[sdiy] Hugh Davies dies

[Peter Grenader]

Sad news:

Hugh Davies died on the 1st January, 2005. If you're not aware of him, Hugh
was a pioneer of live electronic music, an inventor of musical instruments,
a composer, educator, and renowned researcher into the history of electronic
music. He was also Stockhausen's assistant from 1964 to 1966 and
participated in the recording of Mikrophonie I in 1965. Other recordings
included wonderful LPs by Music Improvisation Company and Gentle Fire, and
his solo albums for FMP and Grob. Anybody involved in live electronics,
electronic improvisation, hardware hacking, or, come to that, anybody who
needs a table in order to be able to perform, owes a debt to Hugh.

No doubt a more detailed tribute will appear soon.