PIONEERS AND CREATIVE VISIONARIES :
MASTER PIECES OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC, TAPE MUSIC & ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC MUSIC & COMPUTER MUSIC
radioshow 3 (1 hour extra !!!): (180 minutes) 2010-5-8
from succesful nice highlights to 5-star masterpieces of contemporary art
3 min intro time (max)
with first : the 'ondes martenot'.
Ellipsis Arts
V.A. : Ohm : The Early gurus of electronic music :
1948-1980 -3CD-(VAR,2000)*°°°°
CD1, Tr.2, Olivier Messiaan : "Oraison" 8 min (1937) 12
Rather spiritual music with electronic music. A more serious composition, and a highlight of its nature. 5*
ReR Rec. Nadia Ratsimandresy & Matteo Ramon Arevalos : Messiaen et autour de
Messiaen for Onde Martneot and piano (I,F/F,VN,(IND),2008)***°°
Tr.7, Jacques Charpentier : "Suite Karnatique" (1958) 11 min 23
A contemporary piece composed in Karnatic mode, by a pupil from Messiaen. 5*
BVHaast V.A. : His Master's Noise -The institute of Sonology- (NL,2001)****°
CD2, Geörgy Ligeti : "Pièce électronique nr.3" (1968/1996) 3 min 26
One of the more spontanuous and intelligent expressions of simple electronic sounds. Technically this composition could only be realised more recently, with an advanced computer. 5*
Baby Records Virgin Prunes : Over the Rainbow (UK,1985)***°'
Tr.3, "Mad Bird in the Wood" 5 min 31
One of the more experimental tracks by Virgin Prunes, brilliant tape music based upon birds cruching on a wall.
Ellipsis Arts V.A. : Ohm : The Early gurus of electronic music :
1948-1980 -3CD-(VAR,2000)*°°°°
CD5, Herbert Eimert & Robert Beyer: "Klangstudie II" 5 min (1952)
A piece like this took months to half a year to realize in that time. The result is marvelous. 5*
Fractal Rec.Bernard Parmegiani : Chants Magnetiques (F1974,re.2007)****'
Tr.3, "Entropie" 5 min 46
Adventurous music with an electro-acoustic/electronic music fundament but also use of keyboards and percussion.
BVHaast V.A. : His Master's Noise -The institute of Sonology- (NL,2001)****°
CD1, Tr.1, Iannis Xenakis : "Concret PHII" (1958) 2 min 48
Piece based upon stochastic burning charcoal. To be found one of the better compilations of electronic music.
PS. One of the best albums based upon stone sounds is Lilith : Stone on Sub Rosa. I will airplay a fragment->
Sub RosaLilith : Stone (US,1992)****°
Tr.1, part 1 : "clay" -> 7'31 55
Electro-acoustic masterpiece based upon stone sounds only. Arranged sounds on a computer. Perfect.
Aucourant Rec. Erdem Helvacioglu : Wounded Breath (TÜ,2008)***°
Tr.3, "Lead crystal marbles" 18 min ->max 8 min 63
The sound of falling marbles used for a piece of electro-acoustic music.
Private release Erdem Helvacioglu & Per Boysen : Sub City 2064 (TÜ/S,2010)***°
Tr.5, "Pump Five Accident" 4 min 67
Ambient/improvised/rock/partly electroacoustic work. Some horns can be noticed.
Innova Rec. Panauromni : Psychoangelo (US,2010)***'
Tr.5, "The Wary Dream (threads the grand logic)" 7 min 75
New music with trumpet, guitar, objects and computer with the inclusing of constructive (!) drones and noise. This is the weirdest track.
Innova Music Drew Krause : Powder (US,2007)***°'
Computer-generated sound : from pitched noise to sequenced organisation to alghoritmical order. 4 or 5* track.
EM Records Noah Creshevsky : The Tape Music of (US,pub.2004)*°''
Tr.6, "Sonata" (1980) 7 min 90
Somewhat nervous making but tape collage of spoken word with interesting effects on voice and short rhythmical accents of drum machine. In a way this is humorous too. I noticed after some listens I began to appreciate this much better.
New World Rec. The League of Automatic Music Composers 1978-1983 (US,2007)*°°'
Tr.4, "Oakland One" (1980) 6 min 96
Perhaps the first netwerk based computer music with use of simple interactive near-atreficial intelligence. This track is perhaps the most succesful formula of automatic music, with the least contradictory and chaotic result of all recordings, and with the most interesting, surprising interaction.
Pogus Prod.Jorge Antunes : Savage Songs (BR,1961-1972,pub.2002)***°'
Tr.12, "Cinta Cita" (1969) 5 min 101
Tr.5, "Contrapunctus versus contrapunctus" (1965) 5 min
Brazil pioneer of electronic music. This is his first professionally recorded electronic music piece. His earlier pieces are creative with simple tools.
New World Rec.V.A. : New Music For Electronic & recorded media :
Women in Electronic Music 1977 (US/D/NZ,1998,re.2006)**°°°
Tr.1, Johanna Magdalena Beyer :
"Music Of The Spheres" (1937) 7 min 108
Masterpiece of early electronic music/contemporary music. Recorded in 1977. A 5-star piece. Possibly the first electronic music piece by a woman composer.
Die Schachtel Pietro Grossi : Combinatoria (I,1965-1968,pub.2010)***°'
CD1,Tr.4, Vittorio Gelmetti :
"Mudulazioni per Michelangelo" (1965) 8 min
CD2, Tr.2, "Sound life 24" 6 min
Tr.15, "Sound life 11" 3 min 17 125
Subtle and much more sound based meditation compared to any other electronic studio in the world. After a few listens the listenening experience goes deeper.
Locust Music J.D.Robb : Rhythmania (US,1970/1976,re.2003)***°°
Tr.1, "Retrograde sequence from a tragedy" 4 min
Tr.2, "Spatial Serenade" 3 min 7 132
Seems like based upon a thought in language transformed into a note-only electronic music form. These chosen pieces are rather unique.
Vinyl MagicElektriktus : Electronic Mind Waves (I,1976,re.2006)***'
Tr.8, "Frequencer arrival" 4 min 136
Explorative cosmic music with acoustic percussion. The strangest track.
Fractal Rec.Bernard Parmegiani : Chants Magnetiques (F,1974,re.2007)***°'
Tr.9, "Asynchronique" 3 min (left out for time limitation reasons)
Early electronic/electro-acoustic music with some keyboards and acoustic elements. This directs towards cosmic kraut music and something of early Pink Floyd.
Finders Keepers Rec. Sam Spence : Sounds (US/D,comp.2010)**°°'
A few moog experiments but mostly fun making entertainment, like what happens with moog more often.
DIN Ian Boddy : Slide (UK,2008)***°'
Tr.1, "The Probability of doubt" 8 min 160
Nice track showing some of the possibilities of the new generation analogue synths. The other tracks are more rhythmical, and so are rather different. A beautiful track with a semi-church-bells theme.
Hic Sunt Leones Alio Die & Parallel Worlds : Circo Divinio -LP/CD- (I/GR/PL,2010)***'
Tr.1, "Lost fractales" 11 min (fragment) 4 min 165
Looped ambient music mixed with electronic music ideas.
DIN Parallel Worlds : Shade (GR,2009)***°
Tr.1, "Freightening Frontiers" 6 min 171
Subtle enough to sound warm and attractive: modern instrumental electro-pop/electronic music.
DIN Markus Reuter & Ian Boddy : Dervish (UK,2009)****
Tr.1, "Dervish" 7 min 178
Progressive electronic/electro music mix.
DIN Erik Wollo & Bernhard Wöstheinrich :
Arcadia Borealis (N/D,2009)****/***'
if time left :
DIN V.A. : Index 03 (VAR,2010)**°°
Tr.14, Yetsu Inoue : "Tane" 5 min ->end of show
(left out for time limitation reasons)
Compilation of the label. No review.
remarks/more suggestions ?
