Wendy Carlos: The brilliant but lonely life of an electronic music pioneer

Post by RJSquirel » Fri, Dec 16, 2022, 9:58 PM UTC

danidiaz wrote: post #25

Adult Swim's "Lords of Synth" comedy short contains a homage to Wendy Carlos in the form of a certain "Carla Wendos" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXgNo5Smino There's also the documentary "Sisters with transistors" about women pioneers of electronic music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r-3hlzpV7M

Post by kabdib » Sat, Dec 17, 2022, 6:04 AM UTC

jacquesm wrote: post #131

kabdib wrote: post #72

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I was 8 when my dad handed me a set of headphones and had me listen to the first few minutes of Switched On Bach . Still vividly remember that experience, it was like a rapture. Wendy's works are tough to find on streaming services these days. I'd love to listen to Timesteps again, from A Clockwork Orange .

Youtube provides: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOjCTifs-uY

Post by daneel_w » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 1:10 PM UTC

quesera wrote: post #101

Blackthorn wrote: post #15

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Would you be willing to work with an archivist to make these public? (I'm not one, to be clear.) Carlos recordings seem impossible to find!

These are still copyrighted recordings, and they seem to be available in the usual places you would find copyrighted digital audio. Her work is not licensed for digital distribution, and largely out of print. So, there's unfortunately no way to compensate her directly for her works. And "work" is an understatement. Moog synths of the day were barely instruments. Imagine playing a symphony (symphonic arrangement) usin…