We know lots of electronic instruments built in China, but who knows much about Chinese artists? Mark Jenkins spoke to one with some highly unusual performance...
Every synth is unique, but here are Mark Jenkins’ (and our) favorite general tips to make creating sounds easy and fun Early synthesists were often asked...
Mark Jenkins with a blast-from-the-past keyboard that looks very much to the future A few months back, just before the new Oberheim synth appeared, we featured a retrospective...
Mark Jenkins goes around and around with a groundbreaking performance sampler Novation is by far the best established UK synth manufacturer, and the parent company Focusrite...
Ed Sheeran, Grimes, and an increasing number of others are using technology to replace the conventional band and present great performances entirely solo. Moonya is a...
A further blow to the electronic music community has come with the death aged 79 of Vangelis from COVID-related complications [Editor’s note: I posted some brief...
Mark Jenkins updates us on the goings-on at Arturia, the French hardware and software company. Arturia maintains a healthy balance between hardware and software products. Synths...
He was a synth pioneer, “Krautrock” musician (former member of Tangerine Dream), and he released 60 albums… Header image: Klaus Schulze performing the Linz Steel Symphony,...
Mark Jenkins scopes out these mad scientist favorites, now synth studio must-haves You’ve seen them in countless sci-fi movies, you’ve puzzled over them in your local...
Mark Jenkins profiles a synth that continues to divide opinion after 20 years The title of this piece is intentionally contentious, because the distinctively blue-paneled OB12...
Because it’s not fair that only guitar and bass players can have onstage get-togethers. Mark Jenkins traces these popular strap-ons through the ages. Keytars – keyboards...
Mark Jenkins looks at a reimagining of the classic EMS VCS 3 or Synthi A, two of the first portable synthesizers made We’re looking at the...
Erica Synths is creating waves, from a perhaps unlikely location in Latvia. MARK JENKINS investigates some of the company’s greatest products… Latvia may seem an unlikely...
Mark Jenkins profiles one of the labels actively keeping the classic electronic music scene alive France has always been a leading region for innovation in electronic...
Plans are becoming clearer for the German instrument manufacturer MFB following the sad death in June of founding engineer Manfred Fricke. Mark Jenkins reports. Now Fricke’s...
