Here’s not one, but two articles on our good friend Laurie Anderson’s recent visit to the Cantos Music Foundation in Calgary. Notable are the pics of her playing the Optigan®, and her comments about i
Bill Perison – Uncle John’s Optigan
Got this email from Bill Perison, who says of his new CD: The main song that might be of interest to Optigan® fans is Uncle John’s Optigan®, about a kid making up songs on an Optigan® while visiting h
Lot of 18 Talentmaker Discs on eBay
Click here to see a nearly complete set of Talentmaker discs on eBay, complete with the official disc file. These are not my discs, and I do not know the person selling them. The buy-it-now price is f
Cornelia – Aquarius Dreams – song featuring Optigan
Optigoner Utters sends us this song he produced, which features the Optigan® Big Top Marching Band disc!
Orchestron Demos by Dieter VanMarcke
Our good friend Dieter VanMarcke made a nice series of Orchestron demo videos, many of which feature our new and remastered discs. You can view the whole playlist here:
The Optigang – Pocket Calculator
Optigoner Michael Junck (aka The Optigang) sends us his rendition of Kraftwerk’s “Pocket Calculator,” featuring heavy usage of loops from our Optigan® Archives sample set! http://www.youtube.com/watch
Optigan® heard in new Kate Spade web promo clip
Optigoner Shawn J writes: “I was recently asked to create a piece of music for a stop-motion animation for a Kate Spade NY promotion. It needed to be cyclical, upbeat, whimsical, playful and suit the
Optigan® Mod Rock spotting in cool new video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeujZtBvMFY Filmed at Joe McGinty’s Carousel Studio in Brooklyn. If you’re not too distracted by all the lovely ladies, you can see our Mod Rock disc in the background i
Vintage Prototype Optigan® MOD ROCK Disc Appears on eBay
I don’t often scan eBay for Optigan® stuff, but from time to time someone tips me off about an interesting item. Here’s a completed auction for an original vintage Mod Rock disc, which was never relea
Pea plays the Optigan® on Chic-A-Go-Go
A few months back I was visited by Jake Austen of Roctober Magazine. Jake came by to see a bunch of artifacts I rescued from the Sid Laverents estate. While he was here, he shot a little video of me p