Interview With Alan Palomo
Had a chance to catch up with musician, composer and filmmaker Alan Palomo, whose work as Neon Indian helped define an entire genre of...
Interview With Black Marble
Chris Stewart of Black Marble answers some questions about gear, song-writing and more below. Exclusive photos provided by Payton...
Weyes Blood Recommends
The amazing Natalie Mering, aka Weyes Blood, shares some of her studio essentials. Photos provided by Ambar Navarro for Synth History. 1....
Three Questions With Jean-Michel Jarre
Legendary composer, performer, record producer and pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre answers three questions. Synth History: What are a few of...
Hiroshi Sato Interview conducted by P-Thugg of Chromeo
This story is pretty amazing. One day, I get a message from P-Thugg of Chromeo. He had recently unearthed an interview he did with the...
Interview With John Carpenter
It’s hard to imagine a John Carpenter film without hearing its coinciding score in your head, most of which he either composed or...
Interview With Sylvan Esso
Had the awesome pleasure of interviewing the amazing electronic pop duo, Sylvan Esso. Below, Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn talk about...
Interview With Fatboy Slim
Musician, DJ, and record producer Norman Cook, aka the legendary Fatboy Slim, helped to not only define an entire genre in the 90s, but...
Interview With Trent Reznor
Where do I even start with this introduction? Nine Inch Nails helped make synthesizers bad ass. But then again, whatever Trent Reznor...
Interview With Hudson Mohawke
What a cool studio! Had the chance to visit and interview the talented producer and songwriter Hudson Mohawke in person, who in addition...
Interview with Madeon
Had the chance to catch up with the extremely talented musician, producer and DJ, Madeon, at HARD fest here in California. I spoke with...
Interview with Izzy Glaudini of Automatic
Had the pleasure of interviewing Izzy Glaudini from the fantastic three-piece band Automatic. Their new record, Excess, is out now on...
Synthesized Sounds of the Sea - Three Questions
Tomer Baruch is an electronic musician from Tel Aviv who started the viral Instagram account, Animals and Synthesizers. The account...
Interview With Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein (Stranger Things Composers)
Well, this one is exciting - especially after having just finished the latest season of Stranger Things (I can attest this interview is...
Interview With Café Fear - Jackie Cohen and Jonathan Rado (Foxygen, Weyes Blood, The Killers)
Jackie Cohen and Jonathan Rado are quite the husband and wife team. The two have collaborated on a new project dubbed Café Fear. Jackie's...
Interview With A-Trak
A modern day legend in the DJ and dance music community, A-Trak is a DJ, turntablist, record producer, and record label executive. His EP...
Jean-Philip Grobler AKA St. Lucia Recommends + Three Questions
Here are some in depth studio essentials from the talented Jean-Philip Grobler, who makes music under the moniker of St. Lucia, complete...
Interview with Lance Hill of the Vintage Synthesizer Museum
Had the chance to stop by the Vintage Synthesizer Museum, which recently relocated from the Bay Area to Los Angeles... and wow, what an...
Festival Series: Three Questions With Chet Faker
This summer I’ll be doing a string of interviews supporting artists performing at festivals! Nick Murphy, aka Chet Faker, performs at...
Interview With Claude VonStroke
Got a chance to ask producer and record label owner (Dirtybird Records) - Barclay Macbride Crenshaw - better known as Claude VonStroke, a...
Interview With Chrome Sparks
Had the honor of asking musician and producer Chrome Sparks a some questions. Read what some of his favorite synths are down below. Synth...
Three Questions With Carl Craig
Had the honor of asking pioneer and visionary, Carl Craig, three questions. Carl is an electronic music producer, DJ, Grammy-nominated...
Interview with ElA Minus
Had the great pleasure of interviewing and learning more about the hardware intricacies of musician, producer and song-writer Ela Minus....
Synth History x While Mortals Sleep
I recently scored a sci-fi horror short entitled While Mortals Sleep, directed by Alex Fofonoff and produced by Video Horse Films. The...
Three Questions With Geographer
Had the pleasure of interviewing musician and synth enthusiast Mike Deni aka Geographer. Synth History: What are a few of your favorite...
Interview with Jimmy LaValle aka The Album Leaf
Had the pleasure of interviewing producer, song-writer and synth enthusiast Jimmy Lavalle, aka the Album Leaf. Synth History: How do you...
Three Questions With Oberhofer
Up next in the Three Questions Series is the talented music maker, Brad Oberhofer. Synth History: What kind of sounds are the most...
Three Questions With Ryuichi Sakamoto
Couldn't be more honored to ask legendary member of Yellow Magic Orchestra, Ryuichi Sakamoto, a few Q's! Synth History: What are your top...
Lisa Bella Donna Recommends + Three Questions
Multi-instrumentalist, composer and modular synthesist Lisa Bella Donna recommends some of her studio go-tos below. We'll start by asking...
Three Questions with Soko
Three questions with French singer-songwriter and actress Soko about creativity and making tunes. Synth History: Love the opening synth...
Interview With Flying Lotus
This one is exciting! Had the honor of interviewing the brilliantly talented Flying Lotus. He recently scored Yasuke, an upcoming...
Three Questions: Alan Vega's Lost Record Mutator
Alan Vega and Martin Rev formed the band Suicide in 1970. Suicide have been recognized as one of the most influential acts of their era -...
Three Questions With Scarypoolparty
Got to ask the amazingly talented Alejandro Aranda aka Scarypoolparty three questions. He shares his influences, writing technique and...
Boy Harsher Recommends
Back again on Synth History is the wonderfully talented musical duo Boy Harsher. This time, sharing some studio essentials - complete...
Three Questions With Boy Harsher
Recently got the chance to ask the extremely talented electronic music duo Boy Harsher three questions. Gus and Jae share their...
Will Wiesenfeld AKA Baths Recommends
Next up in the Synth History Recommends Series is the talented musician, producer and song-writer Will Wiesenfeld, known by his stage...
Noah '40' Shebib Recommends
Excited to introduce the new Synth History Recommends Series, where I ask musicians and producers what gear they recommend for studio...
Three Questions with Matthew Tavares
Three questions with Matthew Tavares, also known as Matty, a musician, songwriter, and producer. He is one of the founders and former...
Interview With Chromeo
Got the chance to ask Dave 1 and P-Thugg of the amazing electro-funk duo, Chromeo, a few questions! Synth History: What were some of your...
Three Questions With Kelly Lee Owens
Three questions with musician, producer and song-writer Kelly Lee Owens. Her new album Inner Song was just released this past month....
Interview with James Murphy
Had the incredible honor of interviewing another hero of mine. Below, some questions with legend and fellow synth enthusiast James...
Interview With Love Hultén
I originally discovered Love Hultén via his retro gaming console designs. Someone had sent me a post of his via Instagram and I was...
Three Questions with Starchild & The New Romantic
Three questions with musician, song-writer and actor Bryndon Cook aka Starchild & The New Romantic. Synth History: What are your top...
Interview with Gary Numan
Well, this one I'm personally really excited about! Had the pleasure of interviewing legendary musician, composer, producer and...
Three Questions With Vince Clarke
Three Questions with musician and composer Vince Clarke (Erasure, Yazoo/Yaz, Depeche Mode). Synth History: Do you remember the first time...
Three Questions With Rick Wakeman
Three questions with legendary composer and keyboardist for Yes, Rick Wakeman. Synth History: What is it that drew you to synthesizers?...
Three Questions With Oneohtrix Point Never
Three questions with musician, synthesizer enthusiast and composer, Daniel Lopatin aka Oneohtrix Point Never. Synth History: Do you...
Three Questions with Suzanne Ciani
Three questions with legendary synthesizer pioneer and "Diva of the Diode", Suzanne Ciani. Synth History: What did you think the first...
Three Questions With Dave Smith
Three questions with legendary engineer and founder of Sequential, Dave Smith. Synth History: What initially drew you to developing...
Three Questions With Pete Townshend
Three questions with legendary song-writer and member of The Who, Pete Townshend. Synth History: What was your first synthesizer? Pete:...