3 Things to Know About the Theremin in "Whole Lotta Love"

That swooping, spacy sound is a theremin, not an airplane Jimmy Page played the electronic instrument, which you control by waving your hands near it, and recorded it with heavy echo and reverb.

Page used the theremin both onstage and in the studio For “Whole Lotta Love,” he ran it through effects to make it sound even more otherworldly.

The theremin fit the band’s psychedelic experiments It appears in the middle section where the song breaks down, matching the era’s exploratory sound.