I watched a perfect Fairlight CMI IIx go on ebay for $6000 the other day, all the while crying softly to myself.
Quite aside from its incredible historical significance in being the first (? certainly first purchasable) sampler, it had an incredible sound that contributed a great deal to the early-mid-eighties music scene.
I was wondering if any of us knew of some prominent uses of the Fairlight sampler. I can only think of a few, but each has that amazing Fairlight sound.
Coil - Horse Rotorvator album
Art of Noise - Moments in Love / Who's Afraid of / Beat Boxing
Afrika Bambaata - Planet Rock / Looking for the Perfect Beat
Did Mantronix use one? Did Jan Hammer use one on Miami Vice? Does anyone know of other samplers/methodologies that approach the sound of the Fairlight? And how fucking great would Factory records have been if Tony Wilson had had the sense to agree to buy Martin Hannett a Fairlight?
Speaking of which... I feel a Martin Hannett thread coming on...
Quite aside from its incredible historical significance in being the first (? certainly first purchasable) sampler, it had an incredible sound that contributed a great deal to the early-mid-eighties music scene.
I was wondering if any of us knew of some prominent uses of the Fairlight sampler. I can only think of a few, but each has that amazing Fairlight sound.
Coil - Horse Rotorvator album
Art of Noise - Moments in Love / Who's Afraid of / Beat Boxing
Afrika Bambaata - Planet Rock / Looking for the Perfect Beat
Did Mantronix use one? Did Jan Hammer use one on Miami Vice? Does anyone know of other samplers/methodologies that approach the sound of the Fairlight? And how fucking great would Factory records have been if Tony Wilson had had the sense to agree to buy Martin Hannett a Fairlight?
Speaking of which... I feel a Martin Hannett thread coming on...