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The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical musical instrument developed in Birmingham, England, in 1963. It is played by pressing its keys, each of which causes a length of magnetic tape to contact a capstan, which pulls it across a playback head. As the key is released, the tape is retracted by a spring to its initial position.
Twin Keyboard Mellotron Mark V, Mellotron M.400 The Cinema Show/Aisle of Plenty: Genesis Selling England by the Pound: 1973 Tony Banks M400 Cirkus King Crimson: Lizard: 1970 Robert Fripp: MkII Clocks – The Angel of Mons Steve Hackett: Spectral Mornings: 1979 Nick Magnus M400 Close To The Edge: Yes: Close to the Edge: 1972 Rick Wakeman M400
Fradkin played the role of multi-instrumentalist on the sessions with participation on lead vocals, 12-string guitar, Mellotron, Hammond organ, mandolin, and piano. Thornton, Fradkin & Unger toured that summer opening shows for the likes of Roger McGuinn , Brewer & Shipley , Richie Havens , Blood, Sweat & Tears , and Livingston Taylor .
The Birotron was named after its inventor, Dave Biro, and developed with investment from regular Mellotron player Rick Wakeman. [1] [2] Like the Mellotron, the instrument produced sounds from magnetic tape, but it used eight-track tape in a loop. As such tapes never need rewinding, this avoided the problem that the Mellotron had, where a sound ...
The initial popularity of the Mellotron would be overtaken by the Moog synthesizer, created by Robert Moog in 1964, which produced completely electronically generated sounds which could be manipulated by pitch and frequency, allowing the "bending" of notes and considerable variety and musical virtuosity to be expressed.
Following the vocal sections of the song, there is an unusual polyrhythm part, where the staccato riff changes to 8/4 time, played against a Mellotron/organ chord part in 6/4. The lyrics were written by Banks and Mike Rutherford during a soundcheck for a gig in Naples. While they were surveying the deserted landscape of the airfield where they ...
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Broken is the first extended play (EP) and second major release by the American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails.It was released on September 22, 1992, by Nothing, TVT, and Interscope Records.