Don Lewis Bob Moog Foundation / Moogseum
Don Lewis
Inventor | Pioneer | Musician
Electronic engineer turned electronic musician Don Lewis pioneered the revolutionary instrument, the LEO (Live Electronic Orchestra) – an invention ahead of its time in terms of its innovative cohesion of synthesizers & sound modules. His groundbreaking contributions to the Yamaha DX7 & Roland TR808
cemented his rightful place in electronic music history. His work w/
Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson
and
his
touring w/ the
Beach Boys
,
makes him
one of the icons of the genre!
Moor Mother Bob Moog Foundation / Moogseum
Moor Mother
Poet | Activist | Sound Artist Philadelphia-based, international performance artist Camae Ayewa aka Moor Mother is leading the way utilizing her liberation technology. In her many disciplines, her actions and words speak with true intention by revealing the truth of shattered histories. Her music is informed by her research theories on manipulating time and space, with her compositions utilizing sampling as a form of time travel.
King Britt by Olinda Del Mar Bob Moog Foundation / Moogseum
King Britt
Producer | Composer | Educator
Having a 30+ year career producing and remixing everyone from Miles Davis and Solange to Calvin Harris and Meredith Monk, his eclectic style has made vital contributions to the advancement of many facets of electronic music. As a professor at
UCSD
, his new course
Blacktronika : Afrofuturism in Electronic Music
explores all the pioneers of color
whose
innovative music in response to socio-political discourse changed the way we listen and consume.
Christina Wheeler by Barron Clairborne Bob Moog Foundation / Moogseum
Christina Wheeler
Music Polymath | Sonic Explorer | Academic
As a graduate of both Harvard and Manhattan School of Music, she has collaborated and performed globally with a beautiful array of talented geniuses including the Art Ensemble of Chicago, David Byrne and Ryuichi Sakamoto, using her voice and electronic sound manipulations
to enhance their shows. Her solo work has been featured in
such
legendary venues
as
Lincoln Center
,
MoMA PS1
and
The Kitchen NYC
.
DeForrest Brown Bob Moog Foundation / Moogseum
DeForrest Brown, Jr.
Theorist | Journalist | Producer
DeForrest Brown Jr. produces digital audio and extended media as Speaker Music, and is a representative of the Make Techno Black Again campaign. His most recent writing can be found in Afropunk, Artforum and Hyperallergic. Primary Information will publish his book Assembling a Black Counter Culture
in 2020. His music compositions, writing and theories are compelling, thought provoking and push you out of the limiting mental structures
.
Antipop Consortium Bob Moog Foundation / Moogseum
Antipop Consortium
Improvisors | Composers | Hip Hop Legends
NYC's Beans
, High Priest
, M.Sayyid
and Earl Blaize
make up the boundary crossing group known as Antipop Consortium
. Their innovative jazz-influenced improvisation techniques in electronic music has placed them as authorities on spontaneous creative composing and performance.
Their sound continues to inform the shaping of blackness in electronic music and hop hop experimentation.
Computer Jay Bob Moog Foundation / Moogseum
Computer Jay
Synthesist | Producer | Engineer
As a child shaped by theremins and eerie horror movie music, Jason Taylor aka Computer Jay
’s aesthetic splits the difference between mad sound scientist and a groove-rich keyboardist. His performances using his patented designs, including the legendary Moogodore 2600
and
his ‘
rapping Supercomputer
, have been met worldwide with jaw dropping audiences, showing the power between man and machine.
Elizabeth Baker Bob Moog Foundation / Moogseum
Elizabeth Baker
Innovator | Author | Multi-Media Artist
Eschewing the collection of traditional titles that describe single elements of her body of work, Elizabeth refers to herself as a ‘ New Renaissance Artist
’ that embraces a constant stream of change and rebirth in practice. This methodology/approach expands into a variety of philosophies and principles both tangible as well as intangible.
Attica Blues Bob Moog Foundation / Moogseum
Attica Blues
Legends | Musicians | Educators
The intersection where Ghana, Nigeria and Egypt meet with one of the most innovative bands to lead the forefront of the ‘trip hop scene’,is Attica Blues. Charlie Dark, Roba El-Essaway & Tony Nwachuchu came together as like-minded experimentalists who wanted to infuse their love of hip hop with
their love of traditional
African
rhythms. Utilizing a plethora of synths, drum machines and Roba’s extraordinary vocals, their sound went on to influence a generation.
Please find Blacktronika (Part 1)
under this link
.
Discover more from Music, Makers & Machines
here
.
Sun Ra photo provided by the Museum of Youth Culture. Bernie Worrell photo provided by Brian Diescher. All exhibit music composed and performed by King Britt. Thank you to Judie Worell, Hank Shocklee, Carl Craig, Low Leaf, Ari Melenciano, James Poyser, Suzi Analogue, Don Lewis, Moor Mother, King Britt, Christine Wheeler, DeForrest Brown, Antipop Consortium, Computer Jay, Elizabeth Baker, and Attica Blues.