OFF: Theremin performance in London

[Eric Siegerman]

On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 07:49:13PM -0400, Doug Pearson wrote:
> Before conceiving The Radio Science Orchestra Bruce [Woolley]'s
> writing credits include Video Killed the Radio Star for Buggles

And his performance credits include a much better version of it
(as Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club) than the Buggles' icky pop
one.

> Using amongst others a Theremin, Moogs and a
> midi Theremin

A MIDI theremin???  How bizarre!  Tying a theremin to a protocol
that quantizes everything into semitones kind of defeats the
whole purpose, doesn't it?  (Or have they come up with microtonal
MIDI?  I admit it's been 15 years since I last looked at the
spec.)

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