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Michael Kastrup is a danish sound synthesist whos been working on and off in the music industry since the early 80's. Michael had his debut on the electronic scene in 1982 with the album Communication and the next 15 years he participated on more than 50 albums with various artists*. Michael's main force was his knowledge of computers and computer arrangements which made him an often seen person in danish studios. In the later years Michael has studied advanced synthesis methods using music software. In 2004-2005 he developed 2 popular soft synths, EVOL and UnoFM. In 2006 he created the commercial XSynth Library for Reason and in 2007 he created the Oldskool Soundset for Zebra2 VST and the rompler Machine Creator. Michael's first real synth was a Yamaha CS 30. Michael's all time favorite synth is Juno 60. Michael's soundshape thinking is inspired by the PPG Wave synth. Michael's oldest piece of machinery is a Jen Fuzz from around 1974. Michael's all time favorite artist is Alan Parsons Project. * Michael's arrangement clips from the 80's in 6 parts of varied quality (1 Hour 20 Mins): 80's Part 1   80's Part 2   80's Part 3   80's Part 4   80's Part 5   80's Part 6 © Michael Kastrup All Rights Reserved.