Frankfurt’s Museum Of Modern Electronic Music (MOMEM) has announced that Tangerine Dream: Zeitraffer, an exhibit that tells the story of the pioneering synth group, through previously unseen footage, unpublished articles and original synthesizers, will open in April.
The exhibit debuted in London at the The Barbican Music Library in 2021. Here’s the preview from that showing:
Family and band members are expected to attend the opening on April 6, 2025 from 7 p.m. at MOMEM, and on April 7, 2025 Tangerine Dream will play a concert at the Alte Oper to mark the 10th anniversary of Edgar Froese’s death. Ticket holders for the concert pay reduced admission to MOMEM.
An extensive supporting program is being planned for the exhibition “Tangerine Dream: Zeitraffer”, with readings, lectures, film screenings and talks.
The exhibit runs 07.04.2025 until 28.09.2025. Visit the MOMEM site for details and ticket info.
Synthesist and sound designer Matt Johnson (Jamiroquai) shared this video, demoing his new collection of patches for the Oberheim OB-X8 synthesizer.
Oberheim released a free firmware update for the OB-X8 in July that added some interesting new synthesis capabilities, including a new binaural mode, new filter modes, MPE support and more.
Johnson says that he recently updated, and he’s created a new sound library featuring the new capabilities.
What he has to say about the new sound library:
New presets making use of ther new Binaural and Double + Modes. Please note you have to have OS V2.0 firmware installed on your Oberheim in order to use these sounds.
There are 4 groups of Binaural/User sounds which go into banks 8-11 and 2 groups of Double+ sounds that go into 15 and 16, total 48 sounds.
Please note these are presets for OBX8 owners only, not samples.”
Johnson also shares his thoughts on the update and the OB-X8.
Oberheim OBX8 Binaural and Double+ 48 Presets is available now for £18.99.
What Body Synths has to say about the Metal Fetishist:
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The Metal Fetishist is available now for about $400.
