Devo – Total Devo
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1988 album Total Devo.
Music from Total Devo
Artists on Total Devo
Gear Used On Total Devo
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Devo – Total Devo (1988). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Keyboards and Synthesizers used by Mark Mothersbaugh on Total Devo
Mark and Jerry Casale are sitting in front of their Fairlight IIx in this video from 1984. The Fairlight IIx was used all over DEVO's 1984 album Shout (the album is almost completely composed of the factory sounds that came with the Fairlight), as well as TotalDevo from 1988 (although its use isn't near as prominent as it is on Shout; it was mainly used for sequencing). It can be heard on Mark's solo album Muzik for Insomniaks, released in 1988. The IIx sound "SWANEE" was used by Mothersbaugh in the theme song to the long-running Nickelodeon series Rugrats.
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In this 1989 interview, Mark says the following about Plain Truth from Total Devo: "The opening percussive sound on that track is a combination of a Fairlight gamelan sample and something on a JX3P."