The Radio Phonics Laboratory: Telecommunications, Speech Synthesis and the Birth of Electronic Music

by Justin Patrick Moore

Genres: Music, Nonfiction, Technology

288 pages, Paperback

Published August 5, 2024

Reviews

[Danny Corker · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting look at 20th century technology, focussing on speech synthesis and how this informed electronic music, its pioneers and associated musicians. An account of the story of the birth of electronic music.

[beam · Rating 4 out of 5]

very informative (and inspiring!) but kinda dense at times. very clearly written by and for electronics + music nerds <3
also lmao john von neumann has really done it all