[sdiy] Essential listening?

[Peter Snow]

Charlie,

Mmmmmm....  No one has yet mentioned Vangelis - one of my all time favourites.

And on the subject of JM Jarre, I would recommend "Zoolook", a facinating mixture of traditional
synth sounds and sampled sounds - mostly voices.

Cheers,

Peter

synth at charlielamm.com wrote:
> 
> If someone asked me what the essential CDs and albums are for
> blues guitar, I could answer with a bit of confidence (eg: Robert Johnson
> "King of the Delta Blues"; Muddy Waters "The Chess Box Set"; etc
> etc etc.
> 
> However, I am not well versed on essential CD's for synthesizer.  Since
> I am building these now, maybe I'd better get up to speed.  Can anyone
> offer his or her opinions?
> 
> There are obviously no right or wrong answers.  My goal is to get ideas
> for doing recordings and demos and what not.
> 
> What I am looking for is an synthesizer-based recordings, as opposed to
> bands that have a few synthesizer solos on their albums or whatever.
> EG:
> 
> Wendy Carlos "Switched on Bach"
> Jean Michelle Jarre "Oxygene"
> 
> I am sure the list goes on and on....can anyone help out?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> --CL