Thursday, November 15, 2007
The Shape Of Things That Hum
Uploaded on Feb 1, 2011 The Soundtrack of Zapresic
"Mini Moog 00:12
Vocoder 09:45
DX7 20:19
Fairlight 30:27
Simmons 40:12
TB-303 50:27
TB-808 1.01.01
Akai Sampler 1.11.20
The Shape of Things That Hum
is a synthesizer documentary series that first aired by Channel 4 in the UK during 2001.
The series focused on electronic instruments that helped shaped modern music, with every episode focusing on a specific instrument. The episodes were broadcast between 01.30am and 01.41am, and featured musicians talking about classic vintage synthesizers, including the DX7 that defined the sound of the 1980s.
Production company Allied Forces
Producer Jacques Peretti
First broadcast 2001
Original channel Channel 4 (UK)
Genre documentary
No. of episodes 8
Length 11 minutes (episode)
Episodes:
Mini Moog (15-01-2001) - Cult electronic instruments that helped to shape modern music.
Vocoder (22-01-2001) - Developed as a scrambling device in World War II, includes interviews with Orbital and Rick Wakeman.
DX7 (29-01-2001) - Synthesizer that defined the sound of the 1980s. Interviews with Vince Clarke and Nick Rhodes.
Fairlight (05-02-2001) - Computer based snthesizer offering sampling, digital recording, sequencing and editing. Includes Nick Rhodes.
Simmons (12-02-2001) - Includes producer Arthur Baker talking about making "Planet Rock".
Roland TB-303 (19-02-2001) - House innovators Coldcut and Orbital discuss the Roland 303 synthesizer.
Roland TB-808 (26-02-2001) - Includes producer Arthur Baker, plus Ray Keith talks about the importance of the bass.
Akai Sampler (05-03-2001) - Instrument that helped fuel the rave scene and the white label explosion"
Old post before Google video was laid to rest:
The Shape Of Things That Hum - Minimoog
The Shape Of Things That Hum - Roland TR-808
The Shape Of Things That Hum - Roland TB-303
The Shape Of Things That Hum - Simmons Drums
The Shape Of Things That Hum - Vocoder
The Shape Of Things That Hum - Fairlight
The Shape Of Things That Hum - Yamaha DX7
The Shape Of Things That Hum - AKAI Sampler
I actually put the AKAI Sampler vid up here.
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Good lord that narrator is damn annoying. What is with the purposeful mispronouncement of Moog and what the hell is a TB-808?
ReplyDeleteOtherwise these videos are really nice.
Annoying to say the least. I was pissed at her only two sentences into the first vid. It seemed like an ignornant insult to the name of the greatest synth designer of all time.
ReplyDeleteJacques Lu Cont is a douche. His MiniMoog appraisal is misguided. Moog is a ledgend while this knob is a nobody.
ReplyDeleteI loved listening to the musicians talk about the synths, but the announcer has a weird attitude and whoever put the video together has high production values but should focus more on the synth at hand.
ReplyDeleteFor example, the artistic videos during some of the example songs could have focused on the particular synth instead of a bunch of schematics and the Arp 2500. Also, I was wondering why Vince Clarke was explaining modular synth programming in the middle of the video about the Minimoog.
Actually, some of the musicians mispronounced Moog and Minimoog as well - but they didn't have the attitude problem.
I loved listening to the musicians talk about the synths, but the announcer has a weird attitude and whoever put the video together has high production values but should focus more on the synth at hand.
ReplyDeleteFor example, the artistic videos during some of the example songs could have focused on the particular synth instead of a bunch of schematics and the Arp 2500. Also, I was wondering why Vince Clarke was explaining modular synth programming in the middle of the video about the Minimoog.
Actually, some of the musicians mispronounced Moog and Minimoog as well - but they didn't have the attitude problem.
I loved listening to the musicians talk about the synths, but the announcer has a weird attitude and whoever put the video together has high production values but should focus more on the synth at hand.
ReplyDeleteFor example, the artistic videos during some of the example songs could have focused on the particular synth instead of a bunch of schematics and the Arp 2500. Also, I was wondering why Vince Clarke was explaining modular synth programming in the middle of the video about the Minimoog.
Actually, some of the musicians mispronounced Moog and Minimoog as well - but they didn't have the attitude problem.
Sounds as if she's trying to be "The Professor" from the Sonic State videos. I agree they were a bit scattered in their productions. Sounds like Arther Baker forgot how to talk. Fun videos though! I wish some US channel would do something like this, instead of season 150 of American Moron.
ReplyDeleteELO an avantgarde band? WTF
ReplyDeleteSorry about the accidental double posting before - and maybe I was way too critical of the video production.
ReplyDeleteI've just seen one too many documentaries focusing on high production values rather than knowing the subject matter.
Really liked listening to Rick Wakeman about the Mini, though.
Sorry about the accidental double posting before - and maybe I was way too critical of the video production.
ReplyDeleteI've just seen one too many documentaries focusing on high production values rather than knowing the subject matter.
Really liked listening to Rick Wakeman about the Mini, though.
It felt like the producers of this doc didn't really know all too much about the subject matter.
ReplyDeleteStill, I managed to learn a lot about the history of sampling and synths that I didn't really know before.
They managed to give me a lot more respect for acid house. Or wait, do I now have less respect?