Leon Theremin

Ranjit Bhatnagar’s Lev is a robot that plays the theremin.

And while he’s far from being a virtuoso, he plays better than a lot of thereminists.

Lev may be the ultimate MacGyver music hack. He was made out of an old floor lamp, some plumbing supplies, a few empty mint tins, and some microprocessors. Read more…

Classical electronic music composer Paul Lansky gets an impromptu theremin lesson in 1991 from Leon Theremin himself.

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From the DVD, OHM+ The early gurus of electronic music

Track 9

Video Recorded by George Lewis

This video captures a historic film of Leon Theremin demonstrating his namesake instrument in 1927.

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Leon Theremin demonstrates his new invention to the London Press in this 1927 newsreel.This film has no audio.

Anybody up for remixing this with your own soundtrack? If you’re up to the challenge, leave a link with your video remix!