Great new BBC Radio series on Electronic Music - the history, the pioneers, the new practitioners. With 27 tracks to illustrate the landmarks of interest.
Great !
I’m going to listen to this! Are we going to get a chapter on Pierre Schaeffer ?
Not sure but here’s the full track listing for Episode 1;
1 Clara Rockmore - Pièce En Forme De Habanera
2 Denis Smalley - Pentes
3 Hugh Le Caine - Dripsody
4 Holly Herndon - Frontier
5 Suzanne Ciani - ‘Clean Room’ ITT TV Spot
6 Olivier Messiaen - Fête Des Belles Eaux
7 Olivier Messiaen & Ensemble D’Ondes Martenot De Montréal - Oraison
8 György Ligeti - Artikulation
9 Raymond Scott - The Rhythm Modulator
10 Raymond Scott - Manhattan Research, Inc. Copyright
11 Raymond Scott - Lightworks (Slow)
12 Raymond Scott Quintette - Twilight In Turkey
13 Raymond Scott - Lightworks
14 Bernard Parmegiani - Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
15 Suzanne Ciani - “Pop & Pour" Coca-Cola Logo
16 Suzanne Ciani - Part Eight
17 Daphne Oram - Look At Oramics
18 Daphne Oram - Four Aspects
19 Oleg Buloshkin - Sacrament
20 Gabriel Prokofiev - Pulse
21 François Bayle - Quadrille
22 Bernard Parmegiani - Filature
23 Charanjit Singh - Raga Bhairav
24 Wendy Carlos - Timesteps
25 Conrad Schnitzler - 9
26 Louis and Bebe Barron - Love At The Swimming Hole
27 Fęlá Şowándé - Akinla (African Suite)
A bit late to the party, but I am currently discovering Charanjit Singh and my mind is being blown in a most pleasant way. I like the comparison to Terry Riley for the undulating and slippery keyboard lines. https://ra.co/reviews/7445