Michel Waisvisz: the father of electronic music

[studio32]

Michel Waisvisz (born July 8 1949 in Leiden, Netherlands; died June 18 2008 in Amsterdam) was a composer, performer and inventor of experimental electronic musical instruments. He has been the artistic director of STEIM in Amsterdam since 1981, where he collaborated with musicians and artists from all over the world.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Waisvisz
http://www.steim.org/michel/

http://www.steim.org/michel/media.html

Center for research & development of instruments & tools for performers in the electronic performance arts. Laboratory, workshop, international meeting place, artist hotel, production office, live electroacoustic music, DJ's, VJ's, theater and installation makers, video artists and nomad studio. [http://www.steim.nl]
http://www.steim.org/steim/

[MattKingUSA]

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[studio32]

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[DavidScott]

Not to take away from Michel's achievements, but I have always thought of Raymond Scott as be the father of electronic music:

Raymond Scott Wikipedia Page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Scott

Raymond Scott's "Lullaby" (released when Waisvisz was only 14 years old)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPaMxJ2FBYI

And check out the original electronic music sequencer, Raymond Scott's Electronium:
http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/07/r ... ts-silent/

They both deserve their own place in history, but being a fan, it was something of a moral imperative to insert Scott's name into this thread (sorry!).