2012-01-11

Reckoner '85

My friend Adam sends me this link to a Radiohead remix of "Reckoner", done to make it sound like it was from 1985.

The track gets the New Order circa Low-life treatment, and it most likely makes use of a Yamaha DX7 or at least samples/patches designed to emulate voices from the iconic sounding synth. Here's a demo that gives you an idea of what the keyboard can sound like... I'm sure you can think of dozens of songs that use this instrument, mostly from the David Foster category.

Here's a recent use of the same instrument, from the album that was at the top of many critics' year end lists, Bon Iver's "Beth/Rest".

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