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Alwin Nikolais
Electronic Dance Music, 1966-1989
Death Is Not The End
- Cat No.: DEATH130
- 2026-08-26
He was the first person to acquire the Moog synthesizer developed by Dr. Robert Moog. An American choreographer, dancer, musician, and teacher, he founded the Nikolai Dance Theater, where he personally oversaw everything from innovative costumes and lighting to stage direction and production design, bringing a new vision to the dance scene. DINTE has released a magnificent compilation of rare electronic and experimental music created by Alwin Nikolais—hailed as the “father of multimedia theater”—between 1965 and 1989!!
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Around 1968, through a connection with James Seelight—who was working at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, which was providing support for music production at the time—Alwyn Nicolays met Dr. Robert Moog around 1968 through James Seelight, who was working at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, which was providing him with m ...Read more (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)usical production support at the time. Moog incorporated the advice he received from Nicolais, leading to the completion of the first Moog synthesizer, as well as the later Synclavier (a synthesizer and sampler), featuring 21 dance tracks created under the theme of exploring percussive rhythms and new sounds, making full use of sampled word attack sounds, interesting sound effects, and various experimental “musique concrète”-style effects created with a tape recorder. Death Is Not The End is a masterpiece. This is the limited-edition cassette version. (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)