30+ Synths play Tubular Bells at SuperBooth 2017

[@macronencer]

Came back to hear this again. Whatever it is about the genius of Tubular Bells that I find so compelling, I find it really hard to explain it to others in words. I think it's impossible to compare it to any other piece of music ever written, because it seems to exist along some dimension of its own.

[@gladtobeangry]

That was a whole lot of fun to watch and listen to. Also cheers for crediting the Brooklyn Organ Synth Orchestra version, I love their rendition too. :)

[@DavidBGoode]

Beautiful. The first album I ever bought. I'm 59 now and it still enthrals me. An excellent achievement,. Thank you.

[@PearlPaisley]

Two years later but I have to say that this is a masterpiece rendition of a masterpiece. Magic! congratulations!

[@ChrisSmout]

Not only a great and unique rendition, but a great snapshot of all the equipment that people have access to. What an excellent time to get into synthesizers!

[@loopop]

Thanks and indeed!

[@TheShaktube]

Outstanding and a tip of the hat to Brooklyn Synth Orchestra too. I have had the privilege of getting back into synths after a 20 year hiatus and my modern equipment (FA08 , reface cp & yc, moog minitaur) blows my mind! Like traveling to the future.

[@williamchiafos3889]

The gift that keeps on giving. Thank you.

[@igormaxwel6093]

Mike Oldfield needs to watch this amazing tribute!

[@phormzlab1743]

Hah ...this is like Band Aid where the synths are the singers. 😄 Amazing job!

[@kvfive]

Amazing !! That's some serious effort gone into this ! Highly impressed :-)

[@cillobillo1059]

Quickest 8 minutes of my life. Thank you for this.

[@MarcWeertsMusic]

Fantastic! Love that it didn’t just stick to the original but went its own way!

[@patnocat]

Just utterly outsanding!!!! Nuff said.

[@macronencer]

We're so lucky to live in a time with so much rich variety in synth technology. Wow. 14-year-old me from 1979 would be simply blown away by this video (and not just because it would be on a thing called "the web"...)

[@Gu1tar1st]

You Sir, win the internet. So good, I watched it twice.

[@adamholmes3135]

Absolutely mesmerizing. I'm so glad I am finally able to support your channel. I'm listening to your "multi synth mash-up" playlist as I read the first chapter of your "incomplete book". Great refresher for an old school synth head. Haven't noodled around for a while. I'm so far behind on the latest, I'm not sure I even know what all my equipment is capable of. This should help. Thank you!!

[@loopop]

Thanks for joining my Patreon and for taking the time to write - glad you like it!

[@BertGrink]

Wow it took me a moment to realise that the synth at 1:25 has all black keys! It looks totally badass! :D Awesome video, it gave me a minor nerdgasm to hear all those lovely instruments.

[@LarsBjerregaard]

Well done! Yeah, the Brooklyn girls were awesome :-)

[@loopop]

Lars Bjerregaard thanks!

[@Philipplus]

As someone who is a fan of Mike Oldfield long before I even knew what a synthesizer is, I am truly impressed! This is amazing. Congrats!

[@marxnutz]

If Kraftwerk got ahold of Tubular Bells? Oddly satisfying rendition of The Bell.

[@alexandersen2718]

Couldnt stop watching/listening! Awesome work!

[@stephenmarseille5425]

I kept waiting for the actual tubular bell part to show up. But **** man, this is brilliant. Considering how it had to have been made, what a homage and performance!

[@FrankPSF]

I cannot believe that I haven't seen this until today! OMG, this is genius! What a great way to demo different gear. Please, the next time you are at a trade show, do Autobahn!!!

[@kek23k]

Really enjoyed this, thanks for putting in so much effort and also for adding in the list of synths :)

[@willvine4921]

I've just found this , today 9th November 2017 , I award you the winner of the Internets loopop !

[@loopop]

Will Vine ... thanks Will ;)

[@raysparkindustries]

What a great idea. Would be amazing to hear a realization of this with all synths + machines played live together, with 30+ players. Think you're onto something here. Well done :)

[@mrdavies7894]

Vert cool - very different - and most welcome!

[@e-conrecords4665]

Well that was fucking fantastic!

[@andrewedis9907]

This is a fun and interesting cover, I like it. Thanks for posting!

[@slactionhero3060]

This is awesome! It totally made my day and put a smile on my face.

[@TheJscottbpsmith]

Wow, great rendition.

[@maarzt]

lovely! Ommadawn next up!

[@oscillated139]

Inspiring. I remember how good the organ orchestra rendition was and this is on a par with that. Thanks for the really helpful demos as well.

[@loopop]

oscillated thanks ;)

[@megadavel1]

Mind blowing sonic pleasures to all my vibrational senses...my inner self is even happier!

[@loopop]

hey man thanks very much what a cool comment

[@johnfrench7452]

Stratospheric. "I thought I'd join the RAF and become a wing commander. I realised this wasn't possible, although I do have a pilot's licence", Mike Oldfield.

[@CM-kw1dw]

Genial, hace tiempo que no escuchaba sonidos bien trabajados...felicitaciones!!!

[@SternLX]

Doooood!!! That was awesome!!

[@Dudderlyful]

Impressive stuff! Well done!

[@Tom-Lahaye]

Just fantastic! nice shots of all the equipment used, some sounds were the real original sounds on more modern equipment, like the chorus on the memotron, which must be the modern digital melotron. Couldn't see what synth was playing around the 5:00 mark, with the Elektron drum machine, but that synth also produced a sound recognicable from the original Tubular Bells album.

[@patnocat]

Outragoesly fantastic!

[@MountThor]

Wicked performance Mike, congratulations... !!!

[@loopop]

Thanks! Mike wrote it - Loopop looped it ;)

[@he1mut]

(Now that I completed my "geek ID" duty) - pretty amazing effort!

[@rechtschreib-exorzist8936]

Who likes this, should most probably also like the girl´s play at "Tubular Bells by the Brooklyn Organ Synth Orchestra" !

[@RalphBaumgartl]

Fascinating stuff!

[@DuncanFoster]

Brilliant! That's a superb piece of work, I can't imagine how much time that must have taken.

[@loopop]

Thanks! Two full show days and 10 hours of editing... but zero work and all fun ;)

[@kv3x]

That was awesome! Great job putting it all together!

[@EniaPiano]

Awesome work! 👏👏👏 Congratulations!

[@CoolspyGaming]

Oh yeah! I love me a bit of Mike Oldfield :)

[@macronencer]

3:40 This 14 second section sounds like a Gary Numan cover :)

[@ZombieTactics]

Amazing ... I especially like that you did the actual "Tubular Bells" instead of the B -side used in The Exorcist.

[@agentred8732]

PLEASE tell us that you made a 'making of' video which documents the awesome feat that you've pulled off here!

[@loopop]

Red Agent thanks but no sorry just making this one took up all my time ;)

[@blackmateria6357]

great stuff! Funnily i like the bastl gadgets the most, really nice rythm and transition there, well done.

[@widy75]

wow fantastic work ... and just use what ever gear u can get on the super booth shows your skills at all

[@ShadowPilot]

Of course things get weird when you get to the modular. lol. Gotta love em.

[@johnfrancisdoe1563]

Shadow Pilot Could use some more dialing in though.

[@diagrama3899]

This is good stuff!

[@InkyDaCaT]

I just found this 😂😂 its crazy great, personally and gonna get stick for saying, improves on original 😂 liking that momotron thing when it first kicks in, the synths have really taken over the planet...was big fan of this years mash up...that was awesome!

[@loopop]

Inky Blue thank you ;)

[@AABattery]

HOLY! This is so amazing. I am currently sorting my stuff for a lil supercut of superbooth but this is insane! Awesome idea and execution. Would have loved to meet you and watch your journey through this!

[@loopop]

AA Battery Thanks! Trust me the process itself of connecting cables and setting up the tripod was not a pretty sight... would have much rather met you for beer after ;) that said it was a ton of fun. You have 10-20 minutes to learn a synth but you've got the help of people who know it like no one else

[@MrKayMrKay]

Awesome work dude! Love it!

[@Synthelicious]

That was superb!! I salute you....

[@danielloureiro2114]

This was awesome! :) Congrats!

[@Allomerus]

Great idea and execution! Awesome!

[@merlebachoise]

Bonjour, quel est le nom du clavier utilisé à la fin ?

[@papas_lapas]

A visual and aural treat.

[@AlistairLindsay]

Beautiful!

[@fuguroo]

Amazingly Impressive!! Bravo!

[@loopop]

fuguroo thanks!

[@LavLab]

Awesome! 👽👍

[@ArrayzableMusic]

Definitely liking and subscribing!!! Awesome, great and time consuming job!!!! :-)

[@fiddlestickzmuzik]

loved it !!!

[@MicroBanshee]

Very well done, nice one

[@theaudioeng]

Good effort!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@urbannpa]

SUPERBOOTH2019 is in Berlin Germany....One day Philadelphia will get it's head out of it's ass and have something like this. I'm going to write Questlove a letter.

[@tma-1704]

Most excellent!!!

[@EloEast]

Brilliant!

[@milk_bath]

Brilliant.

[@VEBSoundengine]

great work

[@thechannelkarkas]

made me smile... :)

[@kaonaya]

What is the name playing acid bassline at 2:20 ?? Super cool : )

[@Hypnocif]

Enorme, bravo!

[@bertvdlast]

What is the black synth at 1.25 and the one at 4.45?

[@loopop]

See description for full list

[@Mrlazerman100]

Good idea!

[@andymorrell6485]

very good indeed

[@gre1428]

Awesome!!

[@popeyemusic1]

Excellent!! Which was your fav? You must have really liked the Access Virus (3X)

[@loopop]

Arnold Cardenas the nice thing is that you can hear here for yourself but yes the virus, peak and continuum are up there.... c15 was also a lot of fun... darn it, gotta have'em all!

[@aliocha23]

Holly shit... just wow!

[@fxsonic]

very nice my friend! I wonder how you join all audio from those synths into a complete song. Well done!

[@loopop]

Ferdi Soewandi thanks! Once all the parts are recorded I put it together using video editing software (premiere)

[@fxsonic]

loopop so you planning what note/beat to play in each synths?

[@TheHeyess]

Masterful

[@loopop]

Steven Heyes Thanks Steven!

[@he1mut]

4:22 = WInter Modular Eloquencer

[@loopop]

Thanks - added to description!

[@wintermodular5455]

yeah !

[@fanman1]

Great stuff! (from a regular Tubular Bells performer)

[@loopop]

Phil Toms Nice to hear - thanks!

[@aeciodesouza]

you are a genius. tell me how did you record everything? direct to camera? did you listen to anything to sync? a click track maybe for reference? nice job! subscribing to channel just because of this haha

[@loopop]

Aecio de Souza thanks! Not genius... just love synths... yes everything was recorded to camera and either sequenced in device or played with a click track in my ear...

[@guygarciavargas]

Excelent!

[@eyesguy]

Buchanan Easel V Arturia

[@dustypulver1]

They got the time sig completely wrong in the first bit. One too many beats per bar in alternate bars :-(

[@b4wd0DD]

what are the synths @ 3:40 please ?

[@loopop]

Please check the description for a full list

[@Chevytravelleruk]

Wow!

[@MichelFessard]

Great! :) what a nice idea! :) :) :)

[@njorlify]

nice one! what did you use to film it?

[@loopop]

Sony A7ii with 24-70 lens

[@GoldenBlue2000]

Epic!!!!!

[@ThePatattrack]

Fantastique

[@goapumi3229]

Great!!! :-O

[@samib9256]

What is that synth at around 1:38

[@loopop]

Sami B it's called 20. It's beautiful but very expensive

[@samib9256]

jesus Christ you are right there

[@martindirkzimmer]

www.20-music.de