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analog synthesizer

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What it is

A synthesizer whose sound is made by analog circuits rather than computation. Their slight instability gives a warmth many producers seek, even emulated in software.

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synthesizer

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An electronic instrument that generates sound from oscillators and shapes it with filters and envelopes. Synthesizers define the sound of electronic pop, house and techno.

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Daft Punk

Giorgio by Moroder

Giorgio Moroder tells his own origin story over a click track, then Daft Punk unfold nine minutes of arpeggiated disco, live drums and strings into a time-travelling tribute to the sound he invented.

electronic disco dance

Daft Punk

Episode 1, Giorgio Moroder

Giorgio Moroder opens Daft Punk's Collaborators films, remembering the Moog, the dance floor and the perfectionism of the two Frenchmen who brought him back into the studio for Random Access Memories.

spoken word disco electronic

AWOLNATION

Sail

A slow, menacing electro-rock crawl that erupts into a howled confession, AWOLNATION's Sail is equal parts dread and release.

alternative electronic indie

Saschienne

Knopfauge

'Knopfauge' is a track from Unknown (Kompakt, 2012), the debut album of Saschienne, the duo of Berlin DJ Sascha Funke and French singer and synth player Julienne Dessagne: minimal electronic music built on Moog lines and patient layering.

electronic experimental ambient