{"id":19308,"date":"2020-05-15T16:15:22","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T20:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/2020\/05\/15\/suzanne-ciani-inaugure-le-nouveau-subharmonicon-signe-moog\/"},"modified":"2023-10-02T15:01:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T19:01:54","slug":"suzanne-ciani-inaugure-le-nouveau-subharmonicon-signe-moog","status":"publish","type":"quoi_voir","link":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/quoi-voir-360\/suzanne-ciani-inaugure-le-nouveau-subharmonicon-signe-moog\/","title":{"rendered":"Music As Living Matter: Suzanne Ciani inaugurates Moog\u2019s new Subharmonicon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The number-one name in modular synths, Moog, has just announced a new addition to its family of semi-modular analog synthesizers, the Subharm<\/a>o<\/a>nicon<\/a>, boasting oscillator-generated undertones and polyrhythmic possibilities. There\u2019s a lot of deep and interesting avant-electro history built into this funny little box of knobs. The folks at Moog have diligently documented it here<\/a> \u2013 find out more about Joseph Schillinger\u2019s mathematical mania, Leon Theremin\u2019s Rhythmicon, and a device called the Mixtur-Trautonium (which created the avian cacophonies in Hitchcock\u2019s The Birds<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s all very nice, of course, but what does it sound like? A demonstration is in order, and who better to make first use of the Subharmonicon than electronic audio pioneer Suzanne Ciani,<\/a> America\u2019s \u201cDiva of the Diode\u201d? Her biography is a jawdropping litany of breakthroughs and innovations, and her piece for the Subharmonicon, accompanied by Scott Kiernan\u2019s trippy lo-fi visuals, is a delight. Discover their work, and the sounds of Moog\u2019s new sonic plaything, in the short film Music As Living Matter<\/em>, below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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