Various - Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music From Philips Research Laboratories (1956 - 1963)

Label:

Basta

Catalog#:

30-9141-2

Format:

4 x CD, Compilation, Remastered

Country:

Netherlands

Released:

2004

Genre:

Electronic, Jazz

Style:

Big Band, Abstract, Musique Concrète, Modern Classical, Experimental

Tracklist

		CD1 (65:28)
		Kain en Abel (17:21)
1-01	Henk Badings -	Introduction / Dance / Dance of the Destructive Forces	3:44
		Engineer [Assistant] - Jan W. De Bruyn
1-02	Henk Badings -	Conflict, Conclusion, Transition	2:35
		Engineer [Assistant] - Jan W. De Bruyn
1-03	Henk Badings -	Passacaglia	2:13
		Engineer [Assistant] - Jan W. De Bruyn
1-04	Henk Badings -	Arioso	2:19
		Engineer [Assistant] - Jan W. De Bruyn
1-05	Henk Badings -	Conflict, Reprise (Arioso)	3:34
		Engineer [Assistant] - Jan W. De Bruyn
1-06	Henk Badings -	Conflict, Finale	2:54
		Engineer [Assistant] - Jan W. De Bruyn
1-07	Kid Baltan -	Song of the Second Moon (Version 2)	2:48
1-08	Kid Baltan -	Night Train Blues	3:31
1-09	Kid Baltan -	Colonel Bogey	2:59
		Evolutionen (13:37)
1-10	Henk Badings -	Overture	2:17
		Engineer [Assistant] - Jan W. De Bruyn
1-11	Henk Badings -	Air	2:25
		Engineer [Assistant] - Jan W. De Bruyn
1-12	Henk Badings -	Ragtime	3:30
		Engineer [Assistant] - Jan W. De Bruyn
1-13	Henk Badings -	Intermezzo	2:48
		Engineer [Assistant] - Jan W. De Bruyn
1-14	Henk Badings -	Waltz	0:58
		Engineer [Assistant] - Jan W. De Bruyn
1-15	Henk Badings -	Finale	1:37
		Engineer [Assistant] - Jan W. De Bruyn
1-16	Tom Dissevelt -	Whirling (Sonic R-Entry)	2:35
1-17	Tom Dissevelt -	Syncopation (Orbit Aurora)	2:59
1-18	Tom Dissevelt -	Drifting (Moon Maid)	3:11
1-19	Tom Dissevelt -	Vibration (The Visitor from Inner Space)	3:09
1-20	Kid Baltan -	Mechanical Motions (The Ray Makers)	7:25
1-21	Tom Dissevelt -	Intersection (Twilight Ozone)	5:30
		Conductor - Bep Rowold Engineer [Assistant] - Kid Baltan Orchestra - Skymasters, The
		CD2 (72:50)
		Concert Music
2-01	Dick Raaijmakers -	Tweeklank (Contrasts)	4:47
2-02	Dick Raaijmakers -	Pianoforte	4:58
		Film Music
2-03	Henk Badings -	Variations Électroniques	9:58
		Engineer [Assistant] - Jan W. De Bruyn Producer - Gerard J. Raucamp
2-04	Dick Raaijmakers -	Achter De Schermen	17:31
2-05	Dick Raaijmakers -	Fuel for the Future	12:14
2-06	Dick Raaijmakers -	Bekaert: Het Andere Woord Voor Staaldraad	15:46
		Sound Scenery
2-07	Dick Raaijmakers -	Ein Reiterstück	6:52
		CD3 (42:50)
3-01	Tom Dissevelt -	Ignition	3:23
3-02	Tom Dissevelt -	Atlantic	3:16
3-03	Tom Dissevelt -	Spearhead	2:50
3-04	Tom Dissevelt -	Zanzi	2:52
3-05	Tom Dissevelt -	Anchor Chain	2:47
3-06	Tom Dissevelt -	Tropicolour	3:57
3-07	Tom Dissevelt -	Gamelan	3:06
3-08	Tom Dissevelt -	Woomerangs	3:08
3-09	Tom Dissevelt -	Waltzing Mathilda	1:52
3-10	Tom Dissevelt -	Pacific Dawn	3:49
3-11	Tom Dissevelt -	Gold and Lead	2:40
3-12	Tom Dissevelt -	Mexican Mirror	2:16
3-13	Tom Dissevelt -	Seconds to Eternity	3:40
3-14	Tom Dissevelt -	Re-Entry	3:12
		CD4 (64:44)
		Alternate Versions
4-01	Kid Baltan -	Song of the Second Moon (Original Version)	3:06
4-02	Tom Dissevelt -	Syncopation (Alternate Version)	3:10
4-03	Tom Dissevelt -	12-Tone Composition for The Skymasters	4:39
4-04	Tom Dissevelt -	Intersection (Early Version)	6:45
4-05	Tom Dissevelt -	Tropicolours (Early Version)	3:27
4-06	Tom Dissevelt -	Waltzing Mathilda (Early Version)	2:22
		Tunes
4-07	Tom Dissevelt -	Quiz Tune for VARA Television	0:30
4-08	Dick Raaijmakers -	Limburg’s National Anthem	0:21
4-09	Dick Raaijmakers -	Bell Tune	0:30
4-10	Dick Raaijmakers -	Coppélia Tune	0:22
4-11	Dick Raaijmakers -	Sign Tune	0:34
4-12	Dick Raaijmakers -	STER Tune 1	0:10
4-13	Dick Raaijmakers -	STER Tune 2	0:11
4-14	Dick Raaijmakers -	STER Tune 3	0:11
4-15	Dick Raaijmakers -	STER Tune 4	0:11
4-16	Dick Raaijmakers -	STER Tune 5	0:11
4-17	Dick Raaijmakers -	STER Tune 6	0:11
4-18	Dick Raaijmakers -	STER Tune 7	0:11
4-19	Dick Raaijmakers -	STER Tune 8	0:10
4-20	Dick Raaijmakers -	STER Tune 9	0:14
		Sound Examples
4-21	Henk Badings -	Sound Examples - Group 1	1:42
4-22	Henk Badings -	Sound Examples - Group 2	2:30
4-23	Henk Badings -	Sound Examples - Group 3	2:23
		Sound Materials
4-24	Kid Baltan -	Tape Loop with Basic Rhythm	0:24
4-25	Kid Baltan -	Tape Loop with Rhythm and Bass Pattern	0:56
4-26	Kid Baltan -	Arpeggio’s with Echo	0:17
4-27	Kid Baltan -	Figure Moving Downwards, Leading into Whistle Melody with Echo	0:58
4-28	Dick Raaijmakers -	Electronic Boogie Woogie	1:01
		Sound Material For 'Whirling'
4-29	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Opening Sequence	0:12
4-30	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	First Melody	0:22
4-31	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	First Melody Transposed	0:17
4-32	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Chord of Combined Sounds	0:13
4-33	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Bass Pattern	0:16
4-34	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Rhythm Loop with Bass Pattern	0:20
4-35	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Variant	0:22
4-36	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Chord Sequence with Sine Wave Tones	0:16
4-37	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Second Melody	0:17
4-38	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Arpeggio with Echo	0:11
4-39	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Transposed Piano Chord Sequence	0:16
4-40	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Same as Above with Overdub	0:17
4-41	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	First Melody, Variant	0:16
4-42	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	First melody, Canonic Setting	0:17
4-43	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	First melody, Canonic Setting, Different Version	0:20
4-44	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Fast Broken Chord Sequence	0:17
4-45	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Closing Sequence with Echo	0:18
4-46	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Chord of Combined Sounds, Noise Effect	0:14
4-47	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Reversed Echoing Piano Chords, Continuation	0:09
4-48	Tom Dissevelt -	Background Texture for Quiz-Tune	0:28
4-49	Tom Dissevelt -	Multi-Layered Laughter	0:52
		Sound Material For 'Syncopation'
4-50	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Basic Melody	0:38
4-51	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Reversed Chords, Leading into Melodic Continuation	0:18
4-52	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Fast Transposed Piano Chord Sequence	0:18
4-53	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Second Melody	0:21
4-54	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Bass Pattern with Rhythm Loop	0:21
4-55	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Fast Transposed Piano Chord Sequence with Echo	0:21
4-56	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Repeated Figure with Echo	0:11
4-57	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Short Oscillator Glissandi	0:10
4-58	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Second Melody, Electronically Chopped, with Echo	0:21
4-59	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Short Oscillator Glissandi with Echo, Leading into Broken Chord Sequence	0:38
4-60	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Reversed Chord Sequence	0:19
4-61	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Closing Chord Sequence, Leading into Glissando Upwards	0:11
4-62	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Broken Chord Sequence with Echo and Background	0:11
4-63	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Mixture of Upward Glissandi, Leading into High Electronic Sound	0:12
4-64	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Sequence of Three Complex Electronic Glissandi Chords with Echo	0:10
		Sound Material For 'Drifting'
4-65	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Space Effect No.1	0:15
4-66	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Two Alternating Chords with Echo	0:16
4-67	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Melody with Electronic Bell Sounds	0:26
4-68	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Percussive Chord Sequence 1	0:31
4-69	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Bass Pattern	0:29
4-70	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Chord Sequence No.2	0:21
4-71	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Repeating Tympani-Like Tone	0:24
4-72	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Repeating Harp Figure	0:34
4-73	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Bass Pattern	0:14
4-74	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Retro-Chord Sequence	0:16
4-75	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Melody with Amplitude Modulation	0:17
4-76	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Bass Pattern No.3	0:23
4-77	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Space Effect Cross Fading into Alternating Chords	0:27
4-78	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Sustained Chord	0:19
4-79	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Repeating Pentatonic Figure 1	0:35
4-80	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Space Effect No.2 (Sine Tone Glissandi)	1:00
		Sound Material For 'Vibration'
4-81	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Sequence No.1	0:12
4-82	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Sequence No.2	0:17
4-83	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Space Effects with Echo	0:23
4-84	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Optical Siren (Sound Colour Melody)	0:17
4-85	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Noise Attacks	0:08
4-86	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Sequence No.3	0:09
4-87	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Sequence of Chords with Retros	0:15
4-88	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Sequence No.4	0:18
4-89	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Sequence No.5	0:09
4-90	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Rhythmic Tape Loop	0:21
4-91	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Chord with Retro and Amplitude Modulation	0:09
4-92	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Metal Sound with Echo	0:09
4-93	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Bass Pattern No.1	0:17
4-94	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Chord Sequence Cut-Out Sounds	0:09
4-95	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Bass Pattern No.2	0:09
4-96	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan -	Same Pattern, High Pitched	0:08
4-97	Fred Judd* -	Spoken Letter from Fred Judd to Tom Dissevelt	9:23

Credits

Artwork By [Graphic Design] - Piet Schreuders , Sonja Van Hamel
Other [Book Editor] - Irwin Chusid
Producer, Mastered By, Edited By - Kees Tazelaar
Reissue Producer - Dick Raaijmakers

Notes

'Popular Electronics' is the history of the birth of the Dutch electronic scene. This package showcases the first commercially produced popular electronic music; serious work for film, theater, and ballet; hybrid compositions that mix electronics with conventional instruments; novelties sound effects and experimental works.

This box set includes 7 booklets (titles: Introduction, Philips Natlab, Henk Badings, Dick Raaijmakers, Tom Dissevelt, Film Music & Track Notes), 4 compact discs, 2 stickers & reprinted matter like a newspaper article & musical sketches.

CD1: Ballet music by Henk Badings: 'Kain en Abel' & 'Evolutionen' and various compositions by Kid Baltan and Tom Dissevelt.
CD2: Concert music, film music & stage music.
CD3: Tom Dissevelt's 'Fantasy in Orbit'.
CD4: Previously unreleased material.