Friday, September 24, 2010

Bob Moog and his Invention

Today I have a little history lesson for you guys. It's about the Moog synthesizer. Bob Moog's synth was a big fucking deal in the world of electronic music. It's been scaled down many times over the years, but it's sounds are still used today.



I'm pretty sure most of you are familiar with A Clockwork Orange, which has a mostly moog-based soundtrack done by Wendy Carlos. Speaking of Wendy Carlos, I stumbled upon a vinyl copy of Switched On Bach a few days ago.

Anyway, here's some Clockwork Orange. I'd strongly recommend getting a copy of the soundtrack if you don't have it already. Sorry the video's fucked up, I'll upload one later.

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23 comments:

  1. tienstormirkSeptember 24, 2010 at 10:00 AM

    wow this is very neat.

    thanks for the post!

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 24, 2010 at 10:40 AM

    im impressed with your post!

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 24, 2010 at 11:10 AM

    Pretty cool, i'll be following you.

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  4. Skutt Panda POSeptember 24, 2010 at 11:45 AM

    imressed ty:)

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  5. Mister SharafSeptember 24, 2010 at 12:21 PM

    great

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  6. SirynSeptember 24, 2010 at 12:32 PM

    All i can say is Wow..
    The epic sounds coming from the keyboard/piano are amazing!

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  7. ViNCENTSeptember 24, 2010 at 12:33 PM

    The "Switched-On Back" LP Cover is like... OMFG WTF? why would you wear that and why would you sit like that and wtf is going on???

    The Moog Master himself looks like some indian nerd, but I do like the sounds of this thing! Ive heard that it was also used for the "There will be blood" OST, but im not really sure!

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  8. GraphicalMotionSeptember 24, 2010 at 12:37 PM

    that guy was a boss.

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  9. The CockshinerSeptember 24, 2010 at 12:40 PM

    Can you imagine how many takes it must have taken to record Switched-on Bach? That was before the days of sequencers and they could only play one note at a time, so they had to keep recording over it.

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  10. WafflehausSeptember 24, 2010 at 1:06 PM

    clockwork orange had an awesome soundtrack.

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  11. AnonymousSeptember 24, 2010 at 3:00 PM

    HAha wow thATS crazy

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  12. Home Alone StonedSeptember 24, 2010 at 7:59 PM

    dude moog is a legend

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  13. whatthefudgeSeptember 25, 2010 at 3:04 AM

    Thats awsome !

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  14. DongAlongSeptember 25, 2010 at 9:06 AM

    This is fucking cool.

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  15. Jordan SwishSeptember 25, 2010 at 8:32 PM

    Always been interested in this shit, thanks

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  16. merk444September 25, 2010 at 8:52 PM

    i love the soundtrack to clockwork orange

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  17. DecoSeptember 25, 2010 at 9:01 PM

    The moog sounds so awesome.

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  18. Rawr chicken feet.September 25, 2010 at 9:26 PM

    sweet sounds. needs more.

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  19. TravieSeptember 26, 2010 at 1:40 AM

    Cool, keep it coming

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  20. EntropySeptember 26, 2010 at 1:59 AM

    Really brings me back to the fucked up genious that is Clockwork Orange. Love it.

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  21. MicheleSeptember 26, 2010 at 6:43 AM

    Cool post!
    Followin n supportin :)
    Check my blog!

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  22. THE FAV LISTSeptember 26, 2010 at 6:56 AM

    "walter, now know as wendy"
    lol'd!!!

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  23. i_love_weedOctober 5, 2010 at 8:21 AM

    love that movie

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