Land of the Rising Sound: A Roland Retrospective.
The story of Roland is one of the most expansive and influential in the world of music technology. This feature length documentary sets out to tell it through their iconic inventions.
Roland:
General Thanks:
First of all, a huge and heartfelt thank you to some anonymous synth experts who not only leant me a jaw dropping array of rare equipment, but who also gave up time from their busy schedules to show me how to use it and who even helped record it on location. I owe you a debt of gratitude, but the entire community at large does too. Thank you!
I also need to thank Gordon Reid for answering my tedious questions and for helping with the explanations of some trickier technical aspects. Furthermore, both Gordon and Sound on Sound need crediting for having already gone the whole 9-yards on the subject:
Named Thank yous: Paolo @ SynthMania, Dan, Michael and Joe @ , Conny @ Asteroid Killer Music, Gordon Reid, Paul & Ian Gilby @ Sound on Sound, Peter Venuto @ Synth Palace, Sanj Sen @ Ropey Sound, Pea Hicks, Brandon @ Zibby Bone, Marko Ettlich @ RetroSound, Ra Smith @ madFAME, JP Geersing @ synthsandstuff, Synth4ever, Reuben Jones, Patrick Gill, Woody @ Piano Shack, Andrew Pimblott @ Roland, David Åhlund @ Roland Artist Relations Centre, Romain Segaud, Pendle Poucher @ Sound Dust, Pablo and James @ The Toy Rooms, Paul Hartnoll @ Orbital, Paul @ M&S Organ Parts, Richard @ Retro Synth Ads, Rob Nicholls, Synthetic Machines, Ed Lewis, Joseph Hecht, Jason Scammell @ Now and then FX. Ian Livingstone. Some other people who know who they are!
Links:
SynthMania: YouTube:
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Joe George:
Asteroid Killer Music:
Synthetic Machines:
Ropey Sound:
Synth Palace:
SynthPalace YouTube:
Peter Venuto:
Pea Hicks:
MC-8 website:
Zibby Bone:
RetroSound:
madFAME:
Linn LM-1 video referenced in the film:
JP Geersing:
Synth4ever:
Woody:
Liam Howlett’s W30 original video:
Reuben Jones:
Patrick Gill:
Anders Enger Jensen:
Some soundtrack excerpts from this film:
Additional incidental music provided by Joseph Hecht:
Other Image Credits:
Title image by Romain Segaud
The three System 100m cases, the red and blue Roland SH-101s and the Devil Fish 303 are photos I took at Curve Pusher Studios in Hastings last year. You can book time to record with those here:
Several press release photos and manuals from
Several images (JV80, VG-8, VS-880, UA-100) by Sound on Sound Ltd
ATV A Frame images
Various advert scans by Retro Synth Ads
Ace Tone R-1 images by M&S Organ Parts
Ace Tone FR-1 images from Encyclotronic
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Ace Tone FR-6 images by Rob Nicholls
Some creative commons Ace Tone images from Wikipedia
Some GS-500 print ads from Wayne Scott Joness superb archive
MC-8 photos by Pea Hicks
Behind-the-scene photos at Roland from Ralph Dyck’s collection
Additional 727 logo image from here:
CMU 800R photos:
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