Composer and musician Morton Subotnick will be the subject of an upcoming Waveshaper Media bio-documentary called SUBOTNICK: Portrait of an Electronic Music Pioneer. The 84-year old artist is often referred to as the “father of techno,” and he worked with famed engineer Don Buchla to design one of the world’s first electronic synthesizers, the Electric Music Box, in the 1960’s. In addition, Subotnick co-founded the San Francisco Tape Music Center with Pauline Oliveros and Ramon Sender, and he was an early leading figure in the development of electronic music and multi-media performance. This year marks the 50th anniversary of his groundbreaking release Silver Apples of the Moon and not one to settle down it would seem, this July the artist will premiere Crowds and Power, a new multi-media tone poem for voice, electronic sound, and live imagery, commissioned by NYC’s Lincoln Center.
Waveshaper Media, the independent production company also responsible for the modular synthesizer documentary I Dream Of Wires, has recently launched an IndieGoGo campaign to raise money to complete the filming on SUBOTNICK. Donations of $15 or more come with an exclusive deluxe repress of Silver Apples…, available on cassette for the first time since its’ issue in 1967, as well as CD and vinyl. The upcoming documentary will feature plenty of biographical information and archival footage and will also follow the musician as he prepares to perform Crowds and Power at the Lincoln Center later this year. You can watch a trailer for SUBOTNICK – Portrait of an Electronic Music Pioneer below…
