Electronic music pioneer Simeon Coxe has died at the age of 82.The Silver Apples musician passed away in Fairhope, Alabama on Tuesday, AL.com has reported.The star is survived by his long term companion and creative collaborator Lydia Winn LeVert, brother, David S.
Coxe (Foster) and his nephew, Aaron Coxe.In the late 1960s, Coxe was a member of the Overland Stage Electric Band when he decided to incorporate the sound of a vintage oscillator into the music.He later formed a new duo called Silver Apples with drummer Danny Taylor, and their debut self-titled album was released in 1968.The electronic rig of his own creation was dubbed the Simeon, and it featured 16 oscillators, foot pedals, telegraph switches, wah-wah pedals, Echoplexes and.
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