Vangelis, Jarre, Froese, Wakeman, Emerson, Schulze to name a few.
who for you belongs in the Hall of Fame of Synth Chads and why?

>>127099869 (OP)
Moroder

Steve Roach. he's been around since the 1970s and has 300 albums under his belt and is still going strong

The Human League, with Ian Burden being the unsung hero and the main man in the band. synth legend

>>127099869 (OP)
wendy carlos.
i know the theme from clockwork orange is based on purcell's music for the funeral of queen mary, but the sublime expression in the performance is unequaled to this day, no cover of her version comes remotely close to match hers over 50 years later.
timesteps is basically proto-IDM 20 years before it became a thing, can't imagine how it was achieved with those old-school sequencers.

>>127100211
her album "Switched-On Bach 2000" is superb. good shout

>>127099869 (OP)
The list starts with Beaver and Krause.

Herbie Hancock

cant have a synth thread without our Gary, simple as.

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>>127101026
Conversation is one the best songs ever, the 5+ plus build up is for the outro is amazing, I checked Ultravox's debut after that because of the viola player

>>127099869 (OP)
The king Isao Tomita

>>127099869 (OP)
Idk much Dave Greenfield so far and he's not exclusively synth but I've really liked what i've heard so far being Meninblack and The Raven

These synths are insane especially when you consider what a hack Ryan Paris is and how the chorus is horrific

https://youtu.be/EXmABxvHTG4

>>127102055
You weren't lying lmao

>>127099869 (OP)
SOPHIE for monomachine skill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PkpqoQpO4U

Susumu hirasawa

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