THE ARCHIVE

We did it again! We threw a party! This past weekend Synth History celebrated the release of Issue Four —the fourth annual compilation of...

Had the pleasure hanging out on set for the making of Molchat Doma 's "Belaya Polosa" music video, a single off their upcoming record of...

Released by MPC Electronics, started by Mike Cox and Clive Button, the British born company, based in Willingham, Cambridgeshire, was...

Developed by Ed Stratton and released in 1991 and 1992, these CDs contained a variety of sampled sounds, 1000 on each volume, including...

If you were a Keyboard Magazine reader in the early 1980s, you might have come across Moog's "Wraps are off" campaign featuring the...

Well, a New Year has begun. But before it begun, I headed to San Francisco to catch the always incredible LCD Soundsystem at the Bill...

Wow, what a fun time! It was so nice seeing everyone again this year for the Issue 3 release party which DOUBLED this time as VSM's...

t's that time of year and once again the Synth History Vol. 6(66) playlist has been updated. A compilation of otherworldly sounds and...

Introducing a collaboration between Synth History X Roland Lifestyle. The limited edition "Freedom for Expression" SH -101 tee is...

The "New Synth" Playlist is updated bi-monthly. Track-listing - July 23: Chrome Sparks - You Are Love High Pulp, Jeff Parker - Unified...

Journey to the Moon and Beyond by Mort Garson is a collection of largely unreleased and unheard material from the Patch Cord Productions...

Had so much fun this past weekend at the Vintage Synthesizer Museum! It was really great meeting a bunch of you in person and we hope to...

If you don't know about this German arthouse electro-disco project from Cologne consisting of producer Zeus B. Held and lyricist Gina...

Pretty amazing video of legendary duo Daft Punk and Leiji Matsumoto, an artist and creator of several anime and manga series. Leiji...

Pretty neat video of Bill Bruford on Micro Live, via BBC Archival in December of 1985. He speaks with Lesley Judd about his Simmons Drums...

Discovering Electronic Music is documentary short by filmmaker Bernard Wilets. ⁣ You won't find much about director Bernard Wilets on the...

In music, sampling is the reuse of a portion of a sound recording in another recording.⁣ ⁣ The process of sampling emerged in the 1940s...

Many vintage synths exist without having ever been mass produced. Take the space-age looking Con Brio ADS 100 & 200 for example, or...

Before you get your hopes up, the image below is a concept design made by Cem Tezcan of a Handheld Retro PC - Commodore HX-64.⁣ Just a...

This particular Moog looks pretty different from other Moogs. Straight out of a 1970s sci-fi movie! ⁣ ⁣ One great example of the Moog...