Erik van Vliet and Michael van Der Kuy. In the late 1970s, electronic dance music began to emerge, and one of the pioneers was Giorgio Moroder – an Italian producer and musician from whom the Italo Disco genre drew much inspiration. Synth and disco music were produced by many Italian producers as early as around… Read More »
Nicklas Stenemo (left) and Christian Berg in Kite twist their magnificent soundscapes from analog machines. (Photo: Herman Dahlgren) The Swedish synth duo Kite has deservedly been raised to the skies (pun intended) both within and outside Sweden for their suggestive, epic pop. Studio reporter managed after great confusion in Årsta’s jungle of wholesalers, trucks and… Read More »
The Yamaha CS-5, which came out in 1979, was my first analog synthesizer, and it has left deep traces in my music creation. It was also Martin Gore’s first synthesizer and was widely used in Depeche Mode in the early 80’s. It has no hidden agendas or menus or anything that can be confusing, but… Read More »
Together with TR-606 Drumatix, it was launched as a small orchestra for lone troubadours. However, it did not turn out at all as Roland thought. Fate had something else in the binoculars. Instead of playing in the background, TB-303 came to play the main role in modern dance music for several years. An entire genre,… Read More »
Arp Odyssey comes in several different versions, all equally good. Early in my career as a synth nerd, Arp Odyssey was a pretty unknown creation to me. I knew it was a competitor to Minimoogen, but I had never really seen one and it was extremely unusual in the circles in Karlstad that I hung… Read More »