Morton Subotnick: The Mad Scientist in the Laboratory of the Ecstatic Moment
Morton Subotnick has been living in a technologically transformed world that is “beyond history” since 1959. But the personal musical transformation of this electronic music pioneer did not happen overnight.
To read the entire conversation with Frank J. Oteri, go to: newmusicbox.org/articles/morton-subotnick-the-mad-scientist-in-the-laboratory-of-the-ecstatic-moment
Video presentation by Molly Sheridan
Studio Science: Morton Subotnick On His Buchla Synthesizer
Morton Subotnick runs through his live set-up, a unique amalgamation anchored by the Buchla Synthesizer. Filmed at the 2014 Red Bull Music Academy Bass Camp San Francisco
Synth-maestro Morton Subotnick on tour in Europe
Electronic music pioneer Morton Subotnick performs at Berlin’s 11th Transmediale, a festival of Experimental sound and visuals.
Subotnick combines the famed Buchla synthesizer, which he helped develop in the 60s, with Ableton Live, to reach what he says is, “a performance that is made of gestures, and that is completely immediate.”
The American Morton Subotnick is one of the great pioneers of synthesizer music. His most famous piece Silver Apples From The Moon is a classic of the new electronic music. In Bremen, accompanied Tony Martin, who experimented since the 60s with abstract images projected light from the concert with his projections. In the opening act of the Belgian Jurgen de Blonde with his project Koehn is heard.
Concert and Lecture Tour 2011
October 14 and 15
Morton Subotnick performs and lectures
at the Unsound Festival in Krakow
October 17
Morton Subotnick performs at Bozar
in Brussels, Belgium.
October 18
Morton Subotnick performs
in Paris, France.
October 19
Morton Subotnick performs at Worm
in Rotterdam, Holland
October 20
Morton Subotnick performs
in Bremen, Germany.
October 21
Morton Subotnick lectures
and workshops at the University of Bremen,
in Bremen, Germany.
October 22
Morton Subotnick performs at ZDB,
in Lisbon, Portugal.