1959. The Cold War is fought not only in space, but in sound. The Rockefeller Foundation pours a massive $175,000 into a lab designed to outdo the European avant-garde. Housed in a former milk factory, CPEMC became America's first electronic Mecca, uniting musical visionaries from four continents.
Welcome to an interactive map of electronic sound evolution. From the first experiments with electricity to neural audio. Navigate the timeline, explore events, listen to music.
>SCROLLScroll down to move through time.
>FILTERSFilter events by categories in the top menu.
>EVENTSClick on cards to learn details and listen to tracks.
>INFLUENCEToggle [INFLUENCE] to reveal connections between events.
>HORIZON VIEWSwitch to [HORIZON VIEW] for a chronological horizontal layout.