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Early “Live” Moog Modular Artists: Richard Teitelbaum and the First Moog Modular Synthesizer in Europe
The earliest and boldest use of the Moog in improvisational music was the work of Richard Teitelbaum (b. 1939), an American composer and co-founder of the free improvisation ensemble Musica Elettronica Viva (MEV).
Early “Live” Moog Modular Artists: John Mills-Cockell
This is the first of a series of blogs on early live uses of the Moog Modular. Before Keith Emerson took his mammoth “Monster Moog” on tour in 1971an astonishing feat by any measurethere were several forays into live performances by a number of Moog users. Their experience spanned music genres, from classical, experimental, art rock, and jazz. All before the year 1970.
A History of the Moog Modular in Space Music
While most musicians were finding ways to adapt the Moog Modular to popular music–using the keyboard controller to play the instrument like an organ– others found satisfaction in creating “beds” and continuously changing background textures of sounds.
Thom Holmes: Reflection on the Moog Influence
Moog: A History in Recordings Thom Holmes August 2015 The Moog Influence I want to veer from the subject of recordings for this edition of the blog to honor Bob Moog and the industry that he started. In a way, this blog is still about the…
Thom Holmes: The Rarest of Moog Modular Recordings
Moog Rarities: A Survey of the Most Hard-to-Find Moog Recordings In past blogs Ive written about the first recordings of the Moog Modular Synthesizer (http://tinyurl.com/mr9h6be) and Moog Obscura (http://tinyurl.com/nfphav5), odds and ends from…
Moog, a History in Recordings: In Celebration of the Minimoog
This month, I want to highlight several outstanding benchmarks in recorded Minimoog performances, some well-known and others largely overlooked in the annals of popular music history.
Moog, a history in recordings–Unexpected Moog movie soundtrack appearances
Thom Holmes wanted to share a few Moog soundtrack appearances that surprised him, and that we think you would enjoy tracking down:
Moog: a history in recordings–Dick Hyman, master stylist of the Moog modular
Dick Hyman (b. 1927) was already on his way to becoming a musical legend by 1968 and it had nothing to do with the Moog Modular Synthesizer. Having established himself as a jazz and studio keyboardist, arranger, and composer, he found himself…
Moog: A History in Recordings–Moog Obscura: Some Little Known Moog Recordings Worth Discovering
For every well-known and iconic Moog recording in the annals of Moog history, there are literally dozens of lesser known and forgotten recordings. But being unknown doesn’t make these recordings any less interesting. With this in mind, I want to…
Thom Holmes: Indexing the Moog Modular from 1967-1970
The Moog Modular 19671970: An Index* Tabulating Leading Indicators of Early Moog Influence I want to look back to four years that changed electronic music history. The years were 1967 to 1970, the first years during which Bob Moogs Modular…