One of the coolest instruments I’ve played this year requires a small history lesson: In 1949, in a small home in Queens, New York, a 14-year-old boy named Robert Moog put together his first-ever ...
Moog celebrated the 100th anniversary of the invention of the theremin back in 2020 with the special edition Claravox Centennial. Now the company has returned to its original design book for a ...
There are few instruments that are as iconic or mysterious as the Theremin. Its sound immediately conjures recollections of '50s Sci-Fi films and B horror movies. Yet when it debuted in the late 1920s ...
“Loki” composer Natalie Holt (“Fever Dream,” “Victoria”) immediately knew that she wanted the sliding, spacey eeriness of the theremin to musically convey the God of Mischief (Tom Hiddleston) trapped ...
Today, Moog has announced The Claravox Centennial Theremin, a new edition of the instrument that revolutionised music. Named in honour of Clara Rockmore, a violin prodigy and one of the theremin’s ...
Editor’s note: Allan Maurer is a contributor to WRAL TechWire and is one of its cofounders. ASHEVILLE – Moog Music, which builds its instruments in Asheville, is updating the instrument that inspired ...
Fans of classic B-movies will likely be quite familiar with the eerie, other-worldly tones of the theremin. This month marks the 100th anniversary of its invention, and synth icon Moog is celebrating ...
The theremin may be one of the oldest electronic musical instruments---it was 1920 when Leo Theremin first cooked up his simple box with antennas sticking out of it---but it's a device that even today ...
The sounds of the theremin, once the instrument of the future, have now been tingling our spines for 100 years. In commemoration, Moog is introducing its new limited-edition Claravox Centennial, named ...
It’s been a full century since Leon Theremin created the electronic instrument bearing his name, and to celebrate Moog is releasing what must surely be the best-looking (and may be the best-sounding) ...