Chronicle by Andy Quin

A track from back in the days when I had hair ; ) 2015 is the 30th anniversary of the release of Andy Quin's groundbreaking De Wolfe Music CD, Mirage. It was recorded on the Fairlight CMI, the world's first sampling computer musical instrument. This instrument was the forerunner to solid-state digital sampling and recording systems such as those used in modern computers, mobiles and ipods etc. The album DWCD0001 was the first cd of the World's first Production Music Library released digitally. Pressed by Nimbus Records, (the first company in the UK to master cd's). In the UK the music was probably best known for its use on the early ITV Oracle adverts back in 1985;
The album hailed a new era of digital recording and was one of the very first to use digital computers, samplers and sequencers that now completely dominate modern music production for film and television. The slideshow features me and engineer Cliff Bradbury in the Clockhouse Studio, Keele University where Mirage was recorded. Some stills are taken from the Central Television documentary series; Quest (1985 Dir. Graham Mole). For more info;

[vini]

2:32 my favorite part, sounds like shining stars...

[lotuscom]

Andy -  Thanks for posting this! I've been fascinated by the Fairlight ever since the 80s. They are amazing machines. Do you still have yours?