Tag: Wendy Carlos

MEET THE QUEEN OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC

by Natalie Sears

In 1968, electronic music seeped its way into the mainstream with the studio album Switched-On Bach by Wendy Carlos. The record “Brandenburg Concerto No. 3” became particularly famous and influential because of its ability to incorporate the Moog synthesizer with traditional classical music. The sound that Carlos produced had never been heard before, and immediately,…