Synthesiser innovator Moog dies

Robert Moog, whose self-named synthesisers turned electric currents into sound and opened the musical wave that became electronica, has died. He was 71.

Synthesiser innovator Moog dies

Robert Moog, whose self-named synthesisers turned electric currents into sound and opened the musical wave that became electronica, has died. He was 71.

Moog died yesterday at his home in Asheville, according to his company’s website. He had suffered from an inoperable brain tumour, detected in April.

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