Astronauta Pinguim - live at CCSP - Complete Performance

YouTube Uploaded by astronautapinguim on Dec 16, 2011
1 Intro, 13 tracks & 2 MATRIXSYNTH Ts! :) Thank you Astronauta Pinguim!!!

"Astronauta Pinguim and Ramiro Pissetti live at CCSP (Centro Cultural São Paulo) on december 11th, 2011."

Crumar Tocata, Moog Minimoog & Prodigy, KORG VC-10 Vocoder.

Playlist:
Astronauta Pinguim - live at CCSP (intro)
Wir sind nicht allein - live at CCSP
Astronauta Pinguim - Modern Machine
Astronauta Pinguim - Fly by wire
Astronauta Pinguim - Modern Machine
Astronauta Pinguim - Lisa Boyle (live at CCSP)
Nastassja Kinski (CCSP)
Astronauta Pinguim - Ghosts inside your house (CCSP)
Astronauta Pinguim - Harajuku Girl (live at CCSP)
Astronauta Pinguim - (we are) the space guys
Astronauta Pinguim - V.C.O. (live at CCSP)
Astronauta Pinguim - Oscillations (live at ccsp)
Astronauta Pinguim - Guess who is coming to town + Hung up
Astronauta Pinguim - Welcome to the central lab (to Dr. Robert Moog and Peter Zinovieff)

Astronauta Pinguim

YouTube Uploaded by astronautapinguim on Aug 14, 2011
Performance starts around 1:25.
"Astronauta Pinguim playing "Wir sind nicht allein" live at CCJ (Centro Cultural da Juventude), São Paulo, on a friday, august 12th, 2011.

The intruments: Crumar Toccata organ, Korg VC-10 vocoder, Moog Prodigy (through the VC-10 vocoder), Minimoog model D and pre-recorded background music.

Filmed by Kay Mavrides"

Playlist:
Wir sind nicht allein - Astronauta Pinguim
Modern machine - Astronauta Pinguim
Ghosts inside your house - Astronauta Pinguim
Fly-by-wire - Astronauta Pinguim
Lisa Boyle - Astronauta Pinguim
(we are) the space guys - Astronauta Pinguim
(welcome to) the central lab - Astronauta Pinguim
Guess who is coming to town - Astronauta Pinguim

Astronauta Pinguim - Wir sind nicht allein (SESC Vila Mariana)

YouTube Uploaded by astronautapinguim on Mar 17, 2012

"Astronauta Pinguim - Wir sind nicht allein
Ao vivo no SESC Vila Mariana - São Paulo"

Astronauta Pinguim - Fly by wire (Sesc Vila Mariana)

YouTube Uploaded by astronautapinguim on Mar 17, 2012

"Astronauta Pinguim - Fly-by-wire
Ao vivo no SESC Vila Mariana - São Paulo"

Astronauta Pinguim - Modern machine (SESC Vila Mariana)

Uploaded by astronautapinguim on Mar 17, 2012

"Astronauta Pinguim - Modern Machine
Ao vivo no SESC Vila Mariana - São Paulo"

Astronauta Pinguim - Ghosts inside your house (SESC Vila Mariana)

Uploaded by astronautapinguim on Mar 17, 2012

"Astronauta Pinguim - Ghosts inside your house (SESC Vila Mariana)"

Nastassja Kinski (CCSP)

YouTube Uploaded by astronautapinguim on Dec 15, 2011

"Astronauta Pinguim (piano) & Ramiro Pissetti (voice) - "Nastassja Kinski", from Astronauta Pinguim's second album, Supersexxxysounds live at CCSP (Centro Cultural SNao Paulo) on december 11th, 2011

Astronauta Pinguim: Grand Piano and programming

Ramiro Pissetti: voice"

Another MATRIXSYNTH T sighting. Pics here.

Also see:
Astronauta Pinguim Live in SESC Pompeia
Lirinha with Astronauta Pinguim on Keys

Update:

Astronauta Pinguim - Modern Machine

Uploaded by astronautapinguim on Dec 15, 2011

"'Modern Machine', from Astronauta Pinguim's third album, 'Zeitgeist/propaganda' played at CCSP (Centro Cultural São Paulo) on december 11th, 2011.

Wir sind nicht allein - live at CCSP


http://www.youtube.com/user/astronautapinguim

Astronauta Pinguim MATRIXSYNTH T Sighting on TV Cultura

via Fabricio Carvalho on Facebook

"Sabado passado, logo após a gravação do Programa Ensaio (da TV Cultura) com o Fernando Faro e a turma toda reunida!!!!"

"Last Saturday, after recording the test program (TV Cultura) with Fernando Faro and the whole gang reunited!!"

Thank you my friend!

Click here for a number of posts featuring Astronauta Pinguim including interviews with Gershon Kinglsey, Herb Deutsch, and Jean Jacques Perrey. Also see One Minute of Noise for Bob Moog by Astronauta Pinguim, Astronauta Pinguim - live at CCSP - Complete Performance, and Silver Apples - A pox on you (live at SESC Vila Mariana).

Update: pictured above: "Left to right: Astronauta Pinguim (Minimoog, Crumar organ, Wurlitzer electronic piano and theremin), Neilton Carvalho (guitar - he hand-makes his own amplifiers!!!!!!!), Fernando Faro (director of TV show Programa Ensaio), Angêlo Medrado (stand-up drums), Hugo Carranca (percussion and sampler), Igor Medeiros (Nord modular synthesizer playing the basslines) and Lirinha (compositions, voice and samplers)!!!!!"

The TV episode will be televised July 15 at 23:00 (11 p.m.) Brasilia hour. It will be reprised on the following Wednesday, July 18, at 1:00 a.m. (Brasilia hour). It will also be online on TV Cultura's site. You can click on the link 'ao vivo' to watch via the Internet. http://tvcultura.cmais.com.br/ensaio

On July 28 Astronauta Pinguim will be playing with Lirinha at Festival Musicas do Mundo, in Sines (Portugal) and also in Lisboa (Portugal) on next august 1st.

An Interview with Bruno Spoerri on Astronauta Pinguim

Update: in case you read this post when it first went up, be sure to give it another look for a few updates.  It's a bit convoluted with quite a few tangents, but that's how it goes sometimes.

Read the full interview on Astronauta Pinguim here.

The following are some excerpts and tie-ins to other bits of synth history.

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Initially a saxophone player, Bruno Spoerri explored electronic music in the 1960s on.

"In 1964 he was invited to a job in an advertising agency and began to work with electronic music using a Ondes Martenot and, after, using lots of synthesizers and also experimenting with electrified/synthesized saxophones..." "As a saxophonist and jazz improviser I always looked for ways to play without a keyboard."

Pictured above is Bruno with his EMS Synthi 100 (videos previously posted here and here).

On the Synthi 100: "I bought the Synthi 100 in 1971. In 1987 I gave it to Felix Visser (Synton) in exchange for a Fairlight CMI; some years he had to sell it at an auction, and I don't know where it is now (I would recognize the instrument, as I did some small changes on it)."  It was listed on Vemia back in 2009 posted here and here. Click though for pics.

In 1974, he recorded the album 'Iischalte (Switched-on Switzerland)'.

Bruno Spoerri - Le Ranz Des Vaches


Uploaded on Jul 25, 2011 Aura Archange Maudit·57 videos

"Bruno Spoerri - Iischalte (Switched-on Switzerland)
1974

Imágenes de la película La lunga notte di Veronique (1966)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183441/

Video made by Aura Archange Maudit"

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"On 'Voice Of Taurus' (1978), Bruno Spoerri experiments a lot with electrified wind instruments and also with jazz-rock and rock."

Bruno Spoerri - Hymn Of Taurus (Taurus Is Calling You!)

Uploaded on Nov 19, 2009 MrJJBonanza·29 videos
Re-Published on Sep 30, 2014 Bruno Spoerri - Topic

"First track of Bruno Spoerri's 'Voice Of Taurus'
1978 Gold Records, Switzerland
Cat# 11 061 (Vinyl, LP)

Bruno Spoerri on 'Hymn Of Taurus':
"The rhythm track was created with my very first primitive ring modulator (4 diodes and 2 transformers) that is why it is so dirty The voice went of course through the EMS vocoder, the choir was created through the VAKO Orchestron."

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Again, don't miss the full interview with Bruno Spoerri on Astronauta Pinguim here. There's some fascinating history there including Ginette Martenot and the Ondes Martenot, Oskar Sala with his Mixturtrautonium, and Joel Chadabe. Regarding his original gear, "most of my analog gear is sold (most of it to the remarkable Swiss Synthorama of Martin Hollinger), but I still have my first synthi, the EMS VCS-3 (from 1970), the ARP 2600 with sequencer and the Lyricon I and II. I use the lyricon quite often in performances, the other gear mostly for demonstrations to visitors."

I was fortunate enough to visit Synthorama back in 2008. You can find my pics and videos from the visit here. See the Synthorama label for other posts including a one of a kind modular, the Airböurne, created by the curator of the museum, Martin Hollinger.

For more posts featuring Bruno click here and scroll.  Check him out on the Synthophone and Gesture Based Synthesis here.

via Fabricio Carvalho aka Astronauta Pinguim on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

You can find links to additional interviews with synth history's early influentials by Astronauta Pinguim here.

MATRIXSYNTH Swag & Hall of Fame!!!

MATRISYNTH Ts are $20 in the US and $25 outside the US. This includes the shipping cost, three MATRIXSYNTH cards and one magnet.  A set of three cards and one magnet, minus the T, is $5.

The T-Shirts are from Gorilla Screen Printing - highly recommended. If you get Ts done by them, let them know you found out about them here.

Paypal any amount to matrixsynth *at* gmail.com. Be sure to include the shipping address, size and whether you'd like long or short sleeves.

Below are some MATRIXSYNTH Ts and cards spotted in the wild. If you have them, send them in!

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An Interview with Joel Chadabe on Astronauta Pinguim

via Astronauta Pinguim where you'll find the full interview.

"Joel Chadabe, native of New York, studied with Elliott Carter at the Yale School of Music. Following three years in Europe, he returned to New York and established an electronic music studio at the State University of New York at Albany.

In 1967, he created the design for an analog-programmable Moog synthesizer and commissioned Robert Moog to build it. In 1977, Joel Chadabe and Roger Meyers developed the PLAY Program, the first software music sequencer. From 1983 to 1994, Joel Chadabe was the president of Intelligent Music, the first company to develop and distribute software and hardware for interactive composing, In 1994, he founded Electronic Music Foundation (EMF), a non-profit organization dedicated to the history and creative potential of electronic music. In 2006, he founded Ear To The Earth, a worldwide network for environmental sound..."

via Fabricio Carvalho aka Astronauta Pinguim on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

After checking out the interview with Joel Chadabe, click here and scroll for other interviews with synth legends on Astronauta Pinguim.

Astronauta Pinguim Live in SESC Pompeia

Welcome to the central lab

YouTube Uploaded by astronautapinguim on Dec 14, 2011

"'Welcome to the Central lab (to Dr. Robert Moog and Peter Zinovieff)' - from Astronauta Pinguim's third album "Zeitgeist/propaganda" played live in SESC Pompeia on september 29th, 2011

Astronauta Pinguim: Minimoog model D, Moog Prodigy, Korg VC-10 vocoder, Crumar Toccata organ, voice, programming

Pamiro Rissetti: drums

Carlos Romero: Minimoog Voyager"

Girls just wanna have fun

Uploaded by astronautapinguim on Dec 14, 2011

"Astronauta Pinguim & Daniel Belleza singing Cyndi Lauper's "Girls just wanna have fun" - live at SESC Pompeia on september 29th, 2011"

Halim El-Dabh - Pest Control, Tape Manipulation & The RCA Synthesizer

Astronauta Pinguim has published yet another interview with one of the pioneers of electronic music.  This time around we have an interview with Halim El-Dabh (Portuguese version here).  It is a fascinating read.  He was the first person to create a musical composition using tape manipulation, and the source of his inspiration came from his work in agriculture.

"'My first exposure to electronic sound devices was back in 1943. As an agriculturist studying pest control, I wanted to see if sound-emitting devices could control tiny beetles that attack wheat, corn, alfalfa and beans. I thought that rather than getting rid of the beetles, we could distract them. I used to experiment with clanging together iron rods like bells; then I tried scratching the rods together to see if it discouraged the bugs.'"

"In 1944 Halim decided to record the ceremony of the Zaar (a female religious ceremony), he then treated the recordings he made on the ceremony using studio techniques and electronic devices and voilà, the first piece of tape manipulation in the world was born! (Note that it happened four years before Pierre Schaeffer released his first published works in France). The Expression Of The Zaar was Halim's only piece to be published from this period, but he created another pieces of tape manipulation mostly of street vendors in Cairo."

In essence, this was the birth of musique concrete.

On The RCA Synthesizer: "'The synthesizer was an innovation that gave us a larger expansion of sound manipulation. We used punch cards to input and receive sound from the machine. It took up a whole wall, it was huge. We were able to get very clear sounds of whatever we synthesized whether it was trumpet, violin or any other sound. I especially liked to input my voice. Luening did an input of his piccolo to transform it. I did an input of my drum to transform it and then took the sounds back from the synthesizer.'"

Be sure to read the full interview on Astronauta Pinguim here.   You can find links to additional interviews on Astronauta Pinguim here.

via Fabricio Carvalho aka Astronauta Pinguim on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Festival Oscillations/SESC Vila Mariana Featuring Herb Deutsch & More

via Astronauta Pinguim (Googlish translation below)

"Festival Oscillations

SESC Vila Mariana

Apresentação:

O termo “música eletrônica” é associado, principalmente nos dias de hoje, à raves e pistas de dança do mundo inteiro. Mas nem sempre foi assim. Houve um período no qual as coisas eram bem diferentes e o termo era utilizado quase que exclusivamente de forma acadêmica nas faculdades de música, que tinham entre seus mestres nomes que trabalhavam com estruturas musicais mais radicais e inovadoras, geralmente utilizando tecnologias recém inventandas e ainda em desenvolvimento. O período que vai desde as primeiras experiências com geradores de som construídos eletrônicamente e o uso destes aparatos para gerar ritmos dançantes é tão grande e tão cheio de mistérios que merece ser estudado com mais profundidade e, somente com estes estudos e o acesso do ouvinte à eles, entenderemos melhor a evolução pela qual a música moderna passou no ultimo século, acarretando inclusive mudanças sociais e comportamentais importantíssimas para a humanidade. Ao trazermos ao Brasil nomes como Herbert Deutsch, Harald Grosskopf, Hans-Joachim Roedelius e Silver Apples, não só realizamos um festival inovador - nunca antes realizado no nosso país - como também trazemos uma parte importante e (ainda) não devidamente documentada da música mundial!

Participantes do Festival Oscillations:

Herbert Deutsch – O compositor, arranjador e inventor norte-americano Herbert Deutsch - nascido no início da década de 30 - foi o grande nome ao lado de Robert Moog na invenção do sintetizador. Foi ele quem procurou o doutor Moog com a idéia de um novo instrumento baseado nos estudos de osciladores controlados por voltagem, já em andamento nas pesquisas de Robert Moog. Herbert Deutsch foi parte importante na confecção do protótipo numero um do sintetizador Moog, instrumento que mudou completamente a forma como a música passou a ser criada e apreciada nas últimas 5 décadas. Desde o início dos anos 60, ele tem se dedicado a lecionar nas cadeiras de Musica Eletrônica e Composição na Hofstra University, em Nova York. Herbert Deutsch apresentará sua famosa palestra/concerto/demonstração “From Moog to Mac”, que abrange desde seus primeiros experimentos com música eletrônica, ainda nos anos 50, até suas mais recentes pesquisas na área, passando pela invenção do sintetizador em 1964. Herbert utilizará instrumentos originais para suas demonstrações no auditório do SESC Vila Mariana.

Harald Grosskopf - Nascido no final dos anos 40, na cidade de Hildesheim (Alemanha), Harald Grosskopf é, desde o início da sua carreira artística no começo dos anos 70, um dos músicos mais atuantes da sua geração. Participou de mais de 100 discos de bandas e artistas importantes do chamado "krautrock", como Wallenstein, Cosmic Jokers, Ashra Tempel, Klaus Schulze e Walter Wegmüller, entre outros. Em 1980, Harald Grosskopf lançou seu clássico LP “Synthesist” (relançado recentemente pelo selo norte-americano Rvng Intl), além de atuar como músico na banda de apoio da cantora Lili Berlin, na primeira metade dos anos 80. Nos anos 90 e 2000, Harald participou de projetos ao lado do também músico e produtor alemão Steve Baltes (Sunya Beat e N-tribe), além de dedicar-se à sua carreira solo e também retornar à banda Ash Ra, onde permanece até hoje. Harald Grosskopf tem 6 discos solo lançados, sendo o mais recente uma nova roupagem do álbum “Synthesist” (1980), agora renomeado “Synthesist 2010” (Rvng Intl).

Hans-Joachim Roedelius - Hans-Joachim Roedelius é um dos principais nomes do "krautrock" (como era chamado o rock e a música eletrônica/experimental feita na Alemanha nos anos 60 e 70) e também pode ser considerado um dos principais e mais criativos pioneiros de várias subdivisões da música eletrônica, da "ambient" ao "industrial", devido à originalidade dos projetos e bandas nas quais foi integrante ao longo de 45 anos de carreira. Fundador do trio Kluster - ao lado de Conrad Schnitzler (ex-Tangerine Dream) e de Dieter Moebius -, do Cluster (com Moebius) e do Harmonia (com Moebius e Michael Rother, ex-Kraftwerk), Roedelius é um dos experimentadores mais sutis (e ao mesmo tempo um dos mais radicais) dentro das suas áreas de atuação, sendo citado como influência de nomes como o produtor Brian Eno, com quem Roedelius gravou 3 álbuns nos anos 70 ("Tracks and Traces", gravado pelo Harmonia em 1976, "Cluster & Eno" e "After the heat", ambos gravados por Roedelius, Moebius and Eno em 1977).

Silver Apples - Influência tanto para apreciadores da música eletrônica - aquela feita nos primórios, com equipamentos analógicos e sem toda a tecnologia "facilitadora" de hoje em dia - como para fãs do rock experimental que se fazia nos anos 60, o Silver Apples é uma das bandas mais interessantes da história da música mundial. Formada na segunda metade dos anos 60, a dupla original era constituida pelo baterista Danny Taylor e por Simeon Coxe III, executando uma parafernália eletrônica inacreditável na época (Simeon chegou a utilizar nove osciladores de áudio controlados por um mecanismo no qual ele utilizava as mãos, os pés e até os joelhos e cotovelos para tocar ao vivo). Nesta época a dupla gravou três discos imprescindíveis em qualquer coleção: "Silver Apples" (1968), "Contact" (1969) e "The Garden" (gravado em 1969, mas lançado somente em 1998), álbuns que colocaram os Silver Apples para sempre na história da música como uma das primeiras bandas eletrônicas de todos os tempos, antecipando inclusive toda a revolução eletrônica capitaneada pelo Kraftwerk e outras bandas alemãs na década seguinte. Hoje em dia, Simeon Coxe III mantém o legado da dupla vivo (apesar do falecimento de Danny Taylor em 2005), se apresentando nos maiores festivais de música do mundo! O Silver Apples se apresenta pela segunda vez no palco do SESC Vila Mariana.

CURADORIA/ DIRECAO ARTISTICA:

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An Interview with Rick Wakeman on Astronauta Pinguim

Full interview on Astronauta Pinguim

"How many Minimoog model D synthesizers did you have during all your career and how many of those Minimoogs do you still have? Can you tell us a little bit about the history of your Minimoogs?

RICK - I don't know the exact answer, but I think I have probably owned about 20 Minimoogs in my lifetime. I currently have 9. Finding good ones is extremely difficult. I have a very good man who repairs them for me and keeps them in good order. I cannot even imagine not having one. I have bought them for many different countries, and one from Switzerland which amazingly I used to own back in the early seventies!"

via Fabricio Carvalho aka Astronauta Pinguim on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

MATRIXSYNTH T Spotted on TV - Lirinha with Astronauta Pinguim on Keys

AO VIVO: Lirinha no Estúdio Showlivre

YouTube Streamed live on Nov 21, 2011 by showlivre

Show starts at 6:30. I believe this is the second time MATRIXSYNTH was featured on a TV broadcast. There was one on French TV posted here. I keep hoping to find a MATRIXSYNTH card somewhere on the IT Crowd.

Fabricio Carvalho (Astronauta Pinguim) on Keys: Minimoog Model D, Roland EP30 electronic piano and a Crumar Toccata organ. Be sure to check out his Moog tattoo. Igor Medeiros on Nord Modular.

Googlish (Original description further below):
"Is the highlight Lirinha Studio Showivre (www.showivre.com) broadcast live on November 21, 2011.

Singer-songwriter presents Lirinha your disk, Lira, work that marked a new phase which now follows the artist in solo work, after more than 10 year career with Cordel do Fogo Encantado.

In Lira, the musician reinvents itself with a sound that goes through the use of guitars, keyboards, synthesizers, percussion and drums, resulting in a surprising and innovative foray into territory that is familiar: the fine line between music and poetry. Lirinha shows his maturity as an artist and songwriter, evolves into a cohesive work, with strong influence of the references that populate his songs."

Original description:
"Lirinha é o destaque do Estudio Showivre (www.showivre.com) transmitido ao vivo no dia 21 de novembro de 2011.

Cantor e compositor Lirinha apresenta seu disco, Lira, trabalho que marca nova fase do artista que agora segue em trabalho solo, depois de mais de 10 anos de carreira com o Cordel do Fogo Encantado.

Em Lira, o músico se reinventa com uma sonoridade que passa pela utilização de guitarras, teclados, sintetizadores, percussão e bateria, resultando em uma surpreendente e inovadora incursão em território que lhe é familiar: a tênue fronteira entre a música e a poesia. Lirinha mostra seu amadurecimento como artista e letrista, evolui em um trabalho coeso, com forte influência das referências que povoam as suas canções."

Update:

Also see: dbmixtape Astronauta Pinguim via Fabricio on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge:
"Hey friends, I was asked to do a mixtape to "Deep Beep" a brazilian site of electronic music, so I choose songs from some of the pioneers of everything we all like: Delia Derbishire, Brian Eno, Kraftwerk, o Cluster e o Harmonia (both from Hans-joachim Roedelius), Giorgio Moroder, Harald Grosskopf, Tony Carey, Silver Apples, Conrad Schnitzler, Rüdiger Lorenz, You, Automat, The Normal e Sigue Sigue Sputnik!!! Please check it out and hope you enjoy my mixtape!!!"

Interview with Udo Hanten on Astronauta Pinguim

via Astronauta Pinguim where you'll find the full interview and tons of pics.

"Udo Hanten was born in Krefeld (North Rhine Westfalia, Germany), in 1956. His first instrument was an acoustic guitar, but it was the electronic possibilities that Udo could achieve with that guitar plus a pickup, a tube radio, a spring reverb and a reel to reel recorder that led him choose his career as an electronic musician and producer later on. In the late '60s he started in music, in late '70s he started to work with audio performances and installations, in the early '80s he started to work with video and in the mid-'80s he started with Laserworks. Udo is in the business with all those art forms since then!..."


via Fabricio Carvalho aka Astronauta Pinguim on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

One Minute of Noise for Bob Moog by Astronauta Pinguim

One minute of NOISE to celebrate Robert Moog's birthday (by Astronauta Pinguim)

YouTube Published on May 23, 2012 by astronautapinguim

"Instead of the traditional 'one minute of silence' I propose the way much better "ONE MINUTE OF NOISE" to celebrate Robert Moog's birthday!!!!!!

Moog instruments in this video:
- Minimoog model D
- Polymoog synthesizer
- Moog Prodigy
- Moog "The Source"
- Moog 1125 sample and hold
- Moog Etherwave Plus Theremin

Check: www.astronautapinguim.blogspot.com"

Check out Astronauta Pinguim's Moog tattoo posted earlier.

Herb Deutsch Interview on Astronauta Pinguim

"In 1963 Herb Deutsch met Robert Arthur Moog at a conference of the NYSSMA (New York State School Music Association) in Rochester, NY. The year before, Herb had built a Melodia model theremin, from an article written by Robert Moog on “Electronics World” magazine, in which Bob explained step by step how to assemble the theremin and this was the initial subject of conversation between them.The ideas evolved very quickly, and they decided to work together in a project to build a sound synthesizer, based on the principles of voltage controlled that were already being developed by Bob. In 1964 they designed and assembled the first prototype of the Moog synthesizer and, among other things, it was Herb who insisted on the idea of using a keyboard similar to a piano, because it would be more practical to composers and it would also help to increase the sales of the new instrument."
You'll find the full interview on Astronauta Pinguim

via Fabricio Carvalho aka Astronauta Pinguim on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Update: Just spotted the following video linked in the interview and realized I hadn't posted it before. You'll notice the tuning on the Mini is a off. He mentions it at the 2:00 mark. This is Minimoog #94.

From Moog to Mac: A Special Concert by Herb Deutsch

YouTube Uploaded by NYUGallatin on Jul 20, 2011

"Presented on April 15, 2011 by the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University."

Also see:
The Mini Moog Synthesizer with Herb Deutsch - History of the Minimoog

An Interview Tim Blake by Astronauta Pinguim

Timothy Blake of Gong and Hawkwind.  Check out his double EMS Synthi system and Moog System 55.  On his relationship with EMS:

"My EMS relations were mostly with Robin Woob (now the owner) and the technical people, Graham Wood, Graham Hinton, with whom most of the unique modifications to my set-up were designed.

I've met Zinovieff, of course, but not Cockerell or Cary. Peter seemed to look down on those who played the EMS synths, regarding them as toys he sold to finance his huge computer music studio. I have never heard a note of his music!!

I believe I once impressed Peter at an EMS lunch, by enjoying his Cheese with very hottest oh his home-made chutneys!! Strange stuff, Electronic musicians!"

Read the full interview on Astronauta Pinguim here.

via Fabricio Carvalho of Astronauta Pinguim on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Astronauta Pinguim live at CCSP

Synth & MATRIXSYNTH T spotting with Astronauta Pinguim on Facebook (click for more).

video here

Also see Lirinha with Astronauta Pinguim on Keys.

Adebayor, por Lira

YouTube Published on Aug 7, 2012 by cultura

MATRIXSYNTH-T sighting.

"O convidado de Fernando Faro, Lira, canta ?Adebayor?, música de sua autoria, inspirada no jogador de futebol togolês Adebayor."

Googlish: "The guest of Fernando Faro, Lira sings? Adebayor? Music of his own, inspired by the Togolese footballer Emmanuel Adebayor."

The band:
Lirinha: voice and sampler
Astronauta Pinguim: Minimoog, Crumar organ, Wurlitzer 200A electronic piano and Moog theremin
Neilton Carvalho: guitar
Hugo Carranca: percussion
Angelo Medrado: percussion
Igor Medeiros: bass synthesizer

via Fabricio Carvalho aka Astronauta Pinguim.

Be sure to see previous posts featuring Fabricio Carvalho aka Astronauto Pinguim. You'll find a performance with Lirinha here, and interviews including Vince Clarke, Gershon Kingsley, Herb Deutsch, Jean Jacques Perrey and more.

Ah se não fosse o amor, por Lira

Published on Aug 7, 2012 by cultura

"Lirinha canta ?Ah se não fosse o Amor?, uma composição dele em parceria com Dan Maia."

Ela Vai dançar, por Lira

Published on Aug 7, 2012 by cultura

"Lira fala de sua peça de teatro ?Mercadorias e Futuro? e ainda canta ?Ela Vai dançar?, uma composição dele em parceria com Fábio Trummer, da banda Eddie."

My Life, Memória e Ducontra, por Lira

Published on Aug 7, 2012 by cultura

"Lira fala de seu filho de 9 anos, que compõe e canta, nos mostra um trecho de ?My Life? canta ?Memória? e ?Ducontra?."

An Interview with Bernie Krause on Astronauta Pinguim

Full interview on Astronauta Pinguim here.

Pictured: Bernie and the Moog synthesizer (photo by Jon Sievert)

"Since I do not see too well, my world is mostly informed by sound. So naturally, as a young child I gravitated to music studying violin and composition. When I became a teenager, I switched to guitar (when the hormones kicked in) because… well, you know. When I was in my 25th year I joined a very famous American folk group called The Weavers. After they broke up in early 1964, I moved to California from New York, and began to study electronic music at Mills College in Oakland, which was the leading institution for experimental techniques at the time. While there, I met Paul Beaver, who became my music partner, and together we helped introduce the Moog synthesizer to pop music and film on the West Coast and in the UK."

You can find links to more of Anstronauta Pinguim's interviews with the synth world's greats here.

via Fabricio Carvalho on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge