@drdithmar.bsky.social
Analogue synth & drum machine composer/producer, with an unhealthy interest in Formula 1, history, retro-politics and all things miniature. A critical mind with a huge heart.
Exactly how I feel...!
31.03.2025 18:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Poster from my last trip to Hamburg.
31.01.2025 10:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0WHAT THE GREENLAND AFFAIR IS ALL ABOUT.
Trump - Denmark calling. You want Greenland? Let's talk. Then we want Mount Rushmore. How about that?
I love everything about this picture. Patrick Moraz from Yes in front of Niagara Falls, wearing a strap-on Moog, the most awsome tshirt og hair.
24.01.2025 15:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0NOW IT'S DARK
16.01.2025 21:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
2024 Formula One driver line up, as they might look in 30-40 years time. I love that Verstappen looks like an old grumpy German model railroad enthusiast...
02.01.2025 20:20 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The best Christmas meme for old synthsists...
Merry xmas everyone <3
An unused frame from the gorgious "A Broken Frame" cover for Depeche Mode's second album, masterly taken by Brian Griffin...
20.12.2024 13:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Jamie Lee Curtis & Jeff Goldblume?
Nope, it's Annie Lennox and Dave Gahan...
There are still 3 races left on the F1 calendar - and Silverstone is covered in snow. Mind boggling...
20.11.2024 08:19 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Lovely to have you here Joe. You always stood out, with your brilliant analysis and juicy firsts.
20.11.2024 01:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
50 YEARS AGO - Kraftwerk / Autobahn
(must read...)
www.theguardian.com/music/2024/n...
33% of X is Bots...?
Benn Jordan, a music producer and youtubist who loves to dig deep, claims up to a third of X-users are Bots...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ5X...
![New Order - The Beach [High Quality]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5wcjgdjcoeuwsyeglwhfvox3/bafkreievjrv2ghxhswtfqtkr67kgp2uzorflyavj6ksgfq6fyv2rbhwwly@jpeg)
But neither of them gets anywhere near the DMX in punchyness. Imagine New Order / Blue Monday played with an 808? Or a Linn? Forget it.
Have a listen to how punchy this MF is in The Beach (instrumental version of Blue Monday)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcA9...
The TR808 was much softer, and I can't help thinking of it as a candlelight drum machine. The programming on Gaye's Sexual Healing is a brilliant example. And the Linn Drum? Boy did that sound gooood. Acts like Frankie Goes To Hollywood even succeeded in making it sound pretty rough and hard...
18.11.2024 13:07 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0It had a remarkable punch in the bass drum, and combine the snare with a clap, and you'd end up with a literal slap in your face. Every sound in this box was more direct and hard-hitting.
It was introduced hot on the heels of the Linn Drum LM-1 and the Roland TR808. All three of them in 1980...
GOAT DRUM MACHINE
Many a time have I been asked, what is the greatest drum machine of all time. Primarily by people, who'd always answer Roland TR808 themselves.
I have to disagree. The best sounding drum machine from this era, is the Oberheim DMX...
TRYING TO ESCAPE...
Trump, Trumpism, Elon and Twixxx. But arriving here in this new space, everyone is still talking about Trump and Elon. So I won't be that active to start with. Mainly wanna take part in sending a signal I suppose...
