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KOCH Records is releasing a compilation album, Classic Regrooved, that will feature 15 classical music themes, re-mixed and re-imagined by some of the top names in the emerging world of electronic music: Electric Skychurch, Skylab 2000, Holmes Ives, EROS and more.
The songs on Classics Regrooved use familiar melodies of some of the best-known classic tunes, [...]

Challenge your perception with this innovative ambient reinterpretation of one of the greatest works of Beethoven. 9 Beet Stretch is the Ninth Symphony stretched to last twenty-four hours. By slowing down the recording so dramatically, recognizable melodies are lost, and the ambient sound can be appreciated. You can download free MP3s of the music, and [...]

Tomita’s 1974 album features synthesized realizations of Debussy classics. The recording is a tour de force of modular synthesizer orchestration. It features lively performances that served as a contrast to the drier arrangements of Tomita’s contemporary, Wendy Carlos.
This is Tomita’s first album of synthesizer arrangements of classical music, and it’s one of his best. It [...]

Virtuoso Thereminist
Many people think of the theremin as cliched electronic effect used in film scores of the 50’s and 60’s. That is, until they hear the playing of Clara Rockmore.
Rockmore was born in Russia, and showed great musical talent as a child. She played the violin, and by the age of nine, was playing concerts [...]

Morton Subotnick is one of the great living composers. He has been heavily involved in electronic music since the 1960’s, and created some works which helped define the world of academic electronica. He also has been an innovator in works that involve eletronics and acoustic instruments, acoustic instruments manipulated electronicly, and other multimedia combinations. His [...]

This site belongs to Wendy Carlos, one of the pioneers of electronic music. The site has a discography of Carlos’ albums, and she provides commentary on each one.
The site provides a great deal of insight into Wendy Carlos as a person, in addition to her music. There is a photo archive. This is interesting from [...]