Alan R Pearlman / ARP Archives

09/30/2026

See what we do. Help us do more. 🎹
The world feels heavy right now — this is something you can actually fix in 30 seconds. $10 keeps a piece of synth history in a classroom instead of a storage unit. You don't have to save it all. Just one afternoon, for one kid, with one real ARP synthesizer.
Link in bio. Every donor counts — literally, we're counting.
VISIT: https://alanrpearlmanfoundation.org/arp-late-summer-2026-fundraiser/

09/18/2026

Join d'ARP on the ProSynth Network! Come see what the Alan R Pearlman Foundation has been doing and come with questions. Link in comments.

08/20/2026

ARP Foundation Launches Back-to-School Fundraiser With Two Simple Goals:
Preserve the Legacy + Expand ARPs for All
August 18th – October 13th
Help Us Save a Piece of Synthesizer History

VISIT: https://alanrpearlmanfoundation.org/arp-late-summer-2026-fundraiser/

08/20/2026

Give Something, Get Something! We have lots of cool gifts for your premium donations! Check it out!

A collection of never-before-seen photographs, shot inside the ARP Instruments factory in the 1970s, has just surfaced. We have one chance to acquire it.

08/18/2026

Back-to-School Fundraiser to Inspire the Next Generation of Electronic Music Innovators.

https://arpchives.org/arp-late-summer-2026-fundraiser/

Campaign runs August 18 through October 13, 2026, seeking
$17,500 to acquire and preserve rare pieces of synthesizer
history and to grow the Foundation's ARPs for All education
program.

08/05/2026

She appears again. Excited to see this, Jean-Michel Jarre

French composer and producer Jean-Michel Jarre has announced a new book charting the history of electronic music through the lens of music-making machines.

Set to be distributed by New York-based publisher Thames & Hudson, Machines: A History of Electronic Music is scheduled for release on November 24 and will feature over 800 illustrations of instruments key to the development of electronic music.

The story told within Machines starts in 1913 with the publishing of Italian futurist Luigi Russolo's manifesto, The Art of Noises, moving on to the work of Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Radio France, and The BBC's Radiophonic Workshop.

Throughout the book, Jarre reflects on his own journey through music, featuring a range of rare archive material, technical schematics, recreations of sonic experiments, and sequenced stills from legendary live performances within its pages.

The book includes contributions from Dutch DJ and producer Armin van Buuren, US musician Richie Hawtin, legendary film and TV composer Hans Zimmer, synthpop pioneer Gary Numan, Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes and New Order's Gillian Gilbert.

07/07/2026

Watch then join in the fun to wish Tom a happy 90th!

Thank you for helping us celebrate Tom Oberheim's 90th birthday! We...

07/04/2026

Happy Fourth of July!

Some fun photos from the BiCentennial Year including Summer NAMM Show 1976 in Chicago