MTV just turned 40; rewatch the opening videos as they predict 2020-2021 streams
MTV turned 40 years of age this week. Its contents live on for viewing now, and their blend of optimism...
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RIP Berlin synth, drum machine legend Manfred Fricke of MFB
Manfred Fricke was democratizing analog machines for music and pioneering Berlin electronic invention over 5 decades - years ahead of...
Peter Zinovieff, UK synth pioneer and EMS co-founder, has died
It's a tough moment for a whole generation in electronic music history. This weekend claimed the British legend Peter Zinovieff...
RIP Joel Chadabe, a leader of electronic music, interactive musicianship, and teaching
Joel Chadabe was a composer who helped launch the notion of interactive music systems and electronic music education as it...
ID700 for iPad reboots the 1987 Buchla 700 – FM, waveshaping, and polyphony (Hands on)
It was the once and future Buchla. But back in 1987, the Buchla 700 was so painfully ahead of its...
Pedals: The Musical, where pedals sing to you about their history, is an actual thing
The age of YouTube channels about stomp pedals now has its own... well, not quite Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat...
Oberheim is back: a special reissue of a classic synth, and the name badge returns
You can't keep a Two Voice down. The 1975 classic saw a modern reissue by its original creator a few...
A 1970s Swedish modular you probably never heard of was meant for every music school
Meet the Dataton 3000. The creation of Sweden's Björn Sandlund, it sports a unique, friendly modular designed for educational use...
A new look at electronic music’s female pioneers, in limited streaming now
With film festivals online, many parts of the world get a unique chance to peek into a new feature documentary...
1930s Soviet optical synthesis animation looks positively futuristic after 4K restoration
It's synthesis from paper - sounds crafted quite literally by hand, using drawn animation, then optically synthesized. But after this...
