Mercury-4
Jan 25, 2022
4 minutes
By Andy Price
$39 cherryaudio.com
oland’s Jupiter series is often held aloft as one of the most important synthesizer lines of all time. There’s good reason for that, of course, with 1981’s state-of-the-art Jupiter-8 igniting the potential of keyboard analog synths as slick and cool sound-crafters to many for the first time. Its kinetic stew of sounds informed the development of synth pop, new wave and bombastic rock, continuing to be used all the way into the dance music decades. With a veritable Who’s Who of artists pulling futuristic sounds from within its tantalizingly colorful veneer on 1980s pop shows, many Vince Clarke wannabes hankered for this tomorrow-proof instrument. While
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