Land of the Rising Sound | A Roland Retrospective

Land of the Rising Sound: A Roland Retrospective. The story of Roland is one of the most expansive and influential in the world of music technology. This feature length documentary sets out to tell it through their iconic inventions. Roland: https://www.roland.com/global/ General Thanks: First of all, a huge and heartfelt thank you to some anonymous synth experts who not only leant me a jaw dropping array of rare equipment, but who also gave up time from their busy schedules to show me how to use it and who even helped record it on location. I owe you a debt of gratitude, but the entire community at large does too. Thank you! I also need to thank Gordon Reid for answering my tedious questions and for helping with the explanations of some trickier technical aspects. Furthermore, both Gordon and Sound on Sound need crediting for having already gone the whole 9-yards on the subject: https://www.soundonsound.com/music-business/history-roland-part-1 Named Thank yous: Paolo @ SynthMania, Dan, Michael and Joe @ Reverb.com, Conny @ Asteroid Killer Music, Gordon Reid, Paul & Ian Gilby @ Sound on Sound, Peter Venuto @ Synth Palace, Sanj Sen @ Ropey Sound, Pea Hicks, Brandon @ Zibby Bone, Marko Ettlich @ RetroSound, Ra Smith @ madFAME, JP Geersing @ synthsandstuff, Synth4ever, Reuben Jones, Patrick Gill, Woody @ Piano Shack, Andrew Pimblott @ Roland, David Åhlund @ Roland Artist Relations Centre, Romain Segaud, Pendle Poucher @ Sound Dust, Pablo and James @ The Toy Rooms, Paul Hartnoll @ Orbital, Paul @ M&S Organ Parts, Richard @ Retro Synth Ads, Rob Nicholls, Synthetic Machines, Ed Lewis, Joseph Hecht, Jason Scammell @ Now and then FX. Ian Livingstone. Some other people who know who they are! Links: SynthMania: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/SynthManiaDotCom Reverb.com: https://www.youtube.com/user/reverbmarket Joe George: http://www.joegeorgemusic.net/ Asteroid Killer Music: https://www.youtube.com/user/AsteroidKillerMusic Synthetic Machines: https://www.youtube.com/user/SyntheticMachines/ Ropey Sound: http://www.ropeysound.com/ Synth Palace: https://www.synthpalace.net/ SynthPalace YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaVBqY38AFRgmEqqopYHggQ Peter Venuto: https://www.youtube.com/user/electricrainbowness Pea Hicks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtJfsUa_J6DMp-p2eS7hp5w MC-8 website: https://rolandmc8.wordpress.com/ Zibby Bone: https://www.youtube.com/user/zibbybone RetroSound: https://www.youtube.com/user/retrosound72 madFAME: https://www.youtube.com/user/madfameltd Linn LM-1 video referenced in the film: https://youtu.be/qesonxgLv-8 JP Geersing: https://www.youtube.com/user/synthsandstuff Synth4ever: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNsgT_XxwSPdjRka1LD7RRw Woody: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC27jRFKGzztB9u9T5GkPH_g Liam Howlett’s W30 original video: https://youtu.be/_PF_ZIkwyeI Reuben Jones: https://www.youtube.com/user/tucker10 Patrick Gill: https://www.youtube.com/user/PatrickGillMusic Anders Enger Jensen: https://www.youtube.com/user/HariboOSX Some soundtrack excerpts from this film: https://soundcloud.com/alex-ball-1/sets/land-of-the-rising-sound-score-excerpts/s-2zI3u Additional incidental music provided by Joseph Hecht: https://soundcloud.com/josephhecht/sets/polygonimbus Other Image Credits: Title image by Romain Segaud http://www.romainsegaud.com/ The three System 100m cases, the red and blue Roland SH-101s and the Devil Fish 303 are photos I took at Curve Pusher Studios in Hastings last year. You can book time to record with those here: http://www.curvepusher.co.uk/studio/recording-studio-analogue-heaven Several press release photos and manuals from Roland.com https://www.roland.com/global/products/ Several images (JV80, VG-8, VS-880, UA-100) by Sound on Sound Ltd https://www.soundonsound.com/ ATV A Frame images http://www.aframe.jp/ Various advert scans by Retro Synth Ads http://retrosynthads.blogspot.com/ Ace Tone R-1 images by M&S Organ Parts https://msorganparts.com/ Ace Tone FR-1 images from Encyclotronic https://encyclotronic.com/drum-machines/ace-tone/fr-1-r57/#images Ace Tone FR-6 images by Rob Nicholls http://provincialparcs.bandcamp.com Some creative commons Ace Tone images from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Tone Some GS-500 print ads from Wayne Scott Joness superb archive https://www.joness.com/gr300/GS-500.html MC-8 photos by Pea Hicks Behind-the-scene photos at Roland from Ralph Dyck’s collection https://rolandmc8.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/exclusive-interview-with-ralph-dyck-godfather-of-the-mc-8/ Additional 727 logo image from here: http://djjondent.blogspot.com/2017/08/roland-tr-727.html CMU 800R photos: https://www.gearslutz.com/board/electronic-music-instruments-and-electronic-music-production/1123374-roland-cmu-800r.html https://www.matrixsynth.com/2018/05/roland-cmu-800r-compu-music-classic-80s.html Social: https://www.facebook.com/AlexBallMusic/ https://www.instagram.com/alexballmusic/