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| 1 | Otto Luening And Vladimir Ussachevsky – |
Incantation
Written-By, Performer – Otto Luening, Vladimir Ussachevsky |
2:35 | |
| 2 | Max Mathews – |
Bicycle Built For Two
Written-By, Performer – Max Mathews |
0:39 | |
| 3 | Pierre Schaeffer – |
Étude Aux Chemins De Fer
Written-By, Performer – Pierre Schaeffer |
2:53 | |
| 4 | Iannis Xenakis – |
Concret PH
Written-By, Performer – Iannis Xenakis |
2:42 | |
| 5 | John Cage – |
Imaginary Landscape No. 1
Written-By, Performer – John Cage |
8:21 | |
| 6 | Vittorio Gelmetti – |
Treni D'Onda A Modulazione D'Intensità
Written-By, Performer – Vittorio Gelmetti |
10:37 | |
| 7 | Vladimir Ussachevsky – |
Piece For Tape Recorder
Written-By, Performer – Vladimir Ussachevsky |
5:42 | |
| 8 | Luc Ferrari – |
Tête Et Queue Du Dragon
Written-By, Performer – Luc Ferrari |
9:13 | |
| 9 | Morton Subotnick – |
Silver Apples Of The Moon
Written-By, Performer – Morton Subotnick |
12:18 |
Credits
- Design [Graphic Design] – Taylor Deupree
- Liner Notes – Rob Young (6)
- Other [Creative Consultant] – David Pescovitz, Rob Young (6)
- Photography [Cover] – Iara Lee
Notes
Incantation (1953)
Bicycle Built For Two (1961)
Étude Aux Chemins De Fer (1948)
Concret PH (1958)
Imaginary Landscape No. 1 (1939)
Treni D'Onda A Modulazione D'Intensità (1963)
Piece For Tape Recorder (1958)
Tête Et Queue Du Dragon (1959)
Silver Apples Of The Moon (1967)
Incantation and Piece For Tape Recorder licenced courtesy Composers Recordings, Inc.
The recording of Morton Subotnick's Silver Apples of the Moon was taken from the Wergo recording WER 2035-2
Thank you to the Electronic Music Foundation for their guidance in researching this album.
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Tape-based composition is one of the oldest forms to develop and is the best represented movement here through compositions produced by Schaeffer, Luening, Cage, and Ussachevesky from the late-30s through the Fifties. The more brief passages by Xenakis (Concert ph), and Mathews (Bicycle Built For Two) are more computer-based--a later phase in the history of the genre that started in the Fifties. They are very short in length but just as compelling; particularly Mathews' piece which features the use of a speech synthesizer (c.1961) almost fifteen years before such techniques became known through artists like Kraftwerk.
The full version of Subotnick's 'Silver Apples' from 1967 rounds out the disc (and was the main reason why I bought this cd). It's an amazing 12+ minute journey into dark and mysterious soundscapes that predates the likes of Klaus Schultze and Tangerine Dream by almost a decade.
Altogether, 'Vintage Volts' is a modest peek into the past but a beneficial release. The small selection of nine tracks is hardly enough to represent 30 years of innovative music but it's only meant as an introduction. I wouldn't consider someone to be a true fan of electronic music without a disc like this. All of these tracks were almost impossible to find before the arrival of this compilation and sometimes you need to take a step back and ask where and how all this stuff came to be...and where it's all going. A great find.