Liverpool gigs introduced to have a good time sixtieth anniversary of Moog synthesiser
Liverpool’s Capstone Theatre is about to host a collection of concert events to have a good time the sixtieth anniversary of the Moog synthesiser subsequent month – buy tickets here.
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‘The Moog at 60: A Celebration’ will run from November 21 to November 24 and can embrace a sound set up and a present from Will Gregory Moog Ensemble. The occasions will conclude with a tribute to Kraftwerk in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the digital pioneers’ traditional album ‘Autobahn‘, which was launched on November 1, 1974, whereas there’s additionally an afterparty on November 23 and a sound set up every day.
The official anniversary of Robert Moog’s modular voltage-controlled synth is October 12 – 60 years to the day when the engineer first demonstrated it on the Audio Engineering Society’s New York conference.
The Moog was the primary business synthesiser and hit the mainstream with ‘Switched-On Bach’, an album of Bach compositions organized for the synth by Wendy Carlos in 1968. It was additionally used to soundtrack the Apollo 11 moonwalk the next 12 months, whereas artists together with The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Doorways and the Grateful Lifeless have been all early adopters.
You should buy tickets for the person concert events individually, or discover tickets for all 4 night concert events at a decreased price here.
‘The Moog at 60: A Celebration‘ dates are:
NOVEMBER
21 – Will Gregory Moog Ensemble
22 – Lydia Kavina and The Twelve Hour Basis (double invoice)
23 – Pressure & Fusion: Exploring Synthesis In Fashionable Media (free admission)
23 – Dave Bessell and Polypores (double invoice)
24 – A Tribute To Kraftwerk: 50 Years Of ‘Autobahn’ And Far Past
Final month, a brand new guide showcasing the story and affect of the Minimoog was launched. The Minimoog Ebook options interviews with the likes of Dr. Dre, Anne Dudley and Mac Demarco.
This 12 months, Moog has launched quite a few new merchandise, together with the analogue polyphonic synth Muse, the semi-modular synth Labyrinth, and the semi-modular filter financial institution Spectravox. The corporate was acquired by InMusic in June 2023, and since then a few of its manufacturing has moved to Taiwan.
And lately, Modest Mouse have been promoting classic music gear from frontman Isaac Brock’s assortment on Reverb – a Moog Mom-32 and Voyager XL amongst them.