The history of electronic music dates back to the early 20th century, with pioneers like Luigi Russolo and Edgard Varèse experimenting with new electronic instruments and techniques. It gained significant momentum in the mid-20th century with the emergence of synthesizers, leading to the birth of genres like musique concrète and later, the rise of electronic music in popular culture through the development of electronic dance music (EDM) in the late 20th century.
“It really is a very odd business that all of us, to varying degrees, have music in our heads.” -Oliver Sacks
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ThatSepikGuy already mentioned Wendy Carlos, but I also wanted to include the following female pioneers Daphne Oram & Suzanne Ciani to your backgrounder on electronic music and synthesis :)
I was gonna mention Wendy Carlos too.
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One of my favorite electronic music albums in the soundtrack of A Clockwork Orange (1971) by Wendy Carlos. She later went on to do the soundtrack for Tron (1982) as well :)