Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction
Electronic music did not start in a nightclub. It was born in laboratories, when inventors went looking for sounds no violin or piano could produce.
From the Theremin of the 1920s to Chicago house and Detroit techno, one idea runs through the century: a machine can create, not only record. Today it shapes a huge share of global pop and of the charts.
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- 2The pioneers: from the theremin to musique concrète
- 3The Moog, Wendy Carlos and Kraftwerk
- 4Chicago and Detroit: electronic dance music
- 5The computer, everyone's studio
Open-book quiz10 questions whose answers are in the text.
Glossary10 terms explained in a tap.
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