「史上最高のシンセサイザー奏者30人」　英・サイトMusicRadarの読者が選出

MTS 2020: These days, synth players are a dime a dozen. Throw a rock into the air and there’s every chance it’ll come down on an electronic musician. But what makes a synth player great?

Beyond that, what makes a synthesist legendary?Is it the ability to play incendiary solos at light-speed? Or perhaps it’s a vast technical knowledge, allowing one to synthesize any sound at will? Maybe it’s simply a knack for creating a good arrangement.

If the opinions of our users are any indication, it might be any or all of the above. Indeed, we elected not to cast judgement and asked you lot to choose the greatest synth player of all time. We were at turns surprised, confused, and impressed by your responses.

Some nominations were obvious – players whose names have been long established as the best of the best. Others have scaled the charts with classic keyboard-driven cuts.

Some left us scratching our heads – not because they don’t deserve to be here, but because we’d have thought them too obscure to chalk up the votes. At least one entrant is likely to have been aided by an online campaign to achieve a higher-than-expected position.

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1. Jordan Rudess　（Dream Theater）

2. Dave Greenfield　（The Stranglers）

3. Vangelis

4. Keith Emerson　（Emerson, Lake & Palmer）

5. Rick Wakeman　（Yes）

6. Vince Clarke　（Depeche Mode）

7. cEvin Key　（Skinny Puppy）

8. Jean-Michel Jarre

9. Tony Banks　（Genesis）

10. Joe Zawinul　（Weather Report）

11. Herbie Hancock
12. Mark Kelly　（Marillion）
13. Bernie Worrell　（Parliament-Funkadelic）
14. Rick Wright　（The Pink Floyd）
15. Stevie Wonder
16. Nick Rhodes　（Duran Duran）
17. Jan Hammer
18. Wendy Carlos
19. Brian Eno
20. Gary Numan

21. Chick Corea
22. Klaus Schulze
23. Lyle Mays　(Pat Metheny Group)
24. Isao Tomita
25. Thomas Dolby
26. Suzanne Ciani
27. Christopher Franke　（Tangerine Dream）
28. Geddy Lee　（Rush）
29. Eddie Jobson　 (Roxy Music)
30. Patrick Moraz　The Moody Blues）

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