neither more nor less.

i don't see a lot of folks talking about this vangelis album, which is a shame because it's amazing. perfect score for getting high at seven in the morning while enjoying a nice cup of tea.

in the clouds.

an underrated gem from vangelis. not everything on here is great, but there are plenty enough moments to make this worthwhile.

mansion of invention.

now for some kraut synth shit from 79. i'm not wild about the vocals, but klaus schulze is laying down some dreamy jams on here.

secret signals.

sick synth album from 1980. sorry for the shitty cover res my loves, along with it being 192, but hey, it's free amirite?

don't call this a comeback.

just keeping this real casual, nothing too serious. i bought this tape yesterday & knew i had share this gem with y'all. this is the fucking bees knees. tomita plays holst's the planets on all of these beautiful synths. just absolutely gorgeous.

heavy feelings in my mind.

wow. coming out in the early 70's kanada, what a bizarre album... the internet says he's influenced by cage, eno, stravinsky, & charles ives. dunno about that, but i do hear wisps of woo, mort garson, broadcast, iasos, harry forbes, ariel kalma & k leimer. if any of those names do anything for you, you NEED to download this. beautiful synth augmented by strings & woodwinds. this is a 320 of the lion reissue, so yeah. yr welcome.

yeah well, oyster shells.

richard pinhas' debut album. if yr not familiar, he played in heldon, with pascal comelade (that reissue in 2k14 was the fucking cat's pajamas!), & on this jean phillipe goude album i posted a while ago. the first eight songs are beautiful solo synth gems where he is channeling philip glass filtered through tangerine dream. the last song is a fripp inspired epic with pinhas with a full band jamming on the one.

better change yr mind.

somewhere between john carpenter, iannis xenakis, kpm/grm, & the parry music company lies this album by two dudes who most notably played synths on stevie wonder's innervisions & talking book amongst others. one of them created the tonto, the world's first multitimbral polyphonic analog synthesizer. they also played on albums by gil scott-heron, bobby womack, joan baez, the isley brothers, & tons of others. this is the cd version with thirteen tracks. hope you dig it.

strange powers.

bought this earlier today & have been floating in it's warm embrace ever since. released in 88 on hearts of space (connie demby, michael stearns, kevin braheny, etc), this is perfect for summer with it's synth washes & angelic chorales & soft tribal dances. my dream owl is soaring through the night air with this as it's guiding light.

gray wave city.

zeuhl proggy psych jazz fusion gem from 1980 with richard pinhas (!!!) laying down some fucking siqq synth lines on top.

a gift from me to you.

one of my favorites of the year.

the solitary ohm.

holy shit. this is probably the most i've liked a new-ish record in quite some time now. this cat is on some umberto/zombi/vangelis/claudio simonetti shit. i hate when people use the term synth wizard, but this guy is a bona fide sorcerer.

the weight of culture.

first up in the reup category is vangelis' china. if you weren't able to grab it last time, here is another chance to grab this beauty in 320. i now have four vangelis cassettes, but this is still my favorite by far. enjoy y'all!