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Alessandro Cortini’s Forse Trilogy Now Available As Limited Edition Colored Vinyl Pressings

Important Records has announced that Alessandro Cortini’s Forse trilogy is now available in limited edition colored vinyl. Alessandro Cortini (Nine Inch Nails/How To Destroy Angels) composed the Forse series using a Buchla Music Easel. Forse, meaning “maybe” In Italian, is a series of 3 double LP releases Cortini recorded for Important to release in 2013. “All… Read More Alessandro Cortini’s Forse Trilogy Now Available As Limited Edition Colored Vinyl Pressings

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Buchla Artist Charles Cohen Charged With Unlawful Contact With A Minor

The Montgomery County PA District Attorney’s Office has announced the September 28, 2015 arrest of jazz musician and synthesist Charles L. Cohen, 69, of Philadelphia for Criminal Attempt of Involuntary Deviant Sexual Intercourse with a child under the age of 16, Unlawful Contact with a Minor and Criminal Use of a Communication Facility. Cohen was arrested as… Read More Buchla Artist Charles Cohen Charged With Unlawful Contact With A Minor

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Free Concert To Celebrate The Career Of Composer & Educator Barry Schrader

On Saturday night, Sept 26, the CalArts School of Music will host a Farewell Concert for composer and educator Barry Schrader, right, who has been on the staff there for 45 years. Schrader started composing electronic music in 1969 and joined the staff at CalArts in 1971. In the years since, he’s taught two generations of students, composed… Read More Free Concert To Celebrate The Career Of Composer & Educator Barry Schrader

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Is The Buchla Polyphonic Rhythm Generator The Most Powerful Hardware Step Sequencer Ever?

At the 2015 NAMM Show, Buchla Electronic Musical Instruments introduced the Polyphonic Rhythm Generator – a high-end step sequencer that is one of the most complex and powerful hardware step sequencers ever created. The new sequencer is: polyphonic – it can sequence three lines, completely independently; polyrhthmic – it can be used to create complex rhythmic patterns,… Read More Is The Buchla Polyphonic Rhythm Generator The Most Powerful Hardware Step Sequencer Ever?

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A Vintage Buchla Christmas

Buchla Christmas by Warner Jepson Warner Jepson’s Buchla Christmas is a previously unreleased collection of electronic holiday music, created on a Buchla modular synthesizer in 1969. The music was created by Jepson at Mills College Electronic Music Studios in December 1969. It was created on the Buchla 100 analog modular synthesizer and recorded to Ampex PR-10 tape recorder.

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