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2359.0. "Synth Heroes?!" by DOOLIN::HNELSON () Fri Jun 01 1990 16:25

    I'd like to hear which bands/performers/records people particular
    admire, in a COMMUSIC fashion.
    
    I wasn't particular enamored of synths until (for example) I heard New
    Order's "Blue Monday." Other pop groups I enjoy are:
    
        Caberet Voltaire
        Thomas Dolby (esp. Aliens Ate My Buick)
        Erasure
        Devo (but *not* "Easy Listening"!)
        Sigue Sigue Sputnik (stretching it a bit)
        Depeche Mode
        
    What music thrills / inspires y'all?
    
    - Hoyt        
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2359.1No one in particularMILKWY::JANZENTom 228-5421 FXO/28Fri Jun 01 1990 16:4519
    I was never Morton Subotnik fan, but he's married to Joan LaBarbara,
    who made a few good pieces by layering zillions of similar but
    semi-independent asynchronous events with her voice and overdubbing,
    which isn't commusic, but anyway, it's similar to I of IV by Pauline
    Oliveros, which is commusic (she was fooling around in school with
    mixing ultrasonic tones to make audible tones, and the lab
    superintendant pulled out all her plugs because he thought it was
    evil), and Orient/Occident by Ed Vare`se is also a piece of thousands
    of similar but asynchronous events.
    That's why my program is vaguely similar to that, but to really make it
    go you'd need a sampler with weird little moving sounds for samples.
    I also like blinding fast things, but the overhead in my program
    brought it down from about 200 midi events/second in the feasability
    prototype to about 30 or so
    HPSCHD by Cage and Hiller is similar; there are probably hundreds of
    computer generated sounds going on at once, similar but asynchronous
    (if you've ever heard me play piano jazz, you know I hate a regular
    beat ;-0 ;-)8-)
    Tom
2359.2...NORGE::CHADFri Jun 01 1990 17:178
Yes
Rick Wakeman
Chick Corea
Tangerine Dream



Chad
2359.3gee Chad, we agree on something?MIDI::DANDan Gosselin, CUP EngineeringFri Jun 01 1990 17:227
my fav's:

Tangerine Dream
Chick Corea
Vangelis

-Dan
2359.4who ?SALSA::MOELLEREndorphin addictFri Jun 01 1990 17:233
    Cyrille Verdeaux, Prophet King of France
    
    karl
2359.5Eeny meeny MIDI moe!FORTSC::CHABANFri Jun 01 1990 17:4110
    Roger Powell
    Larry Fast
    Don Slepian
    Suzanne Ciani
    Tomita
    Walter/Wendy Carlos
    
    My taste is sort of eclectic...
    
    -Ed
2359.6:-) (But I really mean it)NORGE::CHADFri Jun 01 1990 18:015
Karl Moeller
Steve Sherman
Tom Benson

Chad
2359.7Larry HeylAQUA::ROSTI'll do anything for moneyFri Jun 01 1990 18:2312
    When I was attending RPI back in 1972, I met a fellow student named
    Larry Heyl.   Larry had actually built his own synthesizer
    (unfortunately, it was not on campus) and owned a reel-to-reel tape
    deck on which he would perform sonic manipulations.  
    
    The last I heard from him was that he had received a BS in Fine Arts
    and was off to Alaska to help build the pipeline.
    
    Basically, he showed me that you didn't have to have gobs of money or
    extensive musical training to make ugly loud noises and have fun.
    
    							Brian
2359.8what was the question?LEDDEV::ROSSshiver me timbres....Fri Jun 01 1990 19:0121
    
    yup. Just banging a hammer on a loooooooong metal
    tube seems to be a substitute..... ;}    (or can he weld?)
    
    count me in for:
    
    Roger Powell
    Chick-eria
    Egberto Gismonte
    Keith Em.
    T. Lavitz
    Jan Hammer 
    
    (Karl M., your in there too, but gee, you're stuff sounds like Im
    	listenning to *ME*.........I think you know wha I mean)
    
    	No, wait a minute, maybe those are the folks I learned most
    from........
    
    rr
    
2359.9MAIL::EATONDFri Jun 01 1990 19:165
    
    	Richard Souther
    	Harlan Rogers
    	Keith Emerson
    
2359.11Tod is GodBAVIKI::GOODMichael GoodFri Jun 01 1990 21:171
Tod Machover.  New album coming soon...
2359.12I think Suzanne Ciani lives near me...DCSVAX::COTEWhat if someone sees us? Awwwwkk!Fri Jun 01 1990 23:073
    Suzanne Ciani, Jane Child, Swing Out Sister...
    
    Edd
2359.13Simple tastes!TROA01::HITCHMOUGHSat Jun 02 1990 16:098
    Jean Michelle Jarre (sp)
    Tomita
    Synergy
    Mr(s) Carlos
    Mike Oldfield (multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire)
    
    Ken
    
2359.14not in any orderGLOWS::COCCOLIit's mootSun Jun 03 1990 01:2211
    
    
    Ultravox
    Kraftwork
    Peter Gabriel (esp Fast and Gabriel on "Security")
    Larry Fast
    Bill Nelson   
    Wakeman
    Eddie Jobson (ex UK)
    Jan 
    
2359.15Re-orderedBAHTAT::KENTpeekayMon Jun 04 1990 07:2212
    
    
    While we are into name dropping... It turns out that "New Order" use
    the same music shop as I do.... I found this out because the owner
    keeps details of what's out on loan and what's owed, on scruffy liitle
    account cards and "Kent" is one step before "New" in his index system
    so everytime I pay-off or buy something I get to see what they are
    doing and buying. Latest aquisition is an Sy77....
    
    					Paul. "Old Order"
    
    
2359.16PAULJ::HARRIMANIt's a dog eat dog food worldMon Jun 04 1990 12:5516

	I was weaned into this on Morton Subotnik, in 1970 (age 10). Warped
	my musical sensibilities forever. Other influences:

	W. Carlos
	Paul Beaver/Bernard Krause
	Emerson, until WORKS II
	Wakeman, until Six Wives
	T. Dolby
	Argent
	Mannheim Steamroller
	Kraftwerk
	Tangerine Dream
	Constance Denby
	David Parsons
2359.17Oh yeah, I forgot:DOOLIN::HNELSONMon Jun 04 1990 13:351
    Art of Noise
2359.18If it's commusic...HSKAPL::VERGHESEMon Jun 04 1990 15:586
Tony Banks     (chord changes/voicing)
Vangelis       (atmosphere)
Peter Gabriel  (sounds)
Jean-Luc Ponty (fluency)

...Joachim
2359.19Oooh: CD acquisition time!DOOLIN::HNELSONTue Jun 05 1990 17:2757
Here is a summary of replies, e.g. three people nominated Corea. I would 
appreciate titles of suggested LPs/CDs for the asterisked (*) entries.

- Hoyt

    3    Chick Corea*
    3    Keith Emerson
    3    Rick Wakeman
    3    Tangerine Dream*
    3    Wendy Carlos

    2    Jan Hammer
    2    Kraftwerk
    2    Larry Fast
    2    Peter Gabriel 
    2    Roger Powell
    2    Suzanne Ciani*
    2    Thomas Dolby
    2    Tomita
    2    Vangelis*

    1    Argent
    1    Art of Noise
    1    Bill Nelson   
    1    Caberet Voltaire
    1    Cage and Hiller
    1    Constance Denby
    1    Cyrille Verdeaux
    1    David Parsons
    1    Depeche Mode
    1    Devo 
    1    Don Slepian
    1    Eddie Jobson 
    1    Egberto Gismonte
    1    Erasure
    1    Harlan Rogers
    1    Jane Child*
    1    Jean Michelle Jarre 
    1    Jean-Luc Ponty 
    1    Joan LaBarbara
    1    Karl Moeller
    1    Mannheim Steamroller*
    1    Mike Oldfield 
    1    Morton Subotnik
    1    Paul Beaver/Bernard Krause
    1    Richard Souther
    1    Sigue Sigue Sputnik 
    1    Steve Sherman
    1    Synergy
    1    T. Lavitz
    1    Tod Machover
    1    Tom Benson
    1    Tony Banks     
    1    Ultravox
    1    Yes

- Hoyt
2359.20WEFXEM::COTEWhat if someone sees us? Awwwwkk!Tue Jun 05 1990 17:3812
    Jane Child only has one album out, "Jane Child". If you're not into
    dance music, skip it. But if you are, it's the balz....
    
    I didn't list Corea, because there is only one album of his I can say
    I truly enjoy, "Elektrik Band", the black one. However, I think that
    is one great CD...
    
    Ciani - I'd recommend "Neverland" first, then a toss up betwixt "The
    Velocity Of Love" and "History Of My Heart". Any of them are represen-
    tative, but I prefer "Neverland"... (Is there another one????)
    
    Edd
2359.21I request a recountSALSA::MOELLERTue Jun 05 1990 17:484
    re .19, Hoyt's compilation - excuse me, but *2* noters mentioned me -
    in 2359.6 and 2359.8, putting me in some pretty good company..
    
    karl (smiley face here)
2359.22Could Karl really BE Swing Out Sister????WEFXEM::COTEWhat if someone sees us? Awwwwkk!Tue Jun 05 1990 17:553
    Yeah, and he missed Swing Out Sister also!!!!
    
    Edd
2359.23moreMILKWY::JANZENTom 228-5421 FXO/28Tue Jun 05 1990 18:308
    I should have mentioned Vladimir Ussachevsky, I heard a piece  of his
    with short wave sounds that were spooky.
    Also Laurie Spiegel.  In college I used to play a piece of hers a lot
    called Appalachian something.
    Karlheinz Stockhausen's Telemusik was one of my favorite's also.  I
    still have the record.  I went to the university library to look at the
    score; it's very complicated.  I doubt anyone will recreate it.
    Tom
2359.24coreaNORGE::CHADTue Jun 05 1990 19:4310
I like "eye of the beholder" by corea's eletrik band


Also, the "Return to Forever" group of corea's has a bunch of stuff, though
i have only heard a little.

chad

ps: i also like corea's akoustik band but that ain't really commusic.

2359.25WEFXEM::COTEWhat if someone sees us? Awwwwkk!Wed Jun 06 1990 12:287
    If anyone's interested in checking out Tangerine Dream, I ordered
    a copy of "Phaedra" thru BMG as part of my freebies. Not my cuppa
    tea. Offer me a trade for {what_have_you}...
    
    ...no idea how representative "Phaedra" is of TD.
    
    Edd
2359.26Revised list; more heroes pleaseDOOLIN::HNELSONWed Jun 06 1990 12:5265
Re -*:

    Edd:      I *LOVE* dance music! Thanks for pointer.
              I thought "Swing Out Sister" was a CD title.
    Karl:     Sorry about that - I EDT faster than I read.
    All:      I'd like more suggestions for "synth heroes", esp. dance music.
              Vangelis, Tangerine Dream, Mannheim Steamroller suggestions?

Thanks - Hoyt

    3    Chick Corea*
    3    Keith Emerson
    3    Rick Wakeman
    3    Tangerine Dream*
    3    Wendy Carlos

    2    Jan Hammer
    2    Karl Moeller   <----- changed
    2    Kraftwerk
    2    Larry Fast
    2    Peter Gabriel 
    2    Roger Powell
    2    Suzanne Ciani*
    2    Thomas Dolby
    2    Tomita
    2    Vangelis*

    1    Argent
    1    Art of Noise
    1    Bill Nelson   
    1    Caberet Voltaire
    1    Cage and Hiller
    1    Constance Denby
    1    Cyrille Verdeaux
    1    David Parsons
    1    Depeche Mode
    1    Devo 
    1    Don Slepian
    1    Eddie Jobson 
    1    Egberto Gismonte
    1    Erasure
    1    Harlan Rogers
    1    Jane Child*
    1    Jean Michelle Jarre 
    1    Jean-Luc Ponty 
    1    Joan LaBarbara
    1    Karlheinz Stockhausen     <----- changed
    1    Laurie Spiegel            <----- changed
    1    Mannheim Steamroller*
    1    Mike Oldfield 
    1    Morton Subotnik
    1    Paul Beaver/Bernard Krause
    1    Richard Souther
    1    Sigue Sigue Sputnik 
    1    Steve Sherman
    1    Synergy
    1    T. Lavitz
    1    Tod Machover
    1    Tom Benson
    1    Tony Banks     
    1    Ultravox
    1    Vladimir Ussachevsky     <----- changed
    1    Yes

- Hoyt
2359.27Keith, Rick and don't forget PatDREGS::BLICKSTEINThis is your brain on UnixWed Jun 06 1990 12:5222
    Keith Emerson certainly has to be one of my biggest.  As a kid, I saved
    up pennies to buy a Moog Satellite, and once I had it started trying
    to learn every Emerson synth lick on record.
    
    Rick Wakeman had a big influence in that I have a few soloing styles
    that are almost like "Wakeman mode".
    
    One guy who really had a tremendous influence who hasn't been mentioned
    yet is Patrick Moraz.  His "i" album really opened my eyes to the
    fact that synths allow us to go much further into the realm of
    "texture" (sortof the cloth backdrops of music - backgrounds, pads,
    etc.).
    
    But oddly enough, I probably learned more about using synths from
    listening to T-40 records than anything else.
    
    Other notables, but perhaps not influences:
    
    	Isao Tomita
    	Vangelis
    
    
2359.28Special needs noterDOOLIN::HNELSONWed Jun 06 1990 12:553
    Whoops - I STILL left out Swing Out Sister. Next edition.
    
    - Hoyt
2359.29Swing Out SisterWEFXEM::COTEWhat if someone sees us? Awwwwkk!Wed Jun 06 1990 13:239
    Swing Out Sister is the band name. I believe it's just one guy and a
    woman doing everything. I can't recommend the first album highly
    enough. (So why did I go brain-dead and forget the title???) It's the
    album that ISN'T named "Kaliediscope World". The opening track,
    "Breakout" is a tour de force in the use of MIDI and synths to create
    dance music. It's real easy to forget that you're NOT listening to 
    a big band, the emulation is that good.
    
    Edd
2359.30Mannheim SteamrollerPAULJ::HARRIMANIt's a dog eat dog food worldWed Jun 06 1990 13:2616

	I wouldn't call it dance music.

	Fresh Aire III and IV are my favorites, but I and II are quite
	interesting examples of early mixing of acoustic/electronic media.

	I doubt you'll find a copy of anything Paul Beaver and Bernard Krause
	did still in print, although Bernie Krause is still at Berkeley doing
	things (Paul Beaver died about 10 years ago). The one title I have
	is called "Ragnarok" and dates from maybe 1970, on the Limelight label.
	All archaic by today's standards, but quite rootsy, so far as what
	was going on in 1970 on the West Coast in a then-new medium.


	/pjh
2359.31Synth heroes.PROSE::DIORIOKazoos--the great equalizersWed Jun 06 1990 16:0112
1) Chick Corea
2) Jan Hammer
3) Herbie Hancock
4) Keith Emerson
5) Rick Wakeman
6) Roger Powell
7) Patrick Moraz
8) Isao Tomita
9) Edgar Winter
10) Steve Hunt 


2359.32memory laneMILKWY::JANZENTom 228-5421 FXO/28Wed Jun 06 1990 16:0510
2359.33Phaedra is why I play....RANGER::EIRIKURWed Jun 06 1990 17:1421
    Someone with adventure in their soul should take up that offer of
    Ed's.  I was going to say something about Phaedra in explaining the
    early Tangerine Dream (which is where *I* learned about backdrops,
    etc.).  Phaedra is NOT commusic.  Mellotron.  Modular Moog
    w/eight-stage analog sequencer.  Phase shifter.  Echo.   Very
    minimalist/experimental for the most part.  Found percussion.
    I find it's hard to talk sensibly about things you love.  There's a
    broad streak of romantic influence running through it, though 'tis a
    post-psycedelic romanticism.  If you know who Phaedra was, you can be
    amused at the playground sounds very subtly mixed in at the end of that
    piece.  "Mysterious Semblance at the Strand of Nightmares" is probably
    my favorite piece of Mellotron playing.  That's an original Mellotron
    (to my knowledge, anyway) not a Mark V, or a Chamberlin.  There's some
    really nice Mark V orchestration on Edgar Froese's "Epsilon in
    Maylasian Pale" solo album, which is where you should go next if you
    liked Phaedra.  Both are on Virgin CD's at decent prices these days.
    An excellent TD bargin is the double-album complete on one CD,
    "Encore."  
    
    	Eirikur
    
2359.34The few I can and can't rememberNWACES::PHILLIPSWed Jun 06 1990 17:2916
    The few I can remember -:
    
    Stevie Wonder - The secret life of plants(that turned me on to synths)
    Herbie Hancock - lots of stuff
    Chick Corea - My Spanish Heart and others
    Jeff Lorber -Jeff Lorber Fusion 1st and 2nd Albums(can't remember the names)
    Keyboardist of Yellow Jackets- Can't remember his name
    
    And the countless others I have heard on WEVO (Concord, NH in the
    evening) If you like newage, fusion and jazz it is a great show that
    transitions thru each type.
    
    Sorry for the transgression.
    
    Errol
    ps (I don't worry about spelling only the message) :-{)
2359.35Early Return TO Forever's the nads.PROSE::DIORIOKazoos--the great equalizersWed Jun 06 1990 19:0414
Someone a few replies back asked for suggestions of what Chick Corea 
(Return To Forever) albums (CDs) to buy. I HIGHLY recommend both "Hymn of the 
Seventh Galaxy" (if you can find it--has anybody seen it on CD yet??), and 
"No Mystery". 

Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy is Chick's first foray into the world of electric 
instruments, and I don't think there is really a lot of synth stuff on it 
(mostly electric piano), but still this is great stuff IMHO.   

No Mystery is the first Chick Corea (Return to Forever) album to feature Al 
DiMeola on guitar. Features some classic Chick, like "Celebration Suite". 
Great album.

Mike D
2359.36Compact Jazz Has "Senor Mouse"AQUA::ROSTI'll do anything for moneyWed Jun 06 1990 19:228
    
    I haven't seen "Hymn" yet but the "Compact Jazz" CD of Chick's contains
    primarily tracks from the first three RTF albums (most of Chick's solo
    stuff at that time went to ECM).  You get "Senor Mouse", a couple of
    tracks from "No Mystery" and a few from the Airto/Flora Purim/Joe
    Farrell version of the band (including "5000 Miles High").
    
    						Brian  
2359.37MILKWY::JANZENTom 228-5421 FXO/28Wed Jun 06 1990 20:012
    Ensembles for Synthesizers by Henri Pousseur is kind of thrilling.
    Tom
2359.38What Bigotry ?BAHTAT::KENTpeekayThu Jun 07 1990 07:0917
    
    
    Re--- A few back
    
    Jane Child ????
    Jane Child is to subtlety what Karl Moeller is to modesty....
    ;-)
    
    New order are currently number one in the U.K. charts singing with the
    England World Cup "FOOTBALL" team .
    Is that Commusic ????
    
    					Paul.
    
    			(Gazza is my hero)
    
    
2359.39NIMBUS::DAVISThu Jun 07 1990 12:3518
    
    Some of my favs - 
    
    Kraftwerk
    Tangerine Dream
    Brian Eno
    
    And a couple of bands whose synth players names escape me:
    
    Gong (I think the synth player went by the name of Hi T. Moonweed)
    Pere Ubu
    The Tubes (saw them live once and the synth player had this monstrous
               analog setup)
    
    Rob
    
     
     
2359.40my -60 dBCTHULU::YERAZUNISVery funny. Yes.Fri Jun 08 1990 17:4425
    
    I guess I got started with "the classic" - "Switched On Bach" by Walter
    (Wendy?) Carlos.  That and Synergy (Synergy IS Larry Fast, by the way)
    "Electronic Realizations" had me hooked.
    
    Others:
    	Ceciel and Margoleiff
    	Isao Tomita
    	Donald ("Buck Dharma") Roeser of Blue Oyster Cult
    	ELP
    
    -----
    
    I didn't actually 'get into' synthesis until RPI, in '74 or so, we 
    appropriated some night time on one of the Chemistry Department's
    PDP-15's.  We wired up an R/2R DAC onto the disk controller display
    (light bulbs!  plenty of drive there!) and then ran CPU loops... 
    we even had a compiler because no one could write a program fast 
    enough interpret symbolic note data fast enough to make useful
    sounds!
    
    Worked great till the disk controller blew up and the DEC FE came in
    and said " W*** T** F*** ???" when he saw the extra perfboard
    wired into the disk current cylinder display... and the amplifier...
    and the speaker...  
2359.41??????AQUA::ROSTI'll do anything for moneyFri Jun 08 1990 19:185
    
    Re: .40
    
    Buck Dharma?  
    
2359.42Androgynous Amnesia.PROSE::DIORIOKazoos--the great equalizersFri Jun 08 1990 19:386
Re .31 Oooops!!

I forgot to mention Walter Carlos as one on my synth heroes (Switched On 
Bach days, obviously). Sorry Walt...er..I mean..Wendy!!

Mike D
2359.43Sorry for the digression folks.PROSE::DIORIOKazoos--the great equalizersFri Jun 08 1990 19:4011
RE .36 

Brian, Senor Mouse is a great tune, but my faves on the album are:

1) After The Cosmic Rain (Stanley Clarke)
2) The Gamemaker
3) the title cut

Does compact jazz include these tunes?

Mike D
2359.44We Don' Need No Steenkin' Rock and RollAQUA::ROSTI'll do anything for moneyFri Jun 08 1990 19:527
    Re: .43
    
    Nope, I think "Senor Mouse" is the only one.  Half of the disk is the
    more acoustic RTF stuff.  Maybe Polydor didn't want to scare everybody
    away with screaming guitars.  8^)  8^)  8^)
    
    						Brian
2359.45Corea and Emerson are neck-and-neck, with...DOOLIN::HNELSONFri Jun 08 1990 20:2682
2359.46TomitaAQUA::ROSTI'll do anything for moneyFri Jun 08 1990 20:3411
    Tomita is a Japanese synthesist who had a number of popular albums in
    the 70s where he performed classical warhorses like Holsts's "The
    Planets" on synths, much in the vein of what Walter Carlos had done
    with Bach.  I recall an album of Debussy pieces, the Holst album, one
    of Stravinsky ("Firebird" maybe?), Mussorsgky's "Pictures".  
    
    He recorded for RCA.  Haven't seen anything from him since the early
    eighties.Maybe he changed his name to Kitaro....8^)  8^)  Just
    kidding...
    
    						Brian
2359.47ThanksDOOLIN::HNELSONFri Jun 08 1990 21:143
    "Planets" is an old favorite... I'll have to check out Tower! 
    
    - Hoyt
2359.48Tomita is also goodNORGE::CHADFri Jun 08 1990 21:484
My brother was into Tomita awhile back.  I quite like his stuff.  Fav's of 
mine of his stuff are Moussorgsky and Debussy, as well as the Stravinsky album.

Chad
2359.49Hector OliveraFGVAXX::LAINGSoft-Core Cuddler*Jim Laing*282-1476Fri Jun 15 1990 14:4315
    Has anyone heard of Hector Olivera?  He's from Argentine (I think), and
    from what I've read a "child prodogy" on the piano and organ.  He plays
    an instrument he calls the "0/1 Orchestra", which used to be a 9-manual
    (keyboard) monster that today would be called "old-tech".  Now, he uses
    3 manuals - 2 from a Yamaha HX-1 "organ" (it's really just a 2-keyboard
    synth/sampler-plus-other-stuff) plus a Roland S-50 sampler.  He plays a
    variety of music styles, heavy on the classical organ and orchestral
    works.  I've seen him live and heard one of his tapes; quite a
    performaer and quite an arranger, I'd say!  People are usually in AWE
    after a convert; he often ends with the 1812 Overture (the percussion
    is sequenced, the rest he plays live) ...
    
    I've been curious if other COMMUCIC'ers have heard (of) him ...
    
    	-Jim
2359.50Hector Rules.PROSE::DIORIOKazoos--the great equalizersFri Jun 15 1990 15:587
  <<< Note 2359.49 by FGVAXX::LAING "Soft-Core Cuddler*Jim Laing*282-1476" >>>
                              -< Hector Olivera >-

Yes, I've heard of him. He's a great player (heard one of his tapes). Used to be
associated with Yamaha, I think, in some capacity.

Mike D
2359.51nopeMILKWY::JANZENTom 228-5421 FXO/28Fri Jun 15 1990 16:192
    I have never heard of him.
    Tom
2359.52I'm the operator of my pocket calculator!SHAPES::BROWNMLucozade kidWed Jun 20 1990 12:322
    Kraftwerk, New Order, Pet Shop Boys (some of the remixes, not the
    singles), Vince Clarke (Depeche Mode, Yazoo, The Assembley, Erasure)
2359.53Almost forgot my House heroesSHAPES::BROWNMLucozade kidWed Jun 20 1990 12:391
    Oh, and Adamski, Hummanoid, Mark Moore (S-Express) & Tim Simmenon.
2359.54Want to trade CDs?DOOLIN::HNELSONWed Jun 20 1990 13:093
    Oh yeah, I forgot the Pet Shop Boys, love that stuff.
    
    - Hoyt
2359.55Missed some real great namesHLFS00::GROEN_Afrom the GREAT small countryFri Jun 22 1990 14:1031
                      -{ Midi/Synth Music Maniac }-
    
    Saw a lot of names passing by reading the first 54 replies.
    I still think some are forgotten.
    The following names are the ones I think who made the change from
    electronic sounds to real music.
    
    "It" Carlos
    Suzanne Ciani
    Tangerine Dream
    Jean Michel Jarre (his first albums)
    Rick Wakeman
    Keith Emmerson
    Kitaro ( his first 12 albums,japanese releases so no Geffen labal)
    Michael Genest
    Michael Garrison
    Don Robertson
    Ad Visser (his first albums)
    Martin Agterberg
    Vangelis (especially "Antartica")
    Gandalf
    John Kerr
    etc.etc.etc.
    
    But the ultimate experience after about 20 concerts from several
    of these guys(+ one she and one "it") is a KITARO concert.
    If you're able to go to one :DO !!!!!!!
    
            Arie.
    
    
2359.56Todd RundgrenRICKS::NORCROSSAnother day in paradiseFri Jun 22 1990 20:290
2359.57GumbyRANGER::EIRIKURFri Jun 22 1990 20:443
    I really must add that, in truth, my favorite synthetic hero is Gumby.
    
    	Eirikur (Friday afternoon doc review burnout case)
2359.58Reaching for itMILKWY::JANZENTom 228-5421 FXO/28Fri Jun 22 1990 20:542
    Gotta go with Malzelle and his PanHarmonicon.
    Tom
2359.59TONY BANKS!!!NRADM::OSTIGUYWed Jun 27 1990 19:597
    Emerson, Wakeman, Corea, Hancock, Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Larry
    Fast, and many more, but how about some more votes for the great
    sounds, and fantastic playing of Mr. Tony Banks!!??!!
    
    Wes
    
    a devoted,fanatical, "over the edge" Genesis freak
2359.60Thanks for reminding me.PROSE::DIORIOKazoos--the great equalizersWed Jun 27 1990 20:516
                     <<< Note 2359.59 by NRADM::OSTIGUY >>>
                               -< TONY BANKS!!! >-

Yeah, I almost forgot about him. I like his stuff.

Mike D
2359.61some forgottenHLFS00::GROEN_Afrom the GREAT small countryThu Jun 28 1990 07:4714
    re:2359.55
    
    I forgot a few guys.
    
    David Arkenstone
    Tomita
    Yanni
    Michael Stearns
    Hans Visser
    
    
    Greetings,
                   Arie.
    
2359.62SALSA::MOELLERThu Jun 28 1990 17:2411
     <<< Note 2359.61 by HLFS00::GROEN_A "from the GREAT small country" >>>
>    I forgot a few guys.
>    Michael Stearns
    
    Arie, I know Michael slightly.  His brother Philip is one of my best 
    friends.  I was at the LA Bench center last weekend and visited Philip,
    and on Saturday we visited Michael's studio in Santa Monica He is
    still set up for 6-channel IMAX soundtracks.  He's done several, most
    notably CHRONOS, by the 'Koyaanasqatsi' folks.
    
    karl in Tucson
2359.63TONY BANKS!!!!COPCLU::SANDGRENWalking TallThu Jun 28 1990 23:4317
re .59:

You're right about Tony Banks, what he has done in Genesis is amazing...we
old Genesis freaks always seem to agree...

Also Keith Emerson gets a vote from me, he was ahead of his time in ELP!

Also:

    Ed Jobson (for his work in UK)
    Chick Corea (for his incredible jazz feeling)
    Dave Stewart (for his work with Bill Bruford)
    Rick Wakeman (for his always recognizeable work in Yes)

Poul (not a synth hero)

2359.64finally arrived here (pfff)UTROP1::BOVENJFri Jun 29 1990 08:0843
    
    Discovered this topic a bit late, but anyway:
                  
    Influencer			Best Albums
    ----------			-----------
    
    Kraftwerk 			(Autobahn, Trans Europe Express, Man
    				Machine, Radio Activity)
    
    Jean-Michel Jarre     	Zoolook (best sampling album ever IMOO)
    (note the spelling!!!)      Equinoxe, Oxygene, Champs Magnetiques
    				(new album out: Waiting for Cousteau)
                         
    				Do you know he's the best selling
    				synth-only artist in the world?
    
    				Spectacular concerts (Live in China)		
    
    Tangerine Dream		If you don't like Phaedra try their
    				fabulous 2CD compilation album
    				"Dream Sequence" (incl. 20 min tracks,
    				140 min. of music!!)
    
    Larry Fast/Synergy		Electronic Realizations/Chords/Sequencer
    
    Klaus Schulze		Where is this #1 synth guy during the
    				70-ties in Europe in this topic???
        			listen to Audentity, Moondawn, Body
    				Love, Picture Music, X, etc.
    
    Telex			Belgian fun-copy of Kraftwerk. Neurovision
    				and Looking for Sain-Tropez
    
    Vangelis (old albums)	Spiral (one of the best synth albums ever),
    				Heaven & Hell, China
    
    That's it for me...
    
    regards,
    Jeroen	
    	  					                                                                 
    
    
2359.65Keith rules!DOOLIN::HNELSONThu Jul 19 1990 16:51100
2359.66Too bad Dave picked up the guitarDOOLIN::HNELSONThu Jul 19 1990 17:117
    I'll tender another vote for Dave Stewart (Eurythmics). The first
    American LP (the one with "Sweet Dreams") is a gorgeous listen. With
    earphones, the synth layers evoke an image of a wide and *deep* space
    with a captivating richness of color and tone. Some of the lyrics are
    killer, too, but I'd enjoy the album sans vocals.
    
    - Hoyt
2359.67Steve RoachRICKS::NORCROSSThu Jul 19 1990 19:360
2359.682 Dave Stewart'sCOPCLU::SANDGRENWalking TallFri Jul 20 1990 07:3010
re .66:

You must be talking about another Dave Stewart than I am - we have 2 of
them, I think: the one I mentioned is the one who played very jazz-in-
fluenced music with Bill Bruford/Jeff Berlin/Alan Holdsworth, the one
from Eurythmics cannot be the same...

Poul

2359.69What was I writing about?DOOLIN::HNELSONFri Jul 20 1990 18:385
    I'm probably not remembering accurately. I have a perfectly reliable
    memory: I remember nothing. My mind is like a steel trap, rusted shut.
    I forget my other standard bad memory jokes. I'll look it up.
    
    - Hoyt
2359.70Like a water coloristDOOLIN::HNELSONTue Jul 24 1990 21:503
    It *is* David Stewart in the Eurythmics. Check out "Sweet Dreams..."
    
    - Hoyt