Music, Makers & Machines

A Sample of Electronic Music History

Play a Synth From Home in AR

The Colossal History of a Magnificent Invention

Weighing 200 tonnes, 60 feet long, and consisting of 144 alternators, 672 keys, and 336 sliders

An Explosion of Technological Progress

Tracing the unlikely origins of electronic music

Berghain: Club of Clubs

The world's most famous club – but why?

Reliving Nineties Berlin

Open spaces, illegal raves and a thriving sub culture in a newly united Germany

A Tour of London's Lost Clubs

Keeping the underground alive

Factory Records

Learn about Manchester's music scene through the history of Factory Records venue

Ahead of The Curve

Early pioneers from Daphne Oram to Wendy Carlos

Alan R. Pearlman

The engineer who founded one of the early leading American synthesizer manufacturers

Raymond Scott

The composer who invented the polyphonic sequencer

Pierre Schaeffer

A French composer who put the new sounds together

Daphne Oram

A major music pioneer who could 'paint music'

7 Early Electronic Instruments That Changed Sound

From the successful to the one-of-a-kind

The Instrumental Instruments

Key creations from Leon Theremin to Bob Moog