Gary Numan bio “Tubeway Daze: The Untold Story Of Tubeway Army” out now
Check out the new release – Gary Numan bio “Tubeway Daze: The Untold Story Of Tubeway Army” by Paul Goodwin which is available now on Amazon
Here’s the press text that comes with it: “Before Gary Numan there was Tubeway Army, and before Tubeway Army there was Gary Webb, a determined and ambitious 16 year old singer/songwriter from West London, who in the punk-assaulted summer of1976, dispensed with full time education to pursue his long held dream of fame and stardom. To assist him in this quest came talented bassist, Paul Gardiner with whom Gary first founded Tubeway Army.
Together with Gary’s uncle, drummer Gerald Lidyard, they gigged sporadically around central London as the band eventually drew the attention of a small independent record label, Beggars Banquet. No-one could have predicted back then that in just a few short months, music history was about to be made as Gary Numan and Tubeway Army burst onto the music scene in the early summer of 1979 with the futuristic anthem “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?”, a song that ushered in a fresh and exciting new era in popular music.”
It’s not the first book that Goodwin has written on Gary Numan, in 2005 he already published “Electric Pioneer: An Armchair Guide to Gary Numan” (find it right here on Amazon
New track from Australian synthpop act Tycho Brahe – No Love
From the EP “Triplex Part 3”, available for digital purchase at CD Baby http://cdbaby.com/cd/tychobrahe16
Website – http://www.tycho.com.au
Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/tychobraheband
“Triplex Part 3” EP from veteran Australian synthpop act Tycho Brahe. The band is now in it’s 22nd year, and the new EP (the band’s 16th official release) concludes a 3 EP cycle which began in 2013 with “Triplex Part 1”, followed by “Triplex Part 2” in 2014.
The release has been partly delayed by the involvement of founding member Ken Evans with ex-New Order/Joy Division bassist Peter Hook’s current band, Peter Hook and The Light.
Ken Evans: “The Triplex EP series originally began life as an album project to follow up the 2006 album “Atlantic”, however we had a series of band personnel changes, and then our studio was wiped out in the 2011 floods in Brisbane. Eventually we rebuilt and subsequently relocated to higher safer ground, by which time a number of years had passed and momentum was lost…in the meantime I started doing some programming/production for Hooky’s band, working on reproducing sequenced parts for classic New Order songs. When you’re asked to do something for an iconic musician and songs like that, you can’t say no, so the project was delayed a little further…”
“Triplex Part 3” is currently exclusively available through CD Baby. Those who purchase through CD Baby can post on or message the band’s Facebook page and receive a link to download two unreleased bonus dub mixes.
Time machine: PPG wave 2.2 Synthesizer (1982) demo
all synthesizer sounds: PPG wave 2.2 Synthesizer (1982)
recording: multi-tracking without midi
fx: reverb and delay
Lester G and Lester K – two new stereo rotary speaker emulators
Electro-Harmonix has announced the new Lester G and Lester K, two stereo rotary speaker emulators.
Lester G
There’s nothing like the sound of a Leslie ® rotary speaker cabinet on guitar. That’s why legendary players like Jimi Hendrix, George Harrison, Eric Clapton and others have relied on the iconic effect. Now, for those looking to get that unmistakable sound with the convenience of a pedal, EHX introduces the Lester G: ultimate stereo rotary speaker emulator for guitar. Don’t miss Bill Ruppert’s jaw-dropping video featuring the new Lester G.Lester K
We’re also pleased to introduce the Lester K stereo rotary speaker emulator designed for organ-type keyboards. The K doesn’t include all the Lester G’s features like a built-in compressor, but for guitarists who already own a compression pedal, it kicks butt! Watch guitarist Jon Skibic put the Lester K thru its paces.
The Lester G & Lester K are now available for purchase.
Andreas Tilliander @ Elektron Studios
TM404, aka Andreas Tilliander, paid the Elektron Studios a visit for an impromptu Octatrack jam. This is slow burn acid.
TM404: https://soundcloud.com/tilliander
Time machine: Korg DW-6000 Demo
Synth veteran Richard Geere demos the Korg DW-6000. Custom patches with no external effects.
Brian Eno: On the original conception of Ambient music
Eno was interviewed in June, 2011 by Riz Khan on his show, “One on One.” The full interview (25 min) can be seen on the Al Jazeera website:http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/o…
2RuleFilter – new free self-resonant Moog type filter
2Rule has released Mac OS X VST version of 2RuleFilter, a free self-resonant Moog type filter that allows the filter cut-off frequency to be controlled manually, or by LFO, or by an envelope follower.
It has a interesting feature called “scrambler” that plays filtered signal randomly depending on the selected beat.
The “mix” knob mixies wet and dry signals, the “volume” knob is for setting the output volume level. The ”Bit crusher” produces hard sound. Using its scramble feature you can maintain the rhythmic, choppy, buffered and tempo sync output.
2RuleFilter features
- High Pass, Low Pass, Band Pass filter.
- Modulation of filter cut-off frequency by LFO (tempo-sync), manually or envelope follower (reversible).
- Bit crusher (16bit to 1 bit)
- Scrambler that divide one measure to different time interval and plays beats randomly.
- Mix balance in between dry (input signal) and wet (filtered and bit crushed).
- Sensitivity that allows the filter cut-off frequency be changed from rough to smooth. This effect is the same of parameter smoothing.
2RuleFilter is available as a free download for Windows and Mac (32-bit VST).
Synth of the Eighties – the Yamaha DX7 digital FM synthesizer 1983
A little spacey demo of the Yamaha DX7 with some reverb and delay which makes the sounds really shine.
The Simple Minds’ “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” Oberheim synth stab
The Simple Minds’ “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” Oberheim synth stab
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