The 19th-century track Cat Stevens called the greatest: “Number one pop song of all time”
“One perfect pop song.”
Wendy Carlos
‘Switched-On Bach’: the album that transformed Cat Stevens
“It encapsulates every part of the perfect beauty of classical music…”
Synthesising the Future: How sci-fi soundtracks shaped the sound of electronic music
The perfect marriage.
Lothar and the Hand People: The bizarre tale of the world’s first electronica band
A revolutionary band.
Is ‘Switched-On Bach’ by Wendy Carlos the antithesis of the romantic composer?
“It was damn hard to do.”
‘Switched-On Bach’: the moment classical music became a platinum hit
“It wasn’t much of a musical instrument.”
How Wendy Carlos changed film scores with the Moog synthesiser
The discomforting sounds of the future.