:D I noticed after I posted that, that the comp you listed had Music of the Spheres on it. I wish that the pioneering women of electronic music would get more notice as well. I would be down to watch something on Beyer! I really don't know that much about her, but I'm sure it would be an interesting story to tell.
her story is just so tragic and fascinating. Spheres was supposed to be the centerpiece for an electronic opera she was working on. There's little bits suggesting what it might have looked and sounded like based on descriptions and other loose info I spent awhile tracking down. I truly believe it would have been an absolutely revolutionary work (not that Music of the Spheres even by itself isn't pretty damn revolutionary) had ALS not taken her so young 🙁
and yeah women in early electronic music in general don't get nearly enough recognition especially seeing as the more you look and find early women pioneers in electronic music you start to feel like men are just a footnote in electronic history by comparison 🤣
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Haha, I don't know if the "Soothing Sounds for Baby" albums ever actually worked, you'll have to tell me if your boy responded to it at all.
As to what I like about those albums;
Raymond Scott- A fun album that pushed electronic music away from the avant-garde and towards a pop sensibility. (Although that wasn't necessarily the intention). The first track is stunning. Scott also made his own instruments.
Terry Reilly- I went on a Terry Reilly crusade about 2 years ago and listened to at least 10 of his albums. This one is probably my favorite, but I'll have to give that thing that Tap mentioned a listen.
Henry Flynt- A really interesting person who made some bonkers music with the violin and other instruments. Trance-like, minimal stuff.
Joe Meek- Wrote hits for other artists and made a lot of his own instruments and studio trickery like Scott. "Telstar" is his best known hit, but this album focuses on some of his weirder stuff from the early 60s.
Ussachevsky, Luening, Dockstader, Parmegiani- Need the musique concrete and tape music represented, and it's hard to find better than these dudes. They were crucial in the evolution of electronic music.
Laurie Spiegel- Sounds like what I wish the soundtrack to my life on a distant planet would be.
People Like Us- Plunderphonics and Collage music deserve to be mentioned as well, and I really like this album. Almost as much as I like The Avalanches.
Ramleh- Power Electronics should also be included for at least one spot, and this album is one of the more accessible releases in that genre to me.
Why is the top 10 almost all Krautrock? Besides that, like I said earlier, most of that is surely under the umbrella of electronic music, but since we have separate discussions lined up for ambient, new age, and do we have "dance" separate?, then most of these would be better suited for those discussions.
Don't want to prematurely shoot your wad.
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Yeah. I like that list better. Lot of my favorite German artist are there like Klaus Schulze and other early seventies people. Plus, I really like all of the 90s and 2000s choices that the person made. So someone who likes that period would probably approve of that list.
Why is the top 10 almost all Krautrock? Besides that, like I said earlier, most of that is surely under the umbrella of electronic music, but since we have separate discussions lined up for ambient, new age, and do we have "dance" separate?, then most of these would be better suited for those discussions.
Don't want to prematurely shoot your wad.
After a few minutes I realized that the list maker was going in chronological order. That's why the top 10 is all krautrock. It took me a while to realize it. Heh heh
even still, that list is a pretty limited perspective. north america has synths too. just with canadians alone you've got bruce haack, syrinx, mort garson, dan snaith, tim hecker, kara-lis coverdale, and then depending on how wide your view is you've got intersystems and paul dolden and venetian snares and a bunch more.
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