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| Planet Rock
 
| Planet Rock
 
| 1982
 
| 1982
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| Orchestral stab; ORCH5  
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| Orchestral stab; ORCH5 (from 15secs). Arthur Baker, producer: 'Strangely enough there was also a Fairlight there. You can probably do what the Fairlight did on a $1,000 computer now. Back then the Fairlight was probably worth over $100,000 or more. It was taking up a lot of space, but it had a few sounds in it, one being this sort of explosion sound, which we used in the break, and the orchestra, the infamous orchestra.'
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|[https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2013/04/key-tracks-arthur-baker-on-planet-rock Arthur Baker interview]
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|[ YouTube]
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|[https://youtu.be/9J3lwZjHenA?t=15 YouTube]
 
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| Aha
 
| Aha
 
| Take On Me
 
| Take On Me
 
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| Doc on the making of Take On Me..  
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| Tony Mansfield used the Fairlight on the production and sampled parts from the original demo.  
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|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlTHJJX7QVU Reference]
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|[https://youtu.be/wlTHJJX7QVU?t=470 Interview with band & producer]
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|[ YouTube]
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|[https://youtu.be/djV11Xbc914 YouTube]
 
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| Art Of Noise
 
| Art Of Noise
 
| Close to the Edit
 
| Close to the Edit
 
| 1983
 
| 1983
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| Orchestral stab; ORCH5
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| "From a composition point of view, for me exclusively the Fairlight" - JJ Jeczalik. Features a variety of own-sampled sounds and factory sounds.
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|[https://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/the-art-of-noise/5272 Music Technology 1989]
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|[ YouTube]
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|[https://youtu.be/-sFK0-lcjGU YouTube]
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| Art Of Noise
 
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| Moments in Love
 
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| Lead melody. The familiar breathy sample of the mid-80s
 
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| Brad Fidel
 
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| Terminator's theme
 
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| Pitched down, Fidel uses Brassfall for the ominous dark sound accompanying James Cameron's The Terminator in the 1984 original.
 
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| Chick Corea
 
| Chick Corea
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| x2 for touring, and then in the studio.  
 
| x2 for touring, and then in the studio.  
 
|[http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/downstairs-at-erics/1592 Reference]
 
|[http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/downstairs-at-erics/1592 Reference]
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|Duran Duran
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|Rio
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|1982
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|"songs such as 'Rio' featured bird-like sounds which were achieved to great effect using the Fairlight."
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|[http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/concert-review/3274 Electronic Soundmaker 1984]
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| Jan Hammer
 
| Jan Hammer
 
| Crockett's Theme
 
| Crockett's Theme
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| 1986
 
| Lead melody & pads. (ARR1 lead) Layered vocal patch with pluck; pad sounds from Fairlight according to the reference video:  
 
| Lead melody & pads. (ARR1 lead) Layered vocal patch with pluck; pad sounds from Fairlight according to the reference video:  
 
|[https://youtu.be/IYg6C4C81HE YouTube]
 
|[https://youtu.be/IYg6C4C81HE YouTube]
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| Jan Hammer
 
| Jan Hammer
 
| Miami Vice Theme
 
| Miami Vice Theme
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| 1986
 
| [https://www.soundonsound.com/people/jan-hammer Reference]
 
| [https://www.soundonsound.com/people/jan-hammer Reference]
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|[https://youtu.be/bFZViPbiuks?t=9 YouTube]
 
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| Jean-Michel Jarre
 
| Jean-Michel Jarre
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| The Fairlight arrived in 1981 just in time for Magnetic Fields
 
| The Fairlight arrived in 1981 just in time for Magnetic Fields
 
| [http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/docklands-rendezvous/354 Music Technology (1988)]
 
| [http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/docklands-rendezvous/354 Music Technology (1988)]
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|[https://youtu.be/XfRtFlCIO60 YouTube]
 
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| Kate Bush
 
| Kate Bush
 
| Running Up That Hill
 
| Running Up That Hill
 
| 1985
 
| 1985
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| A convincing piece of sound design research by Desmond of the SoundOnSound forums seems to prove that cello2 was the source of the main (and very distinctive) sounds of Running Up That Hill. Kate Bush has been quoted that the song was written around one sound from the Fairlight (find and insert source).  
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| A convincing piece of sound design research by Desmond of the SoundOnSound forums seems to prove that cello2 was the source of the main (and very distinctive) sounds of Running Up That Hill. Kate Bush has been quoted that the song was written around one sound from the Fairlight.  
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|[https://www.soundonsound.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=19622&start=165 SOS]
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|[https://www.soundonsound.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=19622&start=165 SOS 2010]
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|[https://youtu.be/wp43OdtAAkM YouTube]
 
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| Kate Bush
 
| Kate Bush
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|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEfxB-Ofw1w YouTube]
 
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEfxB-Ofw1w YouTube]
 
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| Michael Jackson
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| Malcom McClaren
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| Beat It
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| Duck Rock (Album)
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| 1984
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| 1982
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| Intro/bell: BEATGONG [Doc on the making of Take On Me.. Doesn't specify the sounds
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| JJ Jeczalik was an in demand Fairlight programmer as well as core member of The Art Of Noise
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|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlTHJJX7QVU YouTube]
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|[https://www.soundonsound.com/people/jj-jeczalik-art-noise-podcast SOS podcast]
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|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXnUb5w9mcU YouTube]
 
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| Nick Rhodes
 
| Nick Rhodes
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| "Anyway, it seems that Nick is a Fairlight man, preferring it both to the Emulator, and the Synclavier: "The great thing about the Fairlight is the way it's laid out, not six different boxes like the Synclavier... I got mine halfway through Seven and the Ragged Tiger, and having worked with it for such a long time, I find it very quick to use.””  
 
| "Anyway, it seems that Nick is a Fairlight man, preferring it both to the Emulator, and the Synclavier: "The great thing about the Fairlight is the way it's laid out, not six different boxes like the Synclavier... I got mine halfway through Seven and the Ragged Tiger, and having worked with it for such a long time, I find it very quick to use.””  
 
|[http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/defender-rhodes/6789 Reference]
 
|[http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/defender-rhodes/6789 Reference]
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| Stravinsky Firebird - David Vorhaus.
 
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| Firebird
 
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| Widely believed to be the source of the original Fairlight ORCH sound, sampled by..
 
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| Tears For Fears
 
| Tears For Fears
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| Shout
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| Shout
 
| 1984
 
| 1984
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| Ah' vocal sound; ARR1 [Doc on the making of Take On Me.. Doesn't specify the sounds https://www.youtube.com/
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| Ah' vocal sound; ARR1 [Doc on the making of Take On Me.. Doesn't specify the sounds  
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watch?v=wlTHJJX7QVU Reference]
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|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlTHJJX7QVU Reference]
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|[https://youtu.be/Ye7FKc1JQe4 YouTube]
 
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| The Art of Noise
 
| The Art of Noise
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|[https://www.academia.edu/241422/The_Story_of_ORCH5 Reference]
 
|[https://www.academia.edu/241422/The_Story_of_ORCH5 Reference]
 
|[https://youtu.be/-sFK0-lcjGU?t=20 YouTube]
 
|[https://youtu.be/-sFK0-lcjGU?t=20 YouTube]
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| Yes
 
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| Owner of a Lonely Heart
 
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| OMD
 
| OMD
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| Played by Paul Humphreys. Runs the live set.  
 
| Played by Paul Humphreys. Runs the live set.  
 
|[http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/dawn-of-a-new-age/214 Music Technology]
 
|[http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/dawn-of-a-new-age/214 Music Technology]
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|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJq9_EqcwQU&list=PLjIuADMrDKIaMDeboP0PiwfRU8GWN603l YouTube]
 
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|Owner Of A Lonely Heart
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| Synthesizer [Yamaha DX1, DX7, DX7IIFD, Kurzweil K-250, Fairlight Series II And Series III, Roland Super Jupiter, Rhodes Chroma, Oberheim Matrix 12, Yamaha TX 8/16], Sampler [Akai 900-S], Vocoder, Producer – Herbie Hancock Electronic / Future Jazz / Electro
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|Fairlight used for the sampled interludes heard at various parts. See Trevor Horn demo those exact sounds on the linked Sound On Sound video. (It's combined with Synclavier, because having just one £100,000 proto-sampler is just not enough!) JJ Jeczalik was the programmer.
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|[https://www.discogs.com/release/13318669-Herbie-Hancock-Perfect-Machine Discogs]
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|[https://youtu.be/X3Za2xF3wAc?t=862 SOS 2019] (Trevor Horn)
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Latest revision as of 14:39, 16 October 2023

Illustration of Fairlight CMI
Fairlight CMI (1979)

Table of Songs featuring CMI Fairlight

Artist Song Year Notes Reference Media URL
Afrika Bambaataa Planet Rock 1982 Orchestral stab; ORCH5 (from 15secs). Arthur Baker, producer: 'Strangely enough there was also a Fairlight there. You can probably do what the Fairlight did on a $1,000 computer now. Back then the Fairlight was probably worth over $100,000 or more. It was taking up a lot of space, but it had a few sounds in it, one being this sort of explosion sound, which we used in the break, and the orchestra, the infamous orchestra.' Arthur Baker interview YouTube
Aha Take On Me Tony Mansfield used the Fairlight on the production and sampled parts from the original demo. Interview with band & producer YouTube
Art Of Noise Close to the Edit 1983 "From a composition point of view, for me exclusively the Fairlight" - JJ Jeczalik. Features a variety of own-sampled sounds and factory sounds. Music Technology 1989 YouTube
Chick Corea Touchstone 1982 Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Synthesizer [Yamaha Gs-1, Minimoog, Ob-xa] – Chick Corea Album: Touchstone. Fusion / Latin Jazz Reference YouTube"
Depeche Mode (Vince Clarke) 1984 x2 for touring, and then in the studio. Reference
Duran Duran Rio 1982 "songs such as 'Rio' featured bird-like sounds which were achieved to great effect using the Fairlight." Electronic Soundmaker 1984
Jan Hammer Crockett's Theme 1986 Lead melody & pads. (ARR1 lead) Layered vocal patch with pluck; pad sounds from Fairlight according to the reference video: YouTube YouTube
Jan Hammer Miami Vice Theme 1986 Reference YouTube
Jean-Michel Jarre Magnetic Fields & ZooLook 1981 The Fairlight arrived in 1981 just in time for Magnetic Fields Music Technology (1988) YouTube
Kate Bush Running Up That Hill 1985 A convincing piece of sound design research by Desmond of the SoundOnSound forums seems to prove that cello2 was the source of the main (and very distinctive) sounds of Running Up That Hill. Kate Bush has been quoted that the song was written around one sound from the Fairlight. SOS 2010 YouTube
Kate Bush The Dreaming 1982 Orchestal Stab: ORCH5. An earlier adopter of the CMI, Kate Bush also used the famouse ORCH5 sample in the title track of the album of the same name. Academia.net YouTube
Klaus Shulze Dreams (album) 1986 Synthesizer [Roland JX-10P Super JX, Roland MKS-80/MPG-80 Super Jupiter, Roland MKS-30 Planet S, Korg DW-8000 Waveform], Sequencer [Korg SQD-1], Sampler [Akai S-612/MD-280], Drum Machine [Oberheim DMX], Effects [Korg DVP-1 Digital Voice Processor, Publison Infernal Machine 90, Disk Drive], DAW [Fairlight] – Klaus Schulze Discogs YouTube
Malcom McClaren Duck Rock (Album) 1982 JJ Jeczalik was an in demand Fairlight programmer as well as core member of The Art Of Noise SOS podcast YouTube
Nick Rhodes n/a 1986 "Anyway, it seems that Nick is a Fairlight man, preferring it both to the Emulator, and the Synclavier: "The great thing about the Fairlight is the way it's laid out, not six different boxes like the Synclavier... I got mine halfway through Seven and the Ragged Tiger, and having worked with it for such a long time, I find it very quick to use.”” Reference
Tears For Fears Shout 1984 Ah' vocal sound; ARR1 [Doc on the making of Take On Me.. Doesn't specify the sounds Reference YouTube
The Art of Noise Close (To The Edit) 1982 The Art of Noise’. (Dudley and Trevor Horn, her main collaborator, may well have known first-hand from Vorhaus whence the sample came; in any case, the final moments of their 1984 hit single ‘Close (to the Edit)’ wittily close the loop, mixing ORCH5 back into a congeries of sampled orchestral blasts from Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring.) Reference YouTube
OMD Live 1986 Played by Paul Humphreys. Runs the live set. Music Technology
Herbie Hancock Perfect Machine 1988 Synthesizer [Yamaha DX1, DX7, DX7IIFD, Kurzweil K-250, Fairlight Series II And Series III, Roland Super Jupiter, Rhodes Chroma, Oberheim Matrix 12, Yamaha TX 8/16], Sampler [Akai 900-S], Vocoder, Producer – Herbie Hancock. Electronic / Future Jazz / Electro Discogs YouTube
Yes Owner Of A Lonely Heart 1983 Fairlight used for the sampled interludes heard at various parts. See Trevor Horn demo those exact sounds on the linked Sound On Sound video. (It's combined with Synclavier, because having just one £100,000 proto-sampler is just not enough!) JJ Jeczalik was the programmer. SOS 2019 (Trevor Horn) YouTube
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