Ska inte dra upp mer synthlegender, men måste bara nämna Rop Papen. För mig är han en riktigI won’t bring up any more synth legends, but I just have to mention Rob Papen. To me, he is a true sound guru and is one of those who paved the way for the rest of us who are not as good at creating different sounds from scratch on synths. (I myself belong to those who are grateful that there are presets to use…) Rob Papen was part of the group Nova which was active in the early 80s.

Clear up – Nova

The bonus track comes with a little anecdote. When I was young (not in the dinosaur age, but shortly after, when vinyl records still existed, but CDs were the big thing – loooong before there was Napster and DC++ and even later Spotify) it wasn’t that easy to get hold of music, other than listening to the radio and recording songs on tape (which always ended up with the intro being cut off or talked over by some radio DJ). Another way was to subscribe to Mr. Music and get a CD in the mail once a month. For me, this was the highlight of the month! On one such Mr. Music disc I found a super cool song. Later I heard another version by Sting, but then thought that it was Sting who had plagiarized the first version I heard, and not the other way around. So the bonus track for today:

Jamaican in New York – Shinehead

Enjoy!

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