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Wakeman now has eight - Moogs, that is, not wives.
Archive 2004-10-01 2004
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Wakeman now has eight - Moogs, that is, not wives.
Moog The Movie 2004
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Somehow they manage to sound both vintage and futuristic, which makes sense considering their name is derived from Phil Spector (or rather, his innovative use of only mono) and Moog synthesizers ( "VCF" is a feature on Moogs, meaning "voltage-controlled filter").
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Though technically ingenious and historically significant, what we really love Moogs for is their sound.
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Synth nerds might rep just as hard for less-hyped gems such as the EMS VCS3, but the Moogs oozed character.
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Technically ingenious and historically significant, Moogs ooze character with a sound that can be kitsch – or pulverising
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Comprising a potentially infinite array of oscillators, filters, noise generators, ring modulators, triggers and mixers, linked by telephone exchange-type patch cables, and played using joysticks, pedals, ribbon controllers and keyboards, the modular Moogs had no interest in replicating existing instruments.
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And unlike many contemporaneous electronic experimentalists, they were not simply transposing current popular music for Moogs (Switched-On Rock), or clowning around (think of Perrey-Kingsley's "Barnyard in Orbit"), or desperately trying to sound avant-garde (like Silver Apples or a lot of krautrock acts).
Tim Mohr: New Reissues Prove Kraftwerk Is the Most Important Band Ever 2009
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Moogs and Beer, a Heady Combination: Scrubbles. net
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Richard D. James Album 'Aphex TwinJames is the Brian Wilson of techno; 30 years ago, he would have experimented with theremins and Moogs.
Electronic Eden 2008
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