What are your thoughts on Synthesizers and music created by Synthesizers.

[Jasonovich]

I was browsing the Adam's webpage, looking for something new or maybe just bored and trying to avoid the house chores. Missus is away so that's alright phew!

I came across this video, and I was inspired so I played my old Kraftwerk album - The Man Machine album, Oh wow, not heard it in centuries, these German guys were good.
They were pivitol of the genre, there's a place for synthesiser music, I feel energised when I listen to it. I think there was a pun there but possibly too thick to understand it!

What are your thoughts, do you like listening to synthesised music, are there any albums you can recommend?
Or if you're budding muscian and use a synthesiser at home or studio, perhaps you like to share or provide your commentary.

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The Story of Kraftwerk 'The Man-Machine' - Classic Album Sundays

“For me, it was one of those things where I didn’t want to spend the rest of my life making records that are too f–ing weird for anybody to listen to." Jerry Garcia.

classicalbumsundays.com

 

[Steve983]

One of my first albums was Albedo 0.39 by Vangelis and love many of his albums like Heaven & Hell, Spiral and the Bladerunner soundtrack. Also of course Jean Michel Jarre and Oxygene although I never cared for his following albums. Lately I've been exploring Bandcamp and discovering a lot of modern ambient/space/cyberpunk/Berlin school synth music by independent artists and buying FLAC downloads.

 

[Friesiansam]

Synthesisers are as valid as any other means of making music. What would Pink Floyd have done without them, in their early years?

 

[Al ears]

Can create excellent sound and albums.
Many German bands based upon them including Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream and the like.

 

[Jasonovich]

Synthesisers are as valid as any other means of making music. What would Pink Floyd have done without them, in their early years?

Yes, very true.

 

[Jasonovich]

Can create excellent sound and albums.
Many German bands based upon them including Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream and the like.

Tangerine Dream, forgot about these guys.

 

[Gray]

Some people wouldn't want to admit liking (or even remembering) this one.
But I'm not one of those people - and it got to number 1 for a reason:

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[Gray]

Many German bands based upon them including Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream and the like.

Something about Germans and electronic sound.
Giorgio Moroder has made a career out of it, famously coming up with:

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[manicm]

I'm a big fan of any good electronic music. Kraftwerk, with their 5 album run from Autobahn to Computer World, were truly and without exaggeration the Beatles of electronic music.

I'm also a huge fan of Brian Eno's run of ambient albums from the mid 70s to the early 80s, including the preceding Discreet Music that started it all. He also did some collaborations in the series which are essential too with Jon Hassell, Robert Fripp, Harold Budd and Laraaji.

The only much acclaimed band I don't care much for is Tangerine Dream. Yes they're regarded as pioneers, but to me they were a one trick pony who had a single idea they repeated album after album. No doubt I'll be pi...ng many fans off.

 

[Jasonovich]

Something about Germans and electronic sound.
Giorgio Moroder has made a career out of it, famously coming up with:

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Classic Donna Summers. Also, Daft Punk featuring Giorgio Moroder and David Bowie's collaboration with Moroder on production of Cat People.

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[ianrjones]

I'm rather fond of LITTLE BOOTS. Try NOCTURNES, circa 2013. It's my favourite by her.

 

[Cricketbat70]

I have all of Jean Michel Jarre's albums upto the early 1990’s Zoolook from 1986 being my favourite. I also have a few of his newer albums. Gary Numan also heavily synthesized based. One of my favourites by Gary is Savage(Songs From a Broken World) six years old that album now.

 

[Friesiansam]

I have all of Jean Michel Jarre's albums upto the early 1990’s Zoolook from 1986 being my favourite. I also have a few of his newer albums. Gary Numan also heavily synthesized based. One of my favourites by Gary is Savage(Songs From a Broken World) six years old that album now.

I used to like Jean Michel Jarre but, not listened to him for many years. Maybe it’s time to listen again.

 

[abacus]

Synthesisers can create sounds that normal instruments cant, therefore it brings something new to the table which creatives can make great use of, or of course make exciting variations of existing music.

Bill

 

[Cricketbat70]

I have all of Jean Michel Jarre's albums upto the early 1990’s Zoolook from 1986 being my favourite. I also have a few of his newer albums. Gary Numan also heavily synthesized based. One of my favourites by Gary is Savage(Songs From a Broken World) six years old that album now.

Oh and I forgot to say I'm rediscovering Gary Numan's early stuff. I was 9 years old when things like Are Friends Electric and Cars were released back then I didn't listen to any albums. I'm now slowly going through all his early albums.

 

[JDl]

Yeah, my favourite band still, after forty years or so, used a synth' and it was key to their sound. He was called the "Switch Doctor." Ha , ha, ha.

 

[manicm]

I have all of Jean Michel Jarre's albums upto the early 1990’s Zoolook from 1986 being my favourite. I also have a few of his newer albums. Gary Numan also heavily synthesized based. One of my favourites by Gary is Savage(Songs From a Broken World) six years old that album now.

I love Zoolook as well.

 

[froze]

Synthesisers are not the problem, they've had synthesizers for a long time, even the electric guitar is a form of an synthesizer, they took an acoustical guitar and electrified it adding sound effects as they went. Then they did the same thing to the piano and the organ, combined the two, electrified it, and as time went on they added sound effects. They did the same thing with drums, though I have yet to hear a syn drum sound anything remotely like a real drum, nor do they have the same action on the pads as real drums have, so of all the electrified instruments the drum is horrible.

The problem as I see it is when a computer does all the instruments and there is no human playing those "instruments", and we are beginning to see that type of music increase, and when AI gets up and going full steam it will write, sing, and play the music, sorry boys and girls, but that isn't music in my book, music has to be created by a human author who writes the lyrics and the notes, and then they play instruments using human appendages to put their lyrics and notes into actual music. But as this junk comes out, people will slowly get use to it and will accept it as real music.

 

[Jasonovich]

The problem as I see it is when a computer does all the instruments and there is no human playing those "instruments", and we are beginning to see that type of music increase, and when AI gets up and going full steam.

Really scary,
you can actually get AI software that's writes your music. You can come up with the lyrics and AI will flesh it out with music.

 

[Revolutions]

Ever synth you’ve been gone 🎵

 

[DougK1]

Some people wouldn't want to admit liking (or even remembering) this one.
But I'm not one of those people - and it got to number 1 for a reason:

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Excellent song, Gray. An early Giorgio Moroder/Pete Bellotte track, they went on to be the driving force behind Donna Summer.