Artist artifact
Giorgio Moroder
Producer who electrified disco with Moog pulse and helped invent the synthesizer as sensual pop engine.
Biography
Producer who electrified disco with Moog pulse and helped invent the synthesizer as sensual pop engine.
Influence
From Donna Summer to film scores to Daft Punk's homage, Moroder is a root node of electronic dance history.
Historical context
Producer who electrified disco with Moog pulse and helped invent the synthesizer as sensual pop engine. From Donna Summer to film scores to Daft Punk's homage, Moroder is a root node of electronic dance history. Midnight Express and later Scarface scoring showed the same synth modernity could threaten as well as seduce.
Associated instruments
- Synthesizers
- Production
Specimen note
Midnight Express and later Scarface scoring showed the same synth modernity could threaten as well as seduce.