You live in our music and in our hearts.
Rest in peace... [read more]
Visit the Bob Moog Memorial Foundation
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Bob Moog (1934-2005) You live in our music and in our hearts. Rest in peace... [read more] Visit the Bob Moog Memorial Foundation |
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"Compelling documentary portrait... a fascinating historical look at the technological side of the 60's revolution in pop music."
- Stephen Holden, New York Times
"An intriguing rendering of one of music technology's seminal figures."
"A fascinating history of both man and instrument."
"Brilliantly inspiring on many levels." |
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DVD available MAY 31 – BUY IT Specs: 70 minutes, color, super 16mm, 1.78:1 (original ratio), English with subtitles Special Features: Director's Video Notes, Deleted Scenes, Interviews and Additional Performances from The Album Leaf, Tino Corp. w/ Charlie Clouser and Money Mark w/ Woody Jackson. DVD-ROM FEATURE: Arturia Minimoog V Fully Functional Software Demo (PC, Mac)
MOOG DVD AVAILABLE NOW |
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MOOG in theaters now press contact: Brian Betancourt |
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Bob Moog (1934-2005) invented and built electronic musical instruments for over half a century. From his workshops in upstate New York and later in rural North Carolina, Moog shaped musical culture with some of the most inspiring instruments ever created.
Moog explains that he "can feel what's going on in a piece of electronic equipment... it's something between discovering and witnessing."
And he is convinced that many musicians come to "feel" a circuit in a similar way. "They make contact." In fact, musicians make such strong emotional connections with the electronics inside a Moog synthesizer that Moog himself has reached cult hero status.
Moog not only made prodigious contributions to modern music and culture, but he became a character within an unfolding "American maverick inventor" mythology. Moog certainly walked and talked the "mad scientist" part, complete with the fly-away white hair, intense eyes, eccentric mannerisms and a head full of stories.
This feature documentary film – by filmmaker/musician Hans Fjellestad and the producer team behind Frontier Life (2002) – explores Moog's collaborations with musicians over the years, and his ideas about creativity, design, interactivity and spirituality. The film was shot on location in Asheville, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Tokyo and London, featuring appearances by Keith Emerson, Walter Sear, Gershon Kinsgley, Jean-Jacques Perrey & Luke Vibert, Rick Wakeman, DJ Spooky, Herb Deutsch, Bernie Worrell, Pamelia Kurstin, Tino Corp. with Charlie Clouser, Money Mark, Mix Master Mike, and an eclectic mix of performers.
Artists such as Stereolab, Meat Beat Manifesto, Tortoise, Money Mark, Luke Vibert & Jean-Jacques Perrey, 33, Moog Cookbook, Plastiq Phantom, Psilonaut, Bernie Worrell & Bootsy Collins, Roger O'Donnell, The Album Leaf, Pete Devriese, Bostich, Charlie Clouser, Baiyon, Suzanne Ciani, Gershon Kingsley, Doug McKechnie, Electric Skychurch and others created original music produced on Moog instruments for the soundtrack.
Additional discoveries like vintage films borrowed from dusty private collections round out this stylized, wonderfully strange story of a true American maverick and a true original.
MOOG is distributed in North America by PLEXIFILM, in the UK/EU by Plexi, in Japan by Nowonmedia, and in Australia by Stomp Entertainment |
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The MOOG original motion picture soundtrack is available on HOLLYWOOD RECORDS
Buy the soundtrack at Amazon.com
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• Download MOOG movie stills and MOOG behind the scenes photos
• Read more about the film from director Hans Fjellestad
• Read MOOG reviews in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and the UK Daily Telegraph [registration required]
• View End Credits
• Visit us at myspace.com/ZU33film
• MOOG is scheduled to begin airing on SHOWTIME in March 2007.
MOOG in theaters:
Visit the Moog Music website
Check out Analog Days, an excellent book about the invention and impact of the Moog synthesizer
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