Electronic

Recordings which were among the first to incorporate new sounds through the use of the moogs, synthesizers, mellotron, theremin, etc.

  • Musiques De L'O.N.F. - Music of the N.F.B. Musiques De L’O.N.F. - Music of the N.F.B.

    What makes this double-LP from 1977 special is it perhaps the earliest appearance of backing tracks to many of the avant-garde films in Canada. They were composed and sequenced (if you can call it that)using the earliest synthesizers and/or tape manipulation techniques. The compositions date from 1951 (!) – 1972, early in the game indeed.

  • John Keating: Space Experience John Keating: Space Experience

    Johnny Keating was yet another victim of the whole “a Moog will make me appear younger & hipper” syndrome. But overall this is really a pretty decent cheesey listening Moog funk lp. Of the mostly contemporary (at the time) pop covers that the album is comprised of, his version of “I Feel the Earth Move” […]

  • Bernard Fevre - The Strange World of Bernard Fevre Bernard Fevre - The Strange World of Bernard Fevre

    File under: late 70’s science-fiction-themed after school special background music.  This is one of the last releases on the great L’Illustration Musicale label; an “all electronic” album, as the back cover states. A top late 70’s electronic library (well, to me at least) — spacy moogs, clavinet, and analog drum machines. Fevre […]

  • Gianni Safred - Futuribile (The Life to Come) Gianni Safred - Futuribile (The Life to Come)

    This was originally released on the obscure “Music Scene” Italian library label, but soon after found a home with our good friends at Folkways. Rather than trying to come up with an entertaining review of this futuristic electronic/jazz/disco record, I’ll just let the liner notes do the job. It seems the people at […]

  • Romolo Grano - Musica Elettronica 1 Romolo Grano - Musica Elettronica 1

    “A new dimension in sound — electronically tested in sound labratory.” This sentence, which is seen on the front cover, the back cover, and the label of the record itself successfully emphasizes what this LP is all about. Tons of analog drones, hums, bloops, delays. You know, all that good, test-your-patience-type stuff […]

  • David Pritchard: Nocturnal Earthworm Stew David Pritchard: Nocturnal Earthworm Stew

    I’d never heard of David Pritchard when I picked up this mid-70’s lp on Island. It just looked interesting, so I gave it a try - WOW! Super duper great record! Just as the title says, it is a real stew. An other-worldly concoction of electronic and acoustic sounds simmering and bubbling over. Reminds me […]

  • Freddie Hubbard/Ilhan Mimaroglu: Song of Songmy Freddie Hubbard/Ilhan Mimaroglu: Song of Songmy

    Crazy record that probably scared Freddie Hubbard fans with it’s extreme Avant Garde-ness. Yet, does not seem to be super well known among Avant Garde enthusiasts - proabaly because it’s credited to Hubbard and was released on Atlantic. But, this is every bit as ruthlessly experimantal as anything I’ve heard on any fringe Classical label. […]

  • Emerson Meyers: Provocative Electronics Emerson Meyers: Provocative Electronics

    How this harsh electronic record snuck into the catalog of ABC’s Classical reissue label Westminster Gold is definitely one of the great mysteries of our time. I mean, sure, they were hip to put pictures of naked chicks on the front of Bach lp’s, but that in no way could have prepared listeners for the […]

  • J.D. Robb: From Razorblades to Moog J.D. Robb: From Razorblades to Moog

    Awesome electronics from the coolest moustache man in the business, J.D. Robb! It’s basically just synth bleeps and crude samples of Opera, but it makes for a thoroughly compelling listen all the way through. I like how his sound is really mellow and spooky rather than a harsh Subotnick-like freakout that is a trial to […]

  • Allen Densen: Sentient Killer Metronomes from Outer-Space Allen Densen: Sentient Killer Metronomes from Outer-Space

    This is the type of thing I get really excited about. Just when you think home-made oddities were out of style (and no longer economically feasible) comes this cassette 4-track home-recorded lp of spacey analog electronics from 1990! It’s quite good, and according to the liner notes completely improvised, without overdubbing!

  • Gerry Olds Trio - here goes Gerry Olds Trio - here goes

    No date on this one, but my assumption is that Gerry released this in the early seventies. This is a double lp, most of this record is really nice standard jazz trio stuff. They do a really dark version of Gershwin’s “summertime” that’s just begging for Rza from the Wu Tang to work wonders with. […]

  • Rick Powell: Choir Book Rick Powell: Choir Book

    First and foremost you should know that this record does not live up to it’s awesome cover. But actually, I really have no idea what a bearded man praising the lord with a Moog should sound like, so maybe I’m being unduely harsh. Anyhow, I was hoping for better, but for some reason I still […]

  • Various Artists - Electronic Music Various Artists - Electronic Music

    Outstanding set of early electronics on the ever-popular Folkways label. It’s hard to imagine the nerdish looking dudes pictured in the included booklet would be the ones producing these totally bizarre sound structures.

  • Dogs of War - S/T Dogs of War - S/T

    Dogs of War bring the Québécois electro-disco on the space-tip. With songs like ‘Spaciula’, ‘Future Jungle’, ‘Intergalactic Tactic’, ‘Love Pirate’ (?), and ‘Space Conqueror’ it’s a wonder I’m not beating arcade games and getting recruited by aliens to fight space battles everytime I listen to this. Not only are the song titles spacey, but so […]

  • Tim Heintz: Plays the Yamaha Electone E-70 Tim Heintz: Plays the Yamaha Electone E-70

    One of those records that keyboard companies used to fund to show off their new gear - in this case the Yamaha “Electone E-70″. This one is actually quite a fun listen if, like me, your idea of a good time is video-game-core versions of pop songs of the late 70’s. There is a pretty […]

  • Cecil Leuter - Les Sons Electroniques Cecil Leuter - Les Sons Electroniques

    Consider the contents of this record the “left-overs” of the Pop Electronique session that Leuter is so famous for. There’s very little song structure to any of the tracks on here, it’s mainly just wild analog keys and effects throughout the entire thing. Audio coming soon.

  • Sam Spence - The Art of the Synthesizer Sam Spence - The Art of the Synthesizer

    Volume 1 of a 2 part series here. Sam Spence was the dude known for his musical contributions to NFL Films highlights in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Going by the cover art, it seems Spence is playing a Moog 55 Synthesizer on here, and in the process of doing so he actually […]

  • Morgan Fisher - Miniatures Morgan Fisher - Miniatures

    In 1980, Mott The Hoople Keyboardist and Londoner Morgan Fisher solicited musical contributions from 50 musicians that he admired…

  • Hellers - Singers...Talkers...Players...Swingers... & Doers Hellers - Singers…Talkers…Players…Swingers… & Doers

    Apparently this dude Heller owned an ad agency and did jingles and stuff, and some of the more tepid tracks on here have a corny sort of jingle feel to them. But, the hot tracks fall somewhere between Dick Hyman’s Moog experiments & “soft psych” like Free Design. It took me a couple of times […]

  • Heldon IV - agneta nilsson Heldon IV - agneta nilsson

    Heldon is mainly Richard Pinhas, who some would say is the Robert Fripp of France. Nice spacy stuff, tons of moogs and electronics. This would appeal to fans of Fripp and Eno and Cluster and whatnot. Goes for cheap on ebay too due to it’s obscurity which is always nice.

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