Don Buchla Interview
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This interview with electronic music pioneer Don Buchla is part of a series created by the Red Bull Music Academy.
Don Buchla
Buchla & Associates, San Francisco, USA
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You all know about the Moog. But what about Don Buchla, the Californian synthesizer designer who’s Buchla Series 100 was released mere months after Dr. Moog’s first synth?
His electronic music equipment company, Buchla & Associates, were commissioned by avant garde composers Morton Subotnik and Ramon Sender to create something they could use in live performance – and since then he’s been creating and designing a whole range of unusual electro-acoustic instruments and deeply desirable modular synths. That includes the intriguing Marimba Lumina, the classic 1970 200 Series Electric Music Box or indeed the hot little analogue cutie, 1972s Music Easel. Buchla’s sonic toys combine a colorful aesthetic with supernatural sonic abilities. Genius alert!
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Most of the questions were really stupid and cliche..I think that the guy on the left has little to no experience with electronic music and analogue sound devices. I'm not absolute on this, but he gave me that idea…
I disagree, (what else is new), he seemed well informed, but he definitely had this smarmy, euro~pretentious attitude. Like yeah , yeah, ve heard all zis at ze last Kraftverk show. Also, he was talking down, (i won't paraphrase Jesse Jackson at this point), for his audience's sake, which maybe dumbed it down a tad. That previous Bob Moog interview was the same affair. You could see he challenged them a bit with his nonchalant quips, but hey, they were both actually very good interviews. Strange how these in depth and personal musical interviews are being paid for by the beverage you mix with vodka when you're in the mood for a roid rage at the club. That Don Buchla, however, was pretty amazing. His philosophies and quest for more tangible interface was quite exciting. And doesn't he look like a spry Robin Williams at 85? Anyhow, don't miss these videos.
85? Wikipedia says he's 72.
Not sure about the interviewer, but this is the best interview I've seen with Buchla.
He's clearly sharp as ever and full of some deep synth kung fu.
I like that Don pushed aside his jerk questions and only answered the questions that were real.