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Posted in music | music history on August 22, 2005
Robert Moog RIP
"Dr. Robert A. Moog (pronounced /moʊg/, not /muːg/) (May 23, 1934 – August 21, 2005) was a pioneer of electronic music, best known as the inventor of the Moog synthesizer." [Wikipedia]
"Originally made famous by such infamously acid-eating acts as the Doors and the Grateful Dead, the Moog today is utilized by everyone from Dr. Dre to Wilco. Of course, most of the analog synths of the 60s have replaced by (some would say inferior) digital versions. Not Moogs, which stick to their analog roots, although these days you can control your Moog with a PC." [Gizmodo]
"Performed in large part on a Moog synthesizer, Autobahn crystallized the distinctive Kraftwerk sound while making the group's first clear overtures towards conventional pop structure and melody, establishing a permanent foothold for electronic music within the mainstream. [Yahoo Music]
"When the Get Up Kids incorporated Moog keyboards into their 1999 emo-punk masterpiece "Something to Write Home About" it was a bold move that paid off. Four years later and the moog is go ask the reunion show, OK go, and yes, Motion City Soundtrack, whose use of the instrument on "I am the Movie" is just the icing on an already delicious cake." [Kerrang via Epitaph]
Influential synth pioneer Robert Moog dead at 71
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Posted on August 22, 2005 5:02 PM
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