Many people consider "&Tilly" a one-woman-project since their vocalist T. is among the most remarkable vocalists of the independent music scene, but in fact - as we learn in this episode - &Tilly is a project of three. Not the only interesting thing to learn here. We also hear about their attitude towards Synthesizers in their genre-bending project, how they produce their amazing music videos and how they use them to push their career. But most of all we learn about their honesty, modesty and down-to-earth approach, and that's perhaps the most important thing of all.

I am extremely excited that I have an interview with a true keyboard legend for you today: MARK STANWAY has played for British Rock Band MAGNUM from 1980 to 2016 and has seen it all: Working with star producers like Keith Olsen, Queen's Roger Taylor and Jeff Glixman, world tours with giant stage sets (including the feeling of being pulled up with your keyboard setup like 15 feet in the air), seeing the technology evolve from the times of the Mellotron up to the rise of modern Sampling technology.

MARK STANWAY has also worked with Phil Lynott, forming "Grand Slam", has worked with Robert Plant in the "Honeydrippers" and has been in the Lineup of bands like "Stampede" and "M3 Classic Whitesnake". Together with former Magnum members and friends Mark Stanway now plays with his own outfit "Kingdom Of Madness".

But his years in Magnum, playing on groundbreaking records like "Chase The Dragon", "On A Storyteller's Night", "Wings of Heaven" and "Goodnight L.A.", which all have been international mega sellers, are probably the defining part of his almost 50 year career as a pro musician.

I am extremely honored and proud to be able to bring you this interview with one of the groundbreaking idols of Rock keyboard playing - a true time travel (with Synthesizers!).

The first guest from Italy on "Let's Talk Synth... Seriously!!" is the master of Horror meets Comedy meets Synthwave, maestro Vincenzo Salvia!

He's gathered millions of streams on Spotify and his track "Italian Gigolo" was featured on Season III of Netflix' record breaking series "Stranger Things"!! So, how did he do that? Learn about it in this episode, along with endless philosophizing about the beauty of Italian Home Organs, the origins of Italo Disco, Movie Soundtracks from Goblin and the Oliver Onions, and why Vincenzo Salvia has arrested a DX7 in his basement. 😳

Lots of exciting things to learn about and good music as well!

You don't wanna miss this for sure!!

Music played in this episode:

Songs by Vincenzo Salvia:

https://open.spotify.com/track/1yiome9DnIMqBysjsZ6rgz?si=2a25ab56eb1b4ca6

https://open.spotify.com/track/6lFBwRLT2ZVHAvWila54Xc?si=9c4b8f77eff84c11

https://open.spotify.com/track/0lCz6hllmYFBQUz9OsUxMD?si=c2e6eb28a6694601

Song by UAP:

In episode 14 I have a chat with Marc Matthews who some of you know as a fellow podcaster who’s the mastermind and host of the “Inside The Mix” podcast. Others of you may admire his music that he releases under his own name Marc Matthews and again others might have recently booked Marc as their mastering engineer, since that’s a part of his activities as well. So you see you get the full package on episode 14 of "Let's Talk Synth... Seriously!!" in my interview with the smart guy from Exeter.

UAP has never been live on stage so far, but 2024 is a special year since we'll have a major live open air event at Bevern Castle, a beautiful Rennaissance castle near Hannover in central Germany. Together with THE MARTIN BROTHERS from Switzerland and KATIE TICH from the USA, UAP will rock the stage for the first time. This podcast episode gives you all the details!

Kickstarter campaign for support: http://kck.st/4bBnzay

My guest in this episode is a British Yorkshire tea lover, and so you can expect an episode with some style! He’s been a professional mix and mastering engineer with his own commercially used studio building for several decades - so he lived the dream! Or did he live the nightmare? We'll find out in this episode!

He’s produced internationally acclaimed pop and rock musicians and – as we will also learn in this episode – he once met the mother of the brothers known as “Right said Fred”.

I promise you one of the most interesting and entertaining episodes ever on “Let’s Talk Synth… Seriously” with the man, whom I’ll have the pleasure to welcome today. You will have guessed it already: It’s synthwave/synthpop artist Tim Benson, better known as “AISLE9”!

...with

WAINSCOTT

&TILLY

ROGUEFX

ELECTROFM

BLUE NAGOON

and the mighty COLOR THEORY!!

No further explanations needed - jump right into this almost three hour marathon of a Christmas special!! ...with many entertaining Christmas anecdotes included! 😁👍

Interview with HeartBeatHero, the reknowned Synthwave artist and twitch podcaster. Curious about the technical setup that HeartBeatHero uses? Curious about his music? Curious about his personality? Then don't waste anymore time but start the episode!

Music from the episode:

HeartBeatHero - Neon Dreams: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/track/1F5RIYaAY78iSl0obwA1Kr?si=c65147e88b5d4cce

HeartBeatHero - Innermost Desire: (Not on Spotify)

Stailer/HeartBeatHero - Social Crises: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/track/1BgaML1xyrY3aY7bbwQFHa?si=ff184a30c1354a5e

HeartBeatHero - I just can't wait: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/track/2KAob0qjWJyDIrj0NEVyg0?si=89844ba123a140d5

UAP - Don't Look (Set Me Free): https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/track/2qJ9nvagW0H9stOav7YV1l?si=dd30fd3330f44267