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Techno Exhibit Opens in Italy at MUSEION

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A techno exhibit has opened in Italy at MUSEION. TECHNO, a brand new exhibition curated by the director of Bolzanoā€™s MUSEION gallery, Bart van der Heide, is now open. The exhibition explores techno from its roots to the communities assimilated through the genre and beyond, split by three themes – freedom, compression, and exhaustion. TECHNO is the first installment of a new exhibition series, TECHNO HUMANITIES, a “long-term program” covering the connection between humanity, music, ecology, technology, and more.

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The History of Electronic Music Exhibit Opens in Berlin

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If you have an interest in music history, especially electronic dance music history, then this recently-opened exhibit in Berlin is something you should check out! Called “Good Vibrations,” the exhibit showcases some of theĀ most iconic electronic instruments of the last 100 years, the instruments that helped shape music as we know it today.

Among those areĀ an early Theremin produced in Russsia in the 1920s and aĀ Trautonium, an early monophonic electronic instrument invented in 1929 by Friedrich Trautwein in Berlin. There is alsoĀ the collection of iconic synthesizers, from the Fairlight CMI, to the Buchla music easel and the EMS VCS 3, among several other models on display. Alongside these vintage classic analogue equipment,Ā visitors are also treated with a glimpse of the future through the selection of prototypes of new inventions on display.

Good Vibrations also features workshops and opportunities to play a selection of the instruments on display.

The exhibit currently runsĀ at State Institute for Music Research at Tiergarten 1, Ben-Gurion-StraƟe, 10785 Berlin, Germany. Its run will end on June 25.

H/T: The Vinyl Factory

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