MOTM

>First, did anyone hear the little (10 minute) bit about Dave Borden & Mother
>Mallard today on All Things Considered? "First all electronic band in 1969."
>Early "work" with Bob Moog, helping to "idiot proof the machines," much as
>Larry and I do now for MOTM. Nice little mention about the resurgence of
>interest in analog.
>
Dang, missed that one! But I did catch Moog on both Fresh Air and
Performance Today within the last month or so. There does seem to be a
resurgence goin' on.

BTW, Moog was on Performance Toady (and an interview w/Moog is one of the
few things that will get me to sit through an hour of that show!) to
promote a new compilation CD called "Ohm: Early Gurus of Electronic Music
1948-1980." I picked this up yesterday, and, while I've only listened to
the first disc thus far, it's a wonderful collection. Mostly focussed on
"classical" EM: Messian, Stockhausen, Steve Reich, Terry Riley, etc. I have
some of the stuff on the discs already, but there's a fair amount I'd never
heard before. Great notes & beautiful packaging too.


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>And finally I've been meaning to respond to many of the film score and
>historical EM things that were posted a week or two ago, but I wanted to add
>something about one of my favorite EM albums which I've only seen once (local
>library). In my memory, it was by Pierre Henry (maybe Schaeffer was there
>too) from maybe around 1968. It was musique concrete (naturally) and was an
>album length work where all the pieces were made from recordings of a saw, a
>squeak of a door hinge, and a human sigh. Again this is all from memory, I
>did tape the album, and last listened to the tape about 5 years ago, but now
>I can't find it <boo hoo!>. I spent a lot of time looking for it and will
>continue -- it may be called Hyperprism (now I'm really guessing). If anyone
>recognizes this piece from my poor description, please let me know.
>
It's "Variations for a Door and a Sigh" (aptly named!), and it is an
incredible piece. It's on CD, on if I remember rightly, Harmonia Mundi.

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