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blaster78 · Post by **blaster78** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 9:52 am

i saw a brilliant documentary on this on the bbc a few weeks ago. unfortunately i was "under the influence" at the time and can't remember half of what was on it.

it covered the history of "experimental music" with stuff like music concrete, bbc radiophonics and brian eno on it.

i'm interested in hearing more about some of this stuff so can anyone recommend say 3 cd's to start me on my path. i understand that you don't exactly get a "greatest hits" of this sort of thing but i don't want to end up with over an hour of clapping music

even though it was interesting on the program (i remember that bit

)

cheers,

steve.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 9:56 am

go to amazon do a searc for bbc radiophonics
theres one or two compilations and a heap of dr who stuff
as for music concrete,if you findd any recordings let me know
for eno check out any of the ambient releases

oh and welcome to my world

blaster78 · Post by **blaster78** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 10:07 am

cool, i've done that. theres a load of stuff from bbc (a lot of vinyl though

)

and plenty of stuff from eno/fripp etc.

any personal suggestions as an introduction to this stuff (or any similar)

cheers,

steve.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 10:12 am

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ... 79-0505249

radiophonic cd to get you started
as for eno appollo or music for airports are to of my faves

blaster78 · Post by **blaster78** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 10:14 am

vurt wrote:http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ... 79-0505249

radiophonic cd to get you started
as for eno appollo or music for airports are to of my faves

cheers vurt,

i'll get them ordered i think.

ta,

steve.

Mr Arkadin · Post by **Mr Arkadin** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 11:06 am

A few personal faves:

Electronic:
Sub Rosa's two double-disc anthologies (good all rounders): an anthology of noise and electronic music /first a-chronology and /second a-chronology 1936-2003

OHM: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music (another all-rounder)

Raymond Scott's Manhatten Research Inc.

tape-based:
Tod Dockstader's Quatermass and Apocalypse

weird instruments:
Gravikords, Whirlies & Pyrophones: Experimental Musical Instruments

and the clapping music you heard was probably Steve Reich's Clapping Music (!). Next time use your video recorder

Mr A

PS If you're in the London area check out Rough Trade records in Neal's Yard (downstairs past all the skaters clothes!?) and they have great experimental sections to browse through - and you can listen to the stuff before you buy.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 11:09 am

yeah the OHM album is a must have

blaster78 · Post by **blaster78** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 11:10 am

Mr Arkadin wrote:and the clapping music you heard was probably Steve Reich's Clapping Music (!). Next time use your video recorder

Mr A

PS If you're in the London area check out Rough Trade records in Neal's Yard (downstairs past all the skaters clothes!?) and they have great experimental sections to browse though - and you can listen to the stuff before you buy.

thanks very much for the suggestions. i should definately have recorded the program, but at the time i was laying on my couch (a little the worse for wear) thinking, "this is great"

there wasn't enough brain left to think "i should record this"

i'm not in london but i'm down there fairly regular so i'll have to check out rough trade next time i'm there.

cheers,

steve.

Mr Arkadin · Post by **Mr Arkadin** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 11:24 am

blaster78 wrote:

i'm not in london

i suppose that map of Southport in your sig should have been the giveaway there - duh

All the best in your electronic excursions.

Also worth checking out is a good CD of music for the Quatermass films, which although has orchestral stuff on it also has a whole electronic section - great '50s-type stuff.

And of course Louis and Bebe Barron's Forbidden Planet is a must have.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 11:26 am

hes not in southport either

thats where the next event is taking place

blaster78 · Post by **blaster78** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 11:27 am

vurt wrote:hes not in southport either
thats where the next event is taking place

closer to southport than london though....

steve.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 11:30 am

not on that map tho are ya

blaster78 · Post by **blaster78** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 11:33 am

vurt wrote:not on that map tho are ya

no... not for a few weeks anyway

steve.

Mr Arkadin · Post by **Mr Arkadin** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 11:36 am

PS. i would hold on the Eno purchases as his whole back catalogue is coming out remastered (the first four are already out). BTW did i ever tell you about the time i bumped into Brian Eno at an Oxford bus stop... (people start yawning)

uncleruby · Post by **uncleruby** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 11:42 am

Nice to see people interested in this stuff.
OOOOOLLLDDD SCHOOOOLLL!! Just a hint if you are web searching try the spelling "musique concrete"
and read up on John Cage too. He's an important guy in this movement. below is a bit I found on the web.

"In 1948 Paris, history was made. Pierre Schaeffer, a French radio broadcaster, working for the Radiodiffusion-Television Francaise (RTF), created the first electronic music studio. With a multitude of microphones, phonographs, variable speed tape recorders and sound effect records he created a new art form, musique concrete, and with it a world of new music opened up -- the world of electronic music."

http://www.musespace.com/writings/essays/musique.html

music concrete and stuff