Moogfest 2011
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
Moogfest is a yearly festival that celebrates the work of Robert Moog – inventor of musical instruments that vastly altered the process of recording and performing in a range of genres on a global scale. Moog synthesizers are renowned, treasured, hunted, collected, and lusted for worldwide, and first gained notoriety in the late 60s, and went on to feature heavily in legendary musical works by artists such as Kraftwerk, Giorgio Moroder, and Tangerine Dream.
Bob Moog
‘Bob’ Moog, who earned not only a Grammy award for lifetime achievement, but also an honorary doctorate degree from the esteemed Berklee College of Music, spent much of his life in Asheville, North Carolina, the host city of this event for the second year running. His pioneering and visionary work began by producing theremins in the 50s, and progressed onto designing circuits and eventually the modular analog synthesizer, helped by the invention and refinement of the transistor.
Moogfest 2011
The musical entertainment for such an event is a wide offering of influential veterans and new pioneers. Artists include The Flaming Lips, Crystal Castles, Tangerine Dream, Chromeo, Matthew Dear, Gold Panda, Little Dragon, M83, and many more being announced soon. The 2011 festival will take place over the weekend of October 28 – 30 in the city to which Bob Moog called home for his last 30 years, Asheville, NC. Similarly, the musical offerings, a range of venues are planned, which will span traditional and non-tradional spaces all throughout the city center, including the Asheville Civic Center, The Orange Peel, and Diana Wortham Theatre.
Throw into this mix a wealth of options for networking, panel discussions, workshops, impromptu performances, art displays, movie screenings, plus areas where you get to try your hand on Moog gear old and new, and Moogfest is looking like a serious contended for one of the US’s finest music gatherings. Here’s a short summary video of the 2010 fest, to whet your appetite…
Weekend passes have just gone on sale last week, and you can get yours here.
by Lee Jarvis
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