YouTube via DX5. For those new to the site, I use the YouTube titles for post titles, so this is DX5, not me, matrix. "Rendition to one of the synthpop pioneers. Gear: Upper : Roland JP8000 Lower : Roland JX-8P Backtrack recorded on Pro Tools with Reason rewired"
Whilst thinking about tracks to nominate for this list, I did try to consider any major leaps or bounds which occurred in musical styles throughout the decade. The more I thought about this, the more I came to the conclusion that the main noughties trend which appeared to be without precedent (bar a couple of jokey examples towards the end of the nineties which set the ball rolling) was the mash-up....
Sigmund Freud's term for the unmoderated pursuit of gratification which characterises the id during childhood was always a peculiar title for a Gary Numan album. The Pleasure Principle didn't fit the mood of the record, and it certainly didn't fit the image of the man who was locked out from – or locked himself out from – the hedonistic Like Punk Never Happened party of early 1980s pop....
The Horrors? Why yes, let’s for a change look at something contemporary. I missed their first album, bar Sheena is A Parasite – guest stars and suchlike not withstanding, writing them off as a sort of one trick pony band, a bit like The Hives of yesteryear. That’s not entirely unreasonable, their carcrash sound of punk/garage/goth [...]
IN a year when artists ditched guitars in favour of synthesisers, Gary Numan finally got his due. Which is superb, even better that he's touring to celebrate the 30th anni
IN a year when artists ditched guitars in favour of synthesisers, Gary Numan finally got his due. Which is superb, even better that he's touring to celebrate the 30th anni
IN a year when artists ditched guitars in favour of synthesisers, Gary Numan finally got his due. Which is superb, even better that he's touring to celebrate the 30th anni
After over 25 years of putting it off, and making excuses, at the age of 45 I have passed my driving test. Work relocation has forced my hand and I can now legally drive. In the scheme of things it's no big deal, but it took a lot to get me behind a wheel. Anyway, we have some friends over at the weekend, and as part of the celebration i'm wanting to have a kind of themed music night of all things...
The synth pioneer had a secondary career as a leading stunt pilot. Here he tells Luke Turner why he gave up, the exhilaration of nearly dying, and why he wants to take to the skies again