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May 5, 2010

Korg Monotron Synth Song+Performance

This is pretty sweet example of what you can do with one synth and some multi-tracking. Pretty cool track too, well done Koishi. These Korg Monotrons are going really cheap too ($60-$80). I think I may just have to get me one to compliment my original MS-20.

March 21, 2010

Vince Clarke ‘Make Something From Nothing’

No, it’s not a new Erasure tune or solo track, but a philosophy that keeps the synth song writing machine percolating. This ‘Dell’ sponsored interview peers into Vince’s current home and studio called ‘the cabin’ way up in Portland, Maine. A room surrounded in perfectly mounted synthesizers becomes the envy of anyone who’s ever twisted […]

October 23, 2009

You Just Can’t Get Enough : Synth Britannia

Seem to have a nice stream of ‘likes’ on this stuff this week… so… let’s keep churning it out. Synth Britannia is a BBC produced documentary on late 70’s / 80’s Synth Pop. Stellar. Required viewing if you’re a child of the 80’s. Check out this trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNiGnTSrL5o You’ll have to poke around the interwebs […]

October 21, 2009

More Drum Machine / Synth Geekery via Moby

Here’s Moby’s jam packed and functional studio with a mega load of Gear. To one day be in a living situation where I’ll be able to do the same again (but on 10th a scale), is mere fantasy right now. Much of my own gear is in dresser drawers and boxes. We will meet again. […]

May 25, 2009

DJ Feed : Livestream

Check out my new DJ Feed Page. I’ll begin posting some mix archives on here and every so often i’ll microblog to you all when I may be doing a live impromptu session here in the blancodisco. I finally had a moment to work out a few more kinks from Mogulus’, now, Livestream broadcasting software. […]

April 16, 2009

This must be the place….

While crawling the outer reaches of the blogosphere, I came across the video clip in my journeys. David Byrne performing with an orchestra on the BBC. Sure, that in-itself is not unusual for Mr. Byrne, but this performance takes you back to the days of the Talking Heads in one of their more catchy tunes, […]