Rachel Elkind-Tourre (born February 23, 1939) is an American classical musician, record producer and composer. She produced the work of
Wendy Carlos
Wendy Carlos (born Walter Carlos; November 14, 1939) is an American musician and composer known for electronic music and film scores.
Born and raised in Rhode Island, Carlos studied physics and music at Brown University before moving to New Y ...
, most notably the bestselling 1968 album ''
Switched-On Bach
''Switched-On Bach'' is the debut album by the American composer Wendy Carlos, released in October 1968 by Columbia Records. Produced by Carlos and Rachel Elkind, the album is a collection of pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach performed by Carlos ...
''.
Elkind grew up in
San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...
. She moved to
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...
hoping to be a jazz singer.
Elkind worked closely with Carlos from 1967 to 1980, when she moved to France with her husband, Yves Tourre. Carlos considers Elkind's contribution to her work underappreciated, calling her "a 'silent' partner" and her work "critical to my success". Elkind's singing voice was processed via a
vocoder
A vocoder (, a portmanteau of ''vo''ice and en''coder'') is a category of speech coding that analyzes and synthesizes the human voice signal for audio data compression, multiplexing, voice encryption or voice transformation.
The vocoder wa ...
on several Carlos recordings. She is also credited as co-composer for ''
The Shining'' film score.
She also produced the album ''One Voice Many'' by the rock band Michaelangelo in 1971 for
.
References
External links
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Rachel Elkind-Tourrefro
Wendy Carlos' official site
1939 births
American film score composers
American women classical musicians
Grammy Award winners
Living people
Musicians from New York City
Musicians from San Francisco
Record producers from California
Record producers from New York (state)
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