Theodore (Ted) Gordon

Musician and musicologist, working to connect the study of music with the study of science & technology.

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Writing

Book: The Composer’s Black Box
Book Chapter: The Buchla Music Easel: From Cyberculture to Market Culture
Article: ‘Androgynous Music’
Interview: Tom Erbe Interviewed by Ted Gordon
Book Review: The Williamsburg Avant-Garde
Book Review: Electronic Inspirations

Music

Improvisation
Collaborations with Marcia Bassett

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ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6427-2369

Photo by Peter Gannushkin / DOWNTOWNMUSIC.NET

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Interview

Tom Erbe Interviewed by Ted Gordon
Organised Sound, Volume 27 Issue 1, 2022

In this interview, Tom Erbe reflects on his three decades as a developer of computer music software and hardware, both freeware and commercial. Tom met with Theodore Gordon on 8 December 2021 and discussed the beginnings of SoundHack and its roots in experimental music studio practice and hacker culture, ideas behind the design of sound processor interface and the shift from experimental software development to Eurorack modular hardware design.

Tom Erbe Interviewed by Ted Gordon

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