one that most consistently used synths creatively and didn't just try to use immitative sounds. But I wouldn't discount Carlos's work. What she did in Clockwork Orange, for example is brilliant. Never liked her own compositions, though.

[Techbot]

Mine is Up.

This tune is more like the stuff I had been writing up until recently, except for the competitions. I'm posting it coz although it's not very kvr- competition-like,(whatever that means) I'm jumping at the four minute lenght to present this piece. This type of tune just wouldn't work sub 3:30.


It's one of many I've written in a Chemical Brothers stylee. And will probably be the last one I write in such a fasion. I'm starting to prefer acoustic guitar over electric and softer beats. Though I still luv this stuff. The electric guitar type sound is actually a moog bass preset on the bass-station fed through distortion. In fact there are four moog sounds none of which come from a moog or software emulation.

Hope u like.

I'll post my reviews tomorrow

[emdot_ambient]

...No reviews, but I want to thank especially the following folks for their outstanding tracks...

Thanks for putting me on the list

I agree that the quality of tracks this month has been particularly high.

Moohn-kay!

[emdot_ambient]

emdot_ambient CYBERNAUT
good sounds,
a synthetic minor blues with orchestral
psychadelic era feeling,
nice but not exciting

Again, I can't claim responsibility for the compositional arrangement, only selecting and re-producing the song. Sorry it didn't excite. To each their own.

I actually find this piece exciting and fascinating because it's probably THE first appearance of what later would be called Space music, and it's kind of been a subconscious soundtrack that's been running in my mind for about 25 years. I suppose after all that time it might seem a bit passe, but in 1971 this song was unique. That's the same year Wendy Carlos did the soundtrack for A Clockwork Oragne, which was pretty much more Switched On stuff. Tangerine Dream did Atem, which barely had any real synthesis in it, Kraftwerk released their first album (now disowned by Hutter and Schneider as actually being a Kraftwerk album) with no synths, Isao Tomita was working in conventional film soundtracks doing work on several of the Zatoichi movies, Klaus Schulze was one year away from doing his first solo album Irrlicht with mostly orchestra, organ and FX . . . I think Giorgio Moroder did one of the first pop songs using a Moog synth in 1971 but nobody other than Tonot's Expanding Head Band were doing original all-synth music based on non-academic song structure.

[liqih]

emdot_ambient CYBERNAUT
good sounds,
a synthetic minor blues with orchestral
psychadelic era feeling,
nice but not exciting

Again, I can't claim responsibility for the compositional arrangement, only selecting and re-producing the song. Sorry it didn't excite. To each their own.

I actually find this piece exciting and fascinating because it's probably THE first appearance of what later would be called Space music, and it's kind of been a subconscious soundtrack that's been running in my mind for about 25 years. I suppose after all that time it might seem a bit passe, but in 1971 this song was unique.

mm... I didn't realize it's a cover,
so speaking for what I hear today, <grin>

looks like exciting and fascinating are the memories,
I completely understand that, but that's the draw back of doing covers IMHO

[emdot_ambient]

...but that's the draw back of doing covers IMHO

Amen to that. That's why I don't object to covers being allowed in the contests: they're a two-edged sword. Fans of the original song might tend to vote more favorably on a cover done well, those who hate the original will probably vote less favorably. Personally, I find doing covers to be a pain in the ass, and usually boring. But as this is a little known song, and it is so tied in with the birth of synths as a force-to-be-reckoned-with, and since the original was largely a Moog-fest . . . and the fact that I love this song so much . . . I had to do it.

I don't fault anyone for feeling otherwise.

[Beardedone]

Another new favorite from you Gordon. I love the interesting rhythmic sequence that propels this along and the warm inviting palette of sounds you coax from the synths. I don't know whether you programmed them yourself or found especially unique patches but I appreciate the unique and impressionistic quality of this piece. Very good mix too.

Thanks George. They are all stck presets. I am not adept at programming my own aside from the slight tweak.

How do you post pictures btw? I have completely forgotten.

[slartibartfast]

for my return, let me play the pedantic bastard, saying that Albinoni's Adagio hasn't been written by Albinoni. Mr. Remo Giazotto wrote it more than 2 centuries after Tomaso's death, in 1945, basing his work on a fragment of some Albinoni's sonate.

You are correct, of course - but every classical album/CD containing this piece credits this piece to Albinoni, so I decided to stick with this convention.

Glad you like this as much as I do.

[AndreasE]

I think Giorgio Moroder did one of the first pop songs using a Moog synth in 1971 but nobody other than Tonot's Expanding Head Band were doing original all-synth music based on non-academic song structure.

Hats off for your deep knowledge of early space and synth music. But here you´re not totally right. Already in 1969 Keith Emerson played a Moog.

Quote from Emerson´s website:
""The Nice" recorded numerous albums and appeared in a notorious concert at London's Royal Albert Hall. Immediately after hearing "Switched on Bach" by Walter Carlos, Emerson purchased and experimented with one of the first modular Moog Synthesizers and became the first artist to tour with "the Moog" internationally with the help of its inventor, Dr. Robert Moog.

In 1970, "The Nice" broke up and Emerson formed the legendary group, "Emerson, Lake & Palmer" (ELP) with bassist/vocalist Greg Lake and drummer Carl Palmer. They achieved instant fame with their debut at the Isle Of Wight Festival in 1970. The trio announced their arrival on the scene by tearing into a furious rock adaptation of Mussorgsky's classic "Pictures At An Exhibition," which concluded with a barrage of cannon fire. Their first single, entitled "Lucky Man," from their debut album, "Emerson, Lake & Palmer," ended with a startling new sound, the lead Moog synthesizer solo. This sound took the world by storm, and the band was on its way. ELP released six platinum albums between 1970 and 1977, including "E,L&P," "Tarkus," "Trilogy," the cryptically entitled "Brain Salad Surgery," "Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends…" and "Works Vol. 1.""

[Hovmod]

ELP released six platinum albums between 1970 and 1977, including "E,L&P," "Tarkus," "Trilogy," the cryptically entitled "Brain Salad Surgery," "Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends…" and "Works Vol. 1.""[/i]

I worked in a record store once, and apparently one day a guy came in and wanted the latest album by Brian Salad Surgery.

[emdot_ambient]

I think Giorgio Moroder did one of the first pop songs using a Moog synth in 1971 but nobody other than Tonot's Expanding Head Band were doing original all-synth music based on non-academic song structure.

Hats off for your deep knowledge of early space and synth music. But here you´re not totally right. Already in 1969 Keith Emerson played a Moog.

Quote from Emerson´s website:
""The Nice" recorded numerous albums and appeared in a notorious concert at London's Royal Albert Hall. Immediately after hearing "Switched on Bach" by Walter Carlos, Emerson purchased and experimented with one of the first modular Moog Synthesizers and became the first artist to tour with "the Moog" internationally with the help of its inventor, Dr. Robert Moog.

Knew someone would call me out on that one. At least I did say "I think" instead of "I know." Note to self: never speak in absolutes, uh, almost never speak in absolutes.

Another interesting fact about 1971: that was the year that Moog sold his company to avoid bankruptcy. Despite the publicity he had gotten from Switched On, not enough musicians jumped on the synth wagon. Frankly, most didn't know what to do with the beasts. I mean, it wasn't a piano and it wasn't an organ and it wasn't a virtual orchestra/choir (like the Mellotron) . . . so what does it do exactly?

But, here's more proving I don't know (or don't think hard enough when writing) from Wikipedia.org:

It is believed that the first record to feature a Moog synthesizer was Cosmic Sounds by The Zodiac. The first popular music album to feature the instrument was Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, & Jones, Ltd. by The Monkees. (1967) Wendy Carlos released major Moog albums in 1968 and 1969: Switched-On Bach and The Well-Tempered Synthesizer. The former earned Carlos three Grammys. Also in 1969, The Beatles used a Moog throughout the Abbey Road album. It was also featured prominately on Emerson, Lake & Palmer's song "Lucky Man," Keith Emerson's Moog solo at the end making it arguably the group's most popular piece. Another popular Moog user was Tangerine Dream in the electronic landmark Phaedra album 1974.

And, of course, Rick Wakeman joined Yes in '71 for their Fragile album . . . how much synth is on that album?

[AndreasE]

The first popular music album to feature the instrument was Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, & Jones, Ltd. by The Monkees

That´s really funny: This nice boy group that actually never really existed where one of the first Moog pioneers. A gag of the music history.

[emdot_ambient]

The first popular music album to feature the instrument was Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, & Jones, Ltd. by The Monkees

That´s really funny: This nice boy group that actually never really existed where one of the first Moog pioneers. A gag of the music history.

Hey, hey, we're the Moogies!

[Beardedone]

Mine is Up.

This tune is more like the stuff I had been writing up until recently, except for the competitions. I'm posting it coz although it's not very kvr- competition-like,(whatever that means) I'm jumping at the four minute lenght to present this piece. This type of tune just wouldn't work sub 3:30.


It's one of many I've written in a Chemical Brothers stylee. And will probably be the last one I write in such a fasion. I'm starting to prefer acoustic guitar over electric and softer beats. Though I still luv this stuff. The electric guitar type sound is actually a moog bass preset on the bass-station fed through distortion. In fact there are four moog sounds none of which come from a moog or software emulation.

Hope u like.

I'll post my reviews tomorrow

Hmm Chemical Brothers? Any recomendations. I haven't heard them before.

Cheers,
Gordon

[Wopelka]

Hmm Chemical Brothers? Any recomendations. I haven't heard them before.

what??????????

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