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RetroSound
Electronica / Electro / New Wave

"synthesizer player, composer and sound-designer"


Germany

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Last Login:  7/26/2008
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   RetroSound: General Info
Member Since12/13/2007
Band Websiteretrosound.de
Band MembersMarko Ettlich
InfluencesStrong influence on my work has the classical electronic music, particularly the early sound-paintings of Vangelis, J.-M. Jarre, Kraftwerk and the new wave /synth pop music of the 80.. years like Talk Talk, Gary Numan, A Flock of Seagulls, Howard Jones, Human League, T.Dolby, Paul Hardcastle, OMD, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Saga, Yello, Trevor Horn (Buggles, FgtH, Art of Noise, Propaganda) and many more.

In addition, the inspiration comes from the RetroSound machines themselves:
-ARP Odyssey III
-Moog Minimoog "Lintronics"
-Moog Prodigy
-Moog Taurus bass pedals
-SCI Pro-One
-SCI Prophet-VS
-SCI Prophet 600
-Oberheim Matrix-1000
-Roland Jupiter-4
-Roland Juno-60 + JSQ-60
-Roland Juno-106
-Roland SH-101
-Roland JX-8P + PG-800
-Roland VP-330 Vocoder Plus
-Roland JD-800
-Roland D-550
-Roland TR-606
-Roland TR-707
-Korg EX-8000
-Korg Wavestation SR
-Kawai K5000R
-Waldorf Microwave 2
-Yamaha DX7 II FD
-Logan String Melody II
-Korg Mini Pops Junior
-Dubreq Stylophone
-Dr. Böhm Hobbyton
-MAM MAP1
-MFB Step64
-EHX Small Stone
-EHX Memory Man Deluxe
and more...

Sounds LikeMyspace Layouts Inspired by the works of electronic music pioneers such as Human League, Gary Numan, Kraftwerk, Yazoo, Vangelis, New Order, A Flock of Seagulls, T.Dolby, Electric Light Orchestra ELO, Jean Michel Jarre, Tangerine Dream, Kitaro, Depeche Mode, The Sisters Of Mercy, AIR, The Cure, Talk Talk, OMD, Howard Jones, Moog Cookbook, Marillion, Heaven17, Front 242, The Buggles, The Art of Noise, Asia, Genesis, Paul Hardcastle, Michael Cretu, Tears for fears, Saga, Yello, Trevor Horn, Buggles, Propaganda, Jamiroquai, Camouflage, Erasure, Bladerunner, Roxy Music, Alan Parsons Project, Pink Floyd, ABC, Visage, Ultravox, Bronski Beat, moog, disco, new wave, electronic music, synth pop, drum and bass, new romantics, electronica, electro, synthesizer...
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   About RetroSound
RetroSound - that is the synthesizer sound project of Marko Ettlich
I like the electronic music of the late 70..s and 80..s years and the sounds of synthesizers and old drum machines. The RetroSound project experiment with the different synthesis-forms and tries to find the border of the feasible.
All tracks are played by hand on hardware. I do not use software sequencers and synthesizers

more RetroSound works: RetroSound on YouTube

some RetroSound machines:

The Taurus:

The Juno and the Prophet:

Arpeggiator Games:

The Beauty and the Red Beast:

Astral Voyager excerpt:

Underwater Sunlight:


   RetroSound's Friend Space (Top 8)
RetroSound has 473 friends.
 MARSHEAUX 


 Maf Lewis Films, Tara Busch Music! 


 Mat Jarvis . Gas . High Skies 


 Ilkay 


 Madleen & Tilo 


 Roberto De Carlo 


 The Sweeps 


 Automatic Gainsay 





RetroSound's Friends Comments
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Hollow Pulse





Jul 25 2008 10:13 AM

Hi man, great music here.

And really cool vids.
Mika Technika





Jul 24 2008 12:00 PM

hey marko, your vids are great and the music too!!!


Greetings from Novi Sad!
V2V





Jul 17 2008 1:57 PM

video synthesizers reference!
thanks marko
Feffers





Jul 9 2008 12:21 AM

Thank you, RetroSound! I am partially inspired with my music from the videos you create. :)
electrotherapies





Jul 7 2008 12:21 PM

Great sounds!
We are robots...
Thanks and welcome to Marboss Electronic Music!
Hate Beat Crushers





Jul 4 2008 3:24 AM

Hi!!!
Ah, lovely old sound... ;D

Thx for the req!!!

...::: greetz :::...
Voyager11





Jun 30 2008 2:12 PM

Hey Marko!
First thanks so much for stopping by!
Thanks for give me the chance to listen to your compositions...
for the moment I listened to "Two friends": It's beautiful indeed. I like so much the bassline mixed to the sound waves...excellent!
I'll surely find the time to listen to attentively the others
keep in touch
voy11
SynthMind Studio





Jun 30 2008 9:02 AM

Hi RetroSound,
thanx for the request!

My compliments for your nice music, sounds, videos... and for your great collection of sytnths! ;-)

I'm really happy to accept your friendship :-)

Greetings from Italy

..::SynthMind::..

P.S.: Please see also my band profile
http://www.myspace.com/hatebeatcrushers
Thanx!
Astralus





Jun 29 2008 11:34 AM

Hi,
Nice to meet your music,
Excellent sound
Fantastic gear !
Cheers
ALDO BERGAMACHINE





Jun 29 2008 10:46 AM

Hi ,
Great your Composition!
THX for Add
Fred .
Sequent 7





Jun 29 2008 7:47 AM

Hi Marko,

Thanks for finding me and thanks for your comment!

Your music here is great! I also love those old machines and the beautiful warm music that they are capable of. You obviously know how to play them - a point that a lot of people forget about! :)

Keep up the great work and stay in touch!!!

BTW... the Pro-One was my first real synth that I owned. I was very silly to get rid of it... but I was young at the time. Have you seen the retro-fit that is available that switches the case to a wooden one? Makes it look kind of like a mini Prophet5. Beautiful. I think something that perhaps SCI might have done if cost wasn't a concern. Perhaps that is not the kind of thing that you like doing though.

Anyway... all the best to you!

Wes/Sequent7
mono cell





Jun 29 2008 7:26 AM

...m o n o c e l l...t h a n k s...r e t r o s o u n d...e n t e r...
NIGHTBIRDS





Jun 28 2008 3:27 PM

Hi Marko !
”Willkommen in unserem Universum der elektronischen Musik von Frankreich”

Your musical style is absolutely perfect. That the sound of machines without too many frills! Very class:)
We love this musical sincerity!
Also, great collection of machines! Roland is your favorite:)

Greeting from our Space Land.
N I G H T B I R D S
james008





Jun 28 2008 2:27 PM

Hi Marko :-)

Realy good gear you have...
I love old synths and old synth sound... my music is always based on old synths because this give me a lots of inspiration... new synths have a big potencial but haven´t a soul...so i combine this two worlds to one...now i trying some new(sonds old) toy ...roland sh 201 :-) .. this only one new toy have old soul :-)...

So i´m glad to have you in my friends space ;-) Bye
Oliv’





Jun 28 2008 11:31 AM

Thank you for the request,

You have some realy beautiful synthesizers with some realy good sounds.
I'm realy enjoyed to meet you.

Oliv'
[Benign]





Jun 28 2008 8:16 AM

Hallo Marko / RetroSound!
Thanks for the kind words.
I hope you're having a wonderful and creative weekend.
All the best with the music!
Tim / Benign
Mc.Honert





Jun 28 2008 2:54 AM

Hallo Marko,

vielen Dank für den Add, das Dir meine Musik gefällt und das Du mich in den unendlichen Tiefen von MySpace gefunden hast ;-)

Deine "RetroSunds" finde ich klasse! Echte Synths klingen nun mal viel besser als Software-Synths und ich finde es schön zu sehen und zu hören, dass es Leute wie Dich gibt, die so eine Sammlung haben und sie sogar benutzen :-)

Gruss aus Hessen
Holger /Mc.Honert
Ilkay





Jun 23 2008 7:16 AM

Hi Marco, bin auf der Suche nach´nem Prophet 600 sag mal Bescheid wenn deine Fühler einen orten ! ;)
Dovinia





Jun 21 2008 12:46 PM

Hey Marko,

Thanks for the add.
Great music! And what an impressive collection of real gems you've got! I look forward to see more presentations.
SANDRO NULLO VINCENZONI SAINATI





Jun 21 2008 3:32 AM

MANY THANKS!!!

SANDRONULLO
Impostor





Jun 21 2008 1:01 AM

Lovin' your sound. Keep them Synths alive. Whilst i do my music using soft versions of the classic analog synths, I have just bought a Sequential Pro One to keep it real. You just cant beat the real thing.

Impostor
Bass B.eaT. (The Ulm Cathedral out now!)





Jun 19 2008 5:17 AM

Ja dann bedank ich mich mal fürs vorbeischaun und die freundschaft:)

Grüße, Basti
RideItLikeItsStolen





Jun 19 2008 2:50 AM

Thanks for the add - great sounds
Awesome synths xD
Weisskalt/Blauwarm





Jun 15 2008 5:28 AM

thanks for the add.
kind regards,
bhl & waldfee.
Lynx





Jun 13 2008 3:45 PM

Hallo Marko, :-)

ich habe es geschafft - ab heute habe ich Urlaub. Werde es genießen und die freie Zeit für meine Musik und das Singen nutzen.

Ich wünsche dir auch ein schönes Wochenende.

Liebe Grüße

Gitte :-)
Systema Synthetica





Jun 13 2008 6:35 AM

Thanks! Cool sounds here too, or should I say 'warm sounds'? =:)
Arno Riva





Jun 9 2008 6:01 AM

Hi Marco,
thank you so much for accept me as a friend.
Have a great afternoon,
best.
Arno.
Gabriel Le Mar (Saafi Brothers, Aural Float)





Jun 9 2008 2:49 AM

hi marco,

vielen dank für Dein feedback, freut mich shoutz from frankfurt

gabriel
Eigenart





Jun 8 2008 11:54 PM

Hi,
vielen dank fürs finden und addieren...hoffe unser sound gefällt dir...
schraubst ja noch mit richtiger hardware....grins....lang leben die alten kisten....

greetz aus dem land der schwarzen berge



claus aka eigenart
riccicomoto





Jun 8 2008 3:29 PM

...hi buddy...
...yeah, dis is hardware sound...!!
...marvelous grooves and soundz around here...
...u r more than welcome...
...elastique greetings to ya...
atOmato!





Jun 8 2008 3:45 AM

Hello RetroSound
Thnx 4 the request
Greetz from tokyo
Brillman





Jun 7 2008 3:48 AM

Thanks for the add Marko!!


Keep on playing & programming them synths:)


Cheers, Tim
valesta project "Album out now!!!"





Jun 4 2008 1:58 AM

Thx for the add!

stay in contact
La La Naïve





Jun 3 2008 11:20 PM

Uhhh... love that sound of the analog. Glad to see you here in the digital world. Hope it will bring many happy analogmoments...

LA LA NAïVE
TROjAX





May 31 2008 4:30 AM

Hi Marco, wie war Yazoo ? Ich war leider nicht dagewesen, hab mir ja ´ne 707 angeschafft und war daher knapp bei Kasse. Ein andermal....
Francesco Imbriola





May 31 2008 9:27 AM

Hi Marko! i like so much your works..you have to know i love so much the sinth's sound..very cool ;)

greetings

Francesco :)
Elektronik





May 31 2008 11:56 AM

Hi RetroSound, really great music & videos here!

Thankyou for the invite and the nice message

Have a groovy weekend

Adam
Moon Over Soho





May 31 2008 12:45 AM

hello marko, is great your sounds! fantastic synthesizers! i like too, thanks for the add and your kind words.

regards from Peru.


Nicolas
Dimension Flux





May 30 2008 5:46 PM

Thanx for finding us. Cool vintage sounds :)
Lynx





May 30 2008 5:25 AM

Hallo RetroSound, :-)

ich danke für die Anfrage, die ich bei einer solch schönen Musik, wie du sie machst, natürlich sehr gerne angenommen habe. Deine Sounds klingen echt cool... das inspiriert mich, mich auch mal wieder auf den Hosenboden zu setzen, um ein paar neue Tracks zu komponieren. :-) Kurz gesagt: gute Arbeit, die du da machst!!!

Liebe Grüße

Gitte :-)
Park Avenue





May 30 2008 4:01 AM

thx for having us

the band
baumbach





May 26 2008 10:54 AM

Hallo Marko,

schönen Dank für die Verbindung ;)
Hast eine ziemlich ansehnliche Liste an Oszillatoren hier...

Schön, dass es sowas in dieser Fülle noch gibt...

Liebe Grüße aus Österreich
Richard




NEW: baumbach @ iTunes!
Maki