Check out Google's mini-moog emulator in honor of what would have been Robert Moog's 78th birthday! Adjustable filters, modulation control, four-track recording. How awesome!

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Leon Theramin, electronic music pioneer and russian spy. Awesome. 

Great article in the BBC yesterday. 

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Hot damn! What a wonderful (and sultry) explanation! Geared toward kids, this is a clear and ultimately human view of our relationship with synthesizers.

Embedding was disabled on the higher quality video. Lame.

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OK. So, pretend for a minute that lead singer Francis Foss DOESN'T look and sound like Dana Carvey taking the piss out of no wave bands. In that hot minute, you will surely discover how rad this song is because you, after all, love les minijupes (miniskirts) as much as I do. And Korg MS-20s.

Starter - Minijupe 7" (1981)

Starter - Starter LP (1981)

Starter - Band Photos

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My servo-driven heart blew past 180° when I saw/heard this. So, I've been digging Medio Mutante's dirty, analog, domestic jamón synth vibe for a while now. This live clip features their first performance of Deportes y Sangre at Wierd Records in NYC. Animal.

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