Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan – The Fascinating World Of Electronic Music

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Genre:	Electronic
Style:	Experimental, Electroacoustic
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Tracklist

		Syncopation	2:49
		Intersection (Fantasy For Electronic Sound And Orchestra)	3:12
		Drifting	7:22
		Vibration	3:07
		Song Of The Second Moon	2:35
		Whirling	3:00
		Mechanical Motions	5:25
		Pianoforte	5:05

Credits (4)

Kid Baltan
Composed By
Tom Dissevelt
Composed By
Kid Baltan
Producer
Tom Dissevelt
Producer

Notes

First released as an LP in the Netherlands under the title The Fascinating World Of Electronic Music, probably in 1963.
First released as an LP in the US as Electronic Music (1962), credited to The Electrosonics, and reissued in 1968 as Song Of The Second Moon: The Sonic Vibrations Of Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan.
Subsequent releases have variously utilised all three titles, and it also formed the core of the CD collection Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music From Philips Research Laboratories (1956 - 1963).

Seven of the eight tracks had previously been issued between 1958 and 1961 on Electronic Music, Electronic Movements and Electronic Music. Please use the Compilation tag.

Track order and song titles differ between the "Fascinating World.." and "Electronic Music"/"Song Of The Second Moon" releases:
A1 - Song Of The Second Moon remained unchanged
A2 - Drifting = Moon Maid
A3 - Mechanical Motions = The Ray Makers
A4 - Vibration = The Visitor From Inner Space
B1 - Whirling = Sonik Re-Entry = Sonic Re-Entry
B2 - Syncopation = Orbit Aurora
B3 - Intersection = Twilight Ozone
B4 - Pianoforte remained unchanged.

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Image	,	–			In Your Collection, Wantlist, or Inventory	Version Details	Data Quality
	Electronic Music LP, Compilation, Stereo	Philips – PHS 600-047	US	1962	US — 1962	Recently Edited
	Electronic Music LP, Compilation, Mono	Philips – PHM 200-047	US	1962	US — 1962	Recently Edited
	Electronic Music LP, Compilation, Promo, Mono	Philips – PHM 200-047, Philips – PHM-200-047	US	1962	US — 1962	Recently Edited
	Electronic Music LP, Compilation, Promo, Stereo	Philips – PHS 600-047	US	1962	US — 1962	New Submission
	El Mundo Fascinante De La Música Electrónica LP, Compilation, Mono	Philips – 10047	Mexico	1964	Mexico — 1964	New Submission
	Song Of The Second Moon: The Sonic Vibrations Of Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan LP, Album, Compilation, Reissue	Limelight – LS 86050	US	1968	US — 1968	Recently Edited
	Song Of The Second Moon: The Sonic Vibrations Of Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan LP, Album, Compilation, Promo, Reissue, Gatefold	Limelight – LS 86050	US	1968	US — 1968	New Submission
	Song Of The Second Moon (The Sonic Vibrations Of Tom Dissevelt / Kid Baltan) CD, Album, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, Mono	The Omni Recording Corporation – OMNI - 155, The Omni Recording Corporation – OMNI 155	Australia	2012	Australia — 2012	Recently Edited
	El Fascinante Mundo De La Música Electrónica LP, Compilation, Limited Edition, Reissue, Unofficial Release, Mono	Sonitron – ST-001		2014	2014	New Submission
	Song Of The Second Moon: The Sonic Vibrations Of Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan LP, Compilation, Reissue, Unofficial Release	Fifth Dimension (2) – FD5010-LP	Europe	2015	Europe — 2015	Recently Edited
	Song Of The Second Moon: The Sonic Vibrations Of Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan CD, Album, Compilation, Reissue, Unofficial Release	Fifth Dimension (2) – FD5010-CD	Europe	2015	Europe — 2015	New Submission
	Electronic Music LP, Compilation, Limited Edition, Numbered, Mono	Fantôme Phonographique – OME1004	Italy	2018	Italy — 2018	New Submission
	The Fascinating World Of Electronic Music LP, Compilation, Reissue, Test Pressing, Mono	We Are Busy Bodies – WABB-101	Canada	2021	Canada — 2021	New Submission
	The Fascinating World Of Electronic Music LP, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered	We Are Busy Bodies – WABB-101	Canada	2021	Canada — 2021	New Submission
	Song Of The Second Moon: The Sonic Vibrations Of Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan LP, Compilation, Reissue, Unofficial Release	Limelight (6) – LS-86050				New Submission
	The Fascinating World Of Electronic Music LP, Compilation, Mono	Philips – P 08168	Netherlands		Netherlands	New Submission
	El Fascinante Mundo De La Música Electrónica LP, Compilation, Mono	Philips – 82084 PL	Argentina		Argentina	Recently Edited
	El Fascinante Mundo De La Música Electrónica LP, Compilation, Mono	Philips – 82084 PL	Argentina		Argentina	New Submission
	Song Of The Second Moon LP, Album, Compilation, Stereo	Philips – PHS 600-047	UK		UK	New Submission
	The Fascinating World Of Electronic Music LP, Compilation, Repress, Mono	Philips – P 08168	Netherlands		Netherlands	New Submission
	The Fascinating World Of Electronic Music Cassette, Compilation	Wild Planet – WP3	UK & Ireland		UK & Ireland	New Submission
	Electronic Music LP, Compilation, Repress, Stereo	Philips – PHS 600-047	US		US	New Submission

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Reviews

jrcrimson Oct 16, 2022
referencing The Fascinating World Of Electronic Music (LP, Compilation, Mono) P 08168
Can anyone confirm if the original LP of this album has that "echo sound" constantly throughout?
Discog38 Apr 5, 2022
referencing The Fascinating World Of Electronic Music (LP, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered) WABB-101
Can anyone comment on the pressing quality and fidelity of this reissue?
darkswan Dec 12, 2021
referencing The Fascinating World Of Electronic Music (LP, Compilation, Mono) P 08168
WABB-101 Vinyl is quality, flat, 180gish. Clean w little to no noise. Dynamic. Feels like a fresh copy of something I would have pulled out of a dusty bin in the late 70s. A Fun ride through electronic music history.
twenty3ears May 28, 2021
referencing The Fascinating World Of Electronic Music (Cassette, Compilation) WP3
This recording was originally released on the label Righteous on CD, now re-issued on cassette
Papercharms Oct 22, 2020
referencing El Fascinante Mundo De La Música Electrónica (LP, Compilation, Limited Edition, Reissue, Unofficial Release, Mono) ST-001
This is an excellent reproduction. Good pressing and the sound quality is outstanding.
dsyn2spin Aug 29, 2018
referencing Song Of The Second Moon: The Sonic Vibrations Of Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan (LP, Album, Compilation, Reissue) LS 86050
Amazing record! Light years ahead of it's time. Even still.
10 out of 10 rating
drombulja Aug 17, 2018
referencing The Fascinating World Of Electronic Music (LP, Compilation, Mono) P 08168
The weird thing is that the catalogue number does make it seem like it's from 1958 or 1959.
schweiznono Jun 21, 2018
referencing The Fascinating World Of Electronic Music (LP, Compilation, Mono) P 08168
Reissued on Fantome Phonographique, under the "Electrosoniks" moniker, in 2018! https://www.discogs.com/fr/The-Electrosoniks-Electronic-Music/release/12162898
geoglyphs Sep 4, 2017
referencing The Fascinating World Of Electronic Music (LP, Compilation, Mono) P 08168
The year of release 1959 can't be correct, as one of the works on this album, Tom Dissevelt's "Intersection", was produced in early 1961. The album mentioned here is a compilation of mostly previously released material: Kid Baltan's single "Song of the Second Moon" (released not earlier than 1958, since the track on the B-side was recorded in April 1958), the EP Electronic Movements, composed by Dissevelt and produced by Baltan and Dissevelt (released not earlier than very late 1959, since the track "Syncopation" was recorded in November 1959), Baltan/Raaijmakers's "Pianoforte", recorded in May 1960 (the only work on this album which was not released before), and Baltan/Raaijmakers's "Mechanical Motions" (basically a remix made in December 1960 of Raaijmakers's electronic film music compositions "Achter de Schermen" and "Fuel for the Future", produced earlier that year). I have a review of this album from Dutch newspaper Het Vrije Volk from 23 June 1963, so I assume the release date must be May or June 1963.
TaalgoMusic Mar 23, 2017
referencing Song Of The Second Moon: The Sonic Vibrations Of Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan (LP, Compilation, Reissue, Unofficial Release) FD5010-LP
Can anybody vouch for the quality of this unoficial repress please? x