200 tons of copper and steel. Thaddeus Cahill built a monster that generated music using huge dynamos. The sound was transmitted not through the air, but via telephone wires to New York restaurants. It was the first streaming, 100 years before Spotify.
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.
