![]() When Streetly Electronics went into voluntary liquidation in 1986, it seemed that the Mellotron was to be unceremoniously consigned to the same scrap heap as the wind-up gramophone. The Mellotron - along with its notorious unreliability and all its bombastic associations - fell from favour. Fashions changed, however the 1970s gave birth to string synthesizers, polysynths, punk and disco, as well as a generally dismissive attitude to all things musically 'intellectual'. It was also very much a luxury reserved for musicians of sufficient financial standing. ![]() ![]() ![]() The successor to G-Force's popular M-Tron instrument brings dual layers and subtractive synthesis to the Mellotron party - but also manages to keep authenticity firmly in mind.īack in the heyday of progressive rock, the mighty Mellotron was the keyboard to own if you dreamed of creating lush orchestral textures and eerie, Gothic atmospheres. ![]()
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