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Works Vol 1 Hobart 1979​-​81 First Light

by JohnNy MoNyman

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Blue Fields 03:26
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Pulse 04:47
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The Icelands 07:51
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Winter 81 09:38
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The K System 05:57
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The Calling 05:07
Dead men, dead men lie on my pillow, babe And I, I just cant understand Why they, they beckon me to follow, yeah And I, I have the urge to go. Pretty maids, pretty maids stand in cloisters of love But I, I just deny Cause they, cause they look at me knowingly And their skin fades to grey. Fades to grey. Solo (Jupiter 8) Solo (VP 330) Dead men, dead men lie on my pillow ,babe But I just, I just turn away Turn and turn away. Solo (VP 330) Dead men, Dead men rpt Lyrics Copyright John NYMO Nyman 1981 @All Rights Reserved
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The Beach 02:37
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First Light 10:07
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about

Welcome to the Works series of my electronic world of synth history !
I had never written music before, Id been a "live" player for a year or two and i hadn't started even playing till I was 21(! in 1978), so i just sat down and improvised this music as I went.
It was to become the modus operandi that I have now done for the last 37 years
None of this music has been even remotely professionally recorded but it represents what I was doing in these places and times in my life.

Hobart, Tasmania 1979.
I had just got my first keyboards..a Fender Rhodes Suitcase 73, Roland Jupiter 8 (1981) Roland RS 09, Acetone PS1000 (first synth)Mini Moog and an Arp Pro soloist into a Teac 144 portastudio. Only fx were an Ibanez AD9 analog delay pedal.
The only "technology" was that the output of the DR 55 was synced to the "arpeggiator in " of the Jupiter 8 for the basslines.
Everything else was hand played.
The music is basic but likeable !
(and there are some nice Minimoog solos)
No eq was used(Ive never used eq)and was all done live with overdubs (with mistakes sometimes !)but i think some of the tracks here illustrate an originality for their time.
They are all instrumental..I have the worlds worst voice !
Except The Calling which is vocoded through a Roland VP 330, which was very first attempt at writing lyrics and "singing" !

Track Listing
1 `Guten Morgen (3.25) 2 Blue Fields (3.22) 3 Pulse (4.26) 4 Plasmatic Man (3.17) 5 The Icelands (7.49) 6 Winter (9.35) 7 K System (6.02) 8 Steroids in Space (5.20) 9 The Calling (5.09) 10 B.O.F. (3.42) 11 The Beach (2.36) 12 Volgar Boatmen (1.41)13 First Light ( Very first recording) (10.06) 14 Dr Livingstone I Presume ? (2nd) (5.16)

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released November 29, 2014

John NYMO Nyman: Roland Jupiter 8, Boss Dr 55 Drum Machine, Roland RS 09 Strings, Moog Minimoog, Fender Rhodes Suitcase 73, Arp Pro Solist synthesizer , Acetone PS1000 synthesizer, Ibanez AD 9 Analog delay pedal.

Recorded onto Tascam 144 4 Track Cassette 1981

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JohnNy MoNyman QLD, Australia

Welcome to the Works series of my Electronic World !
None of this music has been professionally recorded but it represents what I was doing in these places and times in my life.
It charts the rise and fall of the digital synth and how the new sounds influenced the music that was made. A technological synth history lesson.
Enjoy the ride !
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