The beautiful new book in the BJOOKS collection. Available now!

SYNTH GEMS 1 is your guide to an eclectic and amazing collection of synthesizers as art. Experience the history, technology, and sonic innovation of electronic music in a completely new way.

With their widely diverse designs and intentions, synthesizers offer a world of fascination. What thoughts and emotions guided their creators? What do they say about the era when they were created? How do their form and function define one another and the music they make?

As much for serious synth enthusiasts as for newcomers to electronic music, SYNTH GEMS 1 is an enlightening look into this wonderful world of vintage synthesizers.

• 60+ selected vintage synthesizers

• 300+ unique color photos

• Foreword by master synthesist Vince Clarke

• 320 pages printed on high-quality paper

• Hardcover format (9.8” x 9.8” / 25 x 25 cm)