horny for synths; synthy for horns

March 10, 2020 1:28 PM

What is some good music that contains both synthesizers and a horn section?
posted by 4th number to Media & Arts (12 answers total)

You might want to check out Snarky Puppy.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 1:38 PM on March 10, 2020 [3 favorites]

Fishbone.
posted by humboldt32 at 1:41 PM on March 10, 2020 [2 favorites]

Oingo Boingo!
posted by cakelite at 1:50 PM on March 10, 2020 [3 favorites]

Huey Lewis!
posted by hanov3r at 2:17 PM on March 10, 2020 [3 favorites]

Some '80s Genesis and Phil Collins tracks feature the Earth Wind & Fire horn section, and you'll certainly find plenty of synths on that, too. E.g. No Reply at All.
posted by kindall at 2:27 PM on March 10, 2020 [1 favorite]

Stereolab - Miss Modular

Stereolab has a lot of this in general, and a lot of it on the Dots and Loops album in particular.
posted by jomato at 2:50 PM on March 10, 2020 [2 favorites]

Simon Bookish
posted by _DB_ at 2:53 PM on March 10, 2020

Ministry's first album, With Sympathy, was all synths and horns.
posted by homesickness at 3:59 PM on March 10, 2020

Not a horn section exactly, but this playlist features a number of recent synthwave songs that also have a solo sax.
posted by subocoyne at 4:58 PM on March 10, 2020

Howard Jones did a bit of this
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 5:24 PM on March 10, 2020

Jaga Jazzist are fantastic and are quite horn/synth heavy!
posted by Jon Mitchell at 6:47 PM on March 10, 2020 [1 favorite]

The first Roxy Music album, although it wasn't a horn section so much as a featured horn player.

Viz. this Old Grey Whistle Test appearance.
posted by aspersioncast at 10:19 PM on March 10, 2020