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Good synth CDs

2008-09-03 by Paul Schreiber

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.

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