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Project: Pimento in the New York Sun

And while rock musicians retain affection for the theremin, today’s models of synthesizers are easier to play and can mimic the sounds of the older instrument. Project: Pimento, a five-piece San Francisco ensemble, presents itself as a “theremin-fronted lounge music band,” whose debut CD, “Magical Moods of the Theremin,” came out not long ago. The band’s leader, Robby Virus, played theremin on the soundtrack to director Guillermo del Toro’s 2004 sci-fi fantasy, “Hellboy.”

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“A New Generation Embraces the Theremin”