[sdiy] Essential listening?

[Dave Peachey]

Charlie et al,

> 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?

Well, just to add to the confusion, here are my personal favourites - maybe
not essential, but nonetheless:

White Noise: "An Electric Storm in Hell" - synthesizers? No, just some early
electronic processing courtesy of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop (for all
those who got excited by the recent "Alchemists of Sound" documentary)
Laurie Spiegel: "The Expanding Universe" - pure computer-generated
soundscapes (haven't listened to this for years but recollect that it's
better than Robert Fripp's guitar-generated soundscapes)
Redshift: "Ether" - Moog-based '70s-style synth music for the 1990s
Vangelis: "Beaubourg" - Many people hate this with a passion - personally, I
love it (almost exclusively Yamaha CS-80?)
Fripp & Eno: "No Pussyfooting" (OK, I take back what I said about Robert
Fripp)
Synergy: "Sequencer" or "Cords" - both albums well worth the ear-strain
Richard Pinhas: "Iceland" - under-rated French synthesist/guitarist - listen
to it with an open mind! (then try and find Pinhas' solo album "Chronolyse"
or Heldon's "Agneta Nilson"!)
Robert Schroeder: "Floating Music" or "Harmonic Ascendant" - a Klaus Schulze
clone but worth the effort
Klaus Schulze: "Der Lauf der Dinge" - from the Historic Edition 10CD set
(yes, it had to happen but this track _is_ a '70s sequencer-fest)

Nothing too original - just my personal listening highlights of the last
twenty years

Cheers
Dave

PS: David C : Alquimia - too bl**dy right there - I saw her in concert some
years back at the RFH in London and it was amazing!