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Gary Numan talks with DJ Lance Rock (of TV’s ‘Yo Gabba Gabba’) about giving up guitars for synths
12.29.2016
08:42 am
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Back in May, the indisputably influential synth pop pioneer Gary Numan was honored with a three day residency and a Moog Innovation award at the 2016 Moogfest in Durham, NC. He gave live performances of his three most acclaimed albums—Replicas, The Pleasure Principle, and Telekon, and did a short but substantive live stream interview with DJ Lance Rock, a musician best known for hosting Yo Gabba Gabba, and that interview finally found its way to YouTube this month.

Rock drops the kiddie routine here and gets to a meaty discussion with Numan, who talks about how he came to see the virtues of synths as expressive tools, how he re-tooled his process to accommodate the new technology, the rejection he faced, and his eventual commercial triumph. It’s under 15 minutes long, and worth the time.
 

 
After the jump, Gary Numan’s live set from the second night of Moogfest…

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Posted by Ron Kretsch
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12.29.2016
08:42 am
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