Pioneering Synthesist & Producer Malcolm Cecil Dead At 84
Pioneering synthesist, composer and producer Malcolm Cecil has died at the age of 84.… Read More Pioneering Synthesist & Producer Malcolm Cecil Dead At 84
Tag: history of electronic music
Bright Sparks Documentary Captures Stories From The Beginning Of Modern Synthesis
Bright Sparks features a fantastic collection of interviews, with both instrument designers and some of the musicians that have used their instruments.… Read More Bright Sparks Documentary Captures Stories From The Beginning Of Modern Synthesis
How New Order Remixed Kraftwerk, Donna Summer & Ennio Morricone To Create ‘Blue Monday’
New Order ripped off Kraftwerk, Donna Summer & Ennio Morricone – but also remixed them to create something iconically new.… Read More How New Order Remixed Kraftwerk, Donna Summer & Ennio Morricone To Create ‘Blue Monday’
Bizarre 70’s Moog + Psychological Experiment Project, Campfire Orb, ‘Not Approved For Therapeutic Purposes’
Author J. Robert Lennon shared the story of a bizarre lost 70’s Moog + psychological experiment album, ‘Campfire Orb’, that brings together the 70’s infatuation with the novelty of electronic sounds, pseudoscience, psychedelic drugs and tragic death.… Read More Bizarre 70’s Moog + Psychological Experiment Project, Campfire Orb, ‘Not Approved For Therapeutic Purposes’
New Album, San Francisco Moog: 1968-72, Documents Psychedelic ‘Missing Link’ In History Of Electronic Music
While the album was not released in its day, one has to wonder how much influence McKechnie’s performances – and the performances of other West Coast pioneers – had on the explosion of psychedelic electronic music experimentation in the 70s.… Read More New Album, San Francisco Moog: 1968-72, Documents Psychedelic ‘Missing Link’ In History Of Electronic Music
Bob Moog Foundation Announces Virtual Moogseum Tour Focusing on Early Big Briar Years
The Bob Moog Foundation has announced its second one-hour live virtual tour of the Moogseum.… Read More Bob Moog Foundation Announces Virtual Moogseum Tour Focusing on Early Big Briar Years
Delia Derbyshire: The Myths And Legendary Tapes
A new film, Delia Derbyshire: The Myths And Legendary Tapes, offers a unique take on the late electronic music pioneer.… Read More Delia Derbyshire: The Myths And Legendary Tapes
Wendy Carlos Dismisses New Biography As ‘Bogus’
Pioneering composer and synthesist Wendy Carlos (Switched On Bach, Tron, The Shining) has dismissed a new unauthorized biography as ‘bogus’.… Read More Wendy Carlos Dismisses New Biography As ‘Bogus’
