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IMO Switched-on Back is the benchmark. Wendy Carlos demonstrated that electronic instruments are not a novelty.
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2 posted on
09/09/2014 6:51:47 PM PDT by
Squawk 8888
(Will steal your comments & post them on Twitter)
To: Squawk 8888
Wht about the original “Doctor Who” theme music? Peformed by the BBC Radiophonic workshop, it is an early example of analog synthesized music.
CC
3 posted on
09/09/2014 6:52:49 PM PDT by
Celtic Conservative
(tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
To: Squawk 8888
Emerson Lake and Palmer did some great stuff. Their synthesizer version of "Hoe-down" by Aaron Copland is a masterpiece.
6 posted on
09/09/2014 6:57:25 PM PDT by
Fungi
To: Squawk 8888
I had Moog: The Electronic Eclectics of Dick Hyman.
11 posted on
09/09/2014 7:03:42 PM PDT by
Steely Tom
(Thank you for self-censoring.)
To: Squawk 8888
The first song that I recall using a Moog Synthesizer was The Beatles’ “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer.”
12 posted on
09/09/2014 7:05:44 PM PDT by
dfwgator
To: Squawk 8888
I remember visiting a German engineer who set up a sorround-sound in his apartment in Boston in 1976 playing Kraftwerk’s Man Machine.
Thinking the future of music!
20 posted on
09/09/2014 7:13:08 PM PDT by
AU72
To: Squawk 8888
In the mid 60s there was Thomas Dessevelt’s “Fantasy In Orbit”. I still have the vinyl.
23 posted on
09/09/2014 7:14:07 PM PDT by
stbdside
To: Squawk 8888
Where's the love?
I don't know if this is an alternate spelling, knock off or what. Dick Hyman also had Moog albums.
Bonus trivia, Dick Hyman played a concert bill with the Velvet Underground once.
25 posted on
09/09/2014 7:18:55 PM PDT by
a fool in paradise
(ISIS has started up a slave trade in Iraq. Mission accomplshed, Barack, Mission accomplished.)
To: Squawk 8888
Never cared much for Walter/Wendy
Did enjoy some (feel free to spell correct) Karlheitz Stockhausen. Then of course John Cage did what might be heard as early Trance “music”... :-)
As far a using synths in a >lovely to my ears< I like the work that Michael Franks guy did on Skin Dive and Passionfruit.
On a more upbeat urban setting how about Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis? Those guys, with or without Babyface, could pour some soul out of very finely crafted patches.
26 posted on
09/09/2014 7:19:14 PM PDT by
Joined2Justify
( Long live the DX and MKS series.)
To: Squawk 8888
31 posted on
09/09/2014 7:28:33 PM PDT by
oblomov
To: Squawk 8888
I’m rather stunned at the lightweights that are being mentioned! Pink Floyd? Switched On Bach? Come on! I’m on my third vinyl copy of Electronic Music From Columbia Princeton. Bulent Arel is the king!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV7ll_KGsNY
32 posted on
09/09/2014 7:31:17 PM PDT by
Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
(Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
To: Squawk 8888
Throbbing Gristle …
. . . is not music. Even certain hip-hop stuff is more musical.
33 posted on
09/09/2014 7:49:59 PM PDT by
Olog-hai
To: Squawk 8888
35 posted on
09/09/2014 7:56:52 PM PDT by
RushIsMyTeddyBear
(Illegals Are Getting Flat Screen TV's...you we aqqd.NOT TB Screenings!)
To: Squawk 8888
39 posted on
09/09/2014 8:07:52 PM PDT by
Ray76
(True change requires true change - A Second Party ...or else it's more of the same...)
To: Army Air Corps
40 posted on
09/09/2014 8:25:06 PM PDT by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Squawk 8888
You guys would likely enjoy Moogfest in Asheville, an annual festival dedicated to early electronic music. Asheville was his home. They’ve been having a festival there in his honor for years.
To: Squawk 8888
One of my faves from the '50's - Raymond Scott.
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