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archivesVinci, Leonardo : Voi che le mie vicende, Aria from SemiramideStrings, Basso Continuo - Baroque Vivaldi, Antonio : Sta piangendo la tortorella, Aria from L'OlimpiadeStrings ensemble, Wind - Baroque Vivaldi, Antonio : Siam navi all'onde algenti, Aria from L'OlimpiadeStrings, Basso Continuo - Baroque Porpora, Nicola : Calcante ed Achille, Cantata a due Voci per Soprano e BassoStrings, Basso Continuo - Baroque Today's Featured Artist: Robin WardProlific studio singer (real name: Jackie Ward) whose many credits include commercial jingles, TV show themes, and movie voice-over dubs. Ward is best known for the dramatic and wistful ballad "Wonderful Summer" (1963). Mark Mothersbaugh and Raymond Scott's ElectroniumInverse Room writes to recommend this great piece from LA Weekly about Mark Mothersbaugh and his amazing career and collection of music gear, which includes Raymond Scott's non-working Electronium - featured in the video above. As the gasps and grunts on the video soundtrack suggest, it really is the Holy Grail as far as synth collection goes, short of finding a working Teleharmonium at a car boot sale. Tell me about Karlheinz StockhausenHow the Sony Walkman ad was madeHere's a short film about how the Sony Walkman ad (with all the musicians playing one note each) was made - at Alexander Palace in London in October. You might want to skip between 3:25 and 3:50 to avoid the marketing execs explaining how the ad embodies the maverick nature of some crap Mp3 players, but otherwise it's great. Were any of you there? The dude with the Moog Source at the front looks like an MT reader to me... (Thanks Fab) Reel to Reel Analogue Recorders are Still the Favourite in this Digital AgeAlthough the basic cassette recorder is probably the cheapest form of analogue recorder which is readily available, the larger reel-to-reel recorders are still employed by professional sound specialists, since the quality of these machines can seldom be duplicated by the smaller recorders and their cassette tapes. |
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