In the 1920s, the Russian physicist Leon Theremin debuted an electronic instrument that could be played without any physical contact. Players stood in front of a box and waved their hands over ...

The future began 75 years ago this week with the invention of the transistor. We’ve been looking at the ecosystems of innovation that grew the transistor into the interconnected, digital revolution.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joanne Shurvell writes about travel, food, culture and fashion. With expert narration by Laurie Anderson, Sisters with Transistors ...

Metrograph Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to “Sisters With Transistors,” a documentary about the women who were the pioneers of electronic music. The film will debut virtually on Metrograph’s ...

“This is the story of women who hear music in their heads,” announces narrator Laurie Anderson, introducing Lisa Rovner’s fascinating documentary “Sisters With Transistors,” about the women who ...

Lisa Rovner’s “Sisters With Transistors: Electronic Music’s Unsung Heroines” spotlights the pioneers who harnessed technology to do more than “push around dead white men’s notes.” By Lindsay Zoladz ...

“How do you exorcise the canon of classical music of misogyny?” asks narrator Laurie Anderson in Sisters with Transistors. “With two oscillators, a turntable and tape delay.” Directed by Lisa Rovner, ...

Footage from a New York art gallery in 1974 shows Suzanne Ciani setting up three large electronic consoles with extruding connecting wires piled and looped like spaghetti. A well-dressed audience sits ...