Even if you're not familiar with the musical instrument called the theremin, chances are you've heard its ghostly sound. It's featured in "Whole Lotta Love" by Led Zeppelin, as well as some of the ...

Theremin is an electronic musical instrument that can be played without physical contact. When playing a Theremin, the performer controls the volume and pitch with his/her hand position relative to ...

You know that sound that makes the hair stand up on the back of you neck? That “watch out because the alien’s huge, slimy tentacles are slithering closer and closer” sound? Lots of classic 1950s ...

When Kevin Lee built a theremin from a kit five years ago, it was the first time he’d ever touched one of the electronic instruments. And the last. OK, that’s what has to pass for theremin humor. See, ...

The physicist Lev Sergeyevich Termen may not be a household name, but the eerie sounds of the synthesizer he invented are instantly recognizable. Now Dubreq is inviting music makers to wave their arms ...

It wouldn’t be October without Halloween, and it wouldn’t be Halloween without some spooky music. There’s no instrument spookier than a Theremin, which also happens to be one of the world’s first ...

Long relegated to the world of sci-fi movie soundtracks, the world’s first electronic instrument, the Theremin, is making a comeback, appearing on tracks by artists like Sufjan Stevens, the ...

Moog celebrated the 100th anniversary of the invention of the theremin back in 2020 with the special edition Claravox Centennial. Now the company has returned to its original design book for a ...

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The theremin, that strange electronic instrument whose spooky “woo-woo” sounds left its unforgettable mark on Alfred Hitchcock’s 1945 movie “Spellbound” and the Beach Boys’ classic “Good Vibrations, ” ...