Wendy Carlos
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Wendy Carlos took the Moog synthesizer out of the laboratory and into the pop charts, rendering Bach's counterpoint through banks of oscillators on the unlikely blockbuster Switched-On Bach. She went on to score the unsettling electronic soundscapes of A Clockwork Orange and The Shining, proving synthesizers could carry dread as easily as delight. Practically every synth-pop and dance producer who followed owes her that initial proof of concept.
the sound in question
1972
Title Music from A Clockwork OrangeWendy Carlos
we haven’t charted Wendy Carlos yet
this stretch of the river isn’t mapped. we trace the watershed one artist at a time — and we’re always heading further upstream.