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To many, electronic music started in the 1980s; but the bizarre instruments that predated electronica were invented decades earlier.
A concert grand piano, an early analog synthesizer, a drum set, and a clarinet could hardly look less alike. Yet, functionally, the digital electronic versions of all these instruments can share a ...
20th century vision Things get even more complex in the early 20th century, with a range of instruments that could and would lay claim to chunks of electronic music history, not least the electric ...
A trove of tapes discovered in a cupboard at the country’s National Institute of Design showcases artists composing early synth recordings on their own terms.
musical instrument 36 Articles A 100-Year-Old Electronic Musical Instrument Brought Back To Life May 27, 2025 by Bryan Cockfield 35 Comments ...
The process of making electronic music began more than a century ago with unpredictable and impractical 'instruments' such as the Telharmonium, Theremin, Ondioline and other exotically named ...
Soon Trautwein was joined by Oskar Sala who helped develop the Trautonium until his death in 2002. Sala was a German physicist, composer, and a pioneer of electronic music. In 1948 Sala further ...
While not a home environment, the inventiveness of the early Radiophonic composers required no small part of ingenuity - and a rather unorthodox approach to creating music using technology.
Is Moog still the only kind of synth? Nowadays, electronic music is ubiquitous and synths are produced by an almost endless ...
What is electronic music and what do you need to know about it? Discover the artists who have made history in this unique genre.
A concert grand piano, an early analog synthesizer, a drum set, and a clarinet could hardly look less alike. Yet, functionally, the digital electronic versions of all these instruments can share a ...