Kid Baltan, Tom Dissevelt, Henk Badings, Dick Raaijmakers – Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music From Philips Research Laboratories (1956 - 1963)
Label: | Basta – 30-9141-2 |
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Format: | CD, Compilation, Stereo, Mono CD, Compilation, Stereo, Mono CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo Box Set, Remastered |
Country: | Netherlands |
Released: | |
Genre: | Electronic, Jazz |
Style: | Abstract, Big Band, Modern Classical, Experimental, Electroacoustic |
Tracklist
| Henk Badings | Kain En Abel | (17:21) | |
| 1-1 | – | Introduction / Dance / Dance Of The Destructive Forces | 3:44 |
| 1-2 | – | Conflict, Conclusion, Transition | 2:35 |
| 1-3 | – | Passacaglia | 2:13 |
| 1-4 | – | Arioso | 2:19 |
| 1-5 | – | Conflict, Reprise (Arioso) | 3:34 |
| 1-6 | – | Conflict, Finale | 2:54 |
| 1-7 | Kid Baltan– | Song Of The Second Moon (Version 2) | 2:48 |
| 1-8 | Kid Baltan– | Night Train Blues | 3:31 |
| 1-9 | Kid Baltan– | Colonel Bogey | 2:59 |
| Henk Badings | Evolutionen | (13:37) | |
| 1-10 | – | Overture | 2:17 |
| 1-11 | – | Air | 2:25 |
| 1-12 | – | Ragtime | 3:30 |
| 1-13 | – | Intermezzo | 2:48 |
| 1-14 | – | Waltz | 0:58 |
| 1-15 | – | Finale | 1:37 |
| 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 |
| Concert Music | |||
| 2-1 | Dick Raaijmakers– | Tweeklank (Contrasts) | 4:47 |
| 2-2 | Dick Raaijmakers– | Pianoforte | 4:58 |
| Film Music | |||
| 2-3 | Henk Badings– | Variations Électroniques | 9:58 |
| 2-4 | Dick Raaijmakers– | Achter De Schermen | 17:31 |
| 2-5 | Dick Raaijmakers– | Fuel For The Future | 12:14 |
| 2-6 | Dick Raaijmakers– | Bekaert: Het Andere Woord Voor Staaldraad | 15:46 |
| Sound Scenery | |||
| 2-7 | Dick Raaijmakers– | Ein Reiterstück | 6:52 |
| Tom Dissevelt | Fantasy In Orbit | ||
| 3-1 | – | Ignition | 3:23 |
| 3-2 | – | Atlantic | 3:16 |
| 3-3 | – | Spearhead | 2:50 |
| 3-4 | – | Zanzi | 2:52 |
| 3-5 | – | Anchor Chain | 2:47 |
| 3-6 | – | Tropicolours | 3:57 |
| 3-7 | – | Gamelan | 3:06 |
| 3-8 | – | Woomerangs | 3:08 |
| 3-9 | – | Waltzing Mathilda | 1:52 |
| 3-10 | – | Pacific Dawn | 3:49 |
| 3-11 | – | Gold And Lead | 2:40 |
| 3-12 | – | Mexican Mirror | 2:16 |
| 3-13 | – | Seconds To Eternity | 3:40 |
| 3-14 | – | Re-Entry | 3:12 |
| Alternate Versions | |||
| 4-1 | Kid Baltan– | Song Of The Second Moon (Original Version) | 3:06 |
| 4-2 | Tom Dissevelt– | Syncopation (Alternate Version) | 3:10 |
| 4-3 | Tom Dissevelt– | 12-Tone Composition For The Skymasters | 4:39 |
| 4-4 | Tom Dissevelt– | Intersection (Early Version) | 6:45 |
| 4-5 | Tom Dissevelt– | Tropicolours (Early Version) | 3:27 |
| 4-6 | Tom Dissevelt– | Waltzing Mathilda (Early Version) | 2:22 |
| Tunes | |||
| 4-7 | Tom Dissevelt– | Quiz Tune For VARA Television | 0:30 |
| 4-8 | Dick Raaijmakers– | Limburg’s National Anthem | 0:21 |
| 4-9 | Dick Raaijmakers– | Bell Tune | 0:30 |
| 4-10 | Dick Raaijmakers– | Coppélia Tune | 0:22 |
| 4-11 | Dick Raaijmakers– | Sign Tune | 0:34 |
| Dick Raaijmakers | STER Tunes | ||
| 4-12 | – | STER Tune 1 | 0:10 |
| 4-13 | – | STER Tune 2 | 0:11 |
| 4-14 | – | STER Tune 3 | 0:11 |
| 4-15 | – | STER Tune 4 | 0:11 |
| 4-16 | – | STER Tune 5 | 0:11 |
| 4-17 | – | STER Tune 6 | 0:11 |
| 4-18 | – | STER Tune 7 | 0:11 |
| 4-19 | – | STER Tune 8 | 0:10 |
| 4-20 | – | 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 | |||
| Kid Baltan | Sound Material For "Song Of The Second Moon" | ||
| 4-24 | – | Tape Loop With Basic Rhythm | 0:24 |
| 4-25 | – | Tape Loop With Rhythm And Bass Pattern | 0:56 |
| 4-26 | – | Arpeggio’s With Echo | 0:17 |
| 4-27 | – | 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 |
Companies, etc.
- Pressed By – DOCdata
- Copyright © – Donemus
- Recorded At – NRU Studios
- Recorded At – Philips Research Laboratories
- Recorded At – STEM Utrcht
- Recorded At – Private Studio Of Raaijmakers/Boerman
- Recorded At – F.C. Judd's Private Studio
Credits
- Author – Dick Raaijmakers, Henk Badings, Kees Tazelaar, Rudie Kagie
- Booklet Editor – Irwin Chusio*
- Booklet Editor [Proofreader/Text Editing] – Barbara Ellison
- Booklet Editor [Text Coordination] – Rudie Kagie
- Coordinator [Book Editor] – Irwin Chusid
- Design [Graphic Design] – Piet Schreuders, Sonja Van Hamel
- Graphics – Riet Schreuders, Sonja van Hamel
- Producer [Associate] – Dick Raaijmakers
- Producer, Mastered By, Edited By – Kees Tazelaar
Notes
"Popular Electronics" showcases the first commercially produced popular electronic music; works for film, theater, and ballet; hybrid compositions that mix electronics with conventional instruments; novelties sound effects and experimental works.
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.
Booklet 7, “Track notes”, incorrectly lists 3-6 as “Tropicolour” instead of “Tropicolours”. It is correctly labelled on Tom Dissevelt’s original Fantasy In Orbit. Round the world with electronic music by Tom Dissevelt release, 1963. 4-5 is correctly listed as “Tropicolours (Early Version)”.
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.
Total times:
- CD1: 65:28
- CD2: 72:50
- CD3: 42:50
- CD4: 64:44
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.
Booklet 7, “Track notes”, incorrectly lists 3-6 as “Tropicolour” instead of “Tropicolours”. It is correctly labelled on Tom Dissevelt’s original Fantasy In Orbit. Round the world with electronic music by Tom Dissevelt release, 1963. 4-5 is correctly listed as “Tropicolours (Early Version)”.
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.
Total times:
- CD1: 65:28
- CD2: 72:50
- CD3: 42:50
- CD4: 64:44
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Scanned): 8712530914123
- Barcode (Text): 8 712530 914123
- Label Code: LC 01460
- Matrix / Runout (Disc 1): DOCdata BASTA ELECTRONIC
- Mastering SID Code (Disc 1): IFPI LJ82
- Mould SID Code (Disc 1): (none)
- Matrix / Runout (Disc 2): DOCdata BASTA ELECTRONIC-2
- Mastering SID Code (Disc 2): IFPI LJ82
- Mould SID Code (Disc 2): (none)
- Matrix / Runout (Disc 3): DOCdata BASTA ELECTRONIC-3
- Mastering SID Code (Disc 3): (none)
- Mould SID Code (Disc 3): IFPI 3614
- Matrix / Runout (Disc 4): DOCdata BASTA ELECTRONIC-4
- Mastering SID Code (Disc 4): IFPI LJ82
- Mould SID Code (Disc 4): (none)
Recommendations
2006 NetherlandsCD —Compilation, Remastered
2003 BelgiumCD —Compilation, Enhanced
2002 BelgiumCD —Compilation
2006 BelgiumCD —Compilation
Reviews
Edited one year agoDisc 1 Includes Tom Dissevelt's Intersection (1961), a "Fantasy for Electronic Sound and Jazz Orchestra", realized at STEM Utrecht with Kid Baltan as assistant.
Disc 4 contains an alternate, early version, as well as the original uncut performance of 12-tone Composition for The Skymasters, composed (c. 1959) by Dissevelt and directed by Bep Rowold, a radical departure for a mellow jazz band. The NRU studios session tapes were found in Dissevelt's vaults by his son on May 2003.
Also included is the world's first attempt to compose popular electronic music: Song of the Second Moon (1957), by Kid Baltan aka Dick Raaijmakers.
Edited 6 years agoAlthough not mentioned on this site, there's actually a first and second pressing, if I'm not mistaking (I know because a friend of mine heard the box years later at my place and was then able to order the box awhile later when it became available again). The only notable difference between the two pressings is that with the second pressing the sleeves which house the discs are quite tight, which is not the case with the first edition.
The best CD box set I own. Gorgeous packaging and artwork. Incredible sounds. A lovingly presented showcase of early electronic music. The only flaw is that the sleeves which house the discs (while they look great) are a bit too tight and its a pain to get the discs out. Other than that, perfect in every way. Highly recommended for fans of pre-70's electronic and/or tape music.- Incredible box-set: 4CD and a huge amount of booklets, stickers... all printed wonderfully on every side. Superb artwork ever. Highly recommended. No question: the Song of the second moon was the most pioneering electro track with shocking melodyline and instrumentation. The birth of the electro. There are similar good traks more. If you download the material is understandable but the complete treasure-box to own is the real thing! I will never sell mine!
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