The truth is that synth-pop can be many things. Sure, it must be synth-driven, and the era begins in the late 1970s, but the ...

Synthesizers are so ubiquitous in popular music that it’s hard to imagine a time when they weren’t around. The first commercial synthesizer did not exist until 1964, when Robert Moog (pronounced MOHG) ...

Minneapolis-based band Poliça is on the lineup at the Dusk Music Festival this weekend, which was a perfect excuse to chat with its drummer Drew Christopherson. So what is Poliça? A Minneapolis ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Synth-Funk band Midnight Star will perform as the headlining band for the annual Syracuse JAMS FunkFest in September at the 2022 Great New York State Fair. The band will end a day of ...

Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired instructor Dan Butler teaches his students how to make groovy tunes.

SYNTH WEEK 2024: The '70s is the decade when this new musical synth technology began to really find its feet. Granted, it was still an incredibly expensive preoccupation, but synthesizer development ...

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Skies and sewers are uniting for a double record release party that will encourage matching track suits, '80s dance moves, and perhaps a Cure T-shirt or two. The Rochester-based electropop group Enemy ...

Armed with synthesizers and inspired by a dedicated teacher, visually impaired students come together to make music—and play an electrifying show. The kids were exhausted before rehearsal even began.

Robert Moog, who died Sunday at 71, was an electronics tinker who invented and named the Moog synthesizer, the touchstone for a revolution in sound production that has reached every corner of music.

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. When Stan Smeets posted a video titled “I made a synthesizer that plays plant-based music using microscopes and ...