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The three eras of pre-digital recording in 18 photos (1877 - 1975)
Enter a world of tape, circuits and mechanical madness
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Belgian composer David Van de Woestijne operating an echo and reverb machine (1963). (IPEM ‘Institute for Psychoacoustics and Electronic Music)
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Musique Concrete pioneer Daphne Oram goes live on television to demonstrate Radiophonic techniques with Brenell tape recorders and a Jason oscillator (1958). (BBC)
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Electronic music pioneer Else Marie Pade experiments with sounds at her home studio (1962).