(Updated) Jean Michel Jarre – the Equinoxe sound

Update August 17, 2023: we added an interesting video with JM Jarre performing Equinoxe 3 on piano … Although Equinoxe was considered to be a state-of-the-art electronic album on its …

The Gear of classic Synthpop

Reverb recently published this article about gear used in Synthpop – such as by Gary Numan and Depeche Mode. Although it is certainly not an indepth nor complete article – …

The Story of Dark Side of the Moon (#2)

The recent 50th Anniversary of Pink Floyd‘s ‘Dark Side of the Moon‘ triggered me to compile a series of posts on this terrific 50-year old timeless album by…. because I …

New Order – Blue Monday (12) – The happy machine drum accident

Dan Leroy, author of the book Dancing To The Drum Machine: How Electronic Percussion Conquered The World wrote this feature for Reverb recently. Please note that all (c) are with …

Musicradar 2023 hardware polysynth guide

In the earliest days of synthesis, instruments were monophonic. They could only create a single sound at once or, in some cases, simple duophonic chords by cleverly detuning oscillators.  Musicaradar …