Jack Dangers

digs out another gem of early electronic music: ‘The Sounds And Music Of The RCA Electronic Music Synthesizer’, a demonstration disc of the monstrous RCA Electronic Music Synthesizer from 1955, on both 12-inch LP and seven-inch box set formats

How our resident archivist became the owner of Henry Jacobs’ stash of early electronic music reel-to-reel tapes, among them a piece by the German-Argentine composer Mauricio Kagel, is one of the strangest stories you’ll ever hear

Every electronic music collector needs a decent reference book and Hugh Davies’ ‘International Electronic Music Catalog’ from 1968 is one of the best. Inevitably, though, you also need others…

Our resident archivist pulls out a couple of EMS records from his collection and ponders the pioneering work of Tristram Cary

Our resident archivist pulls out a couple of EMS records from his collection and ponders the pioneering work of Tristram Cary

In today’s lecture, Professor Jack Dangers talks about John Cousins, New Zealand’s musique concrete master

Our resident archivist Jack Dangers turns his attention to electronic composer Paul Pignon and his role in the development of the EMS Synthi 100

Was anyone in Chile making experimental electronic music in the 1950s? Oh yes. And Professor Jack Dangers of the University of Meat Beat Manifesto knows all about it

Our resident archivist tells how jazz fusion genius Herbie Hancock out-Kraftwerked Kraftwerk – with a little help from synthesist and future Meat Beat Manifesto collaborator Patrick Gleeson

The Meat Beat Manifesto man digs through his crate and pulls out an early electronic classic. This time, he’s chosen the orgy-centric ‘Seduction Through Witchcraft’ - by Louise Huebner