Oh and a Bit of Fame, Please.

It was reported the other day that 90% of school children who were asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” answered with “I want to be famous.” Surprising? Not really. Its all about the culture We live in a culture that thrives on the ‘instant’ celebrity. There are people who are … Continue reading "Oh and a Bit of Fame, Please."

Mikes Film Talk

One of the coolest synth band out of Montreal. If you are into 80s electro, listen to it. Rational Youth, with an extended dance mix of City of Night on A side & on B side is original Cite Phosphore (one of the songs that got me doing #electronicmusic) in French, along Power Zone. #vinyl 12" remix on YUL records (YUL is the code for Dorval airport, one of 2 main airports servicing Montreal).

#electrosynth #technopop #synth #newwave #system700 #minipops #korg #Roland #Montreal @synths #YUL #EP

The Korg Mini-Pops 7 - the legendary Jarre drum machine from Oxygène. This is almost unique in having that “Quijada” sound. The original instrument is made from a donkey’s jawbone and teeth.

Sadly, this arrived very broken and inspection revealed it to be a decades-old cat pee victim. Now - it’s cleaned up and largely restored, and fully working again. We’ve also fitted the excellent @tubbutec Unipulse MIDI adaptor.

#Korg #MiniPops #MiniPops7 #Tubbutec #Unipulse #JeanMichelJarre #Quijada

Beaucoup de plaisir à réaliser ce morceau avec le concours de @sub26nico à la guitare #ardour #lmms #librazik #minipops #music #eighties https://soundcloud.com/erwan-lerale/pops
Pops ! (feat. Sub26nico)

At the beginning, I was planning to have fun with some Korg Mini Pops samples but things have drifted (as very often) :) Thanks to https://soundcloud.com/sub26nico for the guitar parts !