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I’ve added a new section within GEAR WATCH for CURTIS CEM & SSM chips.
These chips are getting very hard to find anywhere, so this will make searching for them on eBay a little bit simpler. Clicking on the chip code brings up a new page, with a list of all the common synths they were used in, as well as listing any available on eBay.

Just had to share this one with you. Excellent track.

Hello humanoids, welcome to the brand new show - ROBO CAST 40 – ROBO HAS A SAWTOOTH Another electro packed extravaganza featuring the likes of LEAETHER STRIP, JON TEKNIK, SPACEBUOY, ANALOG ANGEL. THE ELECTRIC RIOT, TOFFEETRONIC, GLOBAL CITIZEN and many more. For FULL details of this special show, including all the artist links and information, visit the Robo Cast website –http://www.robocastradio.co.uk/latestshow.html YOU CAN ALSO FIND ROBO CAST RADIO ON FACEBOOK http://www.facebook.com/robocastradio Here's a list of the fantastic artists for this show: - ARTISTS / TRACKS / LINKS LEAETHER STRIP - IT'S WHO I AM (ASTMA REMIX) http://www.myspace.com/leaetherstrip http://www.alfa-matrix.com Remixed by Astma http://www.myspace.com/enecastma WEIRDSVILLE - NAZCA OBSERVATORY http://www.myspace.com/weirdsville JON TEKNIK - PRIDE IN YOUR POCKET http://www.myspace.com/jonteknik http://www.jonteknikmusic.com/page2.htm Words and vocals by Martin Phillip http://www.myspace.com/martinphilipcom *** FEATURED ARTIST *** LISTEN OUT FOR THE EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH SPACEBUOY!! SPACEBUOY - THE FEAR http://www.myspace.com/spacebuoy LIFE'S DECAY - ELYSTEA http://www.lifesdecay.com http://www.abstraktsens.com http://www.myspace.com/abstraktsens ANALOG ANGEL - TOUCHED http://www.myspace.com/intheanalogueshadows http://analog-angel.com http://www.rageineden.org/index.php?id=6&pid=1899 DJPHYS - INVISIBLX http://www.myspace.com/djphys http://www.myspace.com/alrealon http://alrealon.co.uk/ THE ELECTRIC RIOT - CRASH http://www.myspace.com/theelectricriot TOFFEETRONIC - PUNISHMENT http://www.myspace.com/toffeetronic THE MATEYBLOKES - ANOTHER ENEMY WITHIN http://www.myspace.com/themateyblokes PERFECT BLUE vs HITS (Head In The Shed) - THE HYPE http://www.myspace.com/perfectbluemusic http://www.myspace.com/headintheshed COSMIC INTENT - RELFECTION WALLS http://www.cosmicintent.ch http://www.myspace.com/cosmicintent SPACEBUOY - OBLIVION http://www.myspace.com/spacebuoy GLOBAL CITIZEN - NAUGHTY NAKED NUDE http://www.myspace.com/globalcitizenuk http://stores.shop.ebay.co.uk/global-citizen-merchandise

There's a feature on John Foxx that's just gone up on www.thequietus.com, celebrating 30 years since the Metamatic album came out in January 1980. Meanwhile, the new issues of Uncut, Mojo, Q and Recor...

Today’s Sun (Yes, I know..) claims that a heavy metal magazine (”Metal Hammer”??) is proposing to start a new official “Heavy Metal” religion, with Biff Byford * (Saxon) as High Priest or somesuch.
Hmm. shouldn’t that be Ozzy Osbourne?
(There’s even a Facebook campaign, and T-Shirt.. Metal Hammer Campaign..)

It got me thinking… how about “Numanoid” or “Metamatic” as official religions?
(There’s already a “Church of Gary Numan” over in the states (where else?).. )
It would be interesting to have a “Numanoid” church, bearing in mind Gary’s often stated Atheist beliefs)
Or a “Church of Metamatics”. Hell, he’s done enough church music. “My Lost City”, Cathedral Oceans, etc.. John could stand up front with a synth and preach. No hang on, he already does that with “the quiet man” thing.

Wouldn’t it be fun to be able to enter “Numanoid” or “Metamatic” as your official religion, though..

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* Many moons ago, (back when Gary Bushell was a raving leftie writing for Sounds magazine..) around the time of the NWOBHM**, I was in the Saxon camp, which was defeated by the screaming hordes of Iron Maiden. A bit like the VHS/Betamax war, where the better option lost. Sigh.

**New Wave Of British Heavy Metal

Here are the new dates on the Little Boots North American tour... April 22 Masquerade Atlanta, GA - Tickets April 24 Voyeur Philadelphia, PA - Tickets April 28 Middle East Cambridge, MA - Tickets...

I’m getting back into Synthesiser electronics. (Anyone remember Retro.Teknik / Synteknik ?
That was me, buying, fixing and selling music electronics.. went on for a few years, before I changed jobs, and lost my Monday (Later Tuesday) night “tinker-time” slot.)

This time around, I’ll be doing two things:

• Fixing up the remaining stuff in my garage
• Building synths etc from scratch..

I’ve just had a bit of a lucky break, in that I bought two keyboard assemblies and a pedalboard assembly cheaply on eBay, so that’ll help. They’re from an old Lowery organ. (They’ve just arrived – Woo Hoo!)
I plan to use one of them (cut down to 37 keys) to sort out my MiniKorg 700, and the other will be used to build a new synth. The pedalboard will be used to build a “bass-synth”. It’s been suggested that I aim for the Moog Taurus approach or even the ARP AXXE.. I don’t expect it to be anywhere near as flash as that..

The “Remaining Stuff In My Garage” includes:
Crumar Stratus
MiniKorg 700 (NOT S)
Maestro Rhythm Jester (Drum Machine)
JSH SD-1 (Percussion Synth)

I’ve just managed to gain access to my old Retro.Teknik Tripod site. Bloody hell. That’s a blast from the past.

Finally, no doubt I’ll be jabbering about this kind of stuff over at Dubsounds as well..

Little Boots will be headlining the Highline Ballroom in New York on March 2nd and you could be going! Visit www.themusicslut.com where you’ll find details on how you can win a pair of tickets. ...

''The line up for this years Coachella Festival in California has been announced. We will be playing Coachella on the sunday, April 18, so we are trying to put a few other West Coast gigs in to form a...

The Coachella 2010 line up has been revealed and we’re excited to announce that Little Boots will be joining the bill. She will play on the last day of California’s signature three-day festival on Apr...