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Anthony Phillips "1984" album from 1981, on Passport records (same as the Synergy Audion #vinyl I posted yesterday). This is a particularly important album in the stream of electronic music, as the whole album is anchored by a drum machine. And of course, Phillips being the original lead guitarist for #Genesis, bringing some prominence and a complement of instruments you wouldn't expect from a guitarist #ElectronicMusic #ProgRock #ArtRock #synth #synthesizers @synths
in reply to Francois Dion

plenty of Synths to be heard (polymoog, arp 2600 etc. as to the drum machine used by Phillips, it is the #Roland #cr78 #drummachine. Interestingly enough, another #Genesis member would use it quite a bit also: Phil Collins

Here is my CR-78, which I used on a few tracks, but quite central and prominent on the track "San Francisco" from Test Tones II EP (1998). #electronicmusic #percussions #drums

https://soundcloud.com/francois_dion/san-francisco

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in reply to Francois Dion

I own both this album and a synergy album. 1984 is a personal favorite of mine with Phillips keyboard playing being pretty amazing anchoring very melodically interesting compositions.
It takes a fair amount to keep my interest over a full albums length of purely instrument music but this more than does it. #progrock #synth #anthonyphillips
in reply to Francois Dion

I *love* that opening track; it's so unlike what you'd expect from an Orwellian-tribute record! All bouncy and happy!

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