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Magnetic tapes from the Grainger Archive
Samples of magnetic tape used in the Grainger Centre, c. 1970s.
Detail of the EMS VCS3 at MESS
Detail of the EMS VCS3 at MESS, showing the patch panel and dials.
Tristram Cary in his studio at Fressingfield, UK, early 1970s
Tristram Cary in his electronic studio at Fressingfield, UK, early 1970s
David Chesworth performing '50 Synthesizer Greats' at the Toff in Town, Melbourne, September 2017
David Chesworth launched the re-release of his debut 1979 album '50 Synthesizer Greats' (Chapter Music) in September 2017 in a live performance at the Toff in Town venue in Melbourne. Chesworth recreated his parents’ 70s lounge room on stage and…
LP Album cover, 50 Synthesizer Greats, David Chesworth
Sound artist David Chesworth was only 21 when he composed and recorded '50 Synthesizer Greats'. Originally self-released, the album 50 Synthesizer Greats is actually 37 tracks of minimal synth investigations, full of humour and playful…
David Chesworth during his Artist-in-residency at Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio, 2017
David Chesworth was one of the two inaugural Artists-in-residence at MESS in 2017. David has had a long and rich association with analogue and digital synthesizers. Early in his career, he recorded the iconic '50 Synthesizer Greats', on an Akai 4000…