SPACE "Save Your Love For Me" 1979 & More

Music Video/Promo Film-Casablanca Records

YouTube via CasablancaBookTV | October 01, 2009 |

Anyone ID the top synth at 1:09 in the second to last (blue) video below?
"AND PARTY EVERY DAY: THE INSIDE STORY OF CASABLANCA RECORDS is a BRAND NEW 320-page, hardcover book from Casablanca cofounder Larry Harris and the authors of KISS Alive Forever. Visit http://www.casablancabook.com to read excerpts from the book and purchase a signed copy directly from the authors.

SPACE: This is an excerpt, from a Kinescope version, of the original 1979 Casablanca Records promo film for Space's single "Save Your Love For Me." SPACE were a French dance band that released two LPs through Casablanca in the late 1970s. Sadly, this is all we have of this wonderful music video; if anyone has a full copy please let us know as we are trying to reacquire several "lost" Casablanca Records film and videotape elements. See our Web site for more details.

AND PARTY EVERY DAY is the very first full-length book about the infamous 1970s record label and its enigmatic founder Neil Bogart. In a blizzard of wild parties, spending, and fearless ambition, Casablanca Records launched the careers of KISS, Donna Summer, Parliament Funkadelic, Angel, the Village People, and single-handedly created the disco movement. Add an Academy Award-winning film division with product like The Deep, Midnight Express, Foxes, and The Hollywood Knights and you begin to understand why Casablanca became the hottest record label of the 1970s. Visit http://www.casablancabook.com to see more Casablanca Records videos."

And two more previously posted:

Space Magic Fly 1977 Original Video Sound Remastered

juansimivi | November 06, 2009 |

"In honor of this large group."

Space - Magic Fly (Discomare 1977) video kurtigghiu

kurtigghiu | September 15, 2009 |

"dallo Spazio alla Sicilia ....gli SpAce eseguono, con tanto di "ballerine", la mitica "Magic Fly" al Discomare 1977 (Selinunte)"

Space - Magic fly

Ivan14100I | May 03, 2009 | 42 likes, 1 dislikes

"Space in Moscow 2008 concert 'Retro FM legends'"

This post inspired by It's Full of Stars

Flight of the Conchords Ep 6 Bowie's In Space

YouTube Uploaded by r8dkid on Jul 22, 2007

Some synth spotting including a nice imaginary blinky light paneled synth & a knod to Space's Magic Fly (video for reference below). This one in via navs.

"Bowie's in space
Bowie's in space
What you doing out there, man?
That's pretty freaky, Bowie
Isn't it cold out in space, Bowie?
Do you want to borrow my jumper, Bowie?
Does the space cold make your nipples go pointy, Bowie?
Do you use your pointy nipples as telescopic antennae to transmit data back to
Earth?
Bet you do, you freaky old bastard you
Hey Bowie, do you have one really funky sequined space suit?
Or do you have several ch-changes?
Do you smoke grass out in space, Bowie?
Or do they smoke Astroturf?
Ooh!
Receiving transmission from David Bowie's nipple antennae
Do you read me, Lieutenant Bowie?
This is Bowie to Bowie
Do you hear me out there, man?
This is Bowie back to Bowie
I read you loud and clear, man
Ooh yeah, man!
Your signal's weak on my radar screen
How far out are you, man?
I'm pretty far out
That's pretty far out, man
Ooh- ah- ooh!
I'm orbiting Pluto
Ooh- ah- ooh!
Drawn in by its groovitational
(Groovitational pull)
I'm jamming out with the Mick Jagger-nauts
Ooh, and they think it's pretty cool
Are you okay, Bowie?
What was that sound?
I don't know, man
Ooh, it's the craziest scene
Yeah, I'm picking it up on my LSD screen
Can you see the stratosphere ringing?
To the choir of Afronauts singing
Bowie's in space
Bowie's in space
Bowie Bowie Bowie Bowie Bowie Bowie
Bowie's in space
Bowie Bowie Bowie Bowie Bowie Bowie
Eena-ma-ma-meena-mina-mowie
Phasers on funky
Eena-ma-ma-meena-mina-mowie
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-Bowie's in Space

Lyrics credit: whatthefolk.net"

Space - Magic Fly Music Video

Uploaded by tirktv on Feb 9, 2010

"The worldwide number 1 hit "Magic Fly" as released in 1977 by Space. The band Space went on to record 4 albums which sold over 10 million albums before disbanding in 1981. They released a "Best Of" and "Remixes" in 2009 on NANG RECORDS. www.nangrecords.com.

This version is the official video, remastered with the new audio and presented in hi-res for the first time."

More Video

Digital Screams on Vintage Synth Explorer posted a link to the YMO Videos I put up. There were more links listed of various synth videos, so I thought I'd post them as well.
Enjoy. : )

Club of the Knobs Modular:
http://www.cluboftheknobs.com/videos/destruction.mpg
http://www.cluboftheknobs.com/videos/fear2.mpg

Kraftwerk 1975:
http://users.skynet.be/fb230810/Tomorrow_s_World_1975.rm

Vangelis with a CS-80:
http://www.arturia.net/samples/videos/vtmahm.mpeg

Space's "Magic Fly" circa 1977
http://www.space.tm.fr/videos-en.php

Udpate:
Space - Magic Fly

YouTube via rafatribe
"Space - Magic Fly video (1977)"

OBERHEIM OB-Xa Analog Synthesizer (1980) *Magic Fly* and Happy 2020!

Published on Dec 28, 2019 RetroSound

"(c) 2019 vintage synthesizer demo track by RetroSound
supported by UVI: http://bit.ly/retrosound-uvi

My last post in 2019. I hope you guys had a good year. When yes than you are lucky. When not, the next will be better surely. I wish all of you a good 2020. Peace and Love.

The track 'Magic Fly' by the French group 'Space' from 1977 was probably one of the first synthesizer tracks that I consciously noticed. These sounds burned into my brain very early on. No idea why.
I wanted to cover the track, but it's actually not a real cover. I interpreted it a little differently and also played it. Everything comes from the #Oberheim #OBXa #Synthesizer , apart from the drums."

Space Magic Fly

Space Magic Fly Cover

YouTube via fischek.
"Space Magic Fly Cover on Korg TR 61 and Nord Lead 2X"

Space - Magic Fly

YouTube via rafatribe. "Space - Magic Fly video (1977)"
previously posted here You can find some covers here (scroll).
via inner nerd Some Daft Punk before Daft Punk.
Update: and Moog Cookbook of course. Thanks to Javier in the comments for reminding me.

magic fly cover with Roland jupiter 8 and oberheim obxa

YouTube Published on Apr 15, 2012 by glendamster

"just messing around with my OBXA and JP 8... Posted for my synth freaks."

Space Magic Fly 1977 Original Video Sound Remastered

Uploaded by juansimivi on Nov 6, 2009

"In honor of this large group."

Space - Magic Fly (Cover)

video upload by Hugh R

"Its Magic Fly time. Recently fixed up my CS-15 and got a JX-3P on the cheap, so here's a cover that uses a little of both. Recorded on my modular, JX-3P, Korg Polysix and CS-15."

Space - Magic Fly 1977 (Medium Quality)

YouTube via ozashikiTECHNO.

I normally do not post the same exact thing twice if I can help it, but this one was just uploaded by ozashikiTECHNO and it never seems to get old. I figured some out there haven't seen it yet, so here it is. all posts featuring Magic Fly

MAGIC FLY cover by Arrayzable on Korg MS-20, Monologue, Blofeld, Mopho and others

Published on Jul 15, 2018 Arrayzable

"MAGIC FLY by french synthesizer band SPACE from 1977. This is a classic and I was bound to make a cover of this magnificent track sooner or later.

I won't get into trouble if you share!

I just got the Waldorf Blofeld, so I brought it in to do the pads, and I think it does a nice job :)

I got my beloved Commodore 64 for a little title screen in the background.

Enjoy the track mates!

As always live play with synths and sequencers.

Used in this track:

Korg MS-20 mini
Waldorf Blofeld
Korg Electribe EMX-1
Korg Monologue
DSI Mopho
Volca Bass
Korg X5DR
Monotribe
Korg Poly 800

Arrayzable"

Synth Jams by Jay Hosking

Published on Jul 26, 2019 Jay Hosking

Spotted the first video in the playlist above on discchord.com. The Playlist contains 21 videos. You can use the player controls to skip around. Descriptions for each are below. All videos feature various gear so you should be able to get an idea of some of the capabilities of each featured. You can check out Jay Hosking's music at https://jayhosking.bandcamp.com/.

Note, more will likely get added over time. The following playlist is as of this post:

1. Jam w/ Vermona PERfourMER MkII, Elektron Analog Rytm MkII, OTO Bam, Styrmon Big Sky, Fugue Machine

A live, semi-improvised performance, all on hardware, and inspired by some pretty tough news that has me sentimental.

I loved the Elektron Analog Four MkII so much that I picked up the Analog Rytm MkII. My feelings on the Rytm are mixed. On the one hand, it's missing that spontaneity and spark of units like the Arturia DrumBrute Impact and Teenage Engineering OP-Z, with no readymade performance effects, roller bar, or global randomization, and a slower workflow. On the other hand, I really like its analogue sound engines, any unused tracks can be converted into impressive analogue mono synths, it does beautiful things to samples, and like all Elektron boxes it integrates the effects into the sequencer really nicely.

As for the Vermona PERfourMER MkII, I'd been pining over it for ages, and it was fun to finally tinker with it. The Perfourmer definitely excels in the mid- and high- range, and I love how the independent voices making really interesting voices for chords.

Vermona PERfourMER MkII + OTO Bam — Three synths (left chord note, right chord note, melody)
Vermona PERfourMER MkII + Strymon Big Sky — Bass chord note synth
Elektron Analog Rytm MkII — Drums, samples, sample melody, punchy bass
Fugue Machine (iOS) — Sequencing
IK Multimedia iRig Pro Duo — MIDI out from iOS

Written and performed within a 24-hour period, and uploaded as is, with only a little sidechain compression on the Perfourmer (to emphasize the sound that the Rytm was already making), and compression/limiting on the master.

https://jayhosking.bandcamp.com/

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Arp Odyssey 2800 White Face twins

YouTube via jebeq2007 — April 05, 2010 — "I had these to White Face Odyssey together at one point, and had to film them because I did not think that I would ever see a pair of them together again. The song in the Background is by Space, Magic Fly done in the 70's and yes they did use an Arp odyssey among other great analog synths of the time.
I will probably do so more video's of the Odyssey in the future demonstrating its wonderful sounds."


previously posted

Tone2 Soundsets

Published on Dec 19, 2012 Tone2Audiosoftware·31 videos

Playlist (descriptions for the first 5 below - click through a video for the description on YouTube):

1. The Futuron expansion for RayBlaster
2. Analog for Saurus
3. Vocalic for ElectraX
4. Ambisphere for Rayblaster
5. Wavetables expansion for ElectraX
6. Top of the Clubs for Saurus
7. Dark Toxic for Saurus
8. Chiptunes for ElectraX
9. Dance & Trance for ElectraX
10. Morphing for ElectraX
11. Voltage! for ElectraX
12. Drums! for ElectraX
13. Vintage for ElectraX
14. Dance & Trance expansion for Gladiator2 (pt.2)
15. Dance & Trance expansion for Gladiator2 (pt.1)
16. The Electronic expansion for Gladiator2
17. State of Art expansion for Gladiator2
18. Progression for Gladiator2
19. Workstation for Gladiator2 (pt.1)
20. Workstation for Gladiator2 (pt.2)
21. Workstation for Gladiator2 (pt.3)
22. Abstracts for Firebird+ (pt.1)
23. Abstracts for Firebird+ (pt.2)
24. Electricity for Firebird+
25. Spectrals for Firebird+
26. Uniquity for Firebird+

1. The Futuron expansion for Rayblaster - http://tone2.com/html/futuron.html

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Space - Magic Fly (Cover)

YouTube via mik300z. via fischek. You can find the original and other cover (actually by fischek) here.
"my version of another 70's electro classic. It's taken me a while to get the production right, as I wanted the drums as tight as possible (kind of eric pryds style) but to stay true to the original with it's great spacious sound. It's all been lost on youtube's mono mushy decoding , but if you click the link, there's a high quality FLV stereo version at myspace
http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseac..."

Space - Ballad For Space Lovers (live)

MOOG Liberation. YouTube via MoonlitSwamp. Sent my way via Yves of yusynth.

"It is from 1977 year album "Magic Fly", live performance in Russia I think."

Also check out this great video by Space. Reminds me a bit of Daft Punk actually.

Space - Magic Fly (COVER jam)

Published on Apr 12, 2015 starshipfive

"No Copyright infringement intented.
Used for the purpose of criticism.

Sequenced parts done on Cubase 5, then audio mixdown to Roland SP-606

Korg MS 20 - Thin Lead
Roland JP8000 - Synth Brass
Yamaha AN1x - 2nd voice Pad lead
Roland V-synth v2 - Waspy lead
Kurzweil K2000 connected via Midi to Roland JV-2080- Main lead"

Space - Magic Fly (live synth cover)

Published on Jul 6, 2015 chisel316

"Having fun with MicroBrute, MS-20 mini and Kraftzwerg (not shown). Drum loop programmed in Ableton Live. Recorded live. No MIDI."

OP-X PRO-II: Retrotone Bank - Alphaville, Madonna, Marillion, Steve Winwood...

Published on Sep 12, 2019 virtualoberheim

"http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/d...

Demo of the new "Retrotone" bank for OP-X PRO-II. The bank can be downloaded for free on this site:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/u...

The video features the "Rack Edition Huge" interface version of the synth within Logic Pro X in an iMac 21 mid 2011.

Learn More about the synth's available interfaces on this site:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/i...

The midi keyboard's two knobs at the right are learned to the increment/decrement buttons which allows to switch patches remotely. Learn more about in on page 85 of the synth's manual.

The heard audio comes directly from the stereo outputs of OP-X PRO-II. No external effects or any other treatments of any kind involved.

The featured patches:

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Space - Just Blue (1978)

Published on Dec 14, 2013

"Space was a French group, created around Didier Marouani (Ecama) and Roland Romanelli, acclaimed for their 1978 spacesynth hit 'Just Blue'."

Some KORG synth spotting via bÖsch.

Also see the classic Magic Fly and others here.

Rebel Technology Introduces the Magus, Wizard, & Alchemist on Kickstarter

Magus Modular Synthesizer Toolkit 2018 Published on Apr 5, 2018

"Algorithms are modern day magic spells. Add magic to your music with the Magus, a patchable, programmable synthesizer toolkit."


Magus KickBox Demo Published on Apr 4, 2018 Rebel Technology

"KickBox is a groovebox patch running on the Magus synthesizer toolkit. It makes a beat with hats and a kick, and adds a virtual analogue subtractive synth voice with a killer 8-pole resonant low pass filter.

Realtime parameter tweaking and 24 analogue patch points give you complete creative control over how the sound is produced."


Wizard PolySub Demo Published on Apr 4, 2018 Rebel Technology

"PolySub is a polyphonic subtractive synth patch running on the Wizard. PolySub has 8 voices true polyphony with virtual analogue oscillators, waveshape and PWM morph, 8-pole resonant filter and ADSR envelopes.
In this demo it is sequenced with the CV and gate outputs of a Korg SQ-1 but it can also be played by connecting a MIDI device."


Alchemist Ping Pong Delay Demo Published on Apr 4, 2018 Rebel Technology

"Ping Pong Delay running on Alchemist, synchronised to the trigger output of a TR808 drum machine. The trigger keeps all the beats tight and allows the delay to bounce anything from 16th notes and triplets to full bars around the stereo space."

Check out the KickStarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...

"The Magus, Wizard and Alchemist are all built on the Rebel Technology OpenWare firmware and can run the same patch programs as two of our existing products: the OWL Pedal and OWL Modular. This means that our entire library of more than 200 patch programs is ready to use right now!"

Magus Synthesizer Toolkit Prototype

"Algorithms are the magic potions and spells of the modern day. In electronic music, they make the wooshes, booms, squeals, screams and bops that might have us contemplate the universe, reach personal insight, or dance like mad for days on end. Join us on a journey to create ever more powerful algorithms, and to make them open and available to everyone. We already have a community of hundreds of talented synthesists sharing their work. Let's make it bigger, let's make it better, let's do it together!

The Magus is like having a compact modular synthesizer without being limited by the modules you've got in it.

Unlike traditional synthesizers, the Magus doesn't confine itself to a fixed function or paradigm. Whether you want granular, additive, FM, subtractive, spectral, chaotic or stochastic synthesis, Magus gives you the freedom to pick the right algorithm for the job and then lets you loose to patch up a storm.

Enjoy the creative power of a hardware synthesizer with the flexibility of audio plugins.

If our existing library of algorithms doesn't do it for you, you can even create your own, for truly unbounded creative freedom. And you can use any one of more than two hundred patches from our library as a starting point. Patches can be authored in Max Gen, Pure data, FAUST or C++, giving you an impressive range of powerful musical programming tools to choose from."

Wizard Minisynth Prototype

"The Magus' little brother is the Wizard. It runs the same patches and is also patchable as well as programmable. This means that you can change the signal flow on the fly and connect it to other kit. It is incredibly compact but still sports five assignable control knobs and four buttons, and a total of six patch points. Like the Magus it has both USB MIDI device and host connections so that you can plug your favourite controller straight in - be it keyboard, drum pads, sequencer, grid, or multidimensional controller. It makes an excellent stand-alone synth or effects unit and has huge integration capabilities."

Alchemist Microsynth Prototype

"The Alchemist is the baby of the family, but it packs a powerful punch. With four knobs, two trigger buttons, one mode button and trigger and CV inputs it amazingly still fits in your hand.

All three devices have a USB socket and can be powered by USB or by an external DC supply."