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==Use== The Synthi AKS has been used extensively by [[Brian Eno]] in his [[art rock]] and [[Ambient music|ambient]] albums. He particularly made prominent use of its [[Signal chain|signal-chain editing]] capability in order to add colour to his own voice as well as [[Robert Fripp]] and [[Phil Manzanera|Phil Manzanera's]] guitar work. His early band, [[Roxy Music]], supposedly requested that he join them after watching him tinker with the Synthi AKS for only a few minutes.{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}} [[Tangerine Dream]] used several Synthi AKS's throughout the early 1970s. [[Jean-Michel Jarre]] featured the Synthi AKS on his albums ''[[Oxygène]]'' and ''[[Équinoxe]]'', as well as on ''[[Oxygène: New Master Recording|Oxygène: Live in Your Living Room]]''. [[Pink Floyd]] used the synthesiser to create the electronic [[riff]] of the track "[[On the Run (instrumental)|On the Run]]" and to play the solo of "[[Any Colour You Like]]", both from the 1973 album ''[[The Dark Side of the Moon]]''. (The band was reported to use an [[EMS VCS 3]] synthesizer although it actually was a Synthi).{{Citation needed|date=October 2015}} [[Jorge Antunes (composer)|Jorge Antunes]] used Synthi A throughout the early 1970s with his ensemble GEMUNB ''[[Grupo de Experimentação Musical da Universidade de Brasília]]''. [[Czesław Niemen]] in 1975 used Synthi AKS in recording of his album ''[[Katharsis (Czesław Niemen album)|Katharsis]]''. Tone Generator Aka Dom Guerin AKS synthesizer on [[SPK (band)]] Information Overload Unit & subsequent tours of US & England. [[Klaus Schulze]] and [[Pete Namlook]] refer to Synthi AKS in the name of their collaboration album ''[[Klaus Schulze#"The Dark Side of the Moog"|The Dark Side of the Moog VIII: Careful With the AKS, Peter]]''. [[Kraftwerk]]'s [[Florian Schneider]] used one to process his flute on early albums including [[Radio-Activity]] in 1974. In 1980, American pop band [[The Bongos]] used the Synthi AKS on both sides of their debut single "Telephoto Lens" b/w "Glow in the Dark", played by Dennis Kelley. In 2010, lead singer [[Richard Barone]] again used the Synthi on his album ''Glow'', produced by [[Tony Visconti]]. It is featured prominently on the song "Yet Another Midnight". [[File:Tony Visconti and Richard Barone.jpg|thumb|Producer Tony Visconti and artist Richard Barone in the studio with the EMS Synthi AKS]] In 2013, a Japanese artist [[Yoshio Machida]] made an album "Music from the SYNTHI".<ref>{{cite web| url=http://baskaru.com/karu29.htm | title="Music from the SYNTHI"}}</ref> This album was made by only Synthi AKS. [[Image:Thomas Lehn.JPG|thumb|130px|[[Thomas Lehn]] playing [[EMS Synthi A|Synthi A]] & DK keyboard]]
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