Bring me some synthy synth

[raj007]

So I have my first Synth machine coming (Microbrute) and I want to immerse myself in some synthy shiz

Of course I know Tim Hecker...Alessandro Cortini ...Eno...but I need more!

Who are the "musts" when it comes to synth?

[repoman]

[actual]

featuring the ultrasuperrare polyphonic minimoog

[oscillateur]

It's a bit like asking for guitar music without giving more pointers...

But anyway : Pan Sonic (or Mika Vainio's solo stuff), Fuck Buttons, Blanck Mass, Boards of Canada for example.

[oscillateur]

Also, I saw Alessandro Cortini play "live" last week (my first concert since my son was born) and even though it sounded great I was quite a bit disappointed by the performance, as he mostly played songs from cassettes on a 4-tracks recorder... I really liked videos I've seen of his performances based on one synth + some effects, as he's really good at getting great stuff out of this kind of setups and hoped to get some of this but nope... 4-tracks recorder. I guess this was because this material was more complex than the "one synth" albums but still...

[Eivind August]

[D.o.S.]

You will want to dive into Coil and Cyclobe.

[raj007]

Thanks everyone. This will get me started.

I've heard that before...that Cortini's live performance often leaves something to be desired.

[Eric!]

[youtube]http://youtu.be/8bo-Dk12gsw[/youtube]

[Dark Barn]

Skinny Puppy! The first synth band that blew me away as a lad.

[ritz]

Off beat answer:

https://www.discogs.com/Charanjit-Singh ... se/2108668

Old school synthy yet timelessly fresh and odd

[Strange Tales]

All of 80s pop. Shit is tight.

[MrNovember]

I'm surprised to hear people didn't like Cortini's performances. I saw him live last year and it was probably one of the best performances I've ever experienced. His music was amazing and borderline overwhelming. The venue may have helped a little too though:



The Stranger Things soundtrack has some amazing synth in it.
Ben Frost and Roly Porter are pretty great/somewhat similar to Tim Hecker
A lot of Trent Reznor's soundtracks are pretty good listening. Also NIN's Ghosts album is one of my favourites.

[GardenoftheDead]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98gzyShsNaQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlMatgjhq3o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0C2s2Q3rQU

[tremolo3]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0C2s2Q3rQU

Dude, that's like GAS but better! Fuck