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Erstaunlich. Da hat man immer gedacht, eine der großen Innovationen der progressiven Rockmusik sei US-amerikanischen Ursprungs (Switched-On Bach von Walter Carlos, der seit einer Geschlechtsumwandlung 1972 Wendy Carlos heißt, mit dem Moog-Synthesizer) ... - und dann muss man erfahren, dass die Sowjetunion auch da schon viel früher dran war: The ANS synthesizer is a photoelectronic musical instrument created by Russian engineer Evgeny Murzin from 1937 to 1957. The technological basis of his invention was the method of graphical sound recording used in cinematography (developed in Russia concurrently with USA), which made it possible to obtain a visible image of a sound wave, as well as to realize the opposite goal—synthesizing a sound from an artificially drawn sound wave...
The synth was named after and dedicated to the Russian experimental composer and occultist Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (1872–1915). The name might not mean much to you, but it illuminates a long running connection between electronic music and the occult...

Tarkovsky: Solaris – original soundtrack
Soundtrack composed by Edward Artemiev and performed by unknown musician(s) of the Russian Electronic Music Experiment Studio Ensemble & the ANS synthesizer.

Eine virtuelle Version dieses Gestaltwandlers gibt es beim russischen warmplace zum freien download. via wunschmaschinenklang