These recordings provide a quick introduction to electronic music and its related genres (such as tape music and musique concrète), from both the art/avant-garde and popular traditions.
[Electronic music pioneer Wendy Carlos, with cat Pandy, in front of a custom setup of five Kurzweil synthesizers. Photo courtesy of Carlos' website.]
This guide will help you find resources to learn about--and compose--electronic music.
For a multi-textured experience, check out Curtis Roads' recent publication, Composing Electronic Music: A New Aesthetic. Roads, a composer in his own right, has provided relevant sound samples to his readers via the OUP website. The ebook is available electronically to Columbus State students and staff.
"50th Anniversary of the Moog Modular Synthesizer" is a short documentary, produced by Moog Music, Inc., about the instrument that revolutionized modern music.
