Synthesizers in the 80s are usually not my bag of tea, but since I discovered Kraftwerk and Yellow Magic Orchestra in my youth, I've had a warm slot in my heart for synthpop of many kinds. Even some J.M. Jarre and Vangelis get a hearing sometimes. But in general massive, long and pretentious synth opuses bore me. By exploring different library labels I found that the output from RCA/Koka Media contained - inbetween all the horrible drum machines and crude techno-noises - a short tune here and there that soundwise reminded me of YMO and suchlike from the late 70s and early 80s. These were tunes that seemed to treat synthesizers in a sensible and sensitive way, often in combination with analogue sounds, or percussion and soundscapes that really brought some colorful pictures to my mind. A track like A. Frydman's "Nautile", for instance, made me see clearly the ghost of a giant rusty submarine hulk deep under water, with old Captain Nemo at the helm, while complicated machinery and cogwheels propelled the giant submarine through dim, dark green ocean wastes....like the Flying Dutchman, but forever floating in the deep... It's wonderful when music makes you see such scenes!
I soon had a folder of around 100 tracks from RCA/Koka Media that I really liked. Then I boiled them down to these two comps, containing 42 tracks. Some are from my own LP rips, others from accumulated downloads from this forum, or from CDs that I've bought. Hope you like these selections!
Sound Library vol 117 - Music For KoKaine Addicts 1Ambient, Space and Jungle Elexotica from RCA/Koka Media
hxxps://mega.nz/#F!XLQVWYzK!TX-rhDjy-iupHO8VIg3kPg
Sound Library vol 118 - Music For Kokaine Addicts 2Pop, Groove and Whatnots from RCA/Koka Media
hxxps://mega.nz/#F!We5DmQoB!XYVROXm2VuYYCoAN47TYXA
