It Turns Out The Vocoder Has Been Evil Since Day One
Posted on February 4, 2010 by Chris Faraone
The History of the Vocoder.
Dropping in hardcover this March.
Written by hip-hop journalism godfather Dave Tompkins.
From the publishers:
This is the story of how a military device became the robot voice of hip-hop and pop music. Though the vocoder, invented by Bell Labs in 1928, was designed to guard phones from eavesdroppers, it expanded beyond its original purpose and has since become widely used as a voice-altering tool for musicians. It has served both the Pentagon and the roller rink, a double agent of pop and espionage.
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How sad. Be good to get it once it’s out, tho.