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Subject: Re: [AN1x-list] Re: Australia/football/Synthcompanies

From: tspeer <tspeer@...>
Date: 2000-08-04

tomfinegan wrote:

>> Netherlands-Synton
> What is Synton?

A dutch company who made the Synton Modular synth and the Syrinx monosynth.
I can't remember the name of the company- but the Synton Modular was
re-released in the 90's under a different name (Doepher maybe??)

> You forgot:
>
> Germany: Waldorf(they bought PPG), Access, Jomox, Quasimidi,
> Creamware, and some softsynthproducers (I guess Emagic and Steinberg
> don´t count...)
> Belgium: Sherman (Filterbank)

Good point (Didn't know that about Belgium)

>
>> - let's not forget Australia's major synth band contribution of the
> 80's ...
>> PSEUDO-ECHO !!!!! (not a joke- I loved their first album)
>
> Hm...who´s that`? They are still making music? Any
> song-suggestions?

Australia's answer to Ultravox.
They were all over MTV in the USA in the 80's.
(Their first album- Autumnal Park is the only one worth a listen)-
songs:

Listening
His eyes