A french sweedish guy who love electronic music, new wave and synth. I play keyboard just for fun, no ambition behind that, just pleasure. I compose music since 30 years. I like synthetizer from the '80. I own a lot of gears, not really vintage, but old and often fragile. It'isnt a museum or for collection, just for use. You can find here the list : http://kidnowielectronicmusic.blogspot.fr/p/la-liste.html. 

RetroSound is Marko Ettlich - sound-designer, author and publisher of the Retrosound Vintage Synth Channel on YouTube.

Improvisationen und Klangbeispiele mit Synthesizern seit 1978.

Improvisations and sound examples with synthesizers since 1978.

Als Improvisation wird die Form musikalischer Darbietung verstanden, in der das ausgeführte Tonmaterial in der Ausführung selbst entsteht und nicht vorher schriftlich fixiert worden ist.

Musical improvisation (also known as musical extemporization) is the creative activity of immediate ("in the moment") musical composition, which combines performance with communication of emotions and instrumental technique.

Kubo are the Dublin based electronic duo of Aidan Casserly (Empire State HUman) and Brian O’Malley (PolyDROID), who produce Darkwave/minimal electronic music on vintage analogue synthesizers.

Having first recorded electronic music together under the name ManSeries, this initial partnership, which was minimal in its form and structure, began whilst both were still at school. Since then the friends have explored difference genres and arenas, collaborating again in various forms over the years, including the very early days of Empire State Human as well as a film scores for the Brian O'Malley directed short film 'Screwback'.

Inspired by the resurgence and renewed interest in this early, minimal form of electronic music the two have once again come together to record as ‘KuBO’. Brian's 'Gary Numan' and 'Vangelis' inspired dark, cinematic synth layering's, under pinned by pulsating bass synth lines and tight drum programming are the perfect counterfoil to the angelic voice of Aidan Casserly, who’s long time fascination with 'David Bowie', ‘Jacques Brel’ and ‘Kraftwerk’ make for a meeting of the minds that goes back to the roots of the music the pair made as teenagers.

Fueled by a fascination with Science Fiction, Avant-Garde Cinema, alienation and...Vampires, those original inspirations are once again at the centre of these recordings, which form a synthetic landscape of brooding, melodic, minimal electronica, with the focus on a pure and deliberate exploration of synthetic sound and evocative vocal melody.

Kubo was launched in March 2013.

Discography:

2016:

'Subway Subconscious' EP
Cassette/Deluxe Cassette (SOLD OUT)
Manufactured Desire Records (Spain/Irl)
https://electricitysupplyboard.bandcamp.com/album/subway-subconscious-ep

'Night Waker'
Scraping Beats Compilation
CD/Download
Cold Beats Records (Spain)
https://coldbeatsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/scraping-beats-compilation


2015: 

'I Dream Electric'
'Exhibit 1' Compilation
Digital
Peripheral Minimal Records (UK)

'An Oddity'
Loudmouth Collective Compilation 7.
Digital

'Strange'
Digital - Self Release
Tribute to Steve Strange, in said of Terrence Higgins Trust Wales.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/strange-single/id1029039656

2014:

'This Desolation'
7” Vinyl. 
Peripheral Minimal Records (UK)
https://peripheralminimal.bandcamp.com/album/this-desolation

2013:

'I Dream Electric'
Cassette Single. 
Vocoder Tapes (UK)
(OUT OF PRINT)

LIVE:

Phase One Festival 2014: https://vimeo.com/92856318

Supporting LEGEND, Voodoo Lounge 2015: https://vimeo.com/118409322

Reviews:

http://www.thethinwall.co.uk/kubo-this-desolation/
https://santasangremagazine.wordpress.com/2014/09/07/kubo-this-desolation-englishpolish/
http://www.chaindlk.com/news/peripheral-minimal-kubo-fist-7-out/
http://www.chaindlk.com/reviews/?id=7574
http://noisebrigade.net/?p=3483

Facebook - www.facebook.com/Kubo.Music

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/kubo-music

The distant ones return
Grappel never doubted he was destined for greatness, and now sent on his first solo mission he knew his time had come. 'Magellen 6, Magellen 6  come in please". He'd never ventured this far from his home world and in the dark silence of infinite space; all he could hear was his breathing and pulse thumping in his helmet. He tried to focus on his mission, Grappel reminded himself of the long line of distinguished military officers he came from. During the dark days war his father had been awarded the posthumous iron star for ramming a Kardashian battle cruiser, destroying it and his own ship but evacuating most of his crew to safety .The Magellen Class scout ship he flew was like his second skin, he could do things with the old hunk that the other cadets had marvelled at, he had been the obvious choice for this mission. The out lying planets had not transmitted for several cycles and he was to find out why and report back. It was probably nothing, just solar storm interference, it had happened plenty of times in the past.  The vast distances between the planets of the Unity made reliable communication problematic to say the least. .  ''Magellen 6,Magellen 6 come in please''. Grappel didn't hear the message, he had become transfixed on what filled his main screen. It was beyond comprehension, he had never seen anything like it. The ship or whatever it was dwarfed his vessel. It sparkled with such a brightness he squinted and raised his hand to his eyes to see it. The skin, yes it looked like skin shimmered in a myriad of colours. As he stared in amazement The Cleanser  began to open like a huge metallic lotus flower." Magellen 6, Magellen 6 are you receiving" Grappel suddenly realised he was being hailed. "This is Magellen 6" he said, as if in a dream. "Do you have contact" said the communications officer. "Yes sir, it's beautiful, soooo beautiful".
Then there was light...... 

www.arado.us

arado's first album Spooky Action at a Distance was shortlisted for 4 grammy nominations in the US
 
Taavi Torim   created the Visual Universe for arado. His animations have been shown at NASA (Houston) , the History Channel  
"Ancient Aliens" ,"The Universe" and voted best animator on iStock.

Live Drummer Dax Arado
Live Keyboards Crix Rayner (CRIX IIIX)live video compiler


VAKO is a project formed by a musician with a long trajectory of musical experience. 
This first disk presented by VAKO contains seven pieces, each pieces reflects influences throughout his musical career. 
In this first disc made by VAKO ,you can hear these influences of groups like Pink Floyd , King Crimson,Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Ash Ra tempel, Cluster, Brian Eno, Heldon, in general, bands with Progressive Electronic , Berlin old School, Krautrock, Experimental, Ambient and acoustic guitars, to each of these influences a personal touch is added by VAKO from his compositions. 

All the instruments that VAKO uses are analogic, like synthesizer ARP ODYSSEY, SOLINA STRING ENSEMBLE, OBERHEIM OB-8, MINI MOOG, FARFISA SYNTORCHESTRA, sequencer DOEPFER DARK TIME and acoustic guitar GIBSON.

I hope that you enjoy my music as I have enjoyed composing!!!!

ELECTRO SENSITIVE BEHAVIOUR (ESB) feat. Perry Blake are an electro synth pop duo from Ireland formed in 2012 featuring Perry Blake on vocals & Glenn Garrett on Bass & synth. Their sound is heavily influenced by early 80's synth pop like Depeche Mode, Gary Numan, David Bowie etc.
The debut album 'Modern Love' featuring the singles 'Michael Caine' 'Missing Person' & 'Modern Love' is a catchy, edgy affair that also nods towards Jean Michel Jarre, Gorillaz & John Barry.

Although virtually unknown in his home country, PERRY BLAKE has had huge success in
the continent as a solo artist. Perry came to prominence in the UK when his first single
“The Hunchback of San Francisco” was Jo Wiley's BBC Radio One – single of the week in
the late 90's. His second single “Genevieve (The pilot of your thighs)” was also her single of
the week choice.

Sell out European tours were to follow & duets with French icon Francoise Hardy and Electronic star Emilie Simon. Perry has also written songs for Francoise Hardy's platinum selling “Tant de belle choses” album. 
Perry was also a special guest of
Carla Bruni on her ''Quelqu'un m'a dit'' album tour.
Presque Rien
Perry wrote the soundtrack for French art house movie 'Presque Rien' with Glenn Garrett & Graham Murphy & has also had songs placed in many major European TV series such as “Clara Sheller”, “Tiger Lily” & the Italian hit movie L'uomo Che ama starring
Monica Belucci.
Recently Perry has been a guest vocalist with the French National Jazz Orchestra performing with them in Lisbon and Amsterdam.
Perry was commissioned in 2007 to write a children's book in Portuguese called “Gatos em Lissadell” (Cats at Lissadell) illustrated by Leonora Neary.
The successful book was part of a series of Children's stories by twelve first time authors, from the world of Politics, Cinema, & Music. The other writers included Julie Andrews, Jamie Lee Curtis, Cindy Crawford, Will Smith, former US President Jimmy Carter & Maria Shriver.

GLENN GARRETT has been writing with Perry since his second solo album 'Still Lives' in 1999
He has also recorded & toured the world with Brendan Perry (Dead Can Dance) & recently completed the score for the film Black Ice.














"LICK LICKERS"  is a Conceptual Project:


Edith Gordon is following