Where to start
Five records, in order, for people who have never heard a note.
America: where to start
The synthesizer was invented in New York and California, not Berlin. Five American records, in order, that made the machine and then made it sing, and the desert where the Berlin School went to retire.
Vangelis: where to start
He never used a sequencer, never played a twenty-minute piece, and belongs here anyway. Five records, in order, and why the two you know come last.
Jean-Michel Jarre: where to start
A first album made on a second-hand organ in a Paris kitchen, and the concerts that filled city squares. Five records, in order.
Kitaro: where to start
The man who took the Berlin sequence, gave it a melody, and sold it to Asia. Five records, in order, and why the famous one is the right place to begin.
Klaus Schulze: where to start
Sixty solo albums by one man, recorded across five decades. Five of them, in order, and the reason it has to be this order.
Tangerine Dream: where to start
Start with these five, in this order. Then the albums worth coming back to later. For people who have never heard a note.