Anthology of Dutch Electronic Tape Music Vol.1 1955-1966

Published on Jun 12, 2016 ozashikiTECHNO

Anthology of Dutch Electronic Tape Music Vol.1 1955-1966
00:00 Hans Kox - Three Pieces for Electronic Organ (1955)
03:54 Ton de Leeuw - Study (1957)
10:51 Jan Boerman - Musique Concrète (1959)
14:02 Jaap Spek - Impulses (1959/60)
22:07 Rudolf Escher - The Long Christmas Dinner (1960)
28:29 Henk Badings - Cain and Abel (1956)
37:32 Dick Raaijmakers - Piano-forte (1959)
42:35 Ton de Leeuw - Antiphonie (1960)
57:54 Frits Weiland - Study in Layers and Pulses (1961)
1:02:47 Hans Kox - Cyclophony III (1964)
1:10:25 Tom Dissevelt - Gamelan (1963/64)
1:13:34 Axel Meijer - Werkstuk-1964 (1964)
1:16:12 Robbert Jan de Neeve - A.F. (1964)
1:17:36 Peter Schat - The Aleph (1964/65)
1:25:29 Ton Bruynel - Reflexes (1961)
1:30:08 Will Eisma - BTH. 3457 (1963)
1:34:24 Klaus Gorter - K45 (1964/65)
1:40:09 Luctor Ponse - Etude-I (1964/65)
1:46:33 Berend Giltay - Polychromie-I (1965/66)

Update:

Anthology of Dutch Electronic Tape Music Vol.2 1966-1977

Published on Jun 13, 2016 ozashikiTECHNO

Anthology of Dutch Electronic Tape Music Vol.2 1966-1977
00:00 Jacob Cats - Cadence-1 (1966/67)
06:18 Tera de Marez Oyens - Safed (1967)
13:57 Jos Kunst - Exterieur (1967)
23:43 Gilius Van Bergelijk - D. E. S. (1967/68)
31:36 Frans van Doorn - Minnuet (1967/68)
40:48 Thomas Arras - A.B.C. (1968)
49:25 Simeon ten Holt - I Am Sylvia (1973)
1:05:05 Victor Wentink - Discours (1975)
1:18:32 Louis Andriessen - In Memoriam (1971)
1:23:42 Peter Smith - Etude-1 (1975/76)
1:32:49 Tony van Campen - Sintering (1976/77)

10 Must-Experience Interactive Art Installations at Moogfest 2016

via Moogfest

"10 Must-Experience Interactive Art Installations at Moogfest 2016

New commissions + site-specific collaborations from artists such as
Yuri Suzuki, Kyle McDonald, and Floating Point Collective
showcase synthesis of music, art, + technology

Durham, North Carolina (May 5, 2016) - The public will experience the synthesis of technology, art, and music like never before at Moogfest 2016, where an extraordinary array of interactive art installations and immersive sonic environments will be exhibited for free at venues across Durham.

For the four-day festival exploring the future of music, art, and technology, Moogfest will present more than a dozen art installations, many of them new commissions and site-specific collaborations between artists such as Yuri Suzuki, Kyle McDonald, Floating Point Collective, Antenes, and Rangit Bhatnagar, and engineers, musicians, and coders. For the full schedule of Moogfest art installations visit here.

The art experiences are one of the many highlights of Moogfest 2016, which celebrates the legacy of Bob Moog, the visionary engineer who pioneered the analog synthesizer and other technology tools used by artists like Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, and Kraftwerk. The four-day festival from May 19-22 will feature over 250 innovators in music, art, and technology -- from Gary Numan, GZA, Grimes and Laurie Anderson to virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier and transhumanist visionary Dr. Martine Rothblatt. For the first time, Moogfest will take place in Durham, North Carolina, a fast-growing capital of technology, culture and entrepreneurship.

The 10 Must-Experience Art Installations at Moogfest are:

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Fanfare: Yamaha DX7 II, Moog Sub 37 & Korg Gadget for iPad

Published on Nov 23, 2015 Marcus Padrini

"Analog, digital and virtual :) A synth jam with Yamaha DX7II, Moog Sub 37 and Korg Gadget for iPad [iTunes].

Fx: TC-Helicon Voice Live GTX (chorus and reverb for the DX7 II) and Zoom MS70 CDR (chorus, reverb and delay for the Sub 37)."

Funny, I don't think I ever thought the intro is reminiscent of Dr. Who until now. Was it on purpose or just coincidence?

And the original with the mighty Yamaha GX1 (the Dr. Who riff is less obvious with everything else going on but it's there):

ELP Fanfare For The Common Man - Emerson Lake and Palmer

Uploaded on Feb 7, 2010 Igorravasi

Doctor Who Themes (All of Them)

Uploaded on Aug 29, 2011 bhssinger3

"Here are all of the the themes from Doctor Who, from 1963-2010. That is every single official theme song for the series!"

Vintage 1960's Bell Telephone Degraded Speech Synthesis Educational Tool Kit

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via this auction

"This is a Vintage 1960's Bell Telephone Degraded Speech Synthesis Educational Tool Kit. The Case contains all items in the photos. Every thing you see is included.
Everything appears to be in mint condition. I don't know anything about these items and have no way to test them. Some items appear to be unused.

Kit includes all items in photos:
1 - Bell Telephone Laboratories Degraded Speech Circuit Board.
1 - Bell Telephone Laboratories Artificial Larynx Circuit Board.
2 - Bell Systems Labs Electronic Speech Synthesis Science Experiment #3, Dated 1963.
1 - Bell Telephone Laboratories “The Speech Chain” Book
3 - 1963 Computer Speech 33-1/3 RPM Record vintage with original sleeves: songs include: GREETINGS, BASIC EXAMPLES, AN HISTORICAL REMARK, HAMLET solilquy, BICYCLE BUILT FOR TWO unaccompanied, BICYCLE BUILT FOR TWO accompanied, COMPUTER DUPLICATES HUMAN VOICE, GOODBYE.
1 - Stack of various speech pamphlets.
1 - Speech Tape Cartridge.
1 - Control box.
1 - Lot of wires and speakers.
1 - Storage case."

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KORG Introduces NEW More Powerful Korg Kronos

Published on Nov 12, 2014

KORG Kronos on eBay

"The most powerful synthesizer on the planet just became more powerful. The beautifully redesigned new Kronos features an expanded SGX-2 piano engine, adding a gorgeous 9GB Berlin grand with dedicated una corda (soft pedal) samples, plus sympathetic string resonance that also works with the revered Kronos German, Japanese, and optional Austrian grand pianos. An improved Set List mode offers users the capability to color-code Set List slots, and resize their custom text either onscreen or via an external USB keyboard. Hundreds of new sounds are easily identified by famous song titles. All sounds are now searchable by title, and they are all powered by an unparalleled nine distinct synth engines:

SGX-2 Premium Piano

EP-1 MDS Electric Piano

CX-3 Tonewheel Organ

HD-1 High Definition PCM Synthesizer

MS-20EX & PolySixEX Legacy Analog Modeling

AL-1 High-Fidelity Analog Modeling

MOD-7 Waveshaping VPM Synthesizer

STR-1 Plucked Strings Physical Modeling

Add one-cable USB DAW integration for MIDI and Audio, system-wide Touch/Drag via Kronos’ huge color TouchView™ screen, powerful effects processing with up to 16 effects at a time, a 16 MIDI/16 Audio track sequencer, 16-part Combinations, a tremendous assortment of real time controllers, legendary KARMA phrase generating technology, vector control, and a brand new look featuring real wood end caps, and you have an unrivaled instrument for production and performance today, tomorrow, and beyond.

It’s Kronos. Evolved."

And the official press release:

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EMS SYNTHI 100 Coming to All Connected #6 - Special on IPEM, November 2, AB Club, Brussels, 6:30 PM

"IPEM: Established in 1963 as a joint venture between the then BRT and the University of Gent, the Institute for Psycho-acoustic and Electronic Music (IPEM) developed into an important centre of research and a studio where quite a few important composers of early electronica and contemporary music worked. People like Louis De Meester, Lucien Goethals and Karel Goeyvaerts are just a few of the important figures from this exciting period in recent (Belgian) music history.

During this evening, a number of original pieces from the IPEM studio are to be seen (coming from the collection of the MiM) together with the the EMS Synthi 100. The legendary synth in the possession of the IPEM since the 70’s.

We’ll start with a reading by Dr. Micheline Lesaffer on the history of IPEM. Right afterwards, a number of compositions played from from tape by Ivan Schepers, Head of Technolgy at IPEM.

screening: To Speak Or Not To Speak, R. Servais, 1970, 10min. Short animation film by Raoul Servais for which IPEM composer Lucien Goethals made music.

live set by Keith Fullerton Withman partly on the EMS Synthi 100

Screening: Harpya, R. Servais, 1979, 9min. Animation film in which Servais uses a technique with 35 mm projections on a multi-plane with a black back ground. The film won de Palme D’Or for best short-film in Cannes. Here too, the music is of Lucien Goethals is from the IPEM."

You'll find details on the event here.

Side note: this is the same Synthi 100 Featured in Köhn posted here.

New KORG DSN-12 for Nintendo 3DS Featuring 12 Monophonic Synthesizers

Published on Jun 24, 2014 DETUNEltd·64 videos

"Disco" KORG DSN-12 for Nintendo 3DS downloads Demo Song


"Lissajou" KORG DSN-12 for Nintendo 3DS downloads Demo Song

It looks like we have a new KORG synth coming for the Nintendo 3DS. Release is set for September 2014 in the Americas and Europe. Price is currently TBD.

via KORG and:
http://www.detune.co...
http://www.detune.co.jp..

"Analog synthesizers have been growing in popularity in recent years. Featuring simple operation that utilizes Nintendo 3DS stylus, the 'KORG DSN-12' software makes it easy for anyone to enjoy serious sound-creation and song production with analog synthesizers.

The software provides twelve monophonic synthesizers. Each one lets you add three effects, allowing a broad range of powerful sounds that you would not expect from a game machine.

You have seamless access to all of these synthesizers and their sequences. Since you can make your ideas take shape very quickly, you can enjoy constructing songs in real time while performing in a DJ-like manner.

You can assemble sequences into patterns, and memorize up to 64 patterns for use. Even more complex and interesting songs can be created by freely connecting these patterns together.

Don't miss the world's first* 3D display oscilloscope screen. A visual indication of the audio can heighten your interest and deepen your understanding of how sound is created.
* For Nintendo 3DS software as of September 2014

You can also use the communication functionality to exchange songs and sounds, encouraging collaboration between users."

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Update: and the press release:

"DETUNE Ltd. and KORG Inc. Announce the
KORG DSN-12 Analog Synthesizer Software for
Nintendo 3DS Downloads


- software offers easy sound creation and world’s first* 3D display oscilloscope -


Melville, NY, June 25, 2014 - Detune Ltd. and Korg Inc. introduce the KORG DSN-12 Analog Synthesizer, exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS. This new, powerful software provides twelve monophonic synthesizers–each one offering three effects (choose from delay, chorus, flanger, compressor, kick, and reverb)–for a broad range of sounds not typically found in a gaming device. The KORG DSN-12 software features user-friendly operation that utilizes the Nintendo 3DS stylus pen, enabling everyone to enjoy serious sound-creation and song production with analog synthesizers.

With unlimited access to synthesizers and their corresponding sequences, players can create songs in real time while performing in a DJ-like manner, as well as exchange song and sound creations with other players.

Players can create up to 64 patterns of sequences, and then chain them together. In order to deepen interest and understanding of sound creation, Detune Ltd. also offers the world's first 3D display oscilloscope screen for Nintendo 3DS software (*).

The KORG DSN-12 software will be available for download in early September 2014 exclusively from the Nintendo eShop in North & South America, as well as Europe. This software is downloadable only for Nintendo 2DS/3DS/3DS XL.

Detune Ltd, a software synthesizer vender in Tokyo, Japan, has previously collaborated with Korg Inc. for such products as the KORG M01 for Nintendo DS, KORG M01D for Nintendo 3DS downloads, and the KORG iMS-20. Korg synthesizers combine excellent sound quality and features, and have earned the accolades of music fans and professional musicians everywhere, for over 50 years.

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Nintendo 3DS is a trademark of Nintendo.

About DETUNE
DETUNE Ltd, a software synthesizer vender in Tokyo, Japan, was established in 2010. Their flagship products are KORG M01for Nintendo DS, KORG M01D for Nintendo 3DS downloads, KORG iMS-20 and I am synth for iApp. DETUNE’s CEO Nobuyoshi Sano is also known as a director of KORG DS-10 for Nintendo DS and a composer for video games such as the Ridge Racer series and Tekken series.

About KORG
Since its establishment in 1963, Korg Inc. has always strived to manufacture epoch-making electronic musical instruments using innovative creativity and the company’s own extensive technological expertise. In 1975, Korg introduced the world’s first electronic handheld guitar tuner and has marketed innovative products worldwide at the forefront of the musical instruments market. Korg synthesizers combine excellent sound quality and features and have earned the support of music fans and professional musicians everywhere. Today, Korg designs and develops a wide range of electronic musical instruments from synthesizers and tuners, to digital pianos, digital recorders, handheld music-making products, apps, and other peripheral equipment."

Switched-On: The Birth of the Moog Synthesizer

"The History Center in Tompkins County Debuts Bob Moog Exhibition

Ithaca, NY - April 2014... The History Center in Tompkins County, in partnership with the Bob Moog Foundation, has announced the opening of the exhibition Switched-On: The Birth of the Moog Synthesizer.

Illustrating the story of Dr. Robert Moog and the creation and evolution of the groundbreaking electronic instruments bearing his name, Switched-On: The Birth of the Moog Synthesizer provides museum visitors with a wide-ranging, interactive insight into Dr. Moog's inventions and the creative process behind their design and development.

Based on interviews with family members, colleagues, and contemporaries, including Herbert Deutsch, Bernie Worrell, Shirleigh Moog, David Borden, and many more, the exhibition provides a unique view into the creative genius of Bob Moog, one of the founding fathers of modern electronic music. With rare Moog instruments such as a vacuum tube theremin, a Trumansburg-era Minimoog, and one of only three R. A. Moog Company PMS-15 amplifiers ever sold, Switched-On: The Birth of the Moog Synthesizer will be the first major exhibition on Bob Moog and Moog Synthesizers to occur in the region, and will run through May 31st, 2015.

Robert Moog came to Ithaca, NY in 1957 to begin his PhD work at Cornell University. He founded the R.A. Moog, Co. in the late 1950s, selling theremins and theremin kits throughout Ithaca. In 1963, Moog opened a storefront for his small factory in nearby Trumansburg, NY. It was there that the Moog modular synthesizer and the iconic Minimoog were born. The factory grew to become a mainstay in the region until Moog sold the company in 1971, and the new owners moved it to Williamsville, NY.

Switched-On: The Birth of the Moog Synthesizer tells the story of Moog's Trumansburg years, through the oral histories of those who knew him, worked with him, and shared his path in shaping a revolution in sound, technology, and music.

More information on the exhibition can be found at www.thehistorycenter.net"

Left: R A Moog Co PMS-15 Amplifier

Below: the 201 R.A. Moog,Co. (Flushing) theremin and the pre-production Minimoog that will be on display.
Photos by Roger Luther.

1960s FENDER RHODES PIANO BASS SN B0012

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Pics of the inside and an advertisement with the Piano Bass on a stand below.

"For sale is this vintage 1963 Fender Rhodes Piano Bass electronic keyboard. This particular pre-CBS example, serial number B-0012, is in very excellent 100% all original condition, and features the incredibly attractive combination of both rough Brown Tolex and and a taupe-colored Desert Sand finish ream fiberglass top. A Rhodes Bass similar to this variant was actually simultaneously displayed with a Blonde Tolex/Fiesta Red top version in the 1963 Fender catalog, which suggests the two different aesthetically appointed versions coexisted for a brief period. Shortly thereafter, sometime during 1965, the Rhodes Piano Bass evolved into the eqaully rare Brown Tolex/Gold Sparkle Top, and shortly thereafter the more common Black tolex/Silver Sparkle top variety most famously used by Ray Manzerik of the Doors. From my collection to yours, I have decided to sell this extremely fine example of a rare Rhodes Bass with No Reserve and FREE Worldwide shipping, so take advantage of this offer, because beautiful 100% original examples rarely come along!

This example is extremely well-preserved, exhibiting only slight storage wear on the original Brown Tolex. The original "Dog Bone" hard plastic handle is perfectly intact, and the original skirted Fender amp knobs are as well. They keys are pristine with expected weather checking, and the lighter-colored Walnut trim is in beautiful shape. The original Raymac tone bars are level and void of oxidation, while the rest of the internal components are highly preserved.

This keyboard works perfectly, and is surprisingly in tune. It is not believed to have been serviced nor repaired at any point since purchased new, so this is a genuinely intact all original unmolested example."

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Siralia - 2nd Tribute to Voyager 1 & 2 on the Access Virus Ti

Published on Sep 14, 2013 RADIOKLOW·89 videos
Follow-up to Héliopause posted here.

"Siralia is the second piece I composed on sunday 8th of September 2013, as a tribute to the two Voyagers traveling in the distant border of the solar system, without knowing at that moment the NASA would announce officially the crossing of this border by Voyager I who - I say "who" instead of "which" because I feel these ships are part of us an kind of distant brothers - now travels in the interstellar space, first of all the human spaceships to explore this open region of the unknown.

Siralia precisely refers to this unbelievable extraordinary journey in the outer space, according to my sonic and visual imagination. When I composed it, only knowing the two Voyagers where traveling in the Héliopoause I wanted to jump one step beyond to anticipate this great adventure in the interstellar void. Now Voyager I runs and glides in this mysterious ocean of silence and my composition becomes a message to "him" !

I called this composition "Siralia", for two reasons. Sirius is the nearest star that can be reached from the solar system, and it is also the title Karlheinz Stockhausen gave to the first opera of his Week of Light cycle, in 1976. At that time I was 14 years old and discovering the contemporary electroacoustic of the seventies with passion, having been initiated to this music by my father. The first record I heard in the early seventies was "Le Voyage (The Journey) by Pierre Henry, a major composition of 1963. Before that, in the late sixties, when I was 8 or 9, my father would often play with his radio at the extreme regions of the short waves band to produce strange sounds he compared to tibetan music, and I was found of it ! I think this is the first root of my passion for electroacoustic music and wanted here to pay this tribute to my father who will be happy to be quoted here for this beautiful reason, as well as my mother who will be very pleased to read here this little but essential anecdote about him !

Siralia was composed on my favorite Keyboard Virus TI. The film is done after personal videos and pictures treated for the circumstance as well as various pictures of astronomy, including images of Voyager, of the message it carries and of star Sirius, also treated by various means to produce this film."

Héliopause by RADIOKLOW - A Tribute to Voyager 1 on the Access Virus Ti

Published on Sep 12, 2013 RADIOKLOW·88 videos

What's interesting is Marc-Henri aka RADIOKLOW composed and then published this piece earlier today just before news broke that Voyager 1 has indeed entered interstellar space.  That's some great timing.  :)

"In 1977, The NASA launched two space shuttles, Voyager 1 and 2, to explore the solar system and reach if possible its limits to cross them and travel in the interstellar space. The last news about them let us think they are now somewhere on this border called heliopause, may be just one step beyond. From time time to time, I have a though for them as I would of distant twins who would be brothers of mine, with a deep tenderness. This is the reason why I composed this piece as a tribute to them and their journey to the unknown. Heliopause was composed for keyboard Virus TI, film and music by Marc-Henri Arfeux"

And the news today via NASA:

"Voyager 1 has entered interstellar space. The NASA spacecraft, which rose from Earth on a September morning 36 years ago, has traveled farther than anyone, or anything, in history. Now Voyager 1 is in the space between the stars. How did Voyager 1 get there? How do we know and where is it going? For more information on humanity's first emissary to what lies beyond, explore the videos, images and stories below..."

Published on Sep 14, 2013 RADIOKLOW·89 videos
Follow-up to Héliopause posted here.

"Siralia is the second piece I composed on sunday 8th of September 2013, as a tribute to the two Voyagers traveling in the distant border of the solar system, without knowing at that moment the NASA would announce officially the crossing of this border by Voyager I who - I say "who" instead of "which" because I feel these ships are part of us an kind of distant brothers - now travels in the interstellar space, first of all the human spaceships to explore this open region of the unknown.

Siralia precisely refers to this unbelievable extraordinary journey in the outer space, according to my sonic and visual imagination. When I composed it, only knowing the two Voyagers where traveling in the Héliopoause I wanted to jump one step beyond to anticipate this great adventure in the interstellar void. Now Voyager I runs and glides in this mysterious ocean of silence and my composition becomes a message to "him" !

I called this composition "Siralia", for two reasons. Sirius is the nearest star that can be reached from the solar system, and it is also the title Karlheinz Stockhausen gave to the first opera of his Week of Light cycle, in 1976. At that time I was 14 years old and discovering the contemporary electroacoustic of the seventies with passion, having been initiated to this music by my father. The first record I heard in the early seventies was "Le Voyage (The Journey) by Pierre Henry, a major composition of 1963. Before that, in the late sixties, when I was 8 or 9, my father would often play with his radio at the extreme regions of the short waves band to produce strange sounds he compared to tibetan music, and I was found of it ! I think this is the first root of my passion for electroacoustic music and wanted here to pay this tribute to my father who will be happy to be quoted here for this beautiful reason, as well as my mother who will be very pleased to read here this little but essential anecdote about him !

Siralia was composed on my favorite Keyboard Virus TI. The film is done after personal videos and pictures treated for the circumstance as well as various pictures of astronomy, including images of Voyager, of the message it carries and of star Sirius, also treated by various means to produce this film."

RIP Dick Raaymakers aka Kid Baltan

Update: new link and video below.

Gearjunkies wrote in to let us know Dick Raaymakers passed away this week on Wednesday Sept 4, 2013. He was a pioneer of electronic music,  primarily working with tape producing musique concrete.  Below is a video of one of his compositions with Tom Dissevelt posted here on MATRIXSYNTH back in 2009.  Be sure to see the Gearjunkies post as well for another video.

via Wikipedia: "From 1954 to 1960 he worked in the field of electro-acoustic research at Royal Philips Electronics Ltd. in Eindhoven. There, using the alias Kid Baltan, he and Tom Dissevelt, under the name Electrosoniks produced works of popular music by electronic means (which turned out to be the first attempts of their kind in the world).[1] From 1960 to 1962 he then worked at the University of Utrecht as a scientific staff member. From 1963 to 1966, together with Jan Boerman, he worked in his own studio for electronic music in the Hague. Then, from 1966 until his retirement in 1995, he worked as a teacher of Electronic and Contemporary Music at the Royal Conservatoire (The Hague) and since 1991 also as a teacher of Music Theatre at the Image and Sound Interfaculty, at the same conservatory..."

Kid Baltan and Tom Dissevelt 1959

Uploaded on Nov 29, 2008 schreu26·39 videos (originally posted here)


Update via Pierre Serné on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge:

"More about Dutch electronic and tape music Pioneer Dick Raaijmakers, who passed away last Wednesday at the age of 83:
http://patchpierre.blogspot.nl/2013/09/rip-dick-raaijmakers.html
- The interview is in Dutch but has English subtitles

Also worth watching: "Intona",a music-theater piece conceived by Dick Raaymakers.
It was performed amongst others on October 17, 1992 at V2_ in 's Hertogenbosch."


Dick Raaijmakers - Intona (Full Version) (1992)
Uploaded on Dec 23, 2010 V2unstable·275 videos

"More info: http://www.v2.nl/archive/works/intona

"Intona" is a music-theater piece conceived by Dick Raaymakers. It was performed amongst others on October 17, 1992 at V2_ in 's Hertogenbosch.

Intona is the counterpart of the work Three Ideophones. If in Three Ideophones the loudspeaker has the stage, in Intona, it is the microphone that is given a chance to express itself. In music, microphones are normally used for reproductive ends, i.e., to record music as faithfully as possible. But there is also an alternative use, a more subversive one, stemming from the 1960s, when musicians ripped the stable, fixed microphone from its stand and mobilized it. Pop musicians did this during concerts, but so did composers like Karlheinz Stockhausen, who made a number of microphones move like jet planes according to preset, plotted routes across the surface of a gigantic tom-tom. His intention was to create a new, "open" kind of music by submitting the movements of the microphones to compositional laws, thereby making them part of the whole compositional plan, not as a special effect but as musical instruments. The "microphonist" became an "instrumentalist." If there were a kind of Beaufort scale for measuring a microphone's degree of mobility and expressing it in values 1 to 10, 1 would stand for perfect immobility and stability, and 10 for extreme mobility or even total incorporeality. Numbers 1 and 2 on this scale would be reserved for recording the classical repertoire in all its splendor and glory. Above chamber music ensembles and symphony orchestras, the most sensitive microphones hang like so many motionless leaves on a tree. From this position, they can pick up the slightest sound made by an ensemble and save it for posterity. The mobility of these microphones should ideally tend towards zero. Modern composers like David Tudor, Karlheinz Stockhausen and John Cage would score a 5, 6 or 7. Pop musicians, with their mobile electric guitars and microphones, despite their roughness, stall at just 4. The challenge Intona takes up is to bring the remaining numbers 8, 9 and 10 into the picture. One must realize that at a mobility factor of 10, a microphone will dissolve entirely and disappear into the void. This occurs in Intona, not only as a result of brute implosive or explosive violence -- there's no art in that -- but in the intention of playing the microphone as expertly as possible."

Genesis of an Instrument: The Pioneering Work of Donald Buchla at New Form's Festival

via the New Forms Festival website:

"Genesis of an Instrument: The Pioneering Work of Donald Buchla

VIVO Media Arts Centre, 1965 Main

Instrument Exhibition open:
Thursday, September 12, 7-10 pm
Friday, September 13, 12-7 pm
Saturday, September 14, 12-7pm

Donald Buchla Performance / Q&A:
Friday September 13, 7-10
with: Sarah Davachi and Richard Smith

In 1963, Berkeley-based designer and instrument builder Donald Buchla began constructing his first electronic musical instruments. This year celebrates the 50thanniversary of his pioneering and highly innovative contributions to the field of electronic music, and New Forms Festival is very excited to welcome Mr. Buchla to Vancouver for what is sure to be a highly-anticipated performance at VIVO Media Arts Centre. This historic event will also feature an extensive exhibition of the most complete collection of Buchla instruments in existence, offering the public a unique and extremely rare opportunity to experience the union of the maker and his creations.

Reflecting a background in music, physics, and physiology, Buchla’s approaches to instrument design and sonic experimentation are known for being multi-faceted and highly inventive, particularly in relation to his interest in interfaces that bridge the communicative gap between man and machine. His work includes early voltage-controlled systems such as the 100 and 200 modular series, the Music Easel performance system, digital-analog hybrids such as the Touché, gesture-controlled instruments such as the Lightning, Thunder, and Marimba Lumina, and his most recent project, the 200e Electric Music Box. He has worked with storied institutions and organizations such as the California Institute of the Arts, the San Francisco Tape Music Center, and New York’s Electric Circus, and has collaborated with a number of prominent experimental musicians including David Rosenboom, Suzanne Ciani, Morton Subotnick, George Lewis, Anthony Braxton, and David Wessel."

Follow-up to this post.

1964 FENDER RHODES PIANO BASS

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"For sale is this vintage 1964 Fender Rhodes Piano bass electronic keyboard. This particular pre-CBS example is in very excellent 100% all original condition, and features the incredibly attractive combination of both rough Blonde tolex and a Fiesta Red (orange) fiberglass top. This variant was actually simultaneously displayed with a Brown tolex/Cream top version in the 1963 Fender catalog, which suggests the two different aesthetically appointed versions coexisted for a brief period. This explains why there is a transitional type which features the earlier brown tolex, as well as, the later Fiesta Red top. Shortly thereafter, sometime during 1965, the Rhodes Piano Bass evolved into the more common Black tolex/Silver Sparkle top variety most famously used by Ray Manzerik of the Doors. Of the numerous variations, the Blonde tolex with Fiesta Red top is definitely the crowd favorite with regard to overall appearance, and may very well be the rarest variant, being in production for approximately a little over a year.

This example is extremely well-preserved, and aside from the inevitable knot-sap stains through the Blonde tolex, it displays in an exceptionally fine manner. The original "Dog Bone" hard plastic handle is perfectly intact, and the original skirted Daka-Ware white pointer knobs are as well. They keys are pristine, and the Brazilian Rosewood trim is in beautiful shape.

This keyboard works perfectly, and is surprsingly in tune. It is not beleived to have been serviced nor repaired at any point since purchased new, so this is a genuinely intact all original unmolested example..."

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Chimeror by Benge on Vintage Buchla 700

Published on Jun 16, 2013 zack dagoba·231 videos
http://myblogitsfullofstars.blogspot.com

Update: some updates in grey below.

"In December 2012 I was visiting a friend in Vancouver, BC and he showed me his working example of the legendary Buchla 700 analog / digital hybrid synthesiser. This highly advanced synthesiser was developed and produced in the late 1980s by Californian electronic instrument pioneer Don Buchla, using proprietory hardware and software components. About 12 of these machines were ever produced, and there are possibly only 4 working examples left in existance. My friend showed me some of its sound producing capabilities and then left me to explore for myself. Presented here are the results of the hour or so that I had alone with this machine

Donald Buchla began makng electronic musical instruments in 1963 with his 100 series modules appearing in 1965, which introduced the concept of analog voltage control to musical instruments (bode did it in 1959 and moog in 1964 - Moog started work with Herb Deutsch  on the first Moog modular systems in 1963). He then produced the 200 series modules in the early 1970s and continued developing systems and modules of greater complexity utilising digital control and eventually microprocessor control, culminating in the 700 system in the late 1980s. More recently Buchla introduced the 200e modules which he continues to develop

The five compositions were recorded directly to computer using overdubbing in places. No additional processing was applied. See below for a full overview of the Buchla 700 system


Track Listing:
1 - Chime One (5.06)
2 - Chime Two (4.56)
3 - Chime Three (3.06)
4 - Chime Four (2.26)
5 - Chime Five (11.24)
Total Duration (27.02)
credits
released 15 June 2013
Recorded in Vancouver, BC, December 2012
Special thanks to R.Smith for the use of his Buchla700
All Music and Design by Benge (c)2012 Ben Edwards (Benge)
All Rights Reserved

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One Week Left for Buchla Documentary Fundraising

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/589078128/buchla-documentary

Ron Buchla is as important to the world of synthesizers as Bob Moog.   Buchla brought us his first synthesizers at the same time as Moog back in 1963.  He is one of the greatest synth pioneers and along with Bob Moog is considered one of the two fathers of modern day synthesis.  His creations brought us a world of sound exploration not limited by the focus of creating tonal music.   He initially shied away from the use of keyboards for that reason.   His implementation of keys were touchplate controllers used to trigger and morph sounds over time.  When many of us think about the art of synthesis we think about discovering sounds never heard before and getting lost in sonic exploration.  His approach to synthesis broke tonal barriers and freed us to do so.  Don Buchla's work was a direct descendant of the tape machines used in Musique Concrete. This documentary will celebrate the father of electronic sound exploration and design.

Follow-up to this post.

BOB MOOG INDUCTED INTO INVENTORS HALL OF FAME

via Moog Music & The Bob Moog Foundation

"It is with great honor that we announce that Bob Moog is one of the United States Patent and Trademark Office 2013 National Inventors Hall of Fame inductees. This is an honor that is bestowed to 'individuals who conceived, patented, and advanced so many of the great technological achievements that have changed our world.'

Bob is being recognized for Patent No. 3475623 more commonly known to Moog fans as the Moog Ladder Filter. Using the new properties provided by transistors, the Ladder Filter was the first voltage controlled filter. By using voltage control such as keyboards and envelopes to steer the harmonic content of music over time, the Ladder Filter allowed new ways of manipulating sound that became part of the basic grammar for a new vocabulary of musical expression.

This humble invention laid the foundation for the electric pulse that beats through all forms of modern music. Bob brought to life basic concepts of dynamic filters used in the mix in every genre of recorded music today. The Ladder Filter allows the organic movement of sound in such a way that people can not only hear its warmth, but also feel its sweep come to life.

Patent No. 3475623 is best known for its use in the Minimoog Synthesizer and its effect can be heard on genre defining albums by artist like Michael Jackson, Kraftwerk, Parliament Funkadelic, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Dr. Dre, Diana Ross, and Brian Eno.

Everyone at Moog Music is grateful to be a small part of continuing Bob's work and the enduring legacy of Patent No. 3475623. We would like thank the USPTO for recognizing Bob's great innovation. This year's induction ceremony will take place May 1st in Alexandria, VA at the USPTO headquarters."


via The Bob Moog Foundation:

"The National Inventors Hall of Fame, founded in 1973, annually honors 'the individuals who conceived, patented, and advanced the great technological achievements since the birth of our nation.' Bob Moog, was identified today on the Invent.org’s website as the man behind Patent Number. 3,475,623, (Electronic High-Pass and Low-Pass Filters Employing the Base to Emitter Diode Ristor for Bi-Polar Transistors).

The organization cites the following:

'In 1964, Moog introduced the first complete voltage controlled modular synthesizer, an instrument capable of producing a wide variety of electronic sounds. The Moog synthesizer helped revolutionize the face of music by giving artists and composers the capability to create a brand new palette of sounds. Composer Wendy Carlos was one of the first to usher the synthesizer into the spotlight with the 1968 Switched-On Bach album. Since then, countless performers and composers have utilized the original Moog synthesizer and the Minimoog®, a smaller, portable version of the original instrument.'

'On behalf of the White House, I add my congratulations to this year’s inductees,' said John P. Holdren, President Obama’s science and technology adviser and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. 'Your creativity, perseverance, and entrepreneurialism exemplify the American ‘can-do’ spirit.' Mr. Holdren’s quote was part of the press release issued by the organization.

The National Inventors Hall of Fame is the premier non-profit organization in America dedicated to honoring legendary inventors whose innovations and entrepreneurial endeavors have changed the world. Founded in 1973 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the National Council of Intellectual Property Law Association, the Hall of Fame will have 487 inductees with its 2013 induction.

This year’s induction ceremony will take place on May 1, 2013 at the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. The USPTO founded the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1973 and has been a long-standing partner since the organization’s incorporation as a separate, non-profit educational foundation."

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Congratulations to Moog Music, The Bob Moog Foundation,  Michelle Moog-Koussa (Bob Moog's daughter who runs the foundation), and of course the rest of his family and friends!  Heck, congratulations to us, the fans of synthesizers!  :)  This isn't something we see every day.

BTW, it's worth noting that supporting Moog Music & The Bob Moog Foundation not only supports the memory and lifelong work of Bob Moog, but they help introduce that world to new people every day.  I like to think of sites like MATRIXSYNTH as supporting the existing community as well as those that have discovered it, but The Bob Moog Foundation brings it to kids that may have never gotten the opportunity to discover our world.  If you can support them, please do.

On a side note, click here for a search on 1963 (a year prior, and the birth of it all) on MATRIXSYNTH. You'll find Korg was formed, Moog and Buchla came out with their modular systems, and other interesting bits happened in the world of electronic music and synthesizers during that time.

Herbert Deutsch From Moog to Mac

Herb Deutsch's latest compilation of his work is now available on Amazon.and iTunes. You might remember a live video excerpt from the release in this interview post by Astronauta Pinguim.  Molly Sheridan wrote in to let us know she has a full review of the album on NewMusicBox here.  Be sure to check it out.

"Presented in chronological order and spanning a period from 1963 to 2007, the works included on From Moog to Mac demonstrate the process of experimentation and development that Herbert Deutsch went through as he created work for Bob Moog’s iconic synthesizers and then on into computer generated sound..."

Serge Tcherepnin Coming Back to Modular with Tiptop Audio

Serge Tcherepnin, the man behind the original Serge Modular Music Systems from the 1970s is back at the drawing board with Tiptop Audio.  This is HUGE news.  Another legend of synthesizer history has returned. Note the newer Serge Modular systems are from Rex Probe's Sound Transform Systems. Serge Tcherepnin will be working with Tiptop Audio on new designs.

Update: they will be working on bringing both the older designs to euro format as well as new designs modified to be used with Tiptop stackable cables in lieu of banana jack.  Note older designs including modifications have been available in multiple formats via other manufacturers including Ken Stone's CGS and Bananalogue.  A VCO and the noise source are in the works.  The noise source is actually the original Serge design (the copyright is for the new schematic), and can be used independently, or can used in conjunction with the SSG to create a random voltage generator. (see the comments below)

Some history on Serge Tcherepnin from Wikipedia:

"Serge Tcherepnin is the son of composer Aleksandr Nikolayevich Tcherepnin and grandson of composer Nikolai Nikolayevich Tcherepnin. His mother was Chinese pianist Lee Hsien Ming. He had his first instruction in harmony with Nadia Boulanger and studied from 1958 to 1963 at Harvard University with Leon Kirchner and Billy Jim Layton. He became a naturalized American citizen in 1960. In 1961 at the Darmstadt Vacation Courses he studied with Luigi Nono. He then studied in Europe with Pierre Boulez, Herbert Eimert, and Karlheinz Stockhausen. Between 1966 and 1968 he worked at the studio for electronic music of the Cologne Hochschule für Musik. From 1968 he directed the electronic studio of New York University. Starting in 1970 he taught composition and electronic music at the School of Music-California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California. He has been involved with the development of synthesizers such as the Serge Modular and founded the company Serge Modular Music Systems. After selling this company in 1986 he returned to France. He has composed works for tape and electronic instruments, multimedia works, chamber music, a Kaddish for speakers and chamber ensemble (1962, on a text of Allen Ginsberg) as well as pieces for saxophone and for piano."

Update 2 via Tiptop Audio on Muff's: "Ok fellows, I don't have any front panels to show you yet, but i can share some of the progress we've made on this project:

I have been talking to Serge for sometime now about making the Serge system in eurorack. It all started when I introduce him to our Stackcables, he loved it and said that very few people are aware of how shielded patchcords would enhance modules such as the Serge VCFs, VCAs, Ring Mod, which are already ultra low noise. He continued by saying that with shielded patchords, the modules will
attain studio quality performance. I guess that from that point it was obvious, we are going to start a new Serge system in the best format in town, eurocrack.

So this is how it's going to work, all modules will be:

1. Original Serge designs

2. Serge color coded jacks

3. Serge original fonts and graphics, work flow

Or in other words; the whole Serge experience.

Those who have/had a Serge know what i'm talking about.

For starters, we are looking at making the Smooth and Stepped Generator (SSG) with added randomization, the Dual Slope Generator (DUSG) and the Wilson Analog Delay (WAD).

The fact that we are going to design all these from scratch give us the option to add features, but it is totally up to Serge to decide that. It is going to be his system and his ideas.

On the WAD we are working directly with Dave Wilson and hopefully we could figure out how to implement it with available parts.

The whole thing takes a very long time; Serge is a busy man so please be patient. I'm sure it is going to be worth the wait. It's a great joy seeing Serge drawing schematics again, and I will do my best to make it available for all of us to use."

The Sound of Tomorrow: How Electronic Music Was Smuggled into the Mainstream

This one comes in recommended by Ununseptium Warehouse

"I was given it for Christmas and found it a very absorbing and well written historical overview of the uses of synths and other electronic devices in popular culture."

via Amazon:

"London, 1966: Paul McCartney met a group of three electronic musicians called Unit Delta Plus. McCartney was there because he had become fascinated by electronic music, and wanted to know how it was made. He was one of the first rock musicians to grasp its potential, but even he was notably late to the party. For years, composers and technicians had been making electronic music for film and TV. Hitchcock had commissioned a theremin soundtrack for Spellbound (1945); The Forbidden Planet (1956) featured an entirely electronic score; Delia Derbyshire had created the Dr Who theme in 1963; and by the early 1960s, all you had to do was watch commercial TV for a few hours to hear the weird and wonderful sounds of the new world. The Sound of Tomorrow tells the compelling story of the sonic adventurers who first introduced electronic music to the masses. A network of composers, producers, technicians and inventors, they took emerging technology and with it made sound and music that was bracingly new..."