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Glastonbury synth spotting

Post by jaypodesta » Sun Jun 27, 2010 2:04 pm

Glasto seems to be a richer vein of synth spotting every year. Aside from the usual suspects; Voyager, Phatty, Nord, DSi - have you seen anything of interest?

Of note, I spotted:

Groove Armada with a EMS VCS3 (putney)

Kele (girl playing keys) had a Korg X50 - which made me thing of this forum ;)

Bit disappointed she didn't have the camo version though! :lol:

Anything else?
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Re: Glastonbury synth spotting

Post by stephen » Sun Jun 27, 2010 4:00 pm

Tee hee, I watch the festival shows for synth spotting too! Although I havent seen much this year. I think I saw Shakira with a voyager, but then again Shakira was on stage wiggling about...
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Re: Glastonbury synth spotting

Post by commodork64 » Sun Jun 27, 2010 10:31 pm

Chris from PSB had a Voyager.
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Re: Glastonbury synth spotting

Post by Purity_Control » Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:01 am

Stevie Wonder had an AX Synth at one point.
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Re: Glastonbury synth spotting

Post by jaypodesta » Mon Jun 28, 2010 1:46 pm

Yeah loads of Voyagers out there - including Jack Johnson's guy with a signature edition.
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Re: Glastonbury synth spotting

Post by crofter » Mon Jun 28, 2010 2:08 pm

I'm sure I saw a Jupiter, can't remember which band though, it was played by a girl so probably doesn't count.
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Re: Glastonbury synth spotting

Post by jaypodesta » Mon Jun 28, 2010 3:13 pm

Well I just watched Orbital on the iPlayer and they seemed to be well stocked up. Large looking Macbeth M5 at the back
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Re: Glastonbury synth spotting

Post by Phollop Willing PA » Mon Jun 28, 2010 3:22 pm

What kind of synth does Doctor Who (Matt Smith) play with Orbital?

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Re: Glastonbury synth spotting

Post by braincandy » Mon Jun 28, 2010 3:45 pm

crofter wrote:I'm sure I saw a Jupiter, can't remember which band though, it was played by a girl so probably doesn't count.
Why wouldn't it count just because it was played by a girl?
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Re: Glastonbury synth spotting

Post by jaypodesta » Mon Jun 28, 2010 5:23 pm

Phollop Willing PA wrote:What kind of synth does Doctor Who (Matt Smith) play with Orbital?

Andromeda perhaps?
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Re: Glastonbury synth spotting

Post by SleepingInsomniac » Mon Jun 28, 2010 6:11 pm

i watched it for the last two nights, wish i was there though, who'd of thought it was 40 years ago ey
when faithless was on there was a GIRL on stage with a roland jp 8000, a korg ms2000, i caught a glimpse of 'gt' so im assuming it was thee roland v synth gt and she had another board but i couldn't see what it was..
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Re: Glastonbury synth spotting

Post by jaypodesta » Mon Jun 28, 2010 7:08 pm

SleepingInsomniac wrote:there was a GIRL on stage with a roland jp 8000, a korg ms2000, i caught a glimpse of 'gt' so im assuming it was thee roland v synth gt and she had another board but i couldn't see what it was..

Yeah (Girl =) Sister Bliss had those plus Yamaha motif
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Re: Glastonbury synth spotting

Post by stephenjbennett » Tue Jun 29, 2010 8:57 am

Stevie Wonder's Clavinet was a nice touch.

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Re: Glastonbury synth spotting

Post by organsymphony » Tue Jun 29, 2010 8:06 pm

stephenjbennett wrote:Stevie Wonder's Clavinet was a nice touch.

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One of his other keyboard players had one too! two D6s on stage is a double nice touch :)


Hot Chip had a mopho, and some other modules i couldn't make out in the few seconds it flashed on tv. might try find their set online again. They also had a voyager and MEK.

EVERYONE had a voyager O_O
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Re: Glastonbury synth spotting

Post by Hybrid88 » Wed Jun 30, 2010 6:11 pm

Oh man, that Orbital with Matt Smith was damn cool :D

So awesome that he played the synths with them. I reckon he could have been on an Andromeda by the looks of it, you can see the 303 next to it in the vid.

Here's a few pics (from their site) of the gear they use live. The setup looks pretty much the same, with the A6, 303 etc on the left and the big Macbeth in the middle.

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