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Dave Smith brought us all closer together; Sequential and MIDI legend has died
Dave Smith was someone who brought all of us in electronic music instruments closer – and I don’t only mean through his contributions to MIDI. News reached us yesterday that the legendary engineer had died at age 72. I’m not at all surprised that it happened as he was doing what he loves, following up […]
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Eyeballs, errors, and animal keys: Reed Ghazala’s wild circuit-bent electronics keep evolving
Reed Ghazala’s latest generation of instruments is here, gazing back at us with glass eyeballs and dubbed with names like “photon clarinet.” The father of circuit bending also espouses a new conceptual frame and philosophy – errism. And to err is human, but also is cat.
Peter Kirn - February 10, 2022
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Happy 90th birthday to Herb Deutsch, educator, composer, and Moog synth co-inventor
It’s Herb Deutsch’s birthday today – and what better way to celebrate than listen to him talk about music, sound, and synthesizers? The co-creator of the Moog modular is featured in a just-released video and is a great professor to all of us as always. Pull up a chair.
Get to know Bob Moog in online pictures, artifacts
Peter Kirn - June 7, 2016
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Musical Robots from Refuse, Pyrotechnic Dancers, and More Czech Wizardry: Stanley Povoda
Peter Kirn - October 3, 2011
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Meet the Little-Known DIY Music Pioneer of the Czech Republic, Standa Filip
Peter Kirn - September 30, 2011
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