In the 1950s and ‘60s, the vibrating sound of the Theremin instrument was synonymous with sci-fi films like The Day the Earth Stood Still and horror shows like Dark Shadows to the point where the Theremin became a genre cliché. But a new generation of experimental pop musicians like Dorit Chrysler and Miles Brown (of the band Night Terrors) are using the Theremin to create otherworldly sonic landscapes. Also I talk with Albert Glinsky, biographer of Leon Theremin, about how the inventor of the Theremin instrument lived a life that was more like a Kafkaesque science fiction tale.
