Topic(s): Arts | Engineering | Science
Tags: synthesizers analog steam steampunk music Lorin+Edwin+Parker Electric+Western vacuum tubes there
Unique and expressive electronic instruments in many forms: vacuum tube theremins, steam-powered synthesizers, singing robot heads, spark gaps, telegraphs, and electrosparklaviers--constructed from recycled, often antique, parts. These instruments connect futuristic synthesis with the western American past.
From Taos NM, Lorin Edwin Parker and Sarah Seelig create instruments, performance, music, technology and research. Lorin works as an artist, engineer and instructor in sound and audio. He currently produces a new line of synthesizers inspired by the electronic sound machines and contraptions of the early 20th Century.