August 24, 2005
Robert Moog, Inventor of Synthesizer, R.I.P.
Robert Moog's eponymous synthesizer was arguably one of the foundations upon which post-modern and popular electronic music was built. From prog rock to Krautrock, techno to hip-hop, from Radiohead to Kraftwerk, from Air to Missy Elliot and Timbaland, from Aphex Twin to Pink Floyd, the Moog (and it's descendents, such as the MiniMoog and synthesizers by competitors like Roland and Kurzweil) had an influence on music aesthetics and recordings that Robert Moog himself may have scarcely imagined when he first started tinkering with his invention decades ago. A lot of music that doesn't sound like it relies directly on the Moog, in fact, often is indirectly affected by the way the instrument is employed in so much studio post-production work producers, musicians and engineers. Robert Moog, rest in peace.
The New York Times has a substantial obit on Moog. Check it via the free archive link below.
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