At Home With Morton Subotnick And Joan La Barbara

NPR’s Q2 Music visits new music power couple, Morton Subotnick And Joan La Barbara at the couple’s Greenwich Village apartment for a look at their home studio and work spaces. Subotnick, who turned 80 this week, is the pioneering electronic composer responsible for Silver Apples of the Moon and was instrumental in the creation of the Buchla… Read More At Home With Morton Subotnick And Joan La Barbara

Moogfest 2012 Lineup Additions Announced, Morton Subotnick To Blow Some Minds

Moogfest organizers today announced additions to the artist lineup today: First up is hip hop icon Nas, performing with his Moog-ed out nine-piece band. Moogfest alums Tim Hecker and Daniel Lopatin (aka Oneohtrix Point Never) join us for their debut U.S. collaborative performance. New York’s Buke & Gase (formerly Buke & Gass) will bring their… Read More Moogfest 2012 Lineup Additions Announced, Morton Subotnick To Blow Some Minds

The Godfather Of Modular Synthesis, Morton Subotnick, On Music & Imagination

Electronic music pioneer Morton Subotnick is featured in a new interview, by disquiet’s Marc Weidenbaum. In the interview, he talks about why he gave up on the clarinet and switched to electronics, and shared this interesting story that explains how his electronic music has been driven by his imagination: When my mother died, I got some… Read More The Godfather Of Modular Synthesis, Morton Subotnick, On Music & Imagination

Morton Subotnick Interview (Madrid 2011)

http://vimeo.com/32362481 This interview with electronic music pioneer Morton Subotnick, from the 2011 Red Bull Music Academy, digs into his experiences in the early days of synthesizers. Back in 1963 when synthesizers and electronic music were strictly the refuge of academic professors, Subotnick played Don Buchla’s Music Box on his experimental album Silver Apples Of The… Read More Morton Subotnick Interview (Madrid 2011)