It’s truly inspiring to discover the gear and equipment that ignited creativity in some of the most iconic industrial bands. Again this is no top 5 or ''best'' this or that. I’m simply sharing the synthesizers that inspired some of the most iconic industrial artists. For me, it’s the Access Virus, hehe! What’s the piece of gear that has inspired you the most? Thank you so much for the support, everyone! I’m always amazed by the response to my videos, it truly means a lot, hehe. Industrial music definitely deserves more loooove! cheers 🤘 Support my work 👇 www.tonepusher.com/ www.patreon.com/c/tonepusher
Great, great, great series! I love how you talk in detail about synths and the artists who used these machines. This format is engaging to watch-more, please!
Funny that “the Multimoog was used by many artists”. Apparently, there were only 1000 made. I have two. Though the Multi came out before midi was a thing, it was designed with lots of in and out jacks, making it possible for two Multis to be connected in and triggered from one keyboard. The pressure sensitive keyboard functions very well. Add a voltage control pedal and you can get the Multimoog to do a few extra “secret” tricks.
Once again love your vids, but I’d like to say thanks for giving Skinny Puppy the credit they well deserve. Many times they get looked over, they are the Kraftwerk of industrial music, no one else was really doing what they did. Been a fan since 1986, sad they are no longer doing material. But I did manage to catch the farewell tour.
Yeah, they totally got overshadowed and unattributed in the 90s after NIN and Manson came along, and Ministry, RevCo, Front242, and KMFDM grabbed the spotlight. I was a fan since 'Stairs & Flowers/Chainsaw/Assimilate' EP was released - 86 too? At the time, they were totally unique and creating atmospheres and an aesthetic that hadn't been done before - true pioneers... with ideas that were ripped off constantly by other bands.
@ agreed 100% with the exception ministry. They had plenty of 80’s stuff, it was just different. I always compare the fame that should have been theirs but NIN stole it and maid it more mainstream. Kinda like what Oasis did with the Stone Roses. But in hindsight I’m glad it’s not mainstream, makes it more special to the true fan!
@@tonyduncan4875 Yeah... there's really the difference: NIN made industrial into what are essentially pop songs... hard-edged, but structured like a pop song. SP never really did that... stayed true to the pure artsy Industrial (Ogre solo is poppy though, yes). I have most of the Ministry WaxTrax 12"s from back in the day. Their sound changed drastically from 'Twitch' onward... lol... loved Alain's Surgical Meth Machine stuff, though.
amazing how these synths helped define the atmosphere of industrial. the drum machines involved are legendary as well-godflesh and the alesis hr16-what iconic sounds!
Been getting into my own music production in the last year using Reaper, im a metalhead but i always gravitate to the 90s industrial sounds in my own work. Your videos keep popping up in my various searches and i always give them a watch. Love the hella detailed history lessons and how you connect the dots between the equipment and the bands and sounds we all love!!
A vid well worth expanding upon with the early digital synths used by 242, Puppy, slightly latter (Kawai K1 Clock DVA), etc. And the close next gen bands such as Chemlab doing everything on their first ep and first album just only with a single EMax and 16 Volt’s early stuff relying on an Ensoniq EPS.
Another great video, thanks for going the extra mile with all the background research Side note: I think I Trent say in an interview somewhere that if there was a bassline in a NIN song apart from the rare occasions it was a bass guitar it was pretty much always a Moog
_You never disappoint. Very cool sounds these guys made. 🏅⭐️ As a solo artist coming from a band format, it’s different doing all instruments by yourself. These guys were champs!_
The ARP Omni 2 was also one of the two synths owned by Joy Division - it's the main synth sound of the Closer album and Love Will Tear Us Apart single. I have two of them, both with faults at the moment as they were made with the cheapest components and unmodified ones have a power supply that's too feeble to work reliably. When working properly they sound incredible, far bigger and darker sounding than other string synthesisers. Plus they have a simple synth section that can produce some surprisingly good pad sounds. Checkout Decades, the closing track on Joy Division's Closer album, the main keyboard parts are the string section, and the incredibly haunting pad in the first break is the synth section (probably going through a Marshall Time Modulator for a flanged and delayed effect).
Nice!! I didn't know that. Yeah, the strings on that thing are incredible. I think the fact that it's not as 'good-looking' as traditional synths makes it often overlooked by people.
@@Tonepusher I think string synths got overlooked for a long time as they were more closely related to organs and therefore not considered "real" synths. They seem to have become better regarded now, especially with things like Waldorf's string synth emulations and Behringer's clone of the Roland VP-330. I love the sound of them, and have owned roughly twenty over the years. Right now I have the Omnis and a Roland RS-09, which was used by a lot of post punk bands and people like The Cure. They were relatively affordable compared to true synths, and had the advantage of being polyphonic (or at least paraphonic). I've read that the Omni was even ARP's best selling instrument.
@@Farewelltokingz You're probably correct about it being a Solina on Atmosphere. According to a number of accounts from band members and people like the singer from Crispy Ambulance who was also there, they were at a studio where there was a Solina. They had some time left over at the end of their session and Bernard Sumner ended up playing around with it. Atmosphere was then recorded with a Solina, and it was what made them go out and buy the ARP. LWTUA and Closer were recorded at different sessions, but a few weeks apart, so I'm pretty sure it's the Omni on both. Having owned both a Solina and several Omnis, the Solina nails the "smoother" string sound of Atmosphere whereas the Omni has that slightly harsher sound of LWTUA. Whatever they used, all string synths are wonderful instruments.
Great video as usual. May I suggest a deep dive series on trademark albums like Too Dark Park, Front By Front, Land Of Rape And Honey, Pretty Hate Machine etc? Would be really interesting to get to know the gear the bands used along with some fun facts. Oh, and don't forget Caustic Grip my all time fave industrial record!
Great doc man. Thanks. Great to see a fellow synth gear whore like myself obsessed with synths doing a video on my favorite genre (and fav band, Skinny Puppy). Only gripe I'd have is it's a bit obsessed and focused around the Moog's of industrial. The reality is, most of industrial music's sound came from the lofi samplers, Ensoniq synths (ESQ-1 being a mainstay for Puppy, Ministry, etc.), Pro One, and cheap drum machines and computers. Anyone wanting to recreate some of that older industrial sound is going to find themselves at an absolute loss if they grab a Minimoog and expect to make Smothered Hope out of it lol. If anything, I'd say the Ensoniq ESQ-1, Mirage, and Pro One will get you closest to the classic sound of those bands. Namely the 80's/90's harsher industrial stuff. Cleancut EBM stuff though, yeah Minimoog or any other moog will do fine without resampling or effects pedals. The Moog Rogue/Prodigy is the only Moog that'll naturally give you that industrial sound due to how budget they were and the fact the oscillators could naturally overdrive giving you some pretty gnarly starting points for sound design. But...I'm also very biased against Moog synths. Of my 35+ synths, 1 is a Moog and it's the Grandmother because it can closely replicate the Rogue with modern technology so I don't have to worry about constant maintenance on it..and I can make that nice "bounce" bass that HILT used so much on the Minimoog. Anyways, thanks for the video man, gonna go rabbit your hole your channel now as this was the first time the algo tossed you my way.
yeah well tbh it's fun to know what gear they used as Im a huge gear nerd BUT I'm very aware that it's not really what you use but how you use it haha That's why I love industrial too, these guys are mad scientists. That's also why I enjoy sound design, maybe even more than song writing hehe
@@Tonepusher Check out Cevin's podcast. He did one with Bill and they talk about the first SP album. Pro One, 808 and a sampler (s900 or ... ) and that was about it. Ditto w/ first FLA album, minus the 808, of course. I got a stage tour during a soundcheck by Cevin and Dwayne back in the day. Great guys. Ditto w/ Bill. Just a great guy.
SP is definitely the best industrial band, I agree! I had at one point, three ESQ-1s, which they used extensively... now I only have two. I also have a Lexicon PCM 41 which they drenched all their tracks in, it's what Ogre used on his vocals, you can see it live on "Ain't It Dead Yet?", he's got it on a little snare stand or something. I got to see them on their farewell tour in Boston, very grateful for that, they will always be my favorite band.
Should have talked of Throbbing Gristle's self-built synths, of the EMS VCS3 which was both Cabaret Voltaire and SPK's first synth and the EMS Synthi A used in the early stages by Clock DVA, of Whitehouse doing several albums on just an EDP WASP or even of the ARP 2600 used by The Normal. These are the artists who started industrial music.
Give the kid a break!! And by the way The Normal ( or Daniel Miller ) only used two tape machines and a Korg 700s on the Warm Leatherette / T.V.O.D single
He's talking about industrial dance, which most of the bands you mentioned were not, even though they did try and reach the mainstream doing dance music.
I bought a MicroMoog a few years before the Prodigy came out. The Prodigy has two occilators, but the MicroMoog is just so much more flexible and capable of craziness. IMHO.
Damon Edge of Chrome was known for using a Moog Liberation. And for those that say Chrome wasn't "industrial" they had the elements of it. Processed drums, distorted vocals, heavy guitar, sounds off the TV...
thanks for including the band the Prodigy in this video , i can wait to see more and comparisons of how they are both industrial ( guitars and synths are very similar) , and dance and rock, and who knows what other genres they fit into.
Yeah there's some bands like that that transcend genres. The Prodigy is 100% like that. I wouldn't say they're industrial at all. But they were influenced by it 100%
Skinny Puppy, my personal favorite. Love Warlock, and Dig it the best. So their album "Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse", ranked the best album by me. 😎
I had a Kawai K4 at least 🙂 FLA is one of my all time favorites, Ministry I only like Twitch that's when I discovered them. Skinny has a ton of good songs as well. Nowadays theres thousand bands out there and there is much good stuff to choose from when you're into 'synth' music, and a whole bunch of music videos as well 🙂
@@Tonepusher I think the earlier Coil material from the eighties when they were using the Fairlight sampler hasn't aged well and can sound a bit dated, their later albums from Love's Secret Domain onwards is when they got really interesting. It would be great if you could cover that stuff. Thanks for your reply. Cheers.
Great video. One synth I think you should add in a follow up is the Pro One. Skinny Puppy. FLA (They had FOUR of them!), I think Nitzer had one. Also the SH-101 which was like the Microkorg of the 80's was common and the Korg MS synths. A lot of these bands obviously all started out with humble Analog Monosynths. By the late 80's, a sampler and Computer Sequencer (Atari ST for example) became almost essential, more than Drum Machines and Synths because depending on how many audio tracks you had, your Sampler could do it all with the right sounds.
@@Tonepusher i know its a mess as Bad gear just released video about Sh-32 and I've found Your video about industrial synths- i couldn't decide which one to watch first - so I'm watching Your channel on computer and AudioPilz on the phone at the same time lol:). Out of curiosity - Sisters of Mercy, Clan of Xymox - bands from my childhood-are You familiar with them? I wonder what was their setup. Or maeby You covered this topic in Your videos already- I'll watch them now? Best wishes and Happy New Year!
very nice videos! but i kinda expected more ebm/industrial tutorials like ebm vocal recreations, maybe some re-creations of some tracks, mixing techniques for the genres etc. yeah you can use every synth and if you dunno how to use it it doesnt help NIN used it etc. the content gets boring a bit, no hate but just my opinion.
Any synthesiser is capable of producing so-called industrial sounds if you add distortion to it, so there's no need to look for a particular synthesiser for this type of sound
@@Tonepusher Admittedly, it's about the intertwined history of a musical genre and the instruments of the time, but it seemed to me that the aim of the video was to guide its target audience towards the choice of a particular piece of equipment.
I hoped to hear something about the start of industrial electronic music, but apart from front 242 and kraftwerk, all references are to bands of the 90’s or later. It started in the late 1970’s, early 1980’s. Cabaret Voltaire were the most important and influential band of the era. You’re welcome 😂
I see that Waldorf, Yamaha, Korg and Bands like LeatherStrip, FunkerVogt, Wumpscut and VAC are getting no love on this channel. Bands like Front 424 Ministry, Skinny Puppy NIN are WAY over played and over rated.
well, without Skinny Puppy, Ministry or F242 there's no Funker Vogt, Wumpscut or VaC my friend. And also if I was making 365 videos a year I would probably cover every industrial genre and every bands, right now it's not the case hehe Don't get me wrong, I love them as much. But I have to make choices :)
It’s truly inspiring to discover the gear and equipment that ignited creativity in some of the most iconic industrial bands. Again this is no top 5 or ''best'' this or that. I’m simply sharing the synthesizers that inspired some of the most iconic industrial artists. For me, it’s the Access Virus, hehe! What’s the piece of gear that has inspired you the most?
Thank you so much for the support, everyone! I’m always amazed by the response to my videos, it truly means a lot, hehe. Industrial music definitely deserves more loooove! cheers 🤘
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Great, great, great series! I love how you talk in detail about synths and the artists who used these machines. This format is engaging to watch-more, please!
hey thanks man! you'll get more don't worry :D
Such a great series! No one else is covering this genre in such detail! Kudos man!
thanks for supporting man :) I'm happy to share stuff that I loooove to nerd about haha
@ Industrial was my life during the 90’s. When music wasn’t a throw away background activity. 🤝
Skinny Puppy was in a league of their own.
1986 release of Perpetual
Intercourse and tour hooked me.
yeah that album is insane, I looooove the first track on it
@Tonepusher The record company sent me a copy of
Ain't it Dead Yet video before
It was released. Just for calling and asking!!
Funny that “the Multimoog was used by many artists”. Apparently, there were only 1000 made. I have two. Though the Multi came out before midi was a thing, it was designed with lots of in and out jacks, making it possible for two Multis to be connected in and triggered from one keyboard. The pressure sensitive keyboard functions very well. Add a voltage control pedal and you can get the Multimoog to do a few extra “secret” tricks.
Thanks for doing these videos on industrial music. There's been NO ONE like SP and likely won't ever be.
100% haha SP are the goats!
Most everybody in industrial music used a Korg MS-20 at some point
true! that thing can sound mean af
YES!
Yes
Once again love your vids, but I’d like to say thanks for giving Skinny Puppy the credit they well deserve. Many times they get looked over, they are the Kraftwerk of industrial music, no one else was really doing what they did. Been a fan since 1986, sad they are no longer doing material. But I did manage to catch the farewell tour.
hey np man! yeah they're the goats hehe they influenced sooo many bands, from mainstream to underground music.
Yeah, they totally got overshadowed and unattributed in the 90s after NIN and Manson came along, and Ministry, RevCo, Front242, and KMFDM grabbed the spotlight. I was a fan since 'Stairs & Flowers/Chainsaw/Assimilate' EP was released - 86 too? At the time, they were totally unique and creating atmospheres and an aesthetic that hadn't been done before - true pioneers... with ideas that were ripped off constantly by other bands.
@ agreed 100% with the exception ministry. They had plenty of 80’s stuff, it was just different. I always compare the fame that should have been theirs but NIN stole it and maid it more mainstream. Kinda like what Oasis did with the Stone Roses. But in hindsight I’m glad it’s not mainstream, makes it more special to the true fan!
@@tonyduncan4875 Yeah... there's really the difference: NIN made industrial into what are essentially pop songs... hard-edged, but structured like a pop song. SP never really did that... stayed true to the pure artsy Industrial (Ogre solo is poppy though, yes). I have most of the Ministry WaxTrax 12"s from back in the day. Their sound changed drastically from 'Twitch' onward... lol... loved Alain's Surgical Meth Machine stuff, though.
@@tonyduncan4875 Not being a mainstream type of music gives it a more personal vibe to me.
Great, but it would have been nice to hear some industrial audio examples with each. :)
noted! although sometimes it's hard with the TH-cam copyright system! I try to find live recordings. But with older albums it's hard hehe
Great video! I grew up with all of these bands. Pretty cool to see the gear that started them on their careers.
yeah it's very inspiring 🤓
amazing how these synths helped define the atmosphere of industrial. the drum machines involved are legendary as well-godflesh and the alesis hr16-what iconic sounds!
haha 100% man! that GODFLESH drum is so good. I should make a video about it too. SP have some legendary drums also.
Been getting into my own music production in the last year using Reaper, im a metalhead but i always gravitate to the 90s industrial sounds in my own work. Your videos keep popping up in my various searches and i always give them a watch. Love the hella detailed history lessons and how you connect the dots between the equipment and the bands and sounds we all love!!
thanks man! yeah I'm a metalhead too, always been. There's many similarities between industrial and metal. 🤘🏻
A vid well worth expanding upon with the early digital synths used by 242, Puppy, slightly latter (Kawai K1 Clock DVA), etc.
And the close next gen bands such as Chemlab doing everything on their first ep and first album just only with a single EMax and 16 Volt’s early stuff relying on an Ensoniq EPS.
Bro, when I see your videos pop up, the dopamine hits like no other.
Hahahaha!! industrial drug
Thanks for this! Skinny Puppy is the all time best in my books as well. No one else comes close.
haha yeah man! they are unmatched
Great video. for SP I was wondering if you were going to mention the Pro One
haha yeah well, I figured it was too obvious. I went for something less predictable 🤘🏻
Finally a solid channel focused on an industrial music 💪
haha 🤘🏻 let's make industrial great again 😂
Another great video, thanks for going the extra mile with all the background research
Side note: I think I Trent say in an interview somewhere that if there was a bassline in a NIN song apart from the rare occasions it was a bass guitar it was pretty much always a Moog
yeah he is using Moogs a lot!
_You never disappoint. Very cool sounds these guys made. 🏅⭐️ As a solo artist coming from a band format, it’s different doing all instruments by yourself. These guys were champs!_
hey! as always thanks for the support man 🙌🏻
@ You’re welcome! Have you done much about Suicide Commando? I believe they’re from your country too.
The ARP Omni 2 was also one of the two synths owned by Joy Division - it's the main synth sound of the Closer album and Love Will Tear Us Apart single. I have two of them, both with faults at the moment as they were made with the cheapest components and unmodified ones have a power supply that's too feeble to work reliably. When working properly they sound incredible, far bigger and darker sounding than other string synthesisers. Plus they have a simple synth section that can produce some surprisingly good pad sounds. Checkout Decades, the closing track on Joy Division's Closer album, the main keyboard parts are the string section, and the incredibly haunting pad in the first break is the synth section (probably going through a Marshall Time Modulator for a flanged and delayed effect).
Nice!! I didn't know that. Yeah, the strings on that thing are incredible. I think the fact that it's not as 'good-looking' as traditional synths makes it often overlooked by people.
@@Tonepusher I think string synths got overlooked for a long time as they were more closely related to organs and therefore not considered "real" synths. They seem to have become better regarded now, especially with things like Waldorf's string synth emulations and Behringer's clone of the Roland VP-330. I love the sound of them, and have owned roughly twenty over the years. Right now I have the Omnis and a Roland RS-09, which was used by a lot of post punk bands and people like The Cure. They were relatively affordable compared to true synths, and had the advantage of being polyphonic (or at least paraphonic). I've read that the Omni was even ARP's best selling instrument.
I’m pretty sure LWTUA and Atmosphere were a solina while everything on Closer was the Omni
@@Farewelltokingz You're probably correct about it being a Solina on Atmosphere. According to a number of accounts from band members and people like the singer from Crispy Ambulance who was also there, they were at a studio where there was a Solina. They had some time left over at the end of their session and Bernard Sumner ended up playing around with it. Atmosphere was then recorded with a Solina, and it was what made them go out and buy the ARP. LWTUA and Closer were recorded at different sessions, but a few weeks apart, so I'm pretty sure it's the Omni on both. Having owned both a Solina and several Omnis, the Solina nails the "smoother" string sound of Atmosphere whereas the Omni has that slightly harsher sound of LWTUA. Whatever they used, all string synths are wonderful instruments.
Great video as usual. May I suggest a deep dive series on trademark albums like Too Dark Park, Front By Front, Land Of Rape And Honey, Pretty Hate Machine etc? Would be really interesting to get to know the gear the bands used along with some fun facts. Oh, and don't forget Caustic Grip my all time fave industrial record!
Sure, I want to make videos on specific bands and/or albums. 👌🏻
I agree. Skinny Puppy is the best industrial group in my opinion too.
yeah haha the goats 🤘🏻
They were already Post-industrial. Industrial was 1970s.
The Korg MS-20 has definitly on this list also.
Crazy how expensive those machines where back in the day
lol yeah and ppl think they're expensive today on the used market. But the reality is that they're almost the same price 😂
The Arp Omni-2 is the synth Joy Division used on Love Will Tear Us Apart.
Great doc man. Thanks. Great to see a fellow synth gear whore like myself obsessed with synths doing a video on my favorite genre (and fav band, Skinny Puppy). Only gripe I'd have is it's a bit obsessed and focused around the Moog's of industrial. The reality is, most of industrial music's sound came from the lofi samplers, Ensoniq synths (ESQ-1 being a mainstay for Puppy, Ministry, etc.), Pro One, and cheap drum machines and computers.
Anyone wanting to recreate some of that older industrial sound is going to find themselves at an absolute loss if they grab a Minimoog and expect to make Smothered Hope out of it lol. If anything, I'd say the Ensoniq ESQ-1, Mirage, and Pro One will get you closest to the classic sound of those bands. Namely the 80's/90's harsher industrial stuff. Cleancut EBM stuff though, yeah Minimoog or any other moog will do fine without resampling or effects pedals. The Moog Rogue/Prodigy is the only Moog that'll naturally give you that industrial sound due to how budget they were and the fact the oscillators could naturally overdrive giving you some pretty gnarly starting points for sound design. But...I'm also very biased against Moog synths. Of my 35+ synths, 1 is a Moog and it's the Grandmother because it can closely replicate the Rogue with modern technology so I don't have to worry about constant maintenance on it..and I can make that nice "bounce" bass that HILT used so much on the Minimoog.
Anyways, thanks for the video man, gonna go rabbit your hole your channel now as this was the first time the algo tossed you my way.
I agree, lots and lots of Moogs in this video.
yeah well tbh it's fun to know what gear they used as Im a huge gear nerd BUT I'm very aware that it's not really what you use but how you use it haha That's why I love industrial too, these guys are mad scientists. That's also why I enjoy sound design, maybe even more than song writing hehe
Great video- what a fantastic array of synths, what iconic bands!
100% haha these bands are timeless classics
What a fantastic video. Thanks for making TH-cam worthwhile
np man 🤘🏻 glad you liked it :)
You left out the Pro One. Cornerstone piece of both SP and FLA.
yeah I often talk about it in other videos, so I figured I'd go with something less predictable :) Also it was about their first synth! 🤘🏻
@@Tonepusher Check out Cevin's podcast. He did one with Bill and they talk about the first SP album. Pro One, 808 and a sampler (s900 or ... ) and that was about it. Ditto w/ first FLA album, minus the 808, of course.
I got a stage tour during a soundcheck by Cevin and Dwayne back in the day. Great guys. Ditto w/ Bill. Just a great guy.
SP is definitely the best industrial band, I agree! I had at one point, three ESQ-1s, which they used extensively... now I only have two. I also have a Lexicon PCM 41 which they drenched all their tracks in, it's what Ogre used on his vocals, you can see it live on "Ain't It Dead Yet?", he's got it on a little snare stand or something. I got to see them on their farewell tour in Boston, very grateful for that, they will always be my favorite band.
Haha yeah, I always look at Ensoniqs ... One day I'll get one. They're not too expensive too (yet) haha
I remember seeing a documentary that featured Cevin Key and he mention that one specific Moog.
yeah I love listening to him talking about synths and SP's history 👌🏻
My first synth was the kurtzweil k2000. Man what a beast the thing was
yeah I had one in the early 2000s, shouldve never sold it
Trent has stated in interviews the the Moog Voyager has also been a huge part of his sound design and music.
With Sympathy is so classic!
Its sooo good hehe too bad they almost never played it live :(
Two Vancouver bands on the list...Pretty proud
Gotta rep the Canadian bands 🇨🇦 haha
Should have talked of Throbbing Gristle's self-built synths, of the EMS VCS3 which was both Cabaret Voltaire and SPK's first synth and the EMS Synthi A used in the early stages by Clock DVA, of Whitehouse doing several albums on just an EDP WASP or even of the ARP 2600 used by The Normal. These are the artists who started industrial music.
Find a way to clone me, and I'll have time to talk about EVERY industrial band EVER lol come on dude haha 😆
@@TonepusherI'm just sticking to your title. The bands you mentioned are like 3rd or 4th generation industrial.
Give the kid a break!! And by the way The Normal ( or Daniel Miller ) only used two tape machines and a Korg 700s on the Warm Leatherette / T.V.O.D single
@@yvesturgeon9585 Nice, I stand corrected.
He's talking about industrial dance, which most of the bands you mentioned were not, even though they did try and reach the mainstream doing dance music.
I bought a MicroMoog a few years before the Prodigy came out. The Prodigy has two occilators, but the MicroMoog is just so much more flexible and capable of craziness. IMHO.
yeah I never tried them, but the micromoog seems to have more flexibility/options
Skinny Puppy was big on Ensoniq products for a good while there.
Damon Edge of Chrome was known for using a Moog Liberation. And for those that say Chrome wasn't "industrial" they had the elements of it. Processed drums, distorted vocals, heavy guitar, sounds off the TV...
Your videos are tremendous
thank youu :) 🤘
thanks for including the band the Prodigy in this video , i can wait to see more and comparisons of how they are both industrial ( guitars and synths are very similar) , and dance and rock, and who knows what other genres they fit into.
Yeah there's some bands like that that transcend genres. The Prodigy is 100% like that. I wouldn't say they're industrial at all. But they were influenced by it 100%
Well produced video and nice content idea.
thanks :) 🤘🏻
It's so cool I grew up and live around the same area trent did.
nice! that's a cool place to live hehe full of history 👌
Skinny Puppy, my personal favorite. Love Warlock, and Dig it the best. So their album "Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse", ranked the best album by me. 😎
the first track on that album is SOOOOO fucking good haha
Agree: MindTPI is a masterpiece!
Rhys Fulber - "All we used is a combination of some of the greatest gear available at the time." IMHO of course.
haha true 😂 that guy setup is always impressive/expensive haha
new synth vid yay
haha 🤘 who doesn't like synths? 🤔 haha
TR's said that his mini moog has been used on every project he's ever done.
Cool video.
thanks man :)
Good Job... Comme Toujours ! 🤘
haha merci !! 🙌
Skinny Puppy and OhGr got me more interested in synths, drum machines, and messing around with various software in the early 00s.
same here! industrial got me into synths and music production 🤘🏻
I got my Kawai K4 from New York music in Youngstown. I couldn’t remember the name of the store.
The strings on it are super cool! 👌🏻
I had a Kawai K4 at least 🙂 FLA is one of my all time favorites, Ministry I only like Twitch that's when I discovered them. Skinny has a ton of good songs as well. Nowadays theres thousand bands out there and there is much good stuff to choose from when you're into 'synth' music, and a whole bunch of music videos as well 🙂
true! lots of good bands today 👌🏻 FLA will always be among the best though
I know the New York music that Trent mentioned. I also knew his dad pretty well...
Jesus built my hot rod
Any chance you could cover the recording techniques of the British electronic group Coil?
yeah I got a lot of requests for the earlier industrial like Coil, TG, SPK, Cabaret Voltaire and stuff like that. It's on the list, but not for now.
@@Tonepusher I think the earlier Coil material from the eighties when they were using the Fairlight sampler hasn't aged well and can sound a bit dated, their later albums from Love's Secret Domain onwards is when they got really interesting. It would be great if you could cover that stuff. Thanks for your reply. Cheers.
The Moog was never affordable - even less so now!
yeah prices are craaazy right now haha
In the 80s and early 90s I could still find micro moogs n prodigy for $50, also bought an Arp axxe for $50 late 80s
@ well that is what you call good ROI haha
Great video. One synth I think you should add in a follow up is the Pro One. Skinny Puppy. FLA (They had FOUR of them!), I think Nitzer had one. Also the SH-101 which was like the Microkorg of the 80's was common and the Korg MS synths. A lot of these bands obviously all started out with humble Analog Monosynths. By the late 80's, a sampler and Computer Sequencer (Atari ST for example) became almost essential, more than Drum Machines and Synths because depending on how many audio tracks you had, your Sampler could do it all with the right sounds.
Also noteworthy that a much cheaper Roland synth - the JP-8000/8080 - saw heavy use in Aggrotech/Dark electro scene of the 2000's
Why no mention of the emax samplers used like crazy. I know its not a "synth" but emu samplers were key to industrial music!
I did a seperate video on samplers :)
No mention of the Pro-One and Virus?
Skinny Puppy 😎
the goats
@@TonepusherJust figured you got Ain't it Dead Yet on the tv in the back 😅
@Michel-r6m haha yeaaah man 🤘
I have a question what synth was used to write the Mortal Kombat theme song?
How about the EDP Wasp and Korg M20? Very important synths?
No WASP? Bummer
Only gripe i have with this video is that it’s to short ! Follow up, turn it into series of videos etc? Thank You- subscribed!
haha np man :) I did 2-3 other videos about ''industrial synths''. I wish I had more time to make longer videos man. Thanks 🤘
@@Tonepusher i know its a mess as Bad gear just released video about Sh-32 and I've found Your video about industrial synths- i couldn't decide which one to watch first - so I'm watching Your channel on computer and AudioPilz on the phone at the same time lol:). Out of curiosity - Sisters of Mercy, Clan of Xymox - bands from my childhood-are You familiar with them? I wonder what was their setup. Or maeby You covered this topic in Your videos already- I'll watch them now? Best wishes and Happy New Year!
Skinny puppy!
Not even a mention for the Access Virus???
I talked about it in another video :) I feel like it's more of a ''modern'' classic though
@ totally fair and I I get that. I think I’m just biased as a Virus owner. Great video and content, keep it up!
Why is Tutenchamun in the thumbnail?. I get they're german but I don't think Hgich.T is industrial.
lolol 😂👌🏻
It's not even close to industrial.
Hey, where is Throbbing Gristle, SPK and other?
Saying SP is not even close to Industrial should be criminal. 🧐 haha 😜
No mention of the British industrial late 70s scene?
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Skinny Puppy came from Synth Pop like Images in Vogue. Ministry exactly the same. They came from Synth Pop.
@ yeah and? lol Darkthrone was deathmetal before, are they less black metal for that? I don't think so :P
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If yu say "The Moog Prodigy" you don't have to specify that you're not talking about the band.
good point 😆
I love the Prodigy, they got me into electronic music in general.
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@@vladv5126 Yeah, smartass. But poorly written humor is not effective. The joke works only if you don't say "moog" first.
@@VuotoPneumaNNthe best way to the funny bone is explaining the joke to people who get the joke.
very nice videos! but i kinda expected more ebm/industrial tutorials like ebm vocal recreations, maybe some re-creations of some tracks, mixing techniques for the genres etc. yeah you can use every synth and if you dunno how to use it it doesnt help NIN used it etc. the content gets boring a bit, no hate but just my opinion.
Hey! thanks for the feedback. I have tutorials on my list! I just like to share some music history too :) A bit of both 🤘🏻
@@Tonepusher I find tutorials interesting, but since I will never be a musician I enjoy the history a lot more.
Any synthesiser is capable of producing so-called industrial sounds if you add distortion to it, so there's no need to look for a particular synthesiser for this type of sound
True, although it's not JUST about distortion hehe And btw this video is more about their first synth. The ones that ''started it all'' ;) cheers
@@Tonepusher Admittedly, it's about the intertwined history of a musical genre and the instruments of the time, but it seemed to me that the aim of the video was to guide its target audience towards the choice of a particular piece of equipment.
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I hoped to hear something about the start of industrial electronic music, but apart from front 242 and kraftwerk, all references are to bands of the 90’s or later. It started in the late 1970’s, early 1980’s. Cabaret Voltaire were the most important and influential band of the era.
You’re welcome 😂
I see that Waldorf, Yamaha, Korg and Bands like LeatherStrip, FunkerVogt, Wumpscut and VAC are getting no love on this channel. Bands like Front 424 Ministry, Skinny Puppy NIN are WAY over played and over rated.
well, without Skinny Puppy, Ministry or F242 there's no Funker Vogt, Wumpscut or VaC my friend. And also if I was making 365 videos a year I would probably cover every industrial genre and every bands, right now it's not the case hehe Don't get me wrong, I love them as much. But I have to make choices :)