synthfiend

I’ll admit it – as you can probably guess from my being a synth fiend, it was Thomas Dolby’s use of synths that first drew me to him and his music. As a fan of good pop music, Dolby’s songs like “Europa and the Pirate Twins” really appealed to me (and still do). And while I can understand the reason that most articles today still hang their hat on one particular Dolby MTV hit from the ’80s, it unfortunately seems to discourage a more thorough exploration of a varied body of songwriting and collaborations that has never been tied to a specific genre or instrument type. But after all Dolby, whose career has included work as a session musician, solo artist, soundtrack composer, sound technology developer, musical director for TED and now even game designer, has never followed just one game plan. (read article)