In "Ladytron", Eno is playing the modulator portion of an EMS VCS3 without an attached keyboard. He is using other instruments in the band as a sound source. At the beginning, he is using Brian Ferry's keyboard (or perhaps the unit's built-in noise generator, but I have my doubts), and at the end, Phil Manzanera's guitar. Since Eno is tapping into the mic line, the original instruments are still heard.

If you listen closely during the end, every once in a while, Eno lets a bit of the guitar's character through on his side for a very nice unison effect.

I seem to remember seeing an old film of you with Roxy, I think it was The Old Grey Whistle Test or something similar, and you were playing what seemed to be an ARP2600, is that right?

"No, I tell you what that was, it was essentially an EMS VCS3 synthesiser built into a unit that I designed. With Roxy you see, a lot of the time I was taking live instruments and feeding them into the synthesiser and treating them, so what I had was the basic synthesiser with some extra bits to help me... they are quite rough though, those early synths."

This synth was very popular among British bands, particularly Led Zeppelin and John Paul Jones.

Awesome songs, every one of them. Thanks Schyler523- this gets my day off to a great start.

I read in an Eno interview where he was talking about Roxy Music, saying he used to just sit there while playing and think "what the hell am I doing in this band"?

Sorry it took me so long to reply, but i worked a 14 hour day today...

mischief: what a cool anecdote! Now i have more trivial eno knowledge...this is more useful than you may think.

BoringPostcards: you are welcome...they were stuck in my head. I thought i should share.

hellbient: i heard that after one concert that eno must have been thinking that to himself...he decided to quit the band...and then recorded two of the best albums of the 70's (IMHO)...taking tiger mt. by strategy and here come the warm jets...

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