Ohm: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music
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OHM: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music is a compilation of early electronic music and excerpts from the period of 1948 to 1980. Many included works are essentially experiments with sound, using a variety of non-traditional instruments including homemade circuits, tape ribbon and early synthesisers.
Artists featured in the compilation include Maryanne Amacher, Robert Ashley, Milton Babbitt, Louis and Bebe Barron, François Bayle, David Behrman, John Cage, John Chowning, Alvin Curran, Holger Czukay, Tod Dockstader, Charles Dodge, Herbert Eimert and Robert Beyer, Brian Eno, Luc Ferrari, Jon Hassell, Paul Lansky, Hugh Le Caine, Alvin Lucier, Otto Luening, Richard Maxfield, Olivier Messiaen, Musica Elettronica Viva (MEV), Pauline Oliveros, Bernard Parmegiani, Steve Reich, Terry Riley, Jean-Claude Risset, Clara Rockmore, Oskar Sala, Pierre Schaeffer, Klaus Schulze, Raymond Scott, Laurie Spiegel, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Morton Subotnick, David Tudor, Vladimir Ussachevsky, Edgard Varèse, Iannis Xenakis, La Monte Young, Joji Yuasa.
Tracklisting
Valse Sentimentale 2:10 · Clara Rockmore, Nadia Reisenberg Orasion
7:45 · Ensemble d'ondes de Montréal
Étude aux chemins de fer Pierre Schaeffer
Williams Mix, for 8 Channels of Pre-recorded Tape 5:45 · John Cage
Klangstudie II 4:32 · Herbert Eimert, Robert Beyer
Low Speed 3:43 · Otto Luening
Dripsody 1:29 · Hugh Le Caine
Forbidden Planet 2:22 · Bebe and Louis Barron
Concertando Rubato 3:09 · Oskar Sala
Sine Music (A Swarm of Butterflies Encountered Over the Ocean) 6:02 · Richard Maxfield
Apocalypse, Part 2 2:04 · Tod Dockstader
Kontakte (edit) 6:23 · Karlheinz Stockhausen
Wireless Fantasy 4:37 · Vladimir Ussachevsky
Philomel (edit) 5:00 · Milton Babbitt
Spacecraft (edit) 6:06 · Musica Elettronica Viva
Cindy Electronium 1:58 · Raymond Scott
Pendulum Music 5:54 · Sonic Youth
Bye Bye Butterfly 8:04 · Pauline Oliveros
Projection Esemplastic for White Noise 7:39 · Joji Yuasa
Silver Apples of the Moon, Part 1 (edit) 4:23 · Morton Subotnick
Rainforest Version 1 (edit) 5:12 · David Tudor
Poppy Nogood (edit) 7:58 · Terry Riley
Boat-Woman-Song (edit) 5:04 · Holger Czukay
Music Promenade 7:02 · Luc Ferrari
Rosace 3 3:22 · François Bayle
Mutations (edit) 4:57 · Jean-Claude Risset
Hibiki-Hana-Ma (edit) 4:41 · Iannis Xenakis
Excerpt "31 I 69 c. 12:17:33-12:24:33 PM NYC" 7:01 · La Monte Young
He Destroyed Her Image 2:02 · Charles Dodge
Six Fantasies on a Poem by Thomas Campion: Her Song 3:07 · Paul Lansky
Appalachian Grove I 5:20 · Laurie Spiegel
Le temps et l’espace : en phase, hors phase 2:29 · Bernard Parmegiani
On the Other Ocean (edit) 6:50 · David Behrman
Stria (edit) 5:14 · John Chowning
Living Sound, Patent Pending - Music for Sound-Joined Rooms Series (edit) 7:05 · Maryanne Amacher
Automatic Writing (edit) 7:09 · Robert Ashley
Canti Illuminati (edit) 7:27 · Alvin Curran
Music on a Long Thin Wire (edit) 6:46 · Alvin Lucier
Melange 6:55 · Klaus Schulze
Before and After Charm (La Notte) 8:01 · Jon Hassell
Unfamiliar Wind (Leeks Hills) BRIAN ENO