Full disclosure. Here at Synthtube, we are denkitribe fanboys. This man-machine from Japan picks up ANY piece of gear, and proceeds in realtime to create absolutely stunningly beautiful electronic music with it - every time, without fail. Here's a video of him using a BlipTronic 5000, a FIFTY DOLLAR Synthesizer, hooked up ...
Way back in the 1980's, when we here at SynthTube were in our formative years, the world was a surprisingly different place. The Cold War was still going on, and fear of nuclear annihilation at the hands of the "Evil" Soviet empire was a daily threat that everyone was more ...
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In our time here at Synthtube, we've come across a crazy Polish fellow who on Youtube simply describes himself as "Jexus". To say that he is a collector and maestro of synthesizers would be an understatement. A short peruse of his website indicates that this man has made a lifelong PASSION ...
Frequently featured YT user, "Gattobus" is back with a spot-on rendition of Jean Michel Jarre's "Oxygene-2". Mr. Gattobus crafts this wonderful cover in REALtime, with the help of a Nord G2, an Access Virus Ti and a Moog LP for filter FX. Enjoy...
We don't think that KRAFTWERK need any introduction here at Synthtube. For those who are not in the know, check out the Wiki page explaining the massive influence that this German band have had on Synthesizer music and Synthpop, then listen to this classic track, Radioactivity.
Back in the dark old days of the 1990's, when processor speeds were low (compared to today), and memory requirements were stringent upon developers to be ULTRA efficient, there was a burgeoning community referred to as the "demoscene", where assembly (close to machine code) programmers would get together with artists ...
Here at Synthtube, we consider the concerts performed in China in 1981 by Jean Michelle-Jarre to be amongst the most impressive and influential Synth-Pop / Prog-Rock albums of all time. Incidentally, Jarre was the first western musician to be allowed to play in China at the time in 1981. The music ...
Children of the 80's like us at Synthtube, will fondly remember the 80's Nintendo Peripheral, the "Power Glove" for the Super Nintendo video games console. Denkitribe, a synth-music-making-guru we frequently feature here on Synthtube, has some videos up recently where he has connected one of these Power Gloves to an Arduino ...
Excerpt from the final moments of the amazing IMAX film, "Chronos", with synth-based soundtrack done by legendary sound recordist/designer/musician, Michael Stearns. This clip speaks for itself. All synthesizer based. Check out Michael Stearns' site for a gear list and credits.
Arguably one of the most influential figures in popular electronic music, Gary Numan's 1980 hit, "Cars" is one of the signature tunes defining the Synthpop genre. This track, for better or for worse, paved the way for a lot of what was considered "commercial" electronic music for the decades to ...
Steve Roach, live at Cobalt Sun, Sausalito California, 2005 This is one of the few individuals on the planet who can just wring raw sounds out of the ether with a pile of synths and his bare hands. Listen to this with headphones on, eyes closed, and focusing on the magnificent void. Deep ...
In late 1981, former Depeche Mode songwriter Vince Clarke formed the synthpop band, Yazoo. Clarke's awesome synth sounds mixed with Alison Moyet's vocals proved an instant hit, and stand to this day as a great example of the early days of creative use of Synths in popular music, and are ...
Just about every single electronic artist of note in the last 20 years cites Kraftwerk as one of their seminal influences. The classically trained German group pretty much singlehandedly invented Synthpop in the 1970's, and their heavy use of vocoders and zany ideas for electronic instruments (such as some of the ...
Where Kraftwerk invented Synthpop, Depeche Mode made it a marketable commodity. Lots of synths here in this eerie performance of "Enjoy the Silence" on the top of the World Trade Center.
Steve Roach is arguably the progenitor of synth-based "Spacemusic" , and for close to 40 years has been expanding the genre. If there's a Synth you can think of that's really, really DEEP, he probably has one and it probably features in at least one of his albums. Over the years ...
Jean Michel Jarre, son of esteemed French film composer, Maurice Jarre is considered one of the progenitors of pure commercial "synthpop" and was a pioneer and trailblazer in the genre. View here his 1981 track, "Magnetic Fields", for some kitschy-video action with very cool retro synthpop.
