O.Y. IN HI-FI IS HERE! Well, the digital edition is, for folks who’ve subscribed to the Rob Crow Joyful Noise Artist In Residence series, anyway! Standalone digital and vinyl will be available for the
NEW Optiganally Yours Song – WHOMEVER WATCHES YOU SLEEP
The first track from the new Optiganally Yours album “O.Y. in Hi-Fi” has been released! https://youtu.be/Xlhs2VPJkWU The album itself will be released this year on Joyful Noise Recordings. Here’s the
New 2018 Optigan® Disc – SAMBA! w/ Marimba on Keyboard
https://youtu.be/GgiLJVGkLrM Please click here to pre-order this title. From the depths of the Optigan® master tape archives comes this previously unreleased SAMBA jam, paired with a Marimba keyboard
2018 Limited Time Offer – Buy Optigan/Orchestron Discs From Our Back Catalog!
For a very limited one-month time period only, from now until March 25th 2018, we’re offering an opportunity to buy discs from our back-catalog (click this link to go to the web store). Normally we’re
Ross Garren & Andre LaFosse – CRANKY MACHINES
[bandcamp width=350 height=470 album=1128014064 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false] Mellotrons and Optigans and Space Echoes, oh my! A collision of nostalgic tones and deconstructi
Five Optigans For Sale in Tennessee
Our good friend and resident Optigrinch Brian Kehew writes:
If anyone is interested in becoming the queen or king of Optigans in Tennessee, I know where FIVE machines are sitting. Don’t come back to m
Laurie Anderson’s LANDFALL – Featuring Optigan!
Several years back, we lent Robert’s Optigan® Pro to Laurie Anderson, which she used in her piece with the Kronos Quartet called LANDFALL. The Optigan® was in Laurie’s studio at the time of Hurricane
David Van Koevering, 1940-2018
Sad to report the passing of David Van Koevering, notable to this site as the man behind Vako, who adopted the Optigan® and transformed it into the Orchestron in an attempt to market the technology to
PANOPTIGON Prototype – New 2018 Optigan® / Orchestron Disc Player
https://youtu.be/LhmvLNNFe6A This is a brief run-down of the main features of the PANOPTIGON, a prototype MIDI-controlled Optigan/Orchestron disc player (suitable for stage or studio) built by Robert
Nice In-Depth Review of iOptigan
Warren Burt has written a great review of our iOptigan® app at Sound Bytes!