Casio CZ-1 Demo Track by Electronic Pop Artist Anjelicas Baby

Hi Paul Leishman from British new wave, dance, electronic synthpop and pop music artist Anjelicas Baby here. Just been experimenting with a now very rare Casio CZ-1 Phase Distortion synthesizer in cubase. All sounds are off the Casio CZ-1 with the addition of modern computer FX and a house drum loop for added effect.

Angelicas Baby music now can be downloaded or listened to from the following sites:

iTunes U.S., iTunes Australia/N.Z., iTunes Canada, iTunes UK/European Union, iTunes Japan, Rhapsody, Napster, eMusic, IMVU, Amazon MP3, Lala, Shockhound, Amie Street, last.fm, indiestore.com. In the near future there will be many more.

Many thanks for your ongoing support

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• Casio
• CZ-1
• synthesizer
• phase
• distortion
• VST
• plugin
• cubase
• Paul
• Leishman
• Anjelicas
• Baby
• British
• new
• wave
• dance
• electronic
• synthpop
• pop
• music

[GanEdenAustralia]

Great track mate. Vince Clarke would be proud as another user of Casio synths. :)

[AnjelicasBaby]

Thankyou, I thought Vince Clark had but was not 100% sure. Just brought a Roland VG99 modeling guitar processor. Oviously for my guitars, however, sounds bloody amazing with my old synth gear like the CZ-1.

[dvamateur]

Casio, had fantastic instruments in the 80's. The whole CZ-series, the CZ-1 being top of the line, the FZ-1, the AZ-1 controller, the RZ-1 drum machine, and the VZ-1. The VZ-1 was the latest offering in 1988, and then Casio stopped making pro instruments. I believe the reason for that was that most people associated Casio with home keyboards. I used to have a HT-6000 and VZ-1. I sold them in favor of a Roland D-70. Regret selling those Casio synthesizers to this day. I was simply stupid

[AnjelicasBaby]

Yes I think your right. I brought my first CZ-1 new in 1987 and the name Casio did have a bit of a poor man's sports car e image about it in keyboard players minds as I recall.

[SPFXsynthesisers]

Man,I love this track it has got a proper groove.Love it

If you are interested I have a website with loads of free synth sounds for Jp8000's yamahas etc all free.my web site is synthmagic.co.uk check it out there may be some sounds you like and its all free brother.

Thers even an ARP Quadra synth for Kontakt 4 for Mac and PC.

Keep making these great tracks man,they rock big time.

[ArmTheHomelessMusic]

Great video! I was wondering if the cz keyboard here has a built in sequencer?Please check out my page!

[Deepwatermusic]

Nice music!!! I've owned a few CZ's over the years and like 'em.

[seeyouintheeighties]

i heard a rumor that this synth did the bassline for "berlin - take my breath away"

[bluesparklejet]

Yes I am surprised what a 150 quid KB sounds like with some contemp kit. It really has got the 80s in the background... I like this!

[mindstormsabrewin]

That bass sound is just as thick and heavy as any analog synth. I loved my CZ.

[TheSynthZone]

I still prefer Cubase for some reason and i do miss the" Cheezy" Cz 1 as many labeled it. Phase distortion technology has very interesting sonic applications. I still use my RZ 1 for low tech beats and some decent sequencing elements.. Casio? It is so!

Everyone i knew was dumping Oberheims for the expensive Yamaha DX 7. Now it would take 10 Dx to get half an Oberheim! lol

Hey ---very cool song!

[1986uno45s]

Are all the sounds CZ-1 presents or are they modified/ your own creation? I especially love the phased/ chorus strings at 2.55 and would like to try and get this sound on my own CZ-1 :-)

[1986uno45s]

@squeakD Totally agree with you! Imagine a CZ 1 with greater patch memory, more onboard effects and real time parameter controls. A kind of 'Phase Distortion modelling' synth! I find it really sad that Casio produced such fantastic pro instruments in the 1980's but musical snobbery stopped many 'musicians' from taking them seriously (Vince Clark excepted). Still, that musical snobbery has enabled me to pick up some wicked Casio bargains. The Cult of Casio has just begun ;-)

[jimi18032]

Hi there! Great demo! What is the name of the sound that is heard at the very beginning if the clip just after you introduce yourself? Is it a preset sound or one you created or modified? Thanks.