Early Electronic Music

WDR Cologne Electronic Music Studio 1956

Download an 8pp article from HIGH FIDELITY magazine, October 1956, on the subject of the WDR Cologne Electronic Music studio;…

6 years ago

“Think of a sound. Now make it. Any sound is now possible.”

Contributor T. Fine recommends these excellent pieces on early electronic music.  First, a really fun circa 2006 Australian documentary film:…

9 years ago

A DIY Electronic Music Studio circa 1971

Today on PS dot com: a 1971 article by one Robert C. Ehle on the subject of 'The Electronic Music…

10 years ago

Suzanne Ciani profile in TECHNOLOGY magazine, 1982

Suzanne Ciani is a name that should be familiar to many of you.  Considered to be one of the true…

11 years ago

The Best Books About Synthesis History You’ll Ever (be unable to) Read

*************************************************************** I was recently at the excellent DOX center in Prague to see a mid-career retrospective of the Czech composer/artist…

11 years ago

It Could Have All Gone So Differently

I was at the always-wonderful CCA recently looking for some new readings to bring to this semester's Soundtrack course at…

11 years ago

Suicide Manual

In NYC in the mid-seventies, an electronic-based band arose amongst all the guitar punks, a band that was known as…

11 years ago

1970: When Wendy Was Walter

Shortly before successful composer Walter Carlos enacted a major life-change, he appeared in this advert for Dolby noise-reduction hardware.

12 years ago

Max Neuhaus, Electronic Music Pioneer

Above: Neuhaus at work on an aquatic sound installation Download a three-page article by Joan LaBarbara on the 1970's work…

12 years ago