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Gershon Kingsley


"I love analog.
" Gershon Kingsley


About Gershon Kingsley

Name
: Goetz Gustav Ksinski

DOB: October 28,1922

Place of birth:
Bochum, Westfalia, Germany

Currently resides in:
New York City

Education:
the Jerusalem Conservatory, LA Conservatory of Music

Family:

Trademark look: New Balance on the feet

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Charities/causes:



All Things Kingsley





Biography


Career Highlights

Background in music:

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How he got his start:

Big break:

Musical icons/influences:

Best known for: 1972 instrumental dance hit "Popcorn." "Popcorn," Baroque Showdown, In Sound From Way Out

Awards:
Emmy: "A New Voice in the Wilderness."
"Lifetime Acheivement Award" at "MOOGFEST"

Current projects:




Cultural Impact

  • One of the foremost artists of Moog music.
  • A pioneer of electronic music.
  • Composed the first rock-influenced piece to be performed in a synagogue, "Shabbat for Today, God, and Abraham,"

Gershon Kingsley

Trivia
Quote

By Gershon Kingsley:
  • Dissonance is a very philosophical concept -- one man's dissonance may be another man's consonance!
  • The evolution of sound will continue.
  • I am not afraid of death when I know my music will live for ever on iTunes
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Contemporaries / Similar Artists

Famous Gigs
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Stereolab


  • First Moog Quartet, Carnegie Hall (1970)
  • Concerto For Moog, Boston Symphony Hall (1971)



The Lab
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