"Creating musical magic from thin air and solid state electronics"


Here is a really wonderful clip of Giorgio Moroder, uploaded from an old Casablanca Records promo tape by Josh. It opens with Giorgio playing with a Roland MC-8 - the £4,500 digital CV/Gate sequencer introduced in 1977 and used on records like 'Dare' by the Human League (all you ever wanted to know about the MC-8 is here). At the end of the clip is a shot of Keith Forsey, who drummed on Giorgio's finest moments before going on to produce Billy Idol's big '80s albums. (More Giorgio here, of course)


Comments:
What the heck is used to trigger that Rhodes and what is controlling it?
 
I have an MC-8 - but I need the
connector cable to go from it to the
output module. Anyone care to
help me?!
 
hey tom! I bet someone has already mentioned this before, but did you that on "GTA: Liberty City" there's a car radio just with Moroder's tracks?

sweet...
 
The tracks are all from the Scarface soundtrack
 
Georgio is king.
 
Here's a song of his...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NSncP-hdEg
Ignore the crap video, which proves I was right to hate discos, and enjoy nearly 6 minutes of the synths
 
Look everyone, Georgio's creating a "Record Album"!
 
anyone knows what the song starting at 0.20 with the rhodes is called?
 
i used to have this record .. picked it up at a thrift store! it f'in ruled the school .. the cover was awesome too ... his chest was made of synths and stuff ... it even had a cool ass vocoder "shout out" song were he drops some respect.
 
The record is E=MC2, the vocoder track is Baby Blue.

http://www.discogs.com/release/99281
 
It seems that the Rhodes is just played full normaly (fingers strokes the keys), but there is a mirror hold between fingers and camera, so you can see only half of the keys. Why do the film makers so (if it's true as I described)? Just perhaps to "create musical magic" also by a film trick...
 
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