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How to Wreck a Nice Beach: The Vocoder from World War II to Hip-Hop, The Machine Speaks by Tompkins, Dave - 2010
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How to Wreck a Nice Beach: The Vocoder from World War II to Hip-Hop, The Machine Speaks
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Brooklyn, N.Y.: Melville House, 2010. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. The vocoder was invented by Bell Labs in 1928. It once guarded phones from eavesdroppers during World War II. It later was repurposed as a voice-altering tool for musicians. and became an important technology for popular music. Tompkins traces the history of electronic voices from Nazi research labs to Stalin's gulags, from the 1939 World's Fair to Hiroshima, from artificial larynges to Auto-Tune. Very Good/Fine. From the library of Magnus Johnstone, artist and disc jockey. His Lecco's Lemma show Boston radio's first all-rap program, launched the careers of hip-hop legends such as Guru and Ed OG, as well as legions of lesser-knowns. With Inscription: "Magnus: Don't worry. I will be watching over the Lemmus...always...Lecco
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- ISBN 10 1933633883
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- Publisher Melville House
- Place of Publication Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Date Published 2010
- Keywords Popular Music
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