Autechre Classic Electronic / Synthesizer Music lovers

[ganus]

I can't find it anywhere on youtubes or otherwise on the internet, but I really like Babbitt's "Composition For Synthesizer."

I think it really goes beyond the typical avant guard john cage bs of the time (sorry to any cage lovers)

[Guest ezkerraldean]

i've not checked out any of these, the Rick Wakeman sounds especially interesting. I always get him confused with Synergy (larry fast) , who i think also did a lot of synth work in Yes

yeah Yes are great fun. Wakeman was with them for quite a while. Anderson of Yes fame has also done shit with Vangelis, methinks

[awepittance]

this song by Jean Claude risset

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWEf97Z7cVI

 

was the origin of the 'barber pole tone' aka the risset tone which is basically an infinitely rising and falling auditory illusion which is now available as a synth here

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyeULDBBbm4

 

 

this is a pretty impressive piece he did in 1979 using a very early algorithm for spectral analysis, modification and playback. sounds kind of like some of the Aphexy stuff on Windowlicker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fSKk4OqZp0&feature=related

[Guest all_purpose_sandpaper]

 

older Mike Oldfield

 

 

 

This is interesting. How far back? Up to Ommadawn I would suspect a tape comp and what would be electonic organ drones? Hergest Ridge is bonefide for sure though. One of my top LPs.

 

Isao Tomita's later work Bermuda Triangle is one of the most interesting electonic concept albums I have ever heard. He uses many of the earlier textures and effects (famously the phaser); but seems far more interesting as a selection of compositions the Close Encounters trollop being a standout. Very playful and very very lush and weird. The vinyl was released on the prestigious Red Seal label and I can attest it was pressed on a puke orange platter.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkBvEJzalpI

[posture]

we are synth nerds, and it's awesome. Fuck do I love synthesizers.

[khov]

i was wondering if the original Solaris soundtrack was easily available on the net.

i'm talking about the electronic score (ANS synth probably) created by artemiev in 1972, only released in japan back then.

since then, artemiev has recreated this score for a compilation album but i want the original one.

Its a fantastic score anyway.

[soundwave]

i was wondering if the original Solaris soundtrack was easily available on the net.

i'm talking about the electronic score (ANS synth probably) created by artemiev in 1972, only released in japan back then.

since then, artemiev has recreated this score for a compilation album but i want the original one.

Its a fantastic score anyway.

 

if you google 'solaris soundtrack 1972' then.....

[Tauhid]

I feel like a shitty person for not having heard any Jean-Michel Jarre before. Oxygene and Equinoxe are excellent. What else is worth checking out?

[awepittance]

Zoolook is good kind of like jarre doing art of noise but to be honest he's probably one of my least favorites the amount of praise he gets for oxygene is worthy but I think he gets a little too muchh attention compared to some of the others in the thread

[Tauhid]

I will check out Zoolook, thanks. As for Asmus Tietchens, are Biotip and Litia the only good albums he did for Sky Records? I've been reluctant in checking much of his stuff out. I think I listened to Sinkende Schwimmer and it turned me off immediately.

[Guest hahathhat]

jarre's stuff hasn't aged terribly well...

[awepittance]

I will check out Zoolook, thanks. As for Asmus Tietchens, are Biotip and Litia the only good albums he did for Sky Records?

 

i believe he did one more, but i'm not sure if it's on Sky, it's called 'Spät-Europa' and it's not quite as good as Litia and Biotop but definitely worth getting, in a very similar vien. Those albums to me are some of the most important beat oriented synthesizer albums ever made.

 

some of his stuff also reminds me of cylob, from 1981s 'biotop'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBMAw21l4_k&feature=related

[awepittance]

I think I listened to Sinkende Schwimmer and it turned me off immediately.

 

yeah that album is in his more drone/noise canon , i don't really like any of that stuff very much

 

zoolook

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcjuiM27M64

[awepittance]

Isao Tomita's later work Bermuda Triangle is one of the most interesting electonic concept albums I have ever heard. He uses many of the earlier textures and effects (famously the phaser); but seems far more interesting as a selection of compositions the Close Encounters trollop being a standout. Very playful and very very lush and weird. The vinyl was released on the prestigious Red Seal label and I can attest it was pressed on a puke orange platter.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkBvEJzalpI

 

even though i enjoy Tomita's stuff i always wrote him off as a cover artist, not a composer. is Bermuda Triangle original material written by him?

[Guest all_purpose_sandpaper]

Isao Tomita's later work Bermuda Triangle is one of the most interesting electonic concept albums I have ever heard. He uses many of the earlier textures and effects (famously the phaser); but seems far more interesting as a selection of compositions the Close Encounters trollop being a standout. Very playful and very very lush and weird. The vinyl was released on the prestigious Red Seal label and I can attest it was pressed on a puke orange platter.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkBvEJzalpI

 

even though i enjoy Tomita's stuff i always wrote him off as a cover artist, not a composer. is Bermuda Triangle original material written by him?

 

I get your drift. The above is a Prokofiev / Sibelius recreation with some added original comps to bookend and bookmark -- however often so deformed to not recognize the composer. The total is abstract enough to warrant investigation for anyone who has a box big enough for all his wicked gear. Mostly a cover artist I suppose but perhaps no more than Richter or Pinnock. I believe a full original work may have been blasted Earthward from a plexi-glass pyramid aided by balloon, but I'd have to wiki it to be sure. The later the Tomita it seems to me the less strictly beholden to any source material.

[awepittance]

i'm interested in reexamining the stuff i have of his, i think i have Snowflakes and the Planets on vinyl somewhere

[Guest all_purpose_sandpaper]

i'm interested in reexamining the stuff i have of his, i think i have Snowflakes and the Planets on vinyl somewhere

 

On the whole I think you might rediscover some very skilled synthesis.

[soundwave]

I feel like a shitty person for not having heard any Jean-Michel Jarre before. Oxygene and Equinoxe are excellent. What else is worth checking out?

 

(more a secret collab with joachim garraud to impress Warner)

 

mega concert highlights

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoI5EgbTkOc

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6CO_9YgImY

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxPuu9a8Ays

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwf6GtgGLnY

 

Jarre was quite massive in his time (80 million record sales to date) as he kinda had the mid to late 80's all to himself with a very wide appeal and several horrendous pop anthems to go with it but also some of the most innovative (more serious) electronic music made. Sadly his skyline sized ego and reliance on the talents of other's later on in his career came tumbling down in the wake of innovative electronic dance music culture that he just couldn't keep up with and is still to this day earning a living mainly from tunes he made over 20yrs ago even though he fucked up the rights to his classic albums a few years back.

[soundwave]

and for those who didn't catch this the first time round....

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B89-69icyc

 

and Jarre getting back to basics again

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CQfO99172w

[awepittance]

Sadly his skyline sized ego and reliance on the talents of other's later on in his career came tumbling down in the wake of innovative electronic dance music culture that he just couldn't keep up with and is still to this day earning a living mainly from tunes he made over 20yrs ago even though he fucked up the rights to his classic albums a few years back.

 

this is part of why i have a hard time taking him seriously as an artist, although undeniably things like Oxygen do have futuristic elements that would later appear in electronic music as a whole. i feel a little bit the same about Kraftwerk that they did some great innovative things in the 70s and early 80s, but come the advent of popular electronic music in the late 80s through 2000 they only are able to get by from milking their old sound.

 

that kratrock documentary is excellent, they properly put Eno in his place

[Tauhid]

The only thing I didn't like about that BBC krautrock documentary was the fact that Manuel Gottsching got absolutely no mention. He was far more important than Amon Duul II was, and they're in there. They're pretty irrelevant.

[awepittance]

yeah they did tend to focus on only certain bands. For instance there is only one brief clip where they interview the lead singer of Can and he talks about being so stoned he doesnt remember much of it, not the most exciting portrayal of probably the most famous krautrock band of all time. So 'excellent' may have been a little strong hehe, for being one of the only comprehensive docs out there on the subject it's pretty good

[awepittance]

found one blog online that gave a nice little writeup to perhaps my favorite 70s electronic album, Einzelgangger

 

My co-worker Mark has been on the hunt for this record for some time now, and a few weeks ago he finally found a sealed original copy of the LP. He was kind enough to transfer the record to a digital format for me, so we all have him to thank for tonight’s installment of Treasures From The Collectors’ Slum.

Furthermore, I bought a bunch of amazing records today and should be buying more in the future. Prog/Kraut/Psych/Noise stuff. Nurse With Wound List stuff. I’m going to have a lot of record to transfer in the near future…

Einzelganger was technically the name of the group, but most people know this as a Giorgio Moroder record. If you are unfamiliar with Moroder, he is an Italian record producer, songwriter and performer. He’s considered by many to be the Godfather of new wave and electronic music, as his accessible use of synthesizers in the ’70s paved the way for many mainstream artists. He’s produced albums by Sparks, Donna Summer, and others, as well as songs by David Bowie, Blondie, and other huge names. His list of collaborators reads like a Who’s Who in 70s and 80s music.

Moroder’s music is present in all forms of media. You might recognize “The Chase” as the theme music for Coast To Coast AM. It’s been sampled countless times, by everyone from Daft Punk to The Simpsons. He is a multiple award winner, including an Academy Awards for his score to Midnight Express and the song “Take My Breath Away” from Top Gun. He is, to put very mildly, a musical God.

Which makes Einzelganger a very unique album, because it is so far removed from everything else I’ve written about to this point. A collaboration between Moroder and Reinhold Mack, it is pretty much a Krautrock record. Comparable to Kraftwerk’s Ralph & Florian or Radio-Activity, but slightly more…disco…I don’t know, is “cosmic disco” a genre? What about “motorik dance?” Maybe that doesn’t make sense to you — maybe it makes perfect sense — you’ll understand completely within a minute of the first track on the album. Trust me, this is one you’re going to keep your eye out for in the future. And, like my pal Mark, hopefully your find yours someday soon.

Giorgio Moroder

Einzelganger

(Oasis, 1975)

MediaFire DL Link

 

the actual DL link is on this page - http://www.swanfungus.com/2010/10/giorgio-moroder-einzelganger-oasis-1975.html

 

a lot of music historians assume Giorgio must have been directly influenced by the german group Kraftwerk, but this record almost makes it seem like he was coming up with really similar stuff to kraftwerk around the same time. Authoban only came out one year earlier, and in a lot of ways this record has more in common with Radioactivity which came out the same year as this. It's definitely not a pop album by any stretch though

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYOqJfj5uTc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv--YusDC7Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elWWSrczdY0&feature=related

[Guest KY]

fuuuuuck i really want to post in this thread, but i feel like i've missed too much discussion to be up to date on the topic. fffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu

[awepittance]

does anybody have a link to that album made in the early 80s using primarily a GX1 ? people here were all over it after the Tuss releases came out and i can't find amy info about it anywhere