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by webmaster
24Feb
Optiganally Yours
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OY on an East Timor Benefit Album

Recently we submitted our song “midori2tree” to another compilation album (it first appeared on Vroom Sound’s “Pop In Clap” comp). This album is a benefit for East Timor. Here’s the info they sent us:

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by webmaster
15Feb
Sightings
13

Keyboard Magazine article

The Optigan was recently featured in Keyboard Magazine. We will have a .pdf of the article posted here shortly.

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by webmaster
15Aug
Sightings
16

Sound On Sound Magazine article

The Optigan was recently featured in Sound on Sound Magazine. It was mentioned in two articles, one about Blur and the other was a how to build a website article (featuring the optigan.com website!).

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by webmaster
15May
Orchestron Sightings
deutsche
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The Kraftwerk Connection

A recent issue of Keyboard Magazine contained a letter to the editor which pointed out that the haunting vocal choir sounds on the early Kraftwerk albums Radioactivity and Trans-Europe Express did not

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by webmaster
15May
Sightings
18

Steve Hackett & the Optigan

Steve Hackett & the Optigan Some of the earliest email I ever received regarding the Optigan concerned the appearance of our little brown friend on the song Sentimental Institution by ex-Genesis g

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by webmaster
15May
Sightings
18

Optigan invades Holland

Gus Wylde had mentioned to me that he had heard that the last 100 Mattel-produced Optigans were shipped to Holland. But it wasn’t until recently that I found out more info about this mysterious shipme

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by webmaster
15May
Sightings
18

Optigan at the Drive In movies?!?

A few months ago I got this email: I’ve had a lot of fun looking at your Optigan sites (killing two birds with one email stone here), especially finding out I own albums on which it was used. But, wha

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by webmaster
15May
Sightings
16

The Strange Kiss Connection

Last year I was contacted by a guy at A&M Studios in regards to a producer who was looking for an Optigan. Apparently, Bruce Fairbairn (80’s glam-metal guru whose extensive credits include Aerosmi

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by webmaster
10Oct
Sightings Site Info
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Wired Magazine article

Wired Magazine featured the original version of the Optigan website in their October 1997 issue. They got some of the details wrong, but we got a lot of hits from it anyway! Click here to view the art

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