SYNTH WEEK 2026: At the end of the 1970s, synthesisers had started to become more affordable - well, they were less than the price of a car – and with this increased popularity, there was only ever ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Corbis Sygma (main image © Christian Simonpietri/Sygma/Corbis) SYNTH WEEK 2024: They ...

The Moog synthesizer on Simon & Garfunkel’s “Save The Life Of My Child” sounds like an alien invasion. A psychedelic intrusion on a 1968 folk tune. Two years later, Keith Emerson recorded his iconic ...

Who doesn’t love the synthesizer? Once considered the newest, hippest piece of tech to enter the world of music, this electronic musical instrument has evolved and changed quite a bit through the ...

Few sub-genres of music are as timeless and inventive as the world of synth-pop. One could say that the electronic movement is having a renaissance in 2023—as it seems like every artist working today ...

In this episode of the Frank Buckley Interviews podcast, we revisit conversations with music icons from the 1980s. Mark Mothersbaugh is a musician, singer, composer and co-founder of the iconic 1970s ...

Whether you attend a punk, metal, hard-core or indie rock show, chances are you might catch Pink Peugeot on the bill. The duo of Robert Melton (guitar, keys) and Joe Kapcin (drums, keys) plays a ...

SYNTH WEEK 2026: Just Can't Get Enough is very possibly Depeche Mode's poppiest hit, and arguably their most recognisable song. But it is also the cash-spinning, golden albatross that sticks around ...

His innovations included the first polyphonic, programmable synthesizer and the universal connectivity of MIDI. By Jon Pareles Dave Smith, a groundbreaking synthesizer designer, died on May 31 in ...