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Voeg een iconisch stukje Nederlandse muziekgeschiedenis toe aan uw vinyl catalogus:

FWO - Back on Black - V2-b

VINYL dubbel album
MISSION COMPLETED & TURNING POINT

Hoes MC&TP Vinyl

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Product details
Hoes MC&TP Vinyl
MC Label - Side 1
MC Label - Side 2
TP Label - Side 1
TP Label - Side 2

Mission Completed & Turning Point Vinyl

Product details:

– originele jaren-80 albums
– dubbel album
– remastered door FWO
– 180 gram
– zwart vinyl
– gatefolded hoes
– sealed
– inclusief de hits:
DESIRE, I’M NOT AFRAID OF THE FUTURE, THEME FROM E.T. en ROULETTE

(Levering uitsluitend aan geregistreerde platenzaken/handelaren!)

Released op: FUTURE WORLD RECORDS
FWR Logo
ROBERT en GERTO in hun eerste private (demo)studio 1981
Robert & Gerto studio Enschede

FUTURE WORLD ORCHESTRA

Robert Pot & Gerto Heupink

Synthesizermuziek uit de jaren 80 is terug en wij bieden een unieke kans om een absoluut icoon in het genre nieuw leven in te blazen. De dubbel-LP Mission Completed & Turning Point van het legendarische Nederlandse duo Future World Orchestra is de must-have voor elke muziekliefhebber die fan is van vintage elektronische geluiden en elke platenzaak.

Future World Orchestra, opgericht door Robert Pot en Gerto Heupink, betoverde begin jaren 80 Nederland en ver daarbuiten met hun futuristische, melodieuze synthesizergeluiden. Hun albums Mission Completed (1982) en Turning Point (1983) bevatten een krachtige mix van sfeer, ritme en melodie die deze band een unieke plaats gaf in de Nederlandse synthscene. De hit ‘Desire’ en andere onvergetelijke tracks als ‘Theme from E.T.’ en ‘Roulette’ brachten synthesizermuziek naar een breder publiek en maakten Future World Orchestra tot pioniers in het genre.

Downloadable Product Artwork voor PUBLICATIE -
Tentkaart 1 - front
Platenzaak Poster 1
FutureWorld Orchestra dubbel vinyl hoes
Vinyl Product Image - MCTP
MC&TP XL - Sleeve
MC&TP XL - Sleeve
EDITORIAL

Opkomst van Nederlandse synthesizermuziek in de jaren 80

Future World Orchestra aan de Top

In de jaren 80 raakte Nederland in de ban van de futuristische klanken van de synthesizer. Deze elektronische muziek, gekenmerkt door strakke ritmes en gelaagde melodieën, zorgde voor een revolutie in de muziekwereld. Terwijl grote internationale artiesten als Kraftwerk en Jean-Michel Jarre de toon zetten, vond Nederland zijn eigen stem in het genre. Een van de meest prominente pioniers in dit muzikale landschap was Future World Orchestra, een synthduo dat de grenzen van het genre verlegde en internationale erkenning kreeg.

Future World Orchestra, in 1980 opgericht door Robert Pot en Gerto Heupink, wist met hun melodieuze en futuristische muziek een geheel eigen geluid te creëren. Waar veel synthesizerbands uit die tijd experimenteerden met abstracte geluiden en avant-gardistische composities, richtte Future World Orchestra zich op toegankelijkheid en sfeer. Hun debuutalbum Mission Completed (1982) was een groot succes en zette hen op de radar van zowel nationale als internationale muziekfans. De single ‘Desire’ werd een hit in Nederland en vestigde hun naam als belangrijke speler in het elektronische muziekgenre.

Wat Future World Orchestra zo uniek maakte, was hun vermogen om de krachtige, digitale klanken van synthesizers te combineren met heldere, melodieuze structuren. Hun muziek klonk futuristisch en toch warm, waardoor ze zowel liefhebbers van elektronische muziek als het grote publiek wisten aan te spreken. Ze creëerden geluiden die beelden opriepen van verre planeten en onontdekte werelden, waardoor hun muziek niet alleen auditief, maar ook visueel en conceptueel intrigerend was.

De Nederlandse synthscene van de jaren 1980 was in veel opzichten een onderbelicht juweeltje. Ze gaven Nederland een eigen stem in het internationale synthlandschap en legden de basis voor de hernieuwde interesse in het genre, die we vandaag de dag terugzien in de revival van synthwave en retro wave.

Achteraf gezien wordt Future World Orchestra beschouwd als de belangrijkste Nederlandse synthgroep uit die tijd. Hun bijdrage aan de elektronische muziek blijft nieuwe generaties artiesten en fans van de jaren 80 inspireren. Met hun progressieve geluiden en onvergetelijke melodieën blijft Future World Orchestra een symbool van de gouden eeuw van de Nederlandse synthesizermuziek.