The Open University and BBC World Service Radio present A History of Music and Technology.  In this series Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason explores over 100 years of sound recording in the following nine, hour-long episodes:

• • The story of electronic recording (available online until 2019-05-25)
  • Early electronic music pioneers
  • The Hammond Organ
  • The Synthesizer
  • The Electric Guitar
  • The Studio Part 1
  • The Studio Part 2
  • Samplers and Drum Machines
  • The Future

The first episode is available online now and other episodes will be broadcast weekly on BBC World Service Radio.  The will also available online after broadcast for 30 days on the BBC World Service Music Extra site.

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