Moog Minimoog

Records it appears on · 7

• Lowdown

  Boz Scaggs · Silk Degrees, 1976

  • Keyboards · InstrumentReportedPlayed by David Paich as an overdub.
• Genie in a Bottle

  Christina Aguilera · Christina Aguilera, 1999

  • Synths and keys · InstrumentVerifiedUsed by Steve Kipner for Syndrum-like sounds near the end, for their fatness.
• Gangsta's Paradise

  Coolio featuring L.V. · Gangsta's Paradise, 1995

  • Bass · InstrumentInferredUsual practice, not stated for this record: Rasheed says he layered Minimoog bass with his live bass to give a little more bottom.
• Freedom of Choice

  Devo · Album, 1980

  • Synthesisers · InstrumentReportedJournalist lists Minimoog parts among the elements of Whip It.
• The Dream Weaver

  Gary Wright · Album, 1975

  • Rhodes and strings · InstrumentReportedUsed to make the tinkling chimes whoosh, starting from a preset-booklet 'Tinkling Bells' sound that Wright then adjusted.
  • Minimoog bass · InstrumentReportedWright played the bass parts on a Minimoog during tracking; most were later replaced in overdubs.
• Billie Jean

  Michael Jackson · Thriller, 1982

  • Synth bass (joins the bass guitar from the chord entry) · InstrumentReportedSecond bass track, which joins the bass guitar when the chords come in
• Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)

  Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler · Club Classics Vol. One, 1989

  • Bass line · InstrumentVerifiedUsed for the bass sound together with the Yamaha TX802.

Sources for each use are on the record’s own page.

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