We're stretching our all-vinyl month by a few days to accommodate this demo album of a 1974 synth (the only one made by electric piano manufacturer RMI) that featured digital capabilities. Wow, this one was years ahead of its time. I'd never heard of it, and I thought I knew my electronic esoterica, but apparently it was not successful, tho Jean-Michel Jarre used one. Sounds good, tho. I especially like the percussion effects on some tracks. "Non-pipe Organ" could be Keith Emerson at a cocktail lounge. And "Funky Wah" does indeed live up to it's name.Of the three persons listed, only Mike Mandel seems to have had much of a career, playing jazz fusion with the likes of Larry Coryell in the '70s and early '80s.
Clark Ferguson/Mike Mandel/Carlo Curley – RMI Harmonic Synthesizer And Keyboard Computer
Thanks to Jake Lion, a cat whose own music we'll be featuring here soon, for the rip and link.
7 comments:
Oh man, as soon as you said Larry Coryell, I instantly remembered the back of the 11th house lp. How could I not have realized it was the same kinda-balding keyboard player?
Interesting.I've heard of the song funky wah but not sure who originally did it.hmm..Google it!
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My harddrives are packed away cuz we're moving right now, but I'll try to remember to get this up one of these days.
i wish all the synthetizers had these kind of demos
Looks like a real LP too, and not one of the floppy soundsheets they put in magazines. Thanks so much for re-posting this!
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