From Alex Ball. A look at Charanjit Singh’s outlying recording ‘Synthesizing – Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat’ from 1982. 0:00 Intro 0:41 History 3:21 Interview with Johanz Westerman 6:31 Why does it sound like Acid House? 9:20 Differences to Acid House 10:48 Conclusions 12:17 Patron Jam – One Raga to a 909 Beat Huge…

From Alex Ball. A look at the rare Farfisa Polychrome built in Italy in 1978. Huge thanks to the people who facilitated this video! 0:00 Intro 1:19 History 3:11 Demo 1: Chromeo 4:13 Polychrome Breakdown 10:54 Demo 2: Gleaning Power of Fisa 12:04 Hainbach and the Polychrome 14:28 Demo 3: Farfisa Away 15:50 Sample Instrument…

From Alex Ball. A look at a Roland instrument that I’ve wanted to cover for ages, this is the VP-550 from 2006. (Yes, that was 20 years ago) 0:00 Intro 0:41 History 1:57 Vocal Designer 3:55 Ensemble / Bass & Percussion 4:36 Has this aged well? 5:47 Experiments 8:15 Summary 9:08 Patron Outro Jam www.patreon.com/AlexBallMusic

From Alex Ball. As requested many times over the years, here’s a deep dive on how to make 70s Cop Show Music. Thank you to Rhodes for the loan of their beautiful Mk8 for this project. 0:00 Intro 0:51 Part 1: Composition 12:36 Part 2: Drums & Percussion 15:40 Part 3: Bass 16:13 Part 4:…

From Alex Ball. Inspired by the best Christmas jumper ever. https://jimll.co.uk/products/the-acid-house-christmas-jumper-green-edition