In the synth gym with machines used by Kate Bush, Vangelis and R2-D2 Full Story Summer

Published: Jan. 3, 2023, 2 p.m.

b'Housing hundreds of working and often rare synthesisers, the Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio allows anyone to come in and play on machines such as the CS-80, that was used by composer Vangelis for the Blade Runner soundtrack, or the Fairlight CMI \\u2013 used by Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel \\u2013 or the ARP 2600, which provided the voice of R2-D2 in Star Wars. It\\u2019s a space dedicated to inclusion and access, specifically for those underrepresented in electronic music. Camilla Hannan follows three people with a passion for synths to create a sonic portrait of the studio'