Moog Music launches new documentary exploring digital music’s early days – Dancing Astronaut

Moog Music has launched a brand new documentary sequence detailing the historical past of digital music and the scene’s early days. The synthesizer model’s new venture, GIANTS, explores the legacy of a few of digital music’s earliest influencers; the primary episode options Herb Deutsch.

Deutsch is greatest recognized for co-inventing the Moog Synthesizer alongside Bob Moog in 1964. The product grew to become the primary industrial synthesizer and is credited with catalyzing the creation of the analog synthesizer. Richard Teitelbaum, Vladimir Ussachevesky, and Wendy Carlos joined Deutsch, guiding Moog all through the synthesizer’s creation. Deutsch stated within the documentary’s introduction,

“I'm very, very proud to have been in a position to be a part of the historical past of music. I’m unwilling to go round shouting, ‘take a look at me, I’m part of the historical past of music,’ however I do perceive that Bob and I are an vital a part of music historical past due to that concept has been utilized in each course that music can go into.”

The primary episode of the docuseries sees Deutsch replicate on his earliest encounters with digital music and extra.

Bernie Krause, Suzanne Ciani, and Daniel Miller (founding father of Mute Data) will all take part for episodes of the docuseries. New episodes of GIANTS can be launched each 4 to 6 weeks by way of Moog Music’s YouTube channel.

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