synth
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BOB OSTERTAG ~ MOTORMOUTH
Originally posted on SSGmusic, September 22, 2011 Bob Ostertag has self-released Motormouth, an album made entirely with a Buchla 200e synthesizer. You can download it for free at his site, along with much of his 30+ years of back catalog. Ostertag, a sound artist, composer, journalist, and professor currently based in San Francisco, dropped out…
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Sound Propositions 01: Machinefabriek
First published at A Closer Listen Joseph Sannicandro interviews Rutger Zuydervelt, akaMachinefabriek, in the first installment of an ongoing series exploring the creative process and a non-fetishization of equipment. “A rather poor instrument,… but how wonderfully they use it.” In this quote, James Joyce is referring to the French language, but at its heart…
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The Genealogy of a Musical Idea
The following 4 songs suggest something of a genealogy. Though each track has different structures and keys and changes (or lack there-of) the connection between the tracks is pretty obvious. The first single off Mogwai‘s latest LP clearly references the melody beginning in David Bowie‘s “Warszawa.” Beginning at 1:17, the key changes and the melody…
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