Invented, designed, and built by Raymond Scott
ELECTRONIUM
  - Beginning in the 1950s, Raymond Scott designed and built the first of many very different versions of THE RAYMOND SCOTT ELECTRONIUM, a keyboard-less, automatic composition and performance machine. This invention engaged the attention of Berry Gordy, who hired Scott as Motown's Director of Electronic Research and Development.
above: One version of Raymond Scott's ELECTRONIUM (''Instantaneous Composing/Performance Machine'')
Listen to
Raymond Scott
demonstrate his
-ELECTRONIUM:-


"Twilight In Turkey"
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Raymond Scott's ELECTRONIUM

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WHERE IS IT NOW-?
The version of THE ELECTRONIUM pictured above is now owned by MARK MOTHERSBAUGH, a Raymond Scott Archive Board Member, who plans to restore it. The Electronium's new home is Mr. Mothersbaugh's Mutato Muzika Studios, which serves as headquarters for Devo, and his many other music, film, and television projects.
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