Here is an entertaining short videofilm made by int’l music producer Uku Kuut, full of crafted synthesizer beds and humorous SFX: BTW: There is a excellent new compilation of Uku’s 1980s demo recordings available now on LP & CD from People’s Potential Unlimited records of Washington, D.C. It includes lost & unreleased instrumental material from [...]
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Fantastic Synthesizer Television Logos Part.04 VHS Ed. [198?]
Feat. Roland TR-808. From the sounds of it, what synthesizers might you guess are being used in here? What about visualizers? Special thanks to czar7474 for making this (and many other rare VHS logos) available for easy viewing!
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Beatles Electroniques [1969]
Video created by Nam June Paik & Jud Yalkut at WGBH television studios in Boston, MA in 1969. WGBH was a hub for early video experimenters in the late 1960s & early 1970s. In this video, Beatles footage is “Wobbulated” as part of a larger broadcast project by Paik called Video Commune (Beatles From Beginning To End). [...]
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Fantastic Synthesizer Television Logos Part.02 [1969]
Can anyone out there confirm that this logo was composed (and possibly recorded) by Eric Siday?
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DIGITAL PRODUCTIONS [1982-1986/7]
Thanks to DIGITAL PRODUCTIONS, the world received some beautiful & forward-thinking computer animations in the early/mid 1980s. Posted here is the company’s demo reel from 1984 [you must love the SMPTE leader intro], along with the zany music video they helped to create for the Mick Jagger song “Hard Woman” circa 1985/6. Other popular DP [...]
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Roger Linn & AKAI MPC-60 Instructional Video Series [1988]
Special thanks to dvdborn for posting these videos.
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Jack Kevorkian Video Series [198?]
Who produced this wonderful video featuring Jack Kevorkian & what equipment might have been used? The audio & video production techniques are imaginative & his messages are very interesting (and plainly conveyed). Did you know Dr. Kevorkian was also talented musician & composer?? Maybe he worked out the featured synthesizer music & FX within…
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Alternative MIDI Sequencing: Zyklus MPS-1 [1988]
Take some time to view thru these ZYKLUS promo recordings (especially if your last name ends in A-T-H), you likely won’t regret it. Pretty advanced approach to MIDI sequencing for 1988! Any experience with the Zyklus hardware out there? Link here for detailed information. Special thanks to AnalogyGuy for posting these videos up.
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DEVO: Time Out For Fun [1982]
DEVO have released many innovative music videos into the world over the years. Anyone out there know what variety of video equipment was used to help craft this beautiful video? Directed by Gerald Casale, Devo chief-strategist.
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John Paul Immordino: “I love synthesizers and everything about them”
This is an impressive music video from New Jersey USA’s John Paul Immordino, a very unique songwriter & synthesizer enthusiast. Can you name all of the synthesizers featured in this video? Check out (and purchase) JPI’s large body of work at cdbaby or soundclick. Who is John Paul Immordino?
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Roger Troutman on VIDEO SOUL
Here’s a gold-suited Roger demonstrating his “golden throat“ expertise (with minimoog carrier) & joking around with Donnie Simpson on BET’s VIDEO SOUL in 1987. Roger is a beautiful artist & unparalleled entertainer, one of the all-time greatest. Anyone remember VIDEO SOUL out there? Can you imagine Roger as a stand up comedian? “DIG-I-TAL DIG-I-TAL DIG-I-TAL DIG-I-TAL [...]