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It's been a full century since Leon Theremin created the electronic instrument bearing his name, and to celebrate Moog is releasing what must surely be the best-looking (and may be the best-sounding) ...

The electro-theremin player on The Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations" has died. Paul Tanner died of pneumonia Tuesday morning in Carlsbad, California, according to his son. Tanner was 95. Tanner helped ...

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It wouldn’t be October without Halloween, and it wouldn’t be Halloween without some spooky music. There’s no instrument spookier than a Theremin, which also happens to be one of the world’s first ...

Discover the fascinating world of the theremin, an enchanting electronic instrument played without touch, invented by Leon ...

You know that sound that makes the hair stand up on the back of you neck? That “watch out because the alien’s huge, slimy tentacles are slithering closer and closer” sound? Lots of classic 1950s ...

2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the Theremin. It was way back in 1920 that Lev Sergeyevich Termen, better known as Leon Theremin in the west, first demonstrated one of the most important ...

When Kevin Lee built a theremin from a kit five years ago, it was the first time he’d ever touched one of the electronic instruments. And the last. OK, that’s what has to pass for theremin humor. See, ...

In 1994, after finishing a show at Lounge Ax in Chicago, I was taken by a friend to another club to check out Pere Ubu. As striking an experience as a Pere Ubu show can be, I was captivated by a guy ...

It wouldn’t be October without Halloween, and it wouldn’t be Halloween without some spooky music. There’s no instrument spookier than a Theremin, which also happens to be one of the world’s first ...

As Wikipedia describes the theremin’s control: The instrument’s controlling section usually consists of two metal antennas that sense the relative position of the thereminist’s hands and control ...