Electronic music is often viewed as a musical genre that stands separate from other genres. However, since the invention of the Telharmonium, electronic instruments have been integrated into various styles of music as well as our lives in general. Learn about the early development of electronic music with Thom Holmes, as he explains his collection of electronic music that spans from 1930–1985, electronic instruments, tape composition, and Motown’s neglected Moog synthesizer.
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solipsistic NATION No. 209: Artificial Lifeform : solipsistic NATION
On today’s show I’ll also keep my experimental electronic music street cred by also having Tristan Perich join us on today’s show. Six years ago Tristan released 1-Bit Music, which was an electronic circuit assembled inside a CD case with a headphone jack.
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Justice - DVNO
Ed: Album: † (Cross).
Electronic band from France. I’m trying to do an electronic/dance song every Saturday, so here’s the third electronic song so far. Luke liked Genesis, I liked DVNO, so I win. I hope the quality here is good, this was hard to find!Source: http://fuelfriendsblog.com/listenup/Monolith%20Songs%2008/09%20DVNO.mp3
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Creative Coincidences: Cage On Cunningham
Fresh Air from WHYY: July 31, 2009 Composer John Cage was the life partner and longtime collaborator of dancer-choreographer Merce Cunningham, who died July 26. Cage, who passed away in 1992, was a pioneer of electronic music and compositions involving chance and randomness. He was one of the first composers to use synthesizers and computers. Interview originally aired, 1985.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111388464&from=mobile
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The Tone Generation - Show 1 Great Britain
The Tone Generation is Ian`s continuing radio series exploring electronic music; a personal selection drawn from his records and cds, looking at different themes or composers in the era of analogue tape and early synthesizer technology. Within the limitations of his collection and the half hour time slot, the programmes will hopefully act as a useful and enlightening overview of electronic music as it developed in many different countries, and will be of special interest to enthusiasts and students studying the history of analogue electronics, from the formative days up to the 1970s.
Programme 1: Great Britain Music by: Desmond Briscoe, Daphne Oram, Desmond Leslie, Tristram Cary, Roberto Gerhard, Fred Judd and Malcolm Clarke.
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FEZ’s Composer Disasterpeace on Creative Music Theory for Games • Composer Quest Ep. 82
Rich Vreeland (aka Disasterpeace) talks about his snowflake-catching game January, and how he infused his code with music theory to make generative music.
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The Tone Generation - Part 9 (Canada)
Over 10 programmes, artist/musician Ian Helliwell delves into his archive to look at the development of electronic music right across the world in the classic era of analogue technology. Starting in Europe and finishing up in the Southern Hemisphere, he will be playing vintage tracks from celebrated and overlooked composers from each country.
Show 9 features music by Hugh Le Caine, Phillip Werren, Barry Truax and Norman Mclaren.
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Music, Spies And Exact Change: The Strange History Of Electronic Tolls : All Tech Considered : NPR
The surprising history of electronic toll collection can be traced back to the theremin, and a Russian spy program. It’s still in use, even as toll booths are being eliminated.
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Synthetic Sound: The Second Electronic Music Revolution | No Sounds Are Forbidden
Click play for the sixth episode of No Sounds Are Forbidden. Host Matthew Friedman explores sound synthesis, and how the invention of the electronic synthesizer inspired avant-garde composers, and transformed how listeners listened to music. This episode features music by Milton Babbitt, Morton Subotnick, Charles Wuorinen, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Raymond Scott, Gershon Kingsley, Tangerine Dream, Brian Eno, and Johann Sebastian Bach.
https://networks.h-net.org/system/files/contributed-files/nsaf106.mp3
http://nosoundsforbidden.org/podcasts/synthetic-sound-the-second-electronic-music-revolution/
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The Tone Generation - Part 10 (The Rest of the World)
Over 10 programmes, artist/musician Ian Helliwell delves into his archive to look at the development of electronic music right across the world in the classic era of analogue technology. Starting in Europe and finishing up in the Southern Hemisphere, he will be playing vintage tracks from celebrated and overlooked composers from each country.
Tagged with music electronic experimental