I'm thinking when he said:
"I have to point out again that nobody has put out any quality synth
album, and maybe no synth album at all based on a Moog modular in
close to 3 decades now."
He was refering to albums done with actual Moog modulars, not the
Moog lookin' modern modulars like MOTM, DOTCOM, etc. etc! ;-)
Right???
--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...> wrote:
>
> 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/thefultonreavesproject
> Buy:
> 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/sirdsssound
> Buy: 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.
>