Artworks analysis: 3 influences on contemporary music
Wendy Carlos, a key figure in the history of electronic music. She stands at the beginning of popularization of analog synthesizers. She befriended Robert Moog, and used his modular synthesizer to cover selected works by J.S. Bach for her first recorded album 'Switched on Bach' in 1968. It consisted of 12 tracks including the famous 'Brandenburg Concerto'. The process was quite complex and time consuming as the instrument was monophonic and modular, which means that one sound at a time could only be reproduced and all the manipulations were controlled by manually fixing the settings of the sound. The album was a step forward toward a wide use of previously rejected electronic musical instruments. As to Carlos, her goal was not to pay tribute to Bach, but to make a step towards technological progress in music world. 'Switched on Bach' opened up the whole new are of experiencing classical music. Carlos changed the whole perception of electronic music instrum
