Home / Music / Moon Duo's sound is built on motorik rhythms and layered synthsMusic linernotes album music moon-duoMoon Duo's sound is built on motorik rhythms and layered synthsMoon Duo’s sound is krautrock at its core — repetitive motorik rhythms, layered synthesizers, and a steady psychedelic drone that never quite lets up. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesMoon Duo's hypnotic sound comes from vintage synths, droning guitars, and drum machinesMoon Duo formed in San Francisco before relocating to PortlandMoon Duo is Ripley Johnson and Sanae YamadaSufjan Stevens' Songs for Christmas mixes original songs with traditional carols — Sister Winter and Star of Wonder are the standoutsGary Clark brought his Danny Wilson bandmates along for the albumExplorePink Floyd didn't recognize Syd Barrett when he visited the studioAlvin Lucier's speech dissolves into the room's own frequenciesHead Hunters was inducted into the National Recording Registry in 2008The 1972 liner notes to Nuggets contain one of the earliest printed uses of 'punk rock''Redemption Song' is the defining track from Bob Marley's UprisingPrevious Nirvana handpicked Half Japanese to open for them on the In Utero tourNext Moon Duo's hypnotic sound comes from vintage synths, droning guitars, and drum machines