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Moog and the first synthesizer pop
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Genre
Moog and the first synthesizer pop · From 1964 Robert Moog built synthesizers in Trumansburg that a musician could play himself, with an ordinary piano keyboard. Wendy Carlos made the instrument known with Switched-On Bach (1968), and in 1970 the portable Minimoog appeared. Hot Butter's Popcorn (1972) became a worldwide hit, with the synthesizer as a funny sound on top of an ordinary band.
Listening
Listening tip. Notice that the synthesizer in Popcorn plays only one note at a time: the first synthesizers were monophonic.
Popcorn · Hot Butter, 1972Apple Music ↗
Lucky Man · Emerson, Lake & Palmer, 1970Apple Music ↗
Here Comes the Sun · The Beatles, 1969Apple Music ↗
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See also
- Emerson, Lake & Palmer
- The Beatles
- Electronic studio and musique concrète
- Kraftwerk and the man-machine
- Synth disco and Hi-NRG
- Synthesizer orchestra, ambient and new age
- Theremin
- Moog-synthesizer
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