Off: Grant Richter and F/i

[Doug Pearson]

On Mon, 10 Sep 2001 08:36:35 -0400, Alastair Lee Sumner
<als at POSTMASTER.CO.UK> wrote:
>A friend of mine who doesn't like Hawkwind or spacerock or anything but has
>an interest in synthesizers just sent me this link by pure chance if
>anyone's interested.
>
>http://www.musicsynthesizer.com/DIY/Grant/grant_richters_synthdiy.htm

... and that's just Grant (Richter, synth player from F/i) "messing
around".  His actual product is at:

http://www.wiard.com/

I own a complete system and can vouch for the fact that it COMPLETELY
rules.  Probably the best spacerock machine to come along since the VCS3.

>This F/i look like my kind of band, can anyone recommend any of their
>music? CDs especially.

Chuck did a pretty good job of covering it all.  Since you're in the UK,
Andrew Garibaldi will be your best source for F/i material.  The only thing
I'll add to Chuck's message is that there's a distinct possibility that a
Voco Kesh (the band led by Richard Franecki, who was Grant's predecessor in
F/i and who, like Grant, owns a Buchla series 200 modular synthesizer) CD
will be released on Ceres Records (yeah, I know it's been a while) later
this year.  Details, however, are not yet firm ...

    -Doug