Bring me some synthy synth

[oscillateur]

I somehow forgot Add N to (X) previously. This was an error.
I saw them live when they still existed, tons of analog synths played live, wonderful. One of the bestest bands ever.

[chrisdermo]

GUYZ. Add n to (X), Silver Apples, Fuck Buttons, Mort Garson, Space, Skinny Puppy, Coil.
Just nailing this thread to the wall.

Powell, Shogun Kunitoki, Broadcast - microtronics. Ceephax Acid Crew, Charles Cohen, EEK, Factory Floor, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Kraftwerk (duh), Stereolab, Tortoise, Tomaga, Wendy/Walter Carlos, The Advisory Circle, Morton Subotnick, Syrinx - Syrinx...... and more

[GardenoftheDead]

Fuck Buttons are really boring live

[Dark Barn]

Good list chrisdermo! ^ Advisory Circle is a particular fave of mine.

Recently I've been getting down with 'Generator' by Keith Fullerton Whitman, can Zone Out hard to it.

[raj007]

Yes thanks !! Will add all this to my Spotify.

I've been so immersed w Cortini I'd likely blow the dude's rod at this point. But beyond him I've got to spend time with Keith Fullerton Whitman, Simian Mobile Disco, Boards of Canada ...

[oscillateur]

Fuck Buttons are really boring live

I saw them 7-8 years ago and it was pretty good...

[D.o.S.]

First time listening to Add N to (X).

[oscillateur]

First time listening to Add N to (X).

Wow. I'm surprised.
Avant Hard is in my opinion their masterpiece but the other albums are all good too .

[D.o.S.]

I will check them out. Had heard of them but never really investigated.

[01010111]

Perturbator's easily my favorite synth artist:

[chutneyfarmer]

No mention of Emeralds yet??

https://youtu.be/69BE5Rh6hYQ

[D.o.S.]

I have been digging this one a bit lately.

[MrNovember]

I have been digging this one a bit lately.

That seal is a perfect music video. Really digging it as well

[echorec]

I kind of hate Kraftwerk personally. I always preferred CAN, Neu!, and Düsseldorf.

For a more up-tempo, 80s sound I like some of the Trisomie 21 stuff.



More cinematic, down-tempo--



Broadcast used a Jen SX1000 mono synth, along with a variety of other synths, organs, and pianos. They're not a synth band, but I don't think they've ever recorded anything without a keyboard. There are so many layers, swirling sounds, hums, and lo-fi synth screeches everywhere. If you want to hear creative uses of keyboards as a textural instrument or just nice recording techniques for a unique sound, you can't go wrong with stuff like Future Crayon, Tender Buttons, The Noise Made by People, et cetera.



I enjoy more primitive, minimalistic stuff like Silver Apples and Suicide, too.

[tremolo3]