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From:
Eric Frans
To:
It's Dot Music
Date:
Mon, 6 Oct 1997 14:30:17 -0700 (MST)
Subject:
(idm) theremin
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On Mon, 6 Oct 1997, Irene McC wrote: } } And isn't the theremin being 'rediscovered' all of a sudden? The } Beach Boys made use of it on "Good Vibrations" - way back when. } (According to an interview with Bob Moog in issue #4 of EQ, he's } getting ready to launch a "state of the art MIDI theremin" this } summer.) I'd say so. Sonic Boom from Spectrum made good use of his Theremin during a recent performance here in Tucson. Among his modular gear, vocoder and other goodies he still managed to play it often. At one point, his hands were occupied on a keyboard so he backed his rear end near the antenna (there was only one for pitch) and voila! Even Jack Dangers sported a theremin during the Meat Beat Manifesto performance at Organic last year. Not to mention the theremin presence in Mars Attacks! ... | E r i c | [mail] franse@engr.arizona.edu | | F r a n s | [web] http://engr.arizona.edu/~franse | "The comfort you demanded is now mandatory!" - Jello Biafra