This is a composition I've created many years ago for the 20th anniversary of the accident happened at CHNPP. I wanted to both commemorate to what happened and to praise achievements of human engineering while utilizing the broad possibilities of my Yamaha PSR 2100 synth. Then the music really needed a clip as well to tell the real meaning. Than you for tuning in! Long version of the music can be found here: soundcloud.com/synthoscope/the-reactor
This carries so much enthusiasm with it... All the material was (at least I assume) recorded before the catastrophe, when the only thing Chernobyl was known for in the world was progressing to being the largest NPP in the world... Keep up the good work!
This is the Kursk nuclear power plant (KUNPP), the painting scheme of the second stage ventilation pipe (VT-2) differs from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant
Wonderful footage! I’m surprised people say that Ignalina or Leningrad is Chernobyl’s twin sister, but in reality, it’s Kursk like we see here, literally almost identical.
When I first came across this, as a suggestion, my first thought was how the music score reminded me so much of Tangerine Dream. The music is almost haunting and yet seems so fitting the the time frame of these amazing video clips. It really comes off so perfectly matched. All I can add is it is truly excellent, fantastic job making this score and mating it up so seamless to the video.
I love the scale models they built to show the design; they built one more after it blew up to show where all the pieces went...somewhere in the the rubble is at least one great scale model of the plant.
@@synthoscope They do, yes. I'm still not completely satisfied with this answer because it seems USSR reactors have better capability to impress us. Guess their aesthetics are translating better into what's going on inside, similar to synths look. So this impresses us, fuel our curiosity and creativity, aesthetics make us listen or make synth music. Yeah, it is about synthesis and fuel for our fascination along creativity on a grand scale :)
@@codaalive5076 Yup, all those lights, buttons and displays in the power plant look like taken from an electronic musician's studio, with lots of launchpads and stuff 😍 It's not a secret, psybient and electronic music in general are my favourites.
What an amazing job you did with both the music and the footage! Somehow it has a certain grace about it that is oddly touching. The sound of your music reminds me of the 80's synthesizer music I loved so much. Jean Michelle Jarre comes to mind. Well done!
@@synthoscope I did! Went to your Sound Cloud to listen to the whole 18 minute track today. It really is very beautiful. Like I said; Jean Michelle Jarre with a hint of Tangerine Dream, now that I heard the whole track. Your music captures the wonders and sadness of the RBMK reactor so eloquently. Very well done!
@@synthoscope You managed that beautifully! As a long term fan of both artists I could pick up on their influences right away. And this is a good thing, because it means you nailed it😄 If you ever do a full CD, I would be more than happy to buy a copy.
@@swokatsamsiyu3590 Lol 😄 It is nice from you! However all you have to do is to check my other uploaded materials here on this channel. But be prepared, all my stuff is quite amateur generally! 🙂
RBMK. I have always respected the Russians expertise in Science. Even a kid born in 1980 Texas and feared that we would get nuked as did the other side. If we could stop bickering and put our technology together for peaceful purposes we could accomplish amazing leaps forward instead of hiding it from each other. They had accidents as did Us too. It all started from captured Germans both sides got. I believe that RBMK used U-238 which was cheap and could produce Plutonium as a side product?
I loved the retro feel of the sound. Back in the 70-80s soviet cinema and animation had quite similar soundtracks. Really disliked that you've shown the reactor explode. It robbed the composition of inherent optimism and naivety.
" comrade , do you think we should test the AZ-5 button ?" ( yes, lets test it . ) "comrade , there was a spike in the power ! Should we look into that and fix it ? " no.
To build such a powerful nuclear power plant, to then take and destroy, bring the reactor to an explosion. The operators did their job, they did not suspect the explosion, that night in 1986 no one still knows what conversations or disputes between the operators were, they would cancel the experiment, another change continued it, the explosion was inevitable.
The accident was 100% preventable. Unfortunately the truth about the reactor design that led to the power spike was kept from the operators. It was a state secret. The test was poorly planned and all of the precautions built into the test were defeated by the operators in order to get it done ASAP.
Plese, I need to know how to compose something like this. Amazing song and video too. Is there any way how to download MIDI or project of FL or Cubase?
Hi Martin, I am happy you like it :-) It is just a set of custom made voice, accompaniment and registration files for the Yamaha PSR 2100 keyboard. You need the hardware itself to use them. I can send those files if you like :-) I recorded it live (hence some mistakes) DAW-less and with no Fx (some minor editing with SoundForge). The video created with VSDC Free Video Editor using excerpts from many of the old documentaries found on yt.
@@synthoscope You are very nice, I am listening it again today :D. I dont own Yamaha PSR 2100. But I have electric piano with MIDI support so I can play it trough PC. I really like the layers. i i-i-o i-i-o i-i-i-i in background and more deep and juicy synth as second voice and for some harmonies, and main melody like OMG thats sound really nice together. I am not sure if I will be able to use your files but we can try it :). I want to know info about in whick key it is, chord progression and the skeleton of the song. It sounds really.....historic? Nostalgic? Dreamful? Everything. I am from post Soviet country, I like to watch videos from 1950+ I like this style so much :D
I guess all reactors are unsafe when automated safety systems are disabled. RBMKs had several run-away reaction incidents prior Chernobyl, though those were saved by automation.
@Joan_BL27 I've read it in russian websites: They are being decommissioned due to graphite channels absorbing neutrons over the years and starting to swell, deform and deteriorate. The operators have come up with solution to lathe grooves (!) in the affected graphite blocks (inside the reactor!), but even the engineers admit that the solution is not permanent and should last just quite till the scheduled end of service.
I can imagine the Soviet headlines back then; "Today there was a small mishap at a nuclear reactor in Ukraine, which resulted in slight damage to the reactor. Everyone is expected to be fine, and there is no cause for alarm"
@@jadugniko3245 There are many old documentaries on yt like this: th-cam.com/video/pbPcXZAbzbE/w-d-xo.html or this one: th-cam.com/video/W31q9W6W7dA/w-d-xo.html ;-)
At 1:48 you can see the computer refreshing the reactor display. Look at the refresh rate. Then at 4:22 you see the enterprise computer. It's too bad the Russians let that dragon out of its lair. Every reactor is a dragon fighting to get out.
Those are not computers. Those are more like analog displays for sensors. There was a specialized computer on-site, but it updated its status once in several minutes by making paper printouts.
@@volo870 Core monitoring and reactor data processing were performed digitally. Initially, BV3M computers were used and SKALA was the name of the monitoring software. More than 4,000 inputs and 12,000 parameters had to be monitored. Man would not have been able to do that. I think it was a very big performance at the time, fantastic to control the reactor. And a printer on the left side of the reactor control panel actually worked.
Actually, the control room panels had 2 (or 3) screens where the turbine and reactor halls would be visible via ktp-63-like surveillance cameras. Sadly they weren't able to record, live footage only.
This is a composition I've created many years ago for the 20th anniversary of the accident happened at CHNPP.
I wanted to both commemorate to what happened and to praise achievements of human engineering
while utilizing the broad possibilities of my Yamaha PSR 2100 synth. Then the music really needed a clip as well to tell the real meaning.
Than you for tuning in!
Long version of the music can be found here:
soundcloud.com/synthoscope/the-reactor
Thank you for making this i love the harmony you used for it. Clip and the whole atmosphere is perfect 👌 thank you again for making this.
@@ringrentaltester8261 Pleasure! :)
Where did you find this amazing footage of the power plant ?
@@DamZ-78 There are various documentaries on yt. But it was hard work to put everything together properly :)
@@synthoscope ok thx !
I like it. I give it AZ-5 out of 5.
I'll give It 3.6. Not great, not terrible.
@@leonthepromoreno you didn’t see this video because it’s not there!
@@leonthepromoreno 3,6 is great, because it doesn't go higher.
Make more of these videos, or ill have you shot!!
-KGB probably
You guys are delusional
This carries so much enthusiasm with it... All the material was (at least I assume) recorded before the catastrophe, when the only thing Chernobyl was known for in the world was progressing to being the largest NPP in the world... Keep up the good work!
Update: I saw the last seconds of the video now -- I meant everything until the catastrophe.
@@animyosfox8617 Sure, and these are mixed pictures from ChNPP, Kursk and Beloyarsk NPPs in the clip.
OMG what is that wonderful melody
I agree, so many memories! Where can we find it?
Wait for it at 5:25 .... then it all starts to come together!
@@apl175 You've got the idea!
@@elenatria On soundcloud there is the full version of the song:
soundcloud.com/synthoscope/the-reactor
Thank you :)
I haven't heard this kind of sound in a long time, very emotional, highly expressive. You've got talent, consider making an album.
Thank you very much.
I did :-)
th-cam.com/video/BR1a9fRnEzw/w-d-xo.html
WHO IS AUTOR OF MUSIC? @@synthoscope
This is the Kursk nuclear power plant (KUNPP), the painting scheme of the second stage ventilation pipe (VT-2) differs from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant
You are the second one to realize :)
There are also some pictures of the Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Station.
@@lucretiawaterman7817 There are nice snippets of the BN-600...
Wonderful footage! I’m surprised people say that Ignalina or Leningrad is Chernobyl’s twin sister, but in reality, it’s Kursk like we see here, literally almost identical.
Indeed ;)
Очень атмосферно получилось, музыка как раз к такой теме! =) Курская АЭС конечно копия Чернобыльской АЭС.
I really do love the retro 70s design of the Nuclear power plant honestly I think there should be more buildings with this design
That isnt chernobyl
@@franciscosalcedo8754 Sorry didn’t know can you tell me what it is
@@pilotpaul658 It's Kursk nuclear power plant
When I first came across this, as a suggestion, my first thought was how the music score reminded me so much of Tangerine Dream. The music is almost haunting and yet seems so fitting the the time frame of these amazing video clips. It really comes off so perfectly matched. All I can add is it is truly excellent, fantastic job making this score and mating it up so seamless to the video.
Thank you very much. Indeed I've learnt the basic ideas from Tangerine Dream.
I love the scale models they built to show the design; they built one more after it blew up to show where all the pieces went...somewhere in the the rubble is at least one great scale model of the plant.
I enjoyed that a lot, both for your wonderful synth capability and the interest I have in nuclear power. Thank you!
Thank you, I am happy you like it :-)
now i've just really fell in love with RBMK-1000 reactors
Excellent. Great concept, beautifully executed and a joy to watch and listen to. I would be honoured to add the music to my collection 🙂
Thanks, you can download the full version of the song:
soundcloud.com/synthoscope/the-reactor
Thank you. I found this to be quite enjoyable.
You should call this piece: ELEPHANT HEAD
I always felf synths and nuclear reactors have something in common, but can't explain it.
Yeah, they both kind of "synthesize" :-)
@@synthoscope They do, yes. I'm still not completely satisfied with this answer because it seems USSR reactors have better capability to impress us. Guess their aesthetics are translating better into what's going on inside, similar to synths look. So this impresses us, fuel our curiosity and creativity, aesthetics make us listen or make synth music. Yeah, it is about synthesis and fuel for our fascination along creativity on a grand scale :)
That's right. I've got the same premonition.
@@codaalive5076 Yup, all those lights, buttons and displays in the power plant look like taken from an electronic musician's studio, with lots of launchpads and stuff 😍 It's not a secret, psybient and electronic music in general are my favourites.
High class melancholic beauty, thank you!
I am happy you like it!
Welcome To Chernobyl Nuclear Power Facility *few years later*
:KABOOM
right
skibidi bop mmm dada
Great music and video bro. It's got that Jean-Michel Jarre vibe about it 😎👍
Thank you very much :)
What an amazing job you did with both the music and the footage! Somehow it has a certain grace about it that is oddly touching. The sound of your music reminds me of the 80's synthesizer music I loved so much. Jean Michelle Jarre comes to mind. Well done!
Thanks, I am happy you like it! 🙂
@@synthoscope
I did! Went to your Sound Cloud to listen to the whole 18 minute track today. It really is very beautiful. Like I said; Jean Michelle Jarre with a hint of Tangerine Dream, now that I heard the whole track. Your music captures the wonders and sadness of the RBMK reactor so eloquently. Very well done!
@@swokatsamsiyu3590
It is nice to hear I am glad you interested!
Indeed I wanted to mix old TD and JMJ vibes with some simple but firm motifs 🙂
@@synthoscope
You managed that beautifully! As a long term fan of both artists I could pick up on their influences right away. And this is a good thing, because it means you nailed it😄 If you ever do a full CD, I would be more than happy to buy a copy.
@@swokatsamsiyu3590
Lol 😄
It is nice from you!
However all you have to do is to check my other uploaded materials here on this channel.
But be prepared, all my stuff is quite amateur generally! 🙂
I love that whole era of science.
nostalgic, atmosperic, congrats! keep on!
Thank you very much!
And this is why i want to live in the 1960s and 1980s
Believe me...I did!
Now THIS is great music!
Thanks
RBMK. I have always respected the Russians expertise in Science. Even a kid born in 1980 Texas and feared that we would get nuked as did the other side. If we could stop bickering and put our technology together for peaceful purposes we could accomplish amazing leaps forward instead of hiding it from each other. They had accidents as did Us too. It all started from captured Germans both sides got. I believe that RBMK used U-238 which was cheap and could produce Plutonium as a side product?
I actually really liked the music in this. I'm guessing that'll be the #YamahaPSR2100 tag then.
Yes it is actually made with using only that synth ;-)
@Marius Seifferth Indeed! :D
1986:
-алло это ВПЧ 2?
-да
-что у вас там горит?...
Это курская, дурачок)
@@noted4 какая Курская, на видео явно видно обе очереди ЧАЭС.
That is a russian bad word LOL
Wpcz2?
I think that is the firestation call from the disaster
WOW! Fantastic peace of music! Had to listen to it about five times. Is there more of this?
I am really happy you like it! 🙂
This is the longer version of the track on the album:
th-cam.com/video/BR1a9fRnEzw/w-d-xo.html
Thought it might be early Jean Michel Jarre........ - Its cool :)
Cheers! :-)
I loved the retro feel of the sound. Back in the 70-80s soviet cinema and animation had quite similar soundtracks.
Really disliked that you've shown the reactor explode. It robbed the composition of inherent optimism and naivety.
Indeed, that sudden twist changes the outcome. Like an alarm bell to end up dreaming.
@@synthoscope The dream will never end.
@@eternalapparatus2161 With radiation poisoning the dreaming ends.
Optimism and naivety are both stupid traits.
@@justsumguy2u Pessimism is even more stupid
Excellent video and music. Thank you.
I am happy you like it! :-)
Ehhh, not terrible, not great. ;)
JK, it is great.
A normal workday for our beloved Dyatlov @4:53
came for the video, stayed for the music
Thanks :-)
" comrade , do you think we should test the AZ-5 button ?" ( yes, lets test it . ) "comrade , there was a spike in the power ! Should we look into that and fix it ? " no.
AWESOME Video Dude. 😀👍. And I Also Like The Music. 😀👍.
Thanks, I am happy you like it! :-)
The melody totally fits to that topic
Thanks :-)
This is superbly put together! Fantastic work! Well done!
Thank you 🙂
great footage and music i love this videos from soviet era.
The Atomic Age!....Amazing...!
0:56 Kursk unit 5 in the background under construction.
Both the music and the movie complement each other ❤️.
Yes the music was the first one :-)
The entire CHERNOBYL events in just 8 minutes with this great music 🎶 yes, I love it I'm watching since 2022 until now 2024 May
Thank you very much I am happy you like it 🙂
1:15 The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is simply huge
1:00The fourth power unit, dead for today
To build such a powerful nuclear power plant, to then take and destroy, bring the reactor to an explosion. The operators did their job, they did not suspect the explosion, that night in 1986 no one still knows what conversations or disputes between the operators were, they would cancel the experiment, another change continued it, the explosion was inevitable.
The accident was 100% preventable. Unfortunately the truth about the reactor design that led to the power spike was kept from the operators. It was a state secret. The test was poorly planned and all of the precautions built into the test were defeated by the operators in order to get it done ASAP.
4:17 Apparently, Ralf Hütter couldn't help but sneak in to get a glimpse.
:D
Not sure what the music is but it sounds like mid to late 70s krautrock/electronica. I like it. AZ-5!
AZ-5 approved :D
I waiting to hear Ralf Hutter or Florian's vocals come in.
I absolutely adore the music. Who's it by? What other times are by the same artist?
I am Happy you like It! It is my music.
On soundcloud there is the full version of the song:
soundcloud.com/synthoscope/the-reactor
Great instrumental 👏
Thank you! 👍
Also
7:28 what kind of documentary or show is this
Im really interested
Sorry I don't remember. The whole clip is made from excerpts out of more than a dozen documentaries...
i thought this was a documentary short hahahaa I dig it happy accident
:-)
Plese, I need to know how to compose something like this. Amazing song and video too. Is there any way how to download MIDI or project of FL or Cubase?
Hi Martin,
I am happy you like it :-) It is just a set of custom made voice, accompaniment and registration files for the Yamaha PSR 2100 keyboard. You need the hardware itself to use them. I can send those files if you like :-)
I recorded it live (hence some mistakes) DAW-less and with no Fx (some minor editing with SoundForge).
The video created with VSDC Free Video Editor using excerpts from many of the old documentaries found on yt.
@@synthoscope You are very nice, I am listening it again today :D. I dont own Yamaha PSR 2100. But I have electric piano with MIDI support so I can play it trough PC. I really like the layers. i i-i-o i-i-o i-i-i-i in background and more deep and juicy synth as second voice and for some harmonies, and main melody like OMG thats sound really nice together. I am not sure if I will be able to use your files but we can try it :). I want to know info about in whick key it is, chord progression and the skeleton of the song. It sounds really.....historic? Nostalgic? Dreamful? Everything. I am from post Soviet country, I like to watch videos from 1950+ I like this style so much :D
@@martinluptak3327 Hi Martin, I've sent you a message to your channel, Cheers :-)
The best thing I've ever seen of Chernobyl.
Thank you :)
Its sad. Although these are not shots from Chernobyl, the Kursk nuclear power plant is a kind of sibling. From the beginning to its bitter end.
5:20 and 6:28 are from chernobyl unit4
@@imeakdo7 how can you tell? Is there something there that shows it's Chernobyl and specifically reactor 4?
Woow it's so great footage in this video. I like RBMK's a lot, even If they were that much dangerous.
I guess all reactors are unsafe when automated safety systems are disabled.
RBMKs had several run-away reaction incidents prior Chernobyl, though those were saved by automation.
@Joan_BL27 I've read it in russian websites: They are being decommissioned due to graphite channels absorbing neutrons over the years and starting to swell, deform and deteriorate. The operators have come up with solution to lathe grooves (!) in the affected graphite blocks (inside the reactor!), but even the engineers admit that the solution is not permanent and should last just quite till the scheduled end of service.
@@volo870 construction of rbmk reactor makes possible to refuel and do some repairs without shutting down whole reactor
1:29 The river Pripyat flows
От души, классно
Hints of Jean-Michel Jarre? Good. Thanks.
Thank you :-)
this make me cry:(((
What is the name of the musician doing the music in this video?
It is my music ;-)
Cool!
Excellent, thank you!
Thank you :)
I can imagine the Soviet headlines back then; "Today there was a small mishap at a nuclear reactor in Ukraine, which resulted in slight damage to the reactor. Everyone is expected to be fine, and there is no cause for alarm"
That is exactly what has been broadcasted on TV. There are footages of this "announcement".
@@JanicekTrnecka I'm not too surprised. I wonder if they would try the same propaganda now if something like this happened?
Thank you for sharing!
pleasure!
Not great not terrible. I’d give it a 3.6 out of 5
R.b.m.k = really big may kaboom!!
Very well put together video. Love the music
Thank you :)
Seal off the city
No one leaves
The music sounds like from Jean Michel Jarre.
Indeed, I've started to play the synthesizer because of JMJ :- )
What is the name of the Music ?
The Reactor
Can i ask the music name?
The reactor ;)
Bro, can i use this music?
Sure, just reference it please :-)
@@synthoscope thx
Wonderful music.
I am happy you like it!
Very good video
Thanks :)
You have a gift
Quality LVL 1000 !!
;-)
RBMK-1000 :)
Where you get this composition
It is available here:
soundcloud.com/synthoscope/the-reactor
@@synthoscope I mean the reactor video
@@jadugniko3245 There are many old documentaries on yt like this:
th-cam.com/video/pbPcXZAbzbE/w-d-xo.html
or this one:
th-cam.com/video/W31q9W6W7dA/w-d-xo.html
;-)
1:27
HBO : Chernobyl
TH-cam : Yes
This not chernobyl
оч неплохо
Amazing 🤩
Thanks :)
for some reason i thought your name said synchroscope
Reactor room had cameras, explosion must have been recorded.
They did not record them. It is cheaper :)
На что?))) На кинопленку ?)
Amazing
Thank you!
Where did you get these shots from?
@@klainsur From like a dozen old soviet documentaries of youtube
At 1:48 you can see the computer refreshing the reactor display. Look at the refresh rate. Then at 4:22 you see the enterprise computer. It's too bad the Russians let that dragon out of its lair. Every reactor is a dragon fighting to get out.
Sovìets, not Russians.
Those are not computers. Those are more like analog displays for sensors.
There was a specialized computer on-site, but it updated its status once in several minutes by making paper printouts.
@@volo870 skala computers
@@volo870 Core monitoring and reactor data processing were performed digitally. Initially, BV3M computers were used and SKALA was the name of the monitoring software. More than 4,000 inputs and 12,000 parameters had to be monitored. Man would not have been able to do that. I think it was a very big performance at the time, fantastic to control the reactor. And a printer on the left side of the reactor control panel actually worked.
Thanks . Good films ☺
How does a rbmk reactor explode comrade?
I don’t know.
But it did.
At 4:21 annunciators flashing
не, ну это сильно конечно...
If they only would have kept the air conditioning on for the reactor this never would have happened!
Soviet Synthwave!
Chernobyl, Fukushima. no
3:07 4:21
3:07
Sooo sick
Haha reactor goes boom
I've always wondered if they recorded the video off the cameras at Chernobyl, and if somewhere footage still exists of the night no.4 exploded.
Those were the 1980s, man. Video cameras and video recorders were rare. Or do you expect someone to have filmed the accident on their smart phone?
Actually, the control room panels
had 2 (or 3) screens where the turbine and reactor halls would be visible via ktp-63-like surveillance cameras. Sadly they weren't able to record, live footage only.
@@bormisha I lived in the 1980s, man, video was NOT rare in Govt installations.
@@antigloboshlomo Okay, thanks for the reply.
Soviet Nuclear POWER