166 Episodes

  1. Chapter 06, Analog and Digital Synthesis Basics, Part 2

    Published: 2/16/2025
  2. Chapter 06, Analog and Digital Synthesis Basics, Part 1

    Published: 2/16/2025
  3. Chapter 05, The Physics of Musical Sound

    Published: 2/6/2025
  4. Chapter 04, Electronic Music Composition by Process

    Published: 2/6/2025
  5. Chapter 03, How Electronic Music is Composed.

    Published: 2/6/2025
  6. Chapter 02, Listening to Electronic Music

    Published: 2/6/2025
  7. Chapter 01, Electronic and Experimental Music, Recommended Works

    Published: 1/25/2025
  8. Electronic Music of Conrad Schnitzler—A Retrospective, Part 1

    Published: 1/13/2025
  9. Merry Moog 2024

    Published: 11/17/2024
  10. Sun Ra and Stockhausen—An Imaginary Encounter in Electronic Music

    Published: 11/3/2024
  11. An Electronic Music Mixed-Bag

    Published: 10/19/2024
  12. From Organ to Synthesizer: The Evolution of the Yamaha Electone

    Published: 10/5/2024
  13. Sonic Adventures in Electronic Composition—The Ashley, Smith, and Hamilton Mix

    Published: 9/22/2024
  14. The 2024 US Open Sound Experiment

    Published: 9/7/2024
  15. Shortwave Particulates—A Soundscape

    Published: 8/21/2024
  16. Recent Finds for the Electronic Music Archive

    Published: 8/10/2024
  17. Women Synthesists

    Published: 7/26/2024
  18. Terry Riley—Part 2, Solo Organ and Synthesizer Works

    Published: 7/12/2024
  19. Terry Riley—Analog Organ Works

    Published: 6/28/2024
  20. The Japanese Shigin Vocal Tradition—and Electronics

    Published: 6/14/2024

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Thom Holmes is your curator and guide to vintage electronic music recordings and audio experimentation. Drawing from his collection of vintage electronic music recordings spanning the years 1915-1985, each episode explores a topic or theme of historical interest. Holmes is the author of the book, Electronic and Experimental Music, sixth edition, 2020.