The Electronic Century

Great new BBC Radio series on Electronic Music - the history, the pioneers, the new practitioners. With 27 tracks to illustrate the landmarks of interest.

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Great !

I’m going to listen to this! Are we going to get a chapter on Pierre Schaeffer ? :blush:

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)

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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

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