First, the very good news: The GRP A2 Synthesizer is available since mid-August 2017. First units have already been shipped to customers (and selected music stores). Now the even better news:… Read More
Category: 2017
Book Recommendation: Good Vibrations
Good Vibrations: A History of Electronic Musical Instruments This bilingual book presents a selection of the hardly ascertainable variety of electronic musical instruments in large-format illustrations to convey an insight… Read More
Electronic music pioneer Klaus Schulze turns 70
Klaus Schulze, born on August 4th 1947 in Berlin, is one of the most important German electronic musicians. He was briefly a member of the electronic bands Tangerine Dream and Ash Ra Tempel, before launching a… Read More
MatrixBrute on the Valerian Soundtrack
A short (video) documentary on multi-award winning composer Alexandre Desplat. Giving a rare insight into his creative process, Desplat demonstrates how he integrates modern electronic instruments like the Arturia MatrixBrute analog… Read More
SE-02 Boutique: Roland goes Studio Electronics!
Cute Minimoog (rack) with step-sequencer? A collaborative effort from Roland and Studio Electronics, the SE-02 is the debut product of the new Roland Boutique Designer Series. The SE-02 uses authentic… Read More
SUPERBOOTH17 – Synth Expo Berlin (Part 2)
Our first installment was all about pre-wired electronics (synthesizers), but now we’re getting down to the nitty-gritty of our synthesizer-life: the very lifeline of SUPERBOOTH – modules, modules, modules. Without… Read More
SUPERBOOTH17 – Synth Expo Berlin (Part 1)
Superbooth 2017. What Schneider’s Laden started as an experiment in 2016 is already a fixed entity in the synth universe. Although nuts and screws seem to dominate, some exhibitors were… Read More
In memoriam of Ikutaro Kakehashi (1930-2017)
Notice of death of one the most impressive personalities in synthesizer history. Ikutaro Kakehashi, who died on the 1st of April 2017 at the age of 87, had an amazing… Read More
VERMONA – synth-manufacturer with a long tradition
Being extremely enthusiastic about the ’14 Analogsynthesizer (see our test report), we’ve decided to take a quick look behind the scenes at VERMONA. Thomas Haller from HDB electronic was our… Read More
Impressions of the Roland System-8
In short: Roland’s new Synthesizer flagship – the System-8 – is amazingly powerful. Ok, ok, today’s “synthesizers” are light-weight plastic boxes (a fact that we probably have to accept), but… Read More