--- title: Studio for Electronic Music Celebrated in Google Doodle description: The Cologne studio was fertile ground for breakthroughs in electronic music and sound until its closure in 2000. canonical: https://time.com/4986877/studio-for-electronic-music-google-doodle/ author: Kevin Lui article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-18T04:12:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:05.696Z og:title: Google Doodle Celebrates the Studio for Electronic Music og:description: The studio in Cologne, Germany is one of the birth places of electronic music og:url: https://time.com/4986877/studio-for-electronic-music-google-doodle/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2deeb5b435548260/6988e25b22fb85afabe234f3/celebrating-the-studio-for-electronic-music-4914189628866560-3-2x.png?branch=production&width=818&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 818 og:image:height: 460 og:image:alt: Google-Doodle-studio-for-electronic-music og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Google Doodle Celebrates the Studio for Electronic Music twitter:description: The studio in Cologne, Germany is one of the birth places of electronic music twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2deeb5b435548260/6988e25b22fb85afabe234f3/celebrating-the-studio-for-electronic-music-4914189628866560-3-2x.png?branch=production&width=818&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # A New Google Doodle Celebrates the Legacy of the Studio for Electronic Music > Sponsored content. 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On Wednesday, Google is [celebrating](https://www.google.com/doodles/celebrating-the-studio-for-electronic-music) the Studio for Electronic Music’s innovation and creative legacy with a new Doodle on its 66th anniversary. Created by Berlin-based illustrator Henning Wagenbreth, the Doodle, Google says, “celebrates the diversity of thought and imagination that built this studio and transformed the possibilities of music.” Artists from all over the world experimented with new equipment and technologies in the Studio for Electronic Music to create beats, mix tracks and edit sound, giving life to a genre of tunes that so many people nowadays love. 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