Album Notes

In 2005 and 2006 under the title "Analogy, Volume 1" and "Volume 2", two compilation-cd’s came out with unreleased material from a diversity of interesting electronic musicians. The assignment was to create a piece only using analog equipment. The cd was a product of members of the Internet-discussion group about electronic music, "EMforum".
Both cd’s were a success. Though the forum doesn't exist anymore, the spirit is still there and therefore a third volume has been released dedicated to the forum and all the people that have been part of it. Collaborating artists are, amongst others: Ron Boots, Gert Emmens, Mario Schönwälder, Stephen Parsick, Terje Winther and Create. The cd contains seventeen tracks with a varying approach.
"Vintage Contemporaries" by Emmens & James Clent already shows familiar paths with sequences and Mellotron sounds. The sequences in Gert Blokzijl’s "Monopology", played only on a Korg MonoPoly synthesizer, are wonderful. One synth is also the way Studio35D (=René Splinter) works on his "Probe One" (a SCI Pro One) but then with a more eighties aim. Erwin Hofstede even plays a whole piece, the warm "Solina", with just a Solina string ensemble. Others create ambiences (Parsick, Russell Storey). "Analogum" is an excellent track from Schönwälder’s Filterkaffee, a new project by Mario. And, of course, there is also Ron Boots who plays a recognizable composition "Analowho". This third edition is the best in the series. Let’s hope it does keep that EM-spirit alive.
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