'She made music jump into 3D': Wendy Carlos, the reclusive synth genius ... This summer, an 80-year-old synthesiser pioneer suddenly appeared...
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The musician helped create the Moog synthesizer and composed groundbreaking albums and film scores, but lived in seclusion for almost 10...
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Carlos, who “was assigned the male sex at birth [in 1939] and given the name Walter,” was one of the first public figures to disclose having...
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The musicologist Amanda Sewell's Wendy Carlos: A Biography is the first serious book to examine Carlos's legacy at length, both as a composer...
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In light of Kim Petras and Sam Smith's historic Best Pop Duo / Vocal Performance win, we honor Wendy Carlos, the first trans woman to take...
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Wendy Carlos won three Grammy awards in 1970, making her the first trans woman ever to win at the prestigious awards ceremony.
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Wendy Carlos rejects new biography of her life as “bogus” ... Wendy Carlos has published a statement criticising the new biography of her life as...
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This is not the first time Carlos has disappeared from the public. In 1972, as A Clockwork Orange swept through the cultural zeitgeist, Carlos...
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The album that defined Wendy Carlos and introduced both electronic music and the synthesiser is a curious mix of novelty and legend. There's no...
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Electronic music pioneer Wendy Carlos appeared on the BBC in 1970 disguised as a man, while still in the closet as a trans woman.
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