Contrary to Kenneth's personal tastes, there have been a LOT of 'quality'
synth records by the MOTM folks. Now, they are not 100% MOTM, or all modular
(well, 1 is!) but as far as being a 'synth' CD, I thinks these qualify. If
I've left someone out, let me know :)
Dave Fulton/Gil Reeves "The Range", Hypnos 2007. I play this ALL THE TIME.
It's just wonderful.
Web:
http://www.myspace.com/thefultonreavesprojectBuy:
http://www.hypnos.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=HOS&Product_Code=hyby0707&Category_Code=Robert Rich: "Electric Ladder", "Bestiary" (required for all MOTM fans),
"Music from Atlas Dei", "Illumination", "Outpost", Lithosphere", "Echoes of
Small Things", etc etc etc
www.robertrich.com
David Scott Stone "Plays the Modular Synthesizer" is all MOTM (WARNING:
possible BugMusic content)
Web:
http://myspace.com/sirdsssoundBuy:
http://www.postpresentmedium.com/home.php? records=ppmrecords
David Wright/Not Breathing Records "The Black Old Pueblo", "Laquarto &
Perky" (WARNING: about as far removed from Tomita/Carlos/etc as humanly
possible)
Web/Buy: www.notbreathing.com
Now, a much-hyped new synth CD is Amin Bhatia's "Virtuality", with a
'Bolero' that has like 68 ∗different∗ synths, each section of the music is a
timeline of synth history (ie we start with a Theremin and end up with a
Kurzweil sampler). But after 3 passes through this thing (not the song, the
whole CD) I can only give it 1 out of 5 stars. It's a shame, because his
only other CD is "Interstellar Suite" which is like the first "Synergy" CD,
it's all done on like a MiniMoog, 2 SEMs and a few effects. THAT CD is a
5/5.
Paul S.