Appendix E

Discography

There have been many thousands of LP and CD releases that are worth hearing through the history of analog sound synthesis. Below are just a few suggestions that are more readily available to represent each musical category associated with the technology.

PURE SYNTHESIZER

KITARO

 

Silk Road 1, Domo, 71050-2 (1980)

Typical romantic, Eastern-tinged cosmic synthesizer album from one of Japan’s most popular artists, particularly featuring lead melodies on the early Korg synthesizers.

JEAN-MICHEL JARRE

 

Oxygene, Polydor, 800-015-2 (1976)

Oxygene 7–13, 486984-2 (1997)

Of the output of France’s most popular synthesist, Equinoxe, Chronologies and various live albums including The China Concerts are also worth hearing, while Magnetic ...

Get Analog Synthesizers now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.