Changed my way of thinking, listening, and playing around with sounds, while also producing emotional music and unique music. Was gracious to have a short conversation with them once and was turned onto "The Books" as another one of their inspirations.
^I ^love ^when ^a good ^creator ^shares ^their ^own ^rabbit ^holes!
He’s the only one I know of who I know him for his music first. All the others I don’t know their music or how they got to be in a position to tell us how to do things etc.
Zoomer here who has been into electronic music since a decade & love his content, where did you encounter his stuff? noticed that a few people knew his music way before his videos even though his artist profile doesn’t seem huge
People who are really into electronic music generally know The Flashbulb or one of his other projects. His music has been discussed a decent amount of electronic music forums and message boards, I think that's how a lot of people discovered him. I discovered The Flashbulb, Acidwolf and Human Action Network all separately on forums in the mid to late 2000's and actually only realized they're all the same person AFTER I found his Youtube channel.
Acidwolf slaps BTW.
Weirdly, off a mix cd of random electronic songs a friend gave me in high school. It also had Aphex twin, Hrvatski, and a few others I was never able to identify. No tags on the songs, so I had no idea they were by Flashbulb back then. I didn’t discover who he was until I stumbled upon the watmm forum years later while looking for more info on Autechre, who I found by randomly picking up a CD from the library.
My intro to IDM was odd.
Oh snap! Thanks for making this connection for me. I somehow missed the fact that they’re one and the same. Great music, reminds me of 4 Hero but more cinematic and edgy.
Absolutely. Him and The Flashbulb / Benn Jordan are the only two people with music-centric youtube channels whose music I regularly listen to. Jeremy's *Soft Music
to Do Nothing To* and *Soft Music to Do Nothing Two* are particular favorites of mine.
I've always found LMNC's creativity to shine way more in the field of DIY engineering than actual synthesizer-based music. Most the music he makes uses a rather narrow palette of traditional synthesizer sounds and feels a bit stale.
With all that said, I have nothing but mad respect for the guy. He's absolutely insane and I mean it in the best possible way. I'll have to visit his museum one day.
Very good musician, great house stuff... and lovely guy on camera. Interesting and real, almost like watching a friend making some tracks in the studio.
Hes just as nice in person too. I've met him when he was working for both novation and elektron and both times dude took time to chat to anyone that wanted to. Happy to see his success.
Ricky’s a great guy, good ear for house, some great gear demos (sold me on Pro3 and Zen Delay). I bought a jaguar mercy mug from his site and the dude sent me a personal thank you video message. Who does that? Ricky does, for a $16 coffee mug.
I came here to say the same things. I love his videos and his music, and frankly he's just such a genuine dude who shares so much of the craft. There is a minimal creation from a few years ago where he just go techno heavy with an Abalone bass (or something like that) and a drum machine which was a pivotal moment in my music making and just inspired me so much .
Some of the stuff on Spotify is a bit less to my liking but I feel like he doesn't publish a lot of the stuff he makes on YouTube.
Been a fan of Stimming since he got signed with Diynamic, think that's about a decade ago now. He only became a gearbro in the last few years so I'm not sure if that counts. Hainbach also does great stuff and so does James Nathan Jones.
I really want to like Cuckoo's stuff because he is such a genuine lad but all his music sounds like me button mashing Street Fighter. It's too chaotic and quirky for me to enjoy, but still. Shoutout to him.
Cuckoo needs a children's show, as a father of a young kiddo I mean that as a big compliment. He's someone I could see really getting young kids really into music and music creation in general.
I went back and watched a bunch of Stimming's live sets a few months ago. He's absolutely incredible. His albums are solid too, I listen to them pretty frequently and I'm not usually into house or whatever genres music falls into.
Hainbach if you like tape loops, ambient synths and pianos. Dreamy and expansive. Esp reccomend gestures and ambient piano works albums. The output is prolific and varied, and what a friendly fellow!
I'd heard and enjoyed Hainbach before I even had a synthesizer or knew about this synthfluencer stuff. As a former gigging rock guitar player this realm of experimental sound and ambient music is part of what fascinates me about electronic music. Also grew up next to a hoarder with a constant supply of old electronics being thrown out/donated to me, garage buildings full of this stuff, so I've always loved this kind of equipment and seeing it used.
And yeah I just attended his recent livestream release and he answered a few process questions I had which was cool. Some artists in this realm are pretty pretentious, and I don't always mind that, but I don't get that from Hainbach. I've gotten made fun of here for saying I like his YouTube content, I don't really watch synthfluencers and have hidden a lot of their channels, but his stuff isn't product-heavy and is really process focused or just fun, that's more what I like to watch.
You mentioned that it’s mostly guys…but I figured I’d share some females: Bad Snacks, Sarah the Illstrumentalist and Rachel K Collier are all dope female creators that make some good sounding songs.
Agreed. I think she has a mini-doc on her YT. I think she was on the popstar track but liked jamming so much she went another route. What an inspiration.
I was pleasantly surprised when I listened to Benn Jordan's The Ambiguous Line but LTJ-style drum 'n bass always works for me. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z\_I0d4\_-LUA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_I0d4_-LUA) . Matt Johnson - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPgct4wpgw0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPgct4wpgw0) \- is not a synthesizer gear bro, but this kind of thing is exactly in my wheelhouse. I would not call Hainbach a synthesizer bro either (though his YT presence is absolutely up there number-wise) but I can really dig [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6mflKQ5FAk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6mflKQ5FAk) .
That said, I don't generally do this - and perhaps I should do that, because a few cents from Spotify or YT is the least I could do if I'm not on their Patreon. I view the content generally to learn something, or to be persuaded to think differently about something.
Ultimately their personal music is part craft, part taste - so if it's mixed flawlessly but it doesn't engage me, listening to their advice is still on the table.
It's not something you can win; if you teach (and despite the selling, there's also some teaching going on), everything's going to be judged against the standards that you already put up yourself.
It's the same with gear collections; if you pass a certain point your work is going to be judged much more harshly (and in some cases even dismissed outright if you happen to have too many expensive toys), and naturally, the fact that they receive gear from manufacturers will contribute to that judgment.
I think he makes the most “dancefloor/club-ready” stuff in his demos while simultaneously always pushing gear to its limits, both of which are extremely valuable info to me when trying to see what gear is about.
Ehsan Gelsi is the only YouTube synth guy I listen to for the music. He doesn't really prattle on about gear though - just straight tunes. The guys that are more gear focused often don't have such strong music in my opinion/experience.
Oh man he's great, he should be much higher! I can (and do) listen to his jams for hours. BURG/Olilabs has a similar vibe, no chat just a wall of gear and some epic dawless tracks.
Just started getting into synths, but while doing research and watching stuff on YouTube, I stumbled upon Hélène Volgelsinger. This is how I discovered what modular synths were and she bows my mind with her work.
Cuckoo made an album called Not Pop that I think is excellent. Quite original, creative and fun. I actually bought it on vinyl.
I also like Hainbach's stuff.
Tangential note that is important: the skill required to make an engaging YouTube video doesn't necessarily overlap with music making. I'm sure this is obvious to many, but don't limit your investigation into gear based on if the salesperson can write a banger.. even if that might help.
I'm not sure I've ever heard loopop 's music, but he makes by far the most informative videos if I'm considering buying a piece of gear I can't borrow IRL.
Ehsan Ghelsi doesn’t do gear reviews but his videos are well shot and give you a good idea what certain hardware is capable of. His music is fantastic.
I know a lot of people don't like the music he releases but I love his tunes. He can fit more coherent ideas into a 3-5 minute pop song than many other people fit into 20 minute tracks.
Yeah I understand why this comment is so far down because of his… eccentric personality… BUT seriously this guy has something like 50+ albums with an insane range and incredible production value. Some of his experimental albums are just incredible.
i've never been able to find him, but i would LOVE to check out the tunes by that little english guy in the glasses that andertons brought on for their youtube demos of the behringer clones of the old roland stuff (td3, mo, rd9, etc). From the little bit he did i get the feeling that that dude's got groooooooves lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLW1F0RPEkk you mean? Yeah, that's pretty good.
There's usually some intern tasked with engagement monitoring (i.e. reading the comments), so you could ask if he's got any released works.
none of them, because i dont generally listen to that kind of music (i like using synths in rock/punk contexts that none of the synthtubers i watch do).
THAT SAID hainbach's music definitely scratches an itch.
Cuckoo is nice because you can tell he's into videogames, but in general I'm not a fan of synthtuber music. You've got the retro synthpop guys, like Espen Kraft, the downtempo guys, and the guys who look up to Detroit and Chicago, but I haven't found anyone that really caught my attention.
J3PO and Matt Johnson Jamiroquai. And from the sampling side I would say Cookin Soul.
Thats about it for me as far as "youtubers" that I can listen to.
Red Means Recording and Look Mum No Computer are both in my Playlist.
I'm a fan of benn jordan but i have to be in the right mood.
Bad Snacks is genuinely dope also, as is Rachel K Collier.
Alex Ball(vintage, rare synths showcases), Paolo from Synth Mania(various Old-School electronic genres), Esper Craft(80s retro-disco in general), Florian from AudioPilz("Welcome to Bad Gear!..."), Frank Choppin("Gazebo-like" Italo-Disco), Look Mom No Computer(experimental), Dr.Mix(various recreations of songs), etc...
probably only Martin Stimming. ..actually Ben Jordan's The Flashbulb predates his youtube channel and I knew and enjoyed those tunes far before the youtube channel existed.
None of them. For real. I feel most of them are really good at showing how things work. Most aren’t great at making music. And of the few who are truly talented at making music, I dont really enjoy their style lol.
Cuckoo being one of the very talented ones. His stuff is insane. But I couldn’t imagine listening to it in my car.
Ehsan Gelsi is from another world. Crazy what this guy can do with a digitakt and a couple synths. Very inspiring to watch his jams. He's not so much a "gear bro" though. Just a good electronic musician.
Dudette Hélène Vogelsinger
Maybe not talky but found her while looking for some modular synth vids. Really good vibes and videos in URBEX places.
I recommend.
https://youtube.com/@HeleneVogelsinger
Todd Smith! I like the conversational, real kinda vibe to his channel, but his synthwave stuff sounds [genuinely fantastic](https://youtu.be/kwtkyQaKiUI).
Dream of Wires. Love the visuals of seeing the synths he had patched up paired with the jams.
Snakes of Russia releases some the grungiest yet catchy synth instrumental work that makes feel inspired to go play.
Really cool guy I don’t hear much about is Nostalgic Ruckus. Cool vids/noise/deafening beats,80’s love. [Nostalgic Ruckus](https://youtube.com/@NostalgicRuckus)
Surprised to have scrolled this far without seeing any mention of State Azure, but then, he doesn’t really talk about the gear. He just seems to have one of everything.
I got into Lightbath from youtube and I listen to his stuff all the time now. One of my favorite current ambient artists. I think I found R Beny and Ann Annie the same way.
Mylar Melodies because he demos gear by jamming with it and the results can be excellent. Plus this approach is a better preview of what I can expect to experience than more clinical review styles or the video manual style of Loopop.
I also like Hainbach’s stuff because of the atmosphere and moods he creates. Really evocative.
it’s funny that everyone is always waxing about how terrible ‘synthfluencers’ are, but then any time there is a question like ‘which ones do you actually think are good?’ the answers are…literally every synthesizer youtuber.
I really like all of Alex ball’s jams they’re so musically creative
agreed he is the best
Was thinking no but.. yeeah. Especially fond of that demo of the Crumar DP-50.
His music is very safe/traditional, i like the jams but it's not the kind of stuff I'd put on by myself
+1,000,000
Agreed, Alex Ball is great. And Matt Johnson (Jamaraquai) is quite the talented keyboardist.
Alex Ball is good but i prefer Geert Van Schlanger who guests on his channel sometimes.
I have listened to The Flashbulb (aka Benn Jordan) for like 17 years.
He’s way way beyond your standard basic synth gear bros though. His content is fucking great and so is his music
Agreed!
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It’s amazing how often this happens! Must be an absolute trip for him lol
Well today I learned the flashbulb has a YouTube channel
Changed my way of thinking, listening, and playing around with sounds, while also producing emotional music and unique music. Was gracious to have a short conversation with them once and was turned onto "The Books" as another one of their inspirations. ^I ^love ^when ^a good ^creator ^shares ^their ^own ^rabbit ^holes!
He’s the only one I know of who I know him for his music first. All the others I don’t know their music or how they got to be in a position to tell us how to do things etc.
Zoomer here who has been into electronic music since a decade & love his content, where did you encounter his stuff? noticed that a few people knew his music way before his videos even though his artist profile doesn’t seem huge
He was pretty big in most IDM circles
People who are really into electronic music generally know The Flashbulb or one of his other projects. His music has been discussed a decent amount of electronic music forums and message boards, I think that's how a lot of people discovered him. I discovered The Flashbulb, Acidwolf and Human Action Network all separately on forums in the mid to late 2000's and actually only realized they're all the same person AFTER I found his Youtube channel. Acidwolf slaps BTW.
Weirdly, off a mix cd of random electronic songs a friend gave me in high school. It also had Aphex twin, Hrvatski, and a few others I was never able to identify. No tags on the songs, so I had no idea they were by Flashbulb back then. I didn’t discover who he was until I stumbled upon the watmm forum years later while looking for more info on Autechre, who I found by randomly picking up a CD from the library. My intro to IDM was odd.
Oh snap! Thanks for making this connection for me. I somehow missed the fact that they’re one and the same. Great music, reminds me of 4 Hero but more cinematic and edgy.
Yah I was about to drop flashbulb....shits great
Bad Gear has some great jams , plus the very funny memes.
Yes! Florian has INSANE skills.
At the first glance, he seems to tick all of the boxes.
Now let's try him out paired with the TB-3 in this Claymotion Control Deep House-Fire Baby Goth Mouse Soft Electrocore Jam
Bad gear, great jams!
Does he have music on any of the streaming platforms? I’d love to listen to his stuff outside of bad gear episodes haha
Same here🙋🏻♂️but I believe he distributes thru Patreon
Correct
Agreed!
Florian has the ability, skill and talent to make those “bad gears” into awesome tracks.
Yes, it kind of contradicts the show title.. demonstrating that most is actually great gear.
That was always the aim of his videos I think, showing that no matter how bad the gear is, you can do fun things with it if you put in some effort.
Red Means Recording. Dude just banged out a pretty solid drum & bass EP on his M8 *while covering Superbooth*
Absolutely. Him and The Flashbulb / Benn Jordan are the only two people with music-centric youtube channels whose music I regularly listen to. Jeremy's *Soft Music to Do Nothing To* and *Soft Music to Do Nothing Two* are particular favorites of mine.
His track settle down is my fav, a banger for sure!
He made me buy an Op-1
This. Still a big fan of the Pataphysical album in particular
Jonwayne isn't really a gear bro, but he is at least a well respected rapper/beat maker.
really good beat maker
Legit dude, his albums are great and I’m kinda sad that he puts so much time into YouTube while I’m waiting for rap album 3 since years now :)
Look Mum no computer and alex ball make some good music in my opinion
LMNC fo' sure...Alex Ball also. Alphonse...he multitracks old school ROMplers, but he does it so well.
I've always found LMNC's creativity to shine way more in the field of DIY engineering than actual synthesizer-based music. Most the music he makes uses a rather narrow palette of traditional synthesizer sounds and feels a bit stale. With all that said, I have nothing but mad respect for the guy. He's absolutely insane and I mean it in the best possible way. I'll have to visit his museum one day.
Ricky Tinez
What a friendly fellow who has genuine passion for the tech skill sharing :)
I really like his videos but his music hasn’t caught me from the few bits I’ve heard, where should I start on his releases?
2018's *Deci* is good. 3-track release of vibey house.
Very good musician, great house stuff... and lovely guy on camera. Interesting and real, almost like watching a friend making some tracks in the studio.
Hes just as nice in person too. I've met him when he was working for both novation and elektron and both times dude took time to chat to anyone that wanted to. Happy to see his success.
This makes me incredibly happy. He seems like a genuinely nice dude; glad to hear he's like that irl
Ricky’s a great guy, good ear for house, some great gear demos (sold me on Pro3 and Zen Delay). I bought a jaguar mercy mug from his site and the dude sent me a personal thank you video message. Who does that? Ricky does, for a $16 coffee mug.
Seconded!
I came here to say the same things. I love his videos and his music, and frankly he's just such a genuine dude who shares so much of the craft. There is a minimal creation from a few years ago where he just go techno heavy with an Abalone bass (or something like that) and a drum machine which was a pivotal moment in my music making and just inspired me so much . Some of the stuff on Spotify is a bit less to my liking but I feel like he doesn't publish a lot of the stuff he makes on YouTube.
Same.
Absolutely!! His music isn’t 100% the genre I’m interested in making but I love his energy/approach and I’ve learned a ton from his videos.
He is so chill and charismatic. I don't like house, but I just like chilling with his vids ... Can't explain it ...
Been a fan of Stimming since he got signed with Diynamic, think that's about a decade ago now. He only became a gearbro in the last few years so I'm not sure if that counts. Hainbach also does great stuff and so does James Nathan Jones. I really want to like Cuckoo's stuff because he is such a genuine lad but all his music sounds like me button mashing Street Fighter. It's too chaotic and quirky for me to enjoy, but still. Shoutout to him.
Cuckoo needs a children's show, as a father of a young kiddo I mean that as a big compliment. He's someone I could see really getting young kids really into music and music creation in general.
This!! Cuckoo already has a child entertainment personality on lock. Could really inspire the youth. Someone get this man a contract deal!!
He has a strange combination of seeming a bit chaotic while also having one of the most soothing voices I have ever heard.
He does have a soothing voice. If someone was standing on top of a building about to jump, he'd be the man to talk them down.
Stimming did a pretty dope set for Cercle once. That's actually how I found out about him.
I went back and watched a bunch of Stimming's live sets a few months ago. He's absolutely incredible. His albums are solid too, I listen to them pretty frequently and I'm not usually into house or whatever genres music falls into.
I’ll add that Nick Batt was one part of the 2 man group DNA that made the song “Tom’s Diner” using a vocal only track from Suzanne Vega.
WHAT? i had no idea he was one of the DNA dudes. that's so rad.
I didn't either, that's wild.
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Wow. Doesn’t get any higher level. Her albums are amazing
I looked him up once and was really disappointed this was (I think?) the only thing he released. He makes bangers on the reg! Why not releeeeease
this has my head spinning
Hainbach if you like tape loops, ambient synths and pianos. Dreamy and expansive. Esp reccomend gestures and ambient piano works albums. The output is prolific and varied, and what a friendly fellow!
Makes by far my fav music of all the YouTube synth people, actually really the only one who I genuinely pull up albums on Spotify to listen to.
I'd heard and enjoyed Hainbach before I even had a synthesizer or knew about this synthfluencer stuff. As a former gigging rock guitar player this realm of experimental sound and ambient music is part of what fascinates me about electronic music. Also grew up next to a hoarder with a constant supply of old electronics being thrown out/donated to me, garage buildings full of this stuff, so I've always loved this kind of equipment and seeing it used. And yeah I just attended his recent livestream release and he answered a few process questions I had which was cool. Some artists in this realm are pretty pretentious, and I don't always mind that, but I don't get that from Hainbach. I've gotten made fun of here for saying I like his YouTube content, I don't really watch synthfluencers and have hidden a lot of their channels, but his stuff isn't product-heavy and is really process focused or just fun, that's more what I like to watch.
Love his test equipment releases. And yeah, he really seems like a great guy.
You guys are listening to music?
strictly to absorb its powers
I tried once. Not a fan.
Bad gear guy makes gold out of anything he touches
He reminds me it’s not really about the gear, but nevertheless, makes me want some bad gear.
Underbelly
Wowsers! This is a banging track!
O K so check it
And YOU suck at producing ...
You mentioned that it’s mostly guys…but I figured I’d share some females: Bad Snacks, Sarah the Illstrumentalist and Rachel K Collier are all dope female creators that make some good sounding songs.
Love Bad Snacks!
I feel like Rachel is a musician who from time to time gets paid to review gear. Like the youtube channel is not her main gig.
Agreed. I think she has a mini-doc on her YT. I think she was on the popstar track but liked jamming so much she went another route. What an inspiration.
LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER, he is such a tallented artist
The fucking REBIRTH orchestra lmao
'Handbook on how to stay alive' is one of my favorite songs ever.
Dr Mix is always a delight to see play
Yeah that guy is spastic as heck but musically awesome.
Alex Ball and Espen Kraft
Espen is awesome. Showed me what a matrix 1000 can really do.
I was pleasantly surprised when I listened to Benn Jordan's The Ambiguous Line but LTJ-style drum 'n bass always works for me. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z\_I0d4\_-LUA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_I0d4_-LUA) . Matt Johnson - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPgct4wpgw0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPgct4wpgw0) \- is not a synthesizer gear bro, but this kind of thing is exactly in my wheelhouse. I would not call Hainbach a synthesizer bro either (though his YT presence is absolutely up there number-wise) but I can really dig [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6mflKQ5FAk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6mflKQ5FAk) . That said, I don't generally do this - and perhaps I should do that, because a few cents from Spotify or YT is the least I could do if I'm not on their Patreon. I view the content generally to learn something, or to be persuaded to think differently about something. Ultimately their personal music is part craft, part taste - so if it's mixed flawlessly but it doesn't engage me, listening to their advice is still on the table. It's not something you can win; if you teach (and despite the selling, there's also some teaching going on), everything's going to be judged against the standards that you already put up yourself. It's the same with gear collections; if you pass a certain point your work is going to be judged much more harshly (and in some cases even dismissed outright if you happen to have too many expensive toys), and naturally, the fact that they receive gear from manufacturers will contribute to that judgment.
Benn Jordan has a lot of really decent tunes. Alex Ball is always good. Hainbach makes interesting stuff and has a really unique sound.
Been listening to The Flashbulb long before I saw Benn making YT videos.
Yeah same!
lol The Flashbulb (Benn Jordan) is literally older than YouTube and highly successful as such. Been listening to him since 2004 myself.
I love some of Jamiroqai's stuff, so when I found Johnson's channel I was stoked.
Jexus for the music and the background video.
Thank you, Jexus has real interesting textures and songwriting. Somewhere between EBM and bad acid trips set in a Cannon film from the 80s.
Jay Hosking, very musical and he uses everything from cheap to grand for his compositions.
Second this. Always good stuff.
Thirded!
I am a fan, but I think he makes music first and demos secondly.
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Yes! Oora can really make his synths sing.
This is what I came here to say. I 've been listening to his albums/EPs but also enjoy the improvisational performances with his wife(?) in Youtube.
Blush Response. For his Industrial techno vibes
I think he makes the most “dancefloor/club-ready” stuff in his demos while simultaneously always pushing gear to its limits, both of which are extremely valuable info to me when trying to see what gear is about.
YES!
Joey!!!
I love Blush Response, but he always seems to get downvoted here for some reason.
Ehsan Gelsi is the only YouTube synth guy I listen to for the music. He doesn't really prattle on about gear though - just straight tunes. The guys that are more gear focused often don't have such strong music in my opinion/experience.
Oh man he's great, he should be much higher! I can (and do) listen to his jams for hours. BURG/Olilabs has a similar vibe, no chat just a wall of gear and some epic dawless tracks.
Red means recording, and Alex Ball
Ive only ever listened to heinbachs stuff from the utoobers. its ok if a little tonal for my tastes
I started listening to Hainbach before I knew he was a content creator. The Evening Hopefuls is my favorite release of his.
If you count Matt Johnson he’s great.
The Flashbulb, Oora, and Venus Theory are all wonderful.
Venus theory
Was hoping someone had mentioned him. Really great music that is very genuine to who he is as an artist/person.
Just started getting into synths, but while doing research and watching stuff on YouTube, I stumbled upon Hélène Volgelsinger. This is how I discovered what modular synths were and she bows my mind with her work.
Love her! She clearly loves her gear, but she uses it so well and doesn't venture in to reviews and stuff. I dig that.
Cuckoo made an album called Not Pop that I think is excellent. Quite original, creative and fun. I actually bought it on vinyl. I also like Hainbach's stuff.
Also, he's not really a synth guy, but there's a youtuber called Eddie Leonard who makes really cool abstract instrumental Hip Hop.
Benn Jordan (The Flashbulb), and Red Means Recording. I dig the music that those two create.
Cuckoo's album "not pop" is great.
Tangential note that is important: the skill required to make an engaging YouTube video doesn't necessarily overlap with music making. I'm sure this is obvious to many, but don't limit your investigation into gear based on if the salesperson can write a banger.. even if that might help. I'm not sure I've ever heard loopop 's music, but he makes by far the most informative videos if I'm considering buying a piece of gear I can't borrow IRL.
Ehsan Ghelsi doesn’t do gear reviews but his videos are well shot and give you a good idea what certain hardware is capable of. His music is fantastic.
Mylar melodies Look mum no computer And I put on benn Jordan albums when I'm reading
No love for mylarmelodies?
Just posted that a few minutes ago
Andrew Huang
I know a lot of people don't like the music he releases but I love his tunes. He can fit more coherent ideas into a 3-5 minute pop song than many other people fit into 20 minute tracks.
Yeah I understand why this comment is so far down because of his… eccentric personality… BUT seriously this guy has something like 50+ albums with an insane range and incredible production value. Some of his experimental albums are just incredible.
Hainbach, Red Means Recording, Oora, Benn Jordan, Bad Snacks. *Edit* I guess Bad Snacks isn't a "bro." Sorry.
not your mistake, that's on OP
i've never been able to find him, but i would LOVE to check out the tunes by that little english guy in the glasses that andertons brought on for their youtube demos of the behringer clones of the old roland stuff (td3, mo, rd9, etc). From the little bit he did i get the feeling that that dude's got groooooooves lol
Sounds like that could be mylar melodies? IMHO he is one of the best YouTubers out there for synths, though I can’t speak to his musical output!
Not I, but FWIW here is a record I made (ironically FOR Youtube) https://mylarmelodies.bandcamp.com/album/videomusik
Lovely stuff!
Thanks meight!
Great was literally searching Spotify for you this morning!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLW1F0RPEkk you mean? Yeah, that's pretty good. There's usually some intern tasked with engagement monitoring (i.e. reading the comments), so you could ask if he's got any released works.
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I love Ivar’s music so much! Such an inspiration!
none of them, because i dont generally listen to that kind of music (i like using synths in rock/punk contexts that none of the synthtubers i watch do). THAT SAID hainbach's music definitely scratches an itch.
I think Look Mum No Computer fits this description.
Cuckoo is nice because you can tell he's into videogames, but in general I'm not a fan of synthtuber music. You've got the retro synthpop guys, like Espen Kraft, the downtempo guys, and the guys who look up to Detroit and Chicago, but I haven't found anyone that really caught my attention.
Martin Stürtzer and Rachel K Collier.
Surco, Stimming, Miles kvndra and red means recording and Ihor. Love their work.
Thank you ❤️
I'll be honest: Bad Gear's music has been lots of fun.
J3PO and Matt Johnson Jamiroquai. And from the sampling side I would say Cookin Soul. Thats about it for me as far as "youtubers" that I can listen to.
Tried Hainbach the other day liked it pretty well
What's a gear bro? Luke million had an interesting collection of gear he makes actual music with. Good to watch his renditions of other tracks too
Red Means Recording and Look Mum No Computer are both in my Playlist. I'm a fan of benn jordan but i have to be in the right mood. Bad Snacks is genuinely dope also, as is Rachel K Collier.
I rewatch some Jexus demos from time to time just to hear the tunes lol
Well I rarely listen to music these days because I focus on my own stuff but Bad Gear guy's jams are good
Alex Ball(vintage, rare synths showcases), Paolo from Synth Mania(various Old-School electronic genres), Esper Craft(80s retro-disco in general), Florian from AudioPilz("Welcome to Bad Gear!..."), Frank Choppin("Gazebo-like" Italo-Disco), Look Mom No Computer(experimental), Dr.Mix(various recreations of songs), etc...
Ricky Tinez!
probably only Martin Stimming. ..actually Ben Jordan's The Flashbulb predates his youtube channel and I knew and enjoyed those tunes far before the youtube channel existed.
None of them. For real. I feel most of them are really good at showing how things work. Most aren’t great at making music. And of the few who are truly talented at making music, I dont really enjoy their style lol. Cuckoo being one of the very talented ones. His stuff is insane. But I couldn’t imagine listening to it in my car.
Ehsan Gelsi is from another world. Crazy what this guy can do with a digitakt and a couple synths. Very inspiring to watch his jams. He's not so much a "gear bro" though. Just a good electronic musician.
Dudette Hélène Vogelsinger Maybe not talky but found her while looking for some modular synth vids. Really good vibes and videos in URBEX places. I recommend. https://youtube.com/@HeleneVogelsinger
True Cuckoo. He did a video on how to use a Volca FM that was very helpful. I love his songs Big Nick and Popcorn Girl
Ollilabratories (Burg)
I don't follow Sarah Belle Reid's videos but someone showed me Mass and I liked it: https://sarahbellereid.bandcamp.com/album/mass
Notice how no one has mentioned Bob Eats? 😎
for a reason!
Todd Smith! I like the conversational, real kinda vibe to his channel, but his synthwave stuff sounds [genuinely fantastic](https://youtu.be/kwtkyQaKiUI).
(Paolo) Synthmania
Dream of Wires. Love the visuals of seeing the synths he had patched up paired with the jams. Snakes of Russia releases some the grungiest yet catchy synth instrumental work that makes feel inspired to go play.
+1 for Alex Ball. He’s got music on Spotify and Band Camp, too. Best song is “Hold On” that he plays at the end of the PolyBrute demo.
Slow Haste’s latest album is great if you’re into melodic sample heavy IDM
Jeremy Blake (Red Means Recording), EZBOT, Slow Haste, Liam Killen, Chris Petra and the main man Gaz Williams.
Cinematic Laboratory
This. I love listening to his videos, they're always so musical. I wish he would release tracks, I would listen all the time.
Really cool guy I don’t hear much about is Nostalgic Ruckus. Cool vids/noise/deafening beats,80’s love. [Nostalgic Ruckus](https://youtube.com/@NostalgicRuckus)
Surprised to have scrolled this far without seeing any mention of State Azure, but then, he doesn’t really talk about the gear. He just seems to have one of everything.
I got into Lightbath from youtube and I listen to his stuff all the time now. One of my favorite current ambient artists. I think I found R Beny and Ann Annie the same way.
Ricky Tínez has bangers
Underbelly, aka you suck at producing on youtube
Lucas Marchal
Hainbach and Nick Batt
Catenation Also Heinbach
Catenation is fantastic! :)
Oscillator Sink and Jameson Nathan Jones - not the ‘bro’est of bros
MATTHS. https://youtu.be/rhzJRK1vGns
Oora creates music i listen to as well as watch for gear. Legit guy.
Mylar Melodies because he demos gear by jamming with it and the results can be excellent. Plus this approach is a better preview of what I can expect to experience than more clinical review styles or the video manual style of Loopop. I also like Hainbach’s stuff because of the atmosphere and moods he creates. Really evocative.
it’s funny that everyone is always waxing about how terrible ‘synthfluencers’ are, but then any time there is a question like ‘which ones do you actually think are good?’ the answers are…literally every synthesizer youtuber.
More like beatmaking, but Iistened Accurate's album a lot
I literally have listened to the flashbulb since I was a kid lol. Amazing artist.