the panel will see you now
author: kidtronic (aka Lorne in Canada)
Serge panels, like the Buchla, take the composer somewhere else. No keyboards being hired today. Notation need not apply. Sometimes a Jackson Pollock mood, sometimes in tonal washes, bleep, glip and flutter, this is simply fun for me, having waded through hundreds of electronic music lps and cds and even cassettes. See what happens twenty years on when this band of nonconformists let their imaginations and panel systems loose. Its a nice tribute to possibilities.
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What do people do with their Serge synthesizer? Get this CD and find out!
author: Jan-Hinnerk Helms
If you ever wondered what the Serge Modular System sounds like, this CD is for you. It goes all the way from semi-acoustic plucked instrument sounds to massive streams of liquid metal. It is another question if you like all the compositions, but the bandwidth of compositional styles assembled on this CD is certainly broad enough so that you'll find your cup of tea. Enjoy!
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Atomkraft? Nein, danke!
author: stuart tatlock
If you're of the opinion that the synthesiser best fulfils its potential when no keyboard is attached to it, then you'll probably like this CD. It's full of atonality and extreme frequencies, and there's not much in the way of conventional harmony. On most tracks, it sounds like the sounds are triggered by means other than a conventional keyboard - sequencers, LFOs, and so on. Quite excellent throughout, and thoroughly recommended!
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totaly wacked
author: john duval
voltage controlled dementia at it's finest. garranteed to make you grind your teeth or laugh with delight. If Pollack had been a musician, this is what he would have done.That said, there are at least three cuts on here that show more tradition compostion form and show that the composers have been able to wrestle more than just bleeps and glurps from this rather quirky and esoteric instrument.
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