A Clippings Scrapbook: The Life, Times, and Records of Wendy Carlos

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Sources:

Bell, Arthur (May 1979). “Playboy Interview: Wendy/Walter Carlos”. Playboy. 26 (5). Playboy Enterprises. https://web.archive.org/web/20141201061203/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20091206,00.html

https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/wendy-carlos-electronic-musician-first-trans-woman-grammy/

https://www.wendycarlos.com/

https://www.wendycarlos.com/open7.html

https://www.wendycarlos.com/biog.html

“After a Sex Change and Several Eclipses, Wendy Carlos Treads a New Digital Moonscape”. People. Vol. 24 (1 ed.) https://www.kdfc.com/articles/wendy-carlos-synth-visionary

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Carlos#Gender_transition

https://www.synthforbreakfast.nl/wendy-carlos-playboy-interview-1979/ (thank you to Synth For Breakfast for uploading this and to Matt Traum for the transcription!)

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4 thoughts on “A Clippings Scrapbook: The Life, Times, and Records of Wendy Carlos”

  1. Nice to see something about this fascinating musician. Not sure about the ‘young’ description of her from 1979 when she turned 40… In this age of streaming when almost every musical recording is available, I wonder why she has chosen to keep her music out of distribution? As for that last, wistful line, how many of us still have stereos to ‘spin’ new music?

    • The more enshittified streaming is becoming in general and with all the AI slop overloading it and whatnot the more I buy and burn more CD’s, honestly. It’s a pity you can only get her CD’s second hand though (at least in Europe, and for pretty high prices too), I would like to hear her music

  2. As someone who came of age in the 80s fascinated by electronica and new age music – Tangerine Dream, Kitaro, Jean-Michel Jarre, etc., – discovering Carlos as an innovator and inspiration to these artists has been fascinating. I’ve got a bunch of her recordings at this point, and they’re immensely interesting.

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