Featuring interviews and artist spotlight collected and researched for over 10 years by music journalist JoE Silva, THE MINIMOOG BOOK from Bjooks Publishing tells the definitive story of the Moog Minimoog synthesizer and how the instrument changed music forever.
THE MINIMOOG BOOK features exquisite and detailed photography, as well as schematics, historical promotional materials, engineering interviews, illustrated sound patches, and over 70 artist features. It is the perfect coffee table book and keepsake for lovers of synthesizers, music history, illustration, photography, and timeless books of all kinds.
THE MINIMOOG BOOK
This is a story of inspiration, desperation, music, artistic and technical genius, money troubles, careful plans, happy accidents, pounding dancefloors, blown speakers, and a world transformed.
Sounds and Technology
- Beautiful photo galleries of historical and rare Minimoogs, including the Model A, B, and C prototypes
- An inside look at the Mini's technical secrets, with detailed photos, descriptions, and schematics
- Visual overviews timelines and details of the many changes to the Minimoog over the years, from vital internals, to cosmetic upgrades, and to a universe of modifications large and small
- Photographs, schematics, ads, and more from world renowned archives
- 35" Minimoog sounds, created by the artists themselves and famed player Anthony Marinelli
- An in-depth look at the Minimoog and its many versions to the Moog Voyager, Bob Moog's last synthesizer
- Resources, panel walkthrough, paying techniques, and more
Interviews and Features
Readers can expect exclusive interviews and features with legendary musicians like Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman, Chick Corea, Tony Visconti (David Bowie), George Duke, Anne Dudley (Art of Noise), Bernie Worrell, Devo, Kraftwerk, Air, J Dilla, Gary Numan, and many others, as well as some of today's most respected songwriters and multi-instrumentalists, such as Greg Kurstin (Adele), Yumiko Ohno (Buffalo Daughter), Mac DeMarco, and more.