Now, I like a good synth as much as the next man, but these blokes are on a different planet from me ...and most other people too:
'I Dream Of Wires'
Y'see, for me music will always be about the tune. It may be 'pretty' or it may be chaotic and ugly, but I always like there to be some kind of tune. Now, although a few of these chaps (including the artiste who made this documentary, Jason Amm, of
Solvent - one of my faves) do achieve that whilst using modular synths, a lot of them are at the pure experimental end of the electronic spectrum, just making massive howling walls of feedback or pummelling distortion.
But still, I kind of admire them with a sense of awed bewilderment. These are the electronica equivalent of obsessive car homologators, who will soup their cars up to near 1000bhp - way beyond what could ever be used on the road! And yet their obsession is impressive - almost a work of art in itself.
If I could afford a modular synth, would I have one? You bet I would! :-D ...But I'd probably never make a decent tune again and wreck all my other gear in the process!
Doctor Who has got a lot to answer for, I reckon!
