KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Ode To Gravity: Introducing the Buchla 700

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

OTG.1988.03.21

Program Series

Ode To Gravity

Program Length

60 min

Dates

1988-03-21 | broadcast
| 1988-03-21 | created

Description

In a program recorded on March 21, 1988, Donald Buchla's newest synthesizer, the 700, is introduced to the San Francisco community at a gathering held at the Sake Factory. Charles Amirkhanian interviews the inventor as well as numerous local composers about their experiences with Buchla's creations while we hear in the background people trying out the newest version.

Genres

Electro-Acoustic / Electronic

Musical Selections

[The Buchla 700 Song] / Barbara Golden -- [unidentified keyboard piece] -- Air 8 / Donald Buchla & William Winant -- [unidentified keyboard piece] -- [unidentified polka] / Flaco Jimenez -- Red River Rock / Johnny and the Hurricanes

Performers

George Tingley, keyboard (keyboard pieces)
Karl Sevareid, bass guitar (polka ; Red)
Jim Pugh, keyboards (polka ; Red)

Subjects

Synthesizer (Musical instrument)
Buchla 700
Electronic music
Improvisation (Music)
Musical instrument makers
Sampling (Sound)

Related places

Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)
Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)

Related Entities

Takara Sake Factory
Amirkhanian, Charles
Buchla, Donald
George Tingley
Winant, William
Strange, Allan
Grierson, Ralph, 1942-
Merryfield, Roxanne
Sevareid, Karl
Pugh, Jim