Wurlitzer Electronic Pianos were some of the first electrified keyboards on the market - while not "Synths" in their own right, they represented a shift from conventional piano design towards electronic pickups and design enough to be classified as some of the earliest "synths", in the sense of an electronic ...
Sometimes a synth is nothing more than a keyboard connected to a human beings' mouth. In this case it's the instrument known as a "Pianica", which is a breath-controlled keyboard that's basically a breath-powered synthesizer. In this particular instance, we see a rather musically talented guy playing the pianica, bass ...
A motley group of kids on Youtube calling themselves "Envelope Generator", with what looks to be about six or seven synths, including some VERY collectible analog/VA ones (I spotted : A Juno-60, an ARPAXXE, a MicroKORG). In any case, they put together this great little medley of popular 80's synth ...
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...
1980 fictitious band "Silicon Teens" (the creation of Mute Records, a-la Genki Rockets, Gorillaz), released this cover of "Let's Dance" in 1979. For all the info on the story of "Silicon Teens", read their Wikipedia Page. Meanwhile, enjoy their cover of "Let's Dance".
In 1969, the band "Chicory Tip", from Maidstone in Kent, UK, formed, and were signed to CBS records. Although their first singles were unsuccessful, they burst onto the scene in 1971 with the song "Excuse Me Baby". The group's crowning glory came when they encountered a song written by (synth guru) ...
Every now and again, you see those videos on YT where somebody records themselves playing different "parts" in some kind of song or original creation. We just found a very nice cover of Jean Michel Jarre's "Equinoxe Pt. 1" using only an Elka EP-8. YT user 'organfairy' gets full credit for ...
So apparently the Naked Baby playing a Synth vid has been pretty popular over at BoingBoing.Net. We're stunned to say, that there's already a "Mashup" of said video, involving YT user 'softcorerobot' mixing the Naked Baby Synth with Charlie Dark, and the poor parents of this child are waking up to ...
We've seen YT user "GattoBus" here on SynthTube before, and he was no less impressive. This amazing "live" cover of Jean Michel Jarre, he brings to bear the services of a Nord G2, Access Virus Ti, and a Moog LP for Filter effects. This is actually really impressive, once again, given ...
In 1979, Greek Synth guru, Vangelis released a concept album called "China" using Chinese styles and instruments to create arguably one of his best albums. In 2008, thanks to the Internet, we get to see how 29 years later someone can convincingly recreate / "cover" the song using nothing but a ...
