Other notable 2500 instrumentalists: David Bowie, Jean Michel Jarre, The Who… and Eliane Radigue: And Close Encounters were far from alone, as even the Martian voices were ARP 2500 produced in Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds. Even as an engineering student in 1948, he looked forward to a time not so far off “when the electronic instrument may take its place … as a versatile, powerful, and expressive instrument” – provided those engineers paid attention “to the needs of the musician.”Īnd so in 1977, when Close Encounters of the Third Kind imagined an instrument that was far enough advanced to communicate with aliens, they chose the ARP 2500 that was Pearlman’s first commercial instrument. And it’s worth noting that Pearlman was uniquely advanced in his vision. It may be hard to conceive now, but there was a time when ARP and Moog were major rivals. Boulanger will play at the memorial tomorrow on Alan’s own 2600.įrom our own contributor David Abravanel: Pearlman more recently, with Richard Boulanger.
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