Tag: Synthesizer
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The New Radiophonics
Look Mum No Computer is an Insane hybrid of 1990’s ‘Get Stuffed’ meets Thomas Dolby, BigClive and Secret Life of Machines Tim Hunkin* but with a more musical (circuit) bent. From the circuit bent electronic Wonder Wonder bible to the demented Furby Organ, lots of insane projects, but it’s his self-built modular synth that to…
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Malcolm Clarke on the Radiophonic Workshop
Malcolm Clarke was a composer and engineer for the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, composing the music for many Doctor Who series. Apparently he wrote about the Workshop and his career for a thesis on interactive CD format (remember them?) and his son Ollie with Ray White has wisely converted and adapted the format for the web…
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RC 289: Pooh Sticks
A bear of little brain playing acoustic pooh sticks with lots of musical honey, from songs about sheep to a house party Fox, 8-bit grunge covers to Victorian space hip-hop, Spanish funk to castles in space, ancient synthesisers to arabic hiphop, and Clangers and steam engines oh my! And of course the usual helping of…
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Chris Carter on NTS
Chris Carter has his first album in 17 years out on March 30th, Chemistry Lessons Vol 1, which I’m really looking forward to from the bits I’ve heard, and he appeared on a couple of NTS shows to share two mixes of his favourite music. First up is the “>The Synth Hero Show – I…
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Bruce Haack and his sampling electronic suitcase
Long time listeners and readers of this blog would know my eternal love for Bruce Haack – the electronic genius who sadly still doesn’t get the love he deserves. I’ve seen other clips from his stints on US TV – in fact I think I have posted them with his ‘touch synthesizer’ including Mr Rogers…
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African Disco Electro
We’re no stranger to African electronica, Afrobeat highlife, and African funk on this blog – previously mixed, remixed, played or blogged about William Onyeahbor (RIP), Victor Uwaifo, Benis Cletin, Supermax, Fela and Femi Kuti, Lijadu Sisters and many more. So it’s not a surprise that I’ve been listening to a lot of Nigerian and South…