Buchla Modular Synth Explored

US Reed Hays shows Vince Clarke how it all works      31/10/16

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InĀ  a new video from The Talkhouse, entitled Two Bald Blokes And A Buchla, Vince Clarke, synthpop pioneer with Depeche Mode, Yaz and Erasure, talks to Reed Hays, a master of the mighty Buchla Modular Synthesizer. Vince told us, "Don Buchla, who recently passed away, designed a unique and beautiful sounding Modular synth that Reed has been working with for twenty-plus years and I hoped to to learn, with Reed's help and demonstration, how the friggin' thing works."

Clarke recently started VeryRecords, and one of his first signings is Reed and Caroline, whose gorgeous Buchla and Singing dropped October 14. Reed Hays is a master of the Buchla synthesizer; he decided to go to Oberlin College solely because they owned one, and used to hide in a harp case until the school closed so that he could play the synth all night long. He went on to a career writing music for television and film, including co-composing the themes for NFL, MLB, NASCAR and NHL on Fox. And he always used the Buchla as a primary instrument.

Vince and Reed recently sat down in the latter's East Village studio for what Vince promised would be an "EXTREMELY geeky" lesson on the Buchla from Reed, coupled with a short performance. The guys set up an iPhone to film it, and with an audience consisting of myself, Blood Orange and half of the band Savages, the guys jumped in and discussed the life and times of the recently deceased Don Buchla, his namesake modular synthesizer, and so much more.


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