Wendy Carlos and the First Synthesizer Album That Sold a Company
*Switched-On Bach* sold a million copies in 1968 and turned the Moog synthesizer from a research curiosity into a working musician's instrument. It is the canonical example of an album as commercial vehicle for a piece of hardware.
By Vera Sokolov
Brian Eno's Quiet Decades of Founding Companies
The producer most listeners associate with Roxy Music and the ambient catalog has spent forty years on the company-building side of the practice as well. The companies are quieter than the records, on purpose.
By Linus Embry
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2 Wendy Carlos and the First Synthesizer Album That Sold a Company
*Switched-On Bach* sold a million copies in 1968 and turned the Moog synthesizer from a research curiosity into a working musician's instrument. It is the canonical example of an album as commercial vehicle for a piece of hardware.
By Vera Sokolov
Brian Eno's Quiet Decades of Founding Companies
The producer most listeners associate with Roxy Music and the ambient catalog has spent forty years on the company-building side of the practice as well. The companies are quieter than the records, on purpose.
By Linus Embry
- Vera Sokolov
Music Critic
- Linus Embry
Culture Essayist