Lothar (theremin), John Emelin, Paul Conly, Rusty Ford, Tom Flye, Kim King, Richard Willis
Lothar And The Hand People, was a New York City based psychedelic rock band that formed in 1965 in Colorado, where most of the guys were students at the University of Denver. They moved to New York City in the late Spring of 1966 after playing a big "farewell" concert to Denver. This show was headlined by the Lovin' Spoonful (John Sebastian and crew).
Lothar And The Hand People, were often considered to be somewhat notorious, in the sense that they were frequently noted as one of the weirder psychedelic bands of the mid to late 60’s, on behalf of their spacey music and use of the theremin, which is a fully electronic musical instrument designed to be played without being touched. The controlling sections usually consist of two metal antenna’s that sense the relative position of the players hands. The sensors control the audio oscillator(s) for frequency from one hand and volumne from the other. The electronic signals from the theremin are amplified and sent through a loud speaker. To play the theremin, the player moves and waves his hands around the two metal antenna’s, controlling the instruments frequency and amplitude producing surreal and eerie sounding portamento, tremolo and vibratro sounds, that are often used in the production of sound effects in the soundtracks of horror films. One of their most popular songs was /is"Space Hymn", which was often played on the late at night radio show by New York's WNEW-FM disc jockey Alison Steele.
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