Producers Alex Noyer, Arthur Baker and Alex Dunn have released this preview of an upcoming documentary on the Roland TR-808 and its role in music. Planet Rock And Other Tales Of The 808 is scheduled for release in 2013.
Giorgio Moroder made a rare appearance at the International Music Summit in Ibiza. Moroder – currently recording on the island – discusses his history with electronic music and spills the beans on his recent work with Daft Punk. via reader Marc Mitchell
Unlocking Dockstader is a short documentary film, by Justin H Brierley, that takes a look at the life and legacy of electronic music pioneer Tod Dockstader: I’ve been working with legendary electronic composer Tod Dockstader for the last year, trying to write his life story and uncover the mysteries of his as-yet-unreleased late works. The first… Read More Tod Dockstader Documentary – Unlocking Dockstader
Are synthesists too Moog obsessed? A reader wrote in raising this question last week, at the height of coverage of Bob Moog‘s 78th birthday. Jeff writes: What the heck is with the worship of the house of Bob and Moog? Yes, as an engineer I understand what he did for the industry, but what about… Read More Are Synthesists Too Moog Obsessed?
Points of Inspiration: From Bob Moog’s Former Home was uploaded by: moogfoundation
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UK electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram (1925-2003( has a new release out, The Oram Tapes, Volume 1. Two years in the making, the 46 track deluxe 4-LP edition features two and a half hours of previously unreleased recordings from Daphne Oram’s archives. None of this material has ever been available before and has been compiled… Read More Daphne Oram Gets New Release – On Vinyl
Walter Sear’s Moog Modular was uploaded by: AutomaticGainsay
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This is nothing more than a teaser for an upcoming documentary on Klaus Schulze, by James L. Frachon – but consider us teased……..
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has shared a great video featuring sound designer Ben Burtt (Star Wars) discussing the sound design of the sci fi classic Forbidden Planet. Forbidden Planet (1956) has an iconic soundtrack that was created by Louis & Bebe Barron. In the video, Burtt demonstrates some of the hands-on… Read More The Sound Design Of Forbidden Planet, By Ben Burtt
http://www.vimeo.com/19080605 School’s back in session – so your homework for the weekend is to watch this awesome documentary on the history of synth music in the UK, Synth Britannia: Synth Britannia is a documentary following a generation of post-punk musicians who took the synthesiser from the experimental fringes to the centre of the pop stage. In… Read More Synth Britannia – The Great British Synth Documentary
