The history of electronic musical instruments from 1800 to 2019

Follow the life of the Minimoog Synthesizer from its inception through its prolific contributions to poplular music throughout the last 4 decades. In this first installment documenting the journey of the Minimoog synth through the 1970's, we explore the musicians and the people that were instrumental in bringing the instrument to prominence. We also sit with one of Moog Music's earliest engineers, Bill Hemsath, who recalls the process of the Minimoog's birth and sheds some light on what sets the Moog synthesizer apart from other analog synths. Watch A Brief History of the Minimoog Part II here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh4Ok0ex2vU See more Moog history here: http://www.moogmusic.com/legacy Minimoog Model D app available for free for limited time: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/minimoog-model-d-synthesizer/id1339418001

The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company released an early commercially produced drum machine called the Sideman in 1959. It was an “electro-mechanical” drum machine that offered a choice of 12 el…

A brief history of electronic music with more than 250 online exhibitions by over 50 partner institutions from 15 countries.

Sisters with Transistors, directed by Lisa Rovner, celebrates the women whose breakthroughs in early electronic music laid the foundations of modern styles – and whose work has been overlooked by many

Wurlitzer was a company with an eye to the future. But with their electronic piano, they made a line of instruments that are the embodiment of retro cool.

For this article, we dive into the iconic Wurlitzer by exploring how it works, it’s distinguished sound, and the legendary bands that adopted it.

The website 120Years.net outlines the history of electronic music from 1880 until now. It's a vast collection of almost every electronic musical instrument, from early tone wheel generators up to…

This article is for you. For who hasn’t found yet an article that can provide a general introduction, to read in a few minutes, of this macro-musical category that everyone is talking about. …

A 50-song history lesson from analog to digital.