Sunday, May 9. 2010

"To Be Expected" (1974)



"To Be Expected" (1974) was the end-result of a whole series of movies: Psyche, Middeleeuwse Film, A Boy's Ballad, Difficult Meeting in White Dress and more. All of them with the same subject: two people in a park or wood, standing, looking, having no physical or mental relation that can be clearly decided upon. To Be Expected features Hannah van Boeschoten and Jan Lemair, and the title seems to point at the inevitable demise of their, already fragile, relationship. The original soundtrack consists of the composition "Welcome Home, Satansboleet" opus 100 (1974), created with an EMS VCS 3 (the Synthi-A). A satansboleet, by the way, is a highly poisonous toadstool...
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Saturday, May 8. 2010

Bruno Spoerri /EMS Synthi 100

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Saturday, May 1. 2010

SYNTHI HiFLi re-release



from digitana:

I am pleased to say I have negotiated with Robin Wood at EMS to re-release the HiFLi under License. The price for each re-release HiFLi unit (including pedals) will be £2000 + shipping. This price is a reflection of the many hours of build time each unit takes (this is not a glorified 'stomp box' and is closer in complexity to a Synthi A or a VCS3 than it is to any stompbox. Dont forget the original HiFLi sold for £350 in the early 1970's which conservatively translates to about £3500 today.) They are extremely labour intensive to build. The number of units I will make to sell directly is 15. Any more than that or those units I may build for EMS to sell is not decided yet. I already have a current waiting list of 9 people. If you are interested in putting your name on the build list for one the remaining 6 then please email me. Its hard to predict the exact rate of production but i excpect to make about 8-10/year. [read more here...]

DIGITANA electronics website


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Friday, April 16. 2010

Tangens [2x EMS Synthi Aks]



York Höller 1973
Tangens for cello, electric guitar, electronic organ / piano and two analog synthesizer [EMS Synthi Aks].

York Höller homepage
Tangens.mp3

Send my way via G. Waßmuth
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Tuesday, March 30. 2010

COMPUTER ORCHESTRA



www.britishpathe.com

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Saturday, March 27. 2010

DopeSheetPrinter 2.0



DopeSheetPrinter 2.0

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Saturday, March 13. 2010

Dr Peter Zinovieff




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Friday, February 26. 2010

EMS SYNTHI 100 restoration



Working on the Dawe 3000A Frequency Counter:

It was decided to restore the 'test equipment' sections of the Synthi 100 first, as these items would prove very useful during the fault-finding and calibration of the rest of the instrument.

As it arrived the counter would power up and display a static row of random digits which did not change. Pressing the mode buttons would sometimes cause it to start counting, other times it would do nothing. One of the Nixie segments was missing from the 3rd display, and the left-most display always got stuck between 6 and 7.

The first task was to remove all the cards and clean the oxidisation from the edge connectors. Next, to clean the push switch contacts, and free-up the 2 stuck slider switches. After that, it worked rather more reliably. However there were still some issues to be resolved.

http://lucidsynthrepair.blogspot.com/

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Saturday, January 23. 2010

EMS SYNTHI 100 'Untitled' 1987



Third track 'Untitled' features an EMS Synthi 100!

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Friday, January 15. 2010

EMS SYNTHI AKS (modded)



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Sunday, January 10. 2010

Dowser (EMS SYNTHI)



Dowser is Hiroyuki Nagashima, Masateru Terai and Takashi Miyagawa. Since their musical approach varies with every piece, their music cannot be described in short, however, it always evokes visual images. Using vintage synthesizers such as EMS, Buchla and latest DSP, the music they produce has sometimes barbaric and sometimes vulnerable feel.They have been working with several leading film directors, including Sogo Ishii, Katsuhiro Otomo, Kunitoshi Manda and Shinji Aoyama.

Dowser

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Thursday, December 24. 2009

THE SYNTHI GROUP VOL. 2



The Synthi Group is back for the second installment of their ongoing Electronic Music Studio (EMS) instrument centered compilations. With the popularity of Vol. I, downloaded over 42,000 times, it was made clear that an interest exists for the unique sound of EMS machinery. Vol. II continues the DIY ethic of the first, encapsulating a diverse array of sounds from ultrasonic frequencies and spring reverb howls to rubbery logic sequences and colliding inverted ramp oscillators.

The members presenting their own manipulations and interpretations of the Synthi. Encompassing elements from vintage analog, ambient, glitch and experimental, both beginners and aficionados of electronic music alike will find interest in the varying styles presented here. Available through Clinical Archives, the Synthi Group: Vol. II must not be missed. Bleep.

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Read the first review [here..]



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Sunday, December 20. 2009

UnicaZürn & EMS Synthi A



Debut live performance by UnicaZürn. Audience footage. More UnicaZürn info: http://www.cyclobe.com - or http://www.myspace.com/unicazurnofficial - featuring Stephen Thrower (Cyclobe, Coil, Possession, Amal Gamal Ensemble) and David Knight (Arkkon, Danielle Dax, Lydia Lunch, Amal Gamal Ensemble).

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Saturday, December 12. 2009

Lustmord & the EMS Synthi



For twenty five years from 1980 I used EMS synthesizers, originally a VCS 3 and latter a Synthi AKS, and they can be heard all over my work during that period. I also used them when I was involved with SPK, including live (the first two SPK albums featured Synthi's extensively). Coincidentally I also recorded the first Lustmord album at the EMS Putney studio (London) in 1981. I used only a few other synths over the years, a Roland unit, a Korg Wavestation briefly and a Waldorf Microwave, but all minimally as I prefer audio manipulation to synthesis. But the VCS3 and the Synthi AKS were a major part of my sonic arsenal. read more [here...]

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Saturday, December 5. 2009

Jim O'Rourke plays EMS Synthi



2009/6/5 Bakuon Film Festival Jim O'Rourke plays EMS Synthi with Makino's new Film "The World".
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