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17 Jan 27, 2010 10:34 pm

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Saskrotch wrote:

definitely check out Ohm: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music. ranges from 1948-1980. i've got a copy of it somewhere, not sure where though.
this is my favorite track from it
http://www.last.fm/music/Raymond+Scott/ … lectronium

I have this too, but most of it is experimental noise, like literally just noise...So if you wanted noise, you hit the jackpot!

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18 Jan 27, 2010 10:39 pm

Zombipnok

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Check also John Carptenter's OST like Assault on Precinct 13, Halloween, Dark Star etc ...
And absolutely, THE UNITS, a punk band using only synths !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isI3ihO4Z3I

20 Jan 27, 2010 10:53 pm

Mano

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also try to find the documentary about EMS, "what the future sounds like"

edit: found it on youtube, in parts

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21 Jan 27, 2010 11:03 pm

Zombipnok

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Great documentary Mano
There's also a series of broadcast on the BBC about electronic music, " The Great Bleep Forward "

22 Jan 27, 2010 11:49 pm

Lazerbeat

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I'm totally blanking on the name of the artist, and I'm not o. A google friendly device but search for "art of the theremin" also I thinnk ligetti did some early electonic stuff?

23 Jan 28, 2010 2:52 am

Subway Sonicbeat

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I knew mano would post in this thread (L)

If you want some pop stuff, Italo disco and Space disco all the way. Koto and Laserdance.

24 Jan 28, 2010 3:04 am

minusbaby

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Charles Dodge's voice synthesis recordings from the 1970s are equally beautiful and frightening. If you like the Speak 'n' Spell, his record, "Synthesized Voices" is absolutely essential.

"Speech Songs: A Man Sitting in the Cafeteria" by Charles Dodge
Synthesized Voices [1976]

DOWNLOAD

25 Jan 28, 2010 4:09 am

DaPantz

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I'm gonna download that shit. But also, like I said, that cover art is absolutely stunning. Sheeeeyit.

26 Jan 28, 2010 10:06 am

DKSTR

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'Synth Britannia' by BBC is a great documentary about early electronic music scene in England, highly recommend it.

27 Jan 28, 2010 10:31 am

Jellica

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Throbbing Gristle
Cabaret Voltaire
23 Skidoo
early Human League

stuff like that... not all pure electronic... lots of tape loop stuff and synths with real instruments

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There used to be a festival in London in the late 80s/early 90s called "UK Electronica". Saw so many great/iconic electronica artists there. A couple that stood out that I don't think have been mentioned here are Ian Boddy and Mark Shreeve.

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29 Jan 28, 2010 10:56 am

Cementimental

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Morton Subotnick's 'Silver Apples of the Moon' is pretty amazing.

Also the FORBIDDEN PLANET soundtrack is astonishing and way ahead of its time.

30 Jan 28, 2010 10:58 am

Cementimental

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Double post oops so I'll also suggest the several "An Anthology of Noise and Electronic Music" complilations, loads of interesting stuff. I'm always amazed to hear something that sounds like it was made yesterday but is actually cooked up in some university music lab in 1955 or whatever

Also it's not as old as we're talking about, but in terms of ahead of unexpectedly it's time electronic music the Terminator soundtrack (the original movie only) is worth revisiting. Some super-80s sounds of course but, at times it sounds pretty much like something Warp records could have released in the mid 90s

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