Name: San Francisco Moog: 1968-72 Vol. 1
Brand: Doug Mckechnie

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

VG+ 004

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Colour

Black

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Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2022-06-17

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Revol­ver

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

733102727758

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Doug Mckechnie

Genre US

Electronic

Label US

VG Plus Records

<p>In 1968, Doug McKechnie discovered the Moog Modular Series III synthesizer and began experimenting with it. He performed improvised concerts around the Bay Area, introducing audiences to electronic sounds. Outside of traditional recording studios, he developed his own unique way of playing the instrument on the fly. After losing access to the Moog, McKechnie pursued other creative endeavors. Now, after decades of being stored away, his recordings on reel-to-reel tape are finally being released.</p>

<i>San Francisco Moog: 1968-72</i> documents a missing link in the history of electronic music, as well as the little-known moment when psychedelic music went electronic. In 1968, Bay Area native Doug McKechnie got hold of one of the very first modular Moog synthesizers ever made and began finding his own way to play it. Soon, he was hauling the finicky instrument around to perform improvised concerts at colleges and ballrooms, as well as an ill-fated appearance on the bill at Altamont. Many of the performances were recorded, and the surviving tapes—never before released—capture a free-flowing, transportive sound that fills in the gap between the austere mid-century academic avant garde and the expansive cosmic suites of Tangerine Dream and the rest of the Berlin School in the ’70s. This is not another corny old Moog record. San Francisco Moog sounds as fresh as anything by today’s analog-synth heads while bringing to life a lost moment in the development of the music. “Astonishing stuff, pure early Moog electronics . . . vibrating with the joy taken in the discovery of the new sounds this machine was capable of.” —Electronic Sound “Presages both Tangerine Dream’s soundtracks and, in its most grimy moments, ‘Acid Tracks.” —The Wire

San Francisco Moog: 1968-72 Vol. 1

Music US