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Tone – a tribute to Tony Sawford

by adminAlfa Centauri Events, Music release, News, People-S July 11, 2022July 12, 2022Comments are Disabled

There is a new album dedicated to the late Tony Sawford. It includes music by Airsculpture, Ian Boddy, Paul Nagle, Free System Projekt, John Hickey and many more …. the …

Adrian Bruce – Fairlight & Roland technology

by adminArticle-People, Background, Brands-F, Brands-R, History, Interview, News, People-B, Vintage equipment July 11, 2022July 11, 2022Comments are Disabled

Adrian Bruce is a Musical Cartoonist, for the longest time he was involved in the development of the Fairlight CMI series III and is currently employed by Roland Corporation, Japan. …

Bob Moog & Wendy Carlos interview

by adminArtists-C, Background, History, News, People-M, Video, Vintage equipment July 10, 2022July 10, 2022Comments are Disabled

An interesting interview with Bob Moog and Wendy Carlos about electronic music and its future. Currently I have no information about the source and date of this video.

Interview with Felix Visser – Syntovox

by adminArticle-People, Design, Dutch Electronic Music, Hardware, Interview, News, People, People-V, Sound design June 11, 2022June 19, 20220 comments

Felix Visser, the brains and business-man behind dutch company Syntovox was interviewed Dave Tompkins, January 19, 2011. Please note that all (c) are with the authors of this article. Last …

Larry Fast about passing away of Dave Smith

by adminArtists - Passed away, Artists-F, Artists-S, News, People-F, People-S June 2, 2022June 2, 2022Comments are Disabled

Larry Fast (Synergy) published this remembrance today (June 2, 2022): “It was announced yesterday that Dave Smith had died. If anyone has earned a place in the top echelon of …

Thank You – Frits ‘KLEM’ Couwenberg

by adminAlfa Centauri Publications, Article-People, Dutch Electronic Music, History, News, People-C May 27, 2022June 14, 2022Comments are Disabled

You may remember KLEM (Stichting Kontakt Liefhebbers Elektronische Muziek) that had a large following in the Netherlands (and beyond) during the 80’s and 90’s.. In 2004 Frits Couwenberg – chief …

Axel Hartmann – Mensch Maschine Design

by adminInterview, News, People-H, Podcast and broadcast May 8, 2022May 8, 2022Comments are Disabled

We found this podcast produced by Electronic Beats. In this Electronic Beats podcast episode, Gesine has Axel Hartmann as a guest. The two talk about a topic that surrounds us …

1980 London Synthesizer Centre – Mr Synthesizer

by adminArticle-Vintage synthesizer, Background, Brochure, History, News, People-A, Uncategorized, Vintage equipment April 21, 2022April 21, 2022Comments are Disabled

In the early 80’s most of the synthesizers still were analog machines. Lots of brands and models were available. I was looking through some old magazines and I found this …

Moog – electronic music documentary

by adminBackground, History, Interview, News, People-D, People-M, Video March 6, 2022March 6, 20220 comments

Moog Music dedicates a five part video documentary to these important personalities packed with emotions, untold stories, and more: the life of each person include their origins and untold stories… …

More Behringer Accordeons please ….

by adminAnnouncement, Brands-B, Hardware, New Equipment, News, People-PQ March 6, 2022March 6, 20220 comments

Again Behringer announced 3 mini-synths, which could easily been seen as mini-accordeons: The D-soul, the UB-1 and the Hiro Tribe are three new mini synths in the price range € …