Radioaktivox: Fresh sounds for retro Mattel Optigan organ

Pea Hicks writes:

In the early 1970s, Mattel made a home organ called the Optigan which produced sound in a unique way: instead of electronically generating sound, it played back the sound of real instruments recorded as optical waveforms in concentric rings on 12" celluloid discs. The sound was gloriously lo-fi and haunting. Now we've mastered the art of creating brand new Optigan discs, and have just released our first.

What a stately sound!

You can pre-order your own Radioaktivox disc for your Optigan for $93 plus shipping.

Radioaktivox Rev. B [Blogtigan.Wordpress.com]

[#1 posted by kvh , January 5, 2009 6:36 AM]

Think you didn't finish the initial quote in this post...

[#2 posted by Joel Johnson , January 5, 2009 7:02 AM]

Danke. Fixed.

[#3 posted by Anonymous , January 5, 2009 7:53 AM]

Reminds me of Optiganally Yours

[#4 posted by colonel gentleman , January 5, 2009 9:49 AM]

#3 - That's because Pea is half of OY.