Doctor Moog

Dr Robert Moog, a bigstereo hero, has passed away after a four month battle with brain cancer. Our condolences go to his family and friends.

Many of bigstereo’s favorite bands rely on the inventions of Dr Moog. He helped shape the sound of music for the past thirty years.

From BBC:

Synthesiser pioneer Dr Robert Moog has died at his North Carolina home aged 71, four months after being diagnosed with brain cancer.
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Dr Moog built his first electronic instrument – a theremin – aged 14 and made the MiniMoog, “the first compact, easy-to-use synthesiser”, in 1970. He won the Polar prize, Sweden’s “music Nobel prize”, in 2001.