John Mills-Cockell
After a stint in the avant-garde mixed media project "Intersystems" in 1968 and forays into the rock forum the following year with the "Kensington Market" in Toronto and the lesser-known "Hydro Electric Streetcar" out in Vancouver, electronics composer John Mills-Cockell formed the groundbreaking, though criminally ignored, "Syrinx" in 1970. This led to a pair of LPs, the meandering synthwork of 1970's 'Syrinx' and the follow-up 'Long Lost Relatives'.
Pangalactic Performer
Comes with a 60-page booklet. Before Wendy Carlos, before Tangerine Dream, before the synthesizer had found its way into the lexicon of popular music, John Mills-Cockell was already there. Born in Toronto in 1943, he acquired his Moog modular - the f…
