At first it seemed especially popular with soundtracks, but later shorter and at times pretty alien sounding instrumentals appeared as well, courtesy of New Wave groups/artists/producers.
The results are a 13-track electronic snapshot of those days, painstakingly scraped together from the edges of the Dark Side, a 2nd companion Volume to our Awesome Sounds.
For your listening pleasure the line-up ranges from the well-known - Giorgio Moroder with another Bowie enhanced piece continuing the Cat People theme - to relatively unknown performers - Brian Briggs anyone?? - all delivering excellent instrumental performances.
Question: What is your favorite synthesizer instrumental track?
Here is the link: https://mega.nz/file/mRlCSayI#SLx7LJMGiD9jFrZnEDCYXCXOQYOn4jG8GEBoLjK2FPc
ReplyDeleteWelcome back from your travels! When I saw the question in this post, my mind immediately went to the end credits from the movie Buckaroo Banzai. A synthesizer instrumental from 1984 by a guy named Michael Boddiker. https://youtu.be/MAgnTREVCXk?si=SD4bVbTRxhNTQXdM
DeleteFrankenstein - Edgar Winter Band
DeletePopcorn by Hot Butter!!
DeleteA Fireside Chat with Lucifer by Sun Ra and to contrast: It, for your listening pleasure The Captain plays on the Oberheim Synthesizer
DeleteAll good choices!
DeleteRegarding Popcorn, at the time I was also only familiar with the Hot Butter version, but much later discovered the original:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp9ki2jPWdg
Paopop by Enrico Intra!
ReplyDeleteInteresting, I had never heard it before!
DeleteHot Butter. here, too!
ReplyDeleteseveral by billy preston!
ReplyDeletePreston rules!
DeleteNo doubt something from Vangelis, probably something from the Blade Runner soundtrack...
ReplyDeleteThat's a classic indeed.
DeleteAB/7A by Throbbing Gristle, without a doubt
ReplyDeleteThat's a surprise, an almost easy-listening instrumental by them!!!
DeleteYo Koen, you whipped up some really cool artwork to go with the album, but didn't tag the tracks with it!
ReplyDeleteSo don't mind if I did. Here's Alien Themes with the cover art attached.
https://workupload.com/file/Hs9QHNPnQGq
Thanks OBG, I'm never really sure whether I should keep the original cover art or replace it with my new ones... Glad to hear you preferred mine in this case! 😀
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