The Barrons: Forgotten Pioneers of Electronic Music

I heard this on NPR, and was reminded about it by a /. post. From NPR's website:

Married in 1947, the Barrons received a tape recorder as a wedding gift. They used it to record friends and parties, and later opened one of the first private sound studios in America. The 1948 book Cybernetics: Or, Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine, by MIT mathematician Norbert Wiener, inspired Louis Barron to build electronic circuits, which he manipulated to generate sounds. Bebe's job was to sort through hours and hours of tape. Together they manipulated the sounds to create an otherworldly auditory experience.

See related:

• John Cage
• Their score for Forbidden Planet
• 'Bells of Atlantis'
• Mixed Emotions

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