Dewanatron is a family of experimental electronic instruments.
Cousins
Brian Dewan
Brian Dewan (born 14 June 1963) is an American multi-media artist, who produces music, audio-visual performances, decorative painting, furniture, poetry, filmstrips, illustrations, and musical instruments. He has released three albums of songs an ...
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Leon Dewan collaborate on the creation and performance of these instruments. The instruments have been performed and exhibited at th
Pierogi 2000gallery in Brooklyn in January 2006, Pierogi Leipzig
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archived photo
(Germany) from April thru July 2006 and a
ANOTHER YEAR IN LAgallery as well as
The Steve Allen Theater
The Steve Allen Theater at the Center for Inquiry in Hollywood, California, was a 99-seat theater which was developed by founding artistic director Amit Itelman. Moved to The Carl Sagan & Ann Druyan Theater.
The Center for Inquiry is a nonprofit ...
in Los Angeles in August/September, 2007 and May 31, 2009 at the Ghetto Gloss Gallery.
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Dewanatron instruments
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Swarmatron
The Swarmatron is an analogue synthesizer developed by Dewanatron, consisting of cousins Brian and Leon Dewan. Hand-made by the Dewans, it has eight oscillators controlled by a single ribbon controller. The oscillators are linked through a 'swarm ...
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Novitiate
The novitiate, also called the noviciate, is the period of training and preparation that a Christian ''novice'' (or ''prospective'') monastic, apostolic, or member of a religious order undergoes prior to taking vows in order to discern whether ...
— a one-of-a-kind educational instrument designed for the
Bob Moog Foundation
The Bob Moog Memorial Foundation was created after the death of Dr. Robert Moog in 2005, and officially launched in August, 2006. His family established the foundation to honor the legacy of Moog "through its mission of igniting creativity at the ...
References
The arts online – Times OnlineArtSlant – August 20th – August 23rd, Another Year in LA, Brian Dewan, Leon Dewan
External links
Dewanatron sitethat describes these musical inventions
Artocratic Magazine{Dead link, date=July 2019 , bot=InternetArchiveBot , fix-attempted=yes provides an in-depth interview of Leon and Brian Dewan about the theory behind the instruments, their history, and their creative and technological influences with audio and video samples.
Images of Dewanatronperforming live at radio station WNYC
Electronic musical instruments
Experimental musical instruments