Hear the Evolution of Digital Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019

It’s straightforward to get the impres­sion that enthu­si­asts of elec­tron­ic music lis­ten to noth­ing else. (Not that it isn’t true for a few of them, who are inclined to rel­e­gate them­selves to small­er sub­gen­res: con­sult Ishkur’s Information to Elec­tron­ic Music for a map of the son­ic ter­ri­to­ry.) And it’s equal­ly straightforward to consider that, in…

Soviet Inventor Léon Theremin Reveals Off the Theremin, the Early Digital Instrument That Might Be Performed With out Being Touched (1954)

You recognize the sound of the theremin, that bizarre, conflict­bly whine that sig­nals mys­tery, dan­ger, and oth­er­world­ly por­tent in lots of clas­sic sci-fi movies. It has the dis­tinc­tion of being not solely the very first elec­tron­ic instru­ment but in addition the one instru­ment in his­to­ry one performs with­out ever contact­ing any a part of it. As…

What’s Digital Music?: Pioneering Digital Musician Daphne Oram Explains (1969)

Sur­vey the British pub­lic about probably the most impor­tant insti­tu­tion to come up of their coun­attempt after World Conflict II, and plenty of respon­dents are going to say the Nation­al Well being Ser­vice. However maintain ask­ing round, and also you’ll quickly­er or lat­er encounter a couple of seri­ous elec­tron­ic-music enthu­si­asts who title the BBC Radio­phon­ic…

The World’s First Medieval Digital Instrument: The EP-1320 Lets You Play the Sounds of Hurdy-Gurdies, Lutes, Gregorian Chants & Extra

Right now of the 12 months, the Swedish island of Received­land places on Medeltidsveck­an, or “Medieval Week,” the coun­strive’s largest his­tor­i­cal fes­ti­val. Accord­ing to its offi­cial About web page, it provides its vis­i­tors the prospect to “watch knights on horse­again, drink some­factor chilly, take a craft­ing course, prac­tice archery, lis­ten to a con­cert or pic­nic…