HISTORY



The main creative brainchild behind Synthetik FM: B.C.

B.C. is the alias of Bobby Clark, a musician from Knoxville, Tennessee, who draws inspiration from the synthpop stylings of 80's groups like Erasure, Depeche Mode, the Human League, and New Order, and the ambient electronic soundscapes of Vangelis, Enigma, Enya, and Jean Michel Jarre.

B.C. has been composing music as a hobby for about 14 years now. It all started with very humble beginnings, in 1988, with a few jam sessions with his friend Timothy Cabbage, involving a Casio SK-1, Yamaha DX-100, Yamaha PSS-470, and two tape cassette recorders.

Throughout the years, the equipment improved, and so did the recording techniques. In 2000, with the acquisition of a Philips CD recorder and a laptop provided by his fiancee (*smile*) the quality of the recordings improved, and the debut B.C. CD "2000 B.C." was released on mp3.com

B.C.'s discovery of the mp3.com portal proved to be of paramount importance. A chance search for "Bands which sound like Erasure" proved to be very informative, and proved to be a real inspiration. A direct result was the launching of Synthpopalooza Radio, an online radio station dedicated to playing the best of the Modern Synthpop genre.