Behind the Tee explores electronic music through instruments, designers and movements. It traces how constraint, misuse and cultural adoption have shaped and continuously reshaped the sound of electronic music.
The Delay That Became an Instrument
Some of the most influential sounds in electronic music were created not by an instrument, but by a device that transformed it.
The Delay That Became an Instrument
Some of the most influential sounds in electronic music were created not by an instrument, but by a device that transformed it.
The Bass Synth That Created Acid House
The Roland TB-303 bass synthesizer a commercial failure that become one of the most influential instruments in electronic music history.
The Bass Synth That Created Acid House
The Roland TB-303 bass synthesizer a commercial failure that become one of the most influential instruments in electronic music history.
The Roland SH-101: A study in reduction
In 1982, when synthesizers were increasing in complexity, the SH-101 appeared with one oscillator, one filter, one envelope and lonely LFO.
The Roland SH-101: A study in reduction
In 1982, when synthesizers were increasing in complexity, the SH-101 appeared with one oscillator, one filter, one envelope and lonely LFO.
The synth that disrupted the synth market
The DX7 arrived at a time when analog synthesis dominated professional music production. But it offered something fundamentally different.
The synth that disrupted the synth market
The DX7 arrived at a time when analog synthesis dominated professional music production. But it offered something fundamentally different.
More like a laboratory than an instrument.
Where many synthesizers of the late 1970s moved toward control, stability and refinement, the Korg MS-20 moved in the opposite direction.
More like a laboratory than an instrument.
Where many synthesizers of the late 1970s moved toward control, stability and refinement, the Korg MS-20 moved in the opposite direction.
Sequential Circuits Prophet-5: Instant recall
The Prophet-5, released in 1978, changed this relationship between musician and instrument.
Sequential Circuits Prophet-5: Instant recall
The Prophet-5, released in 1978, changed this relationship between musician and instrument.