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Artist
Henry Jacobs
12+ albums
audio collageearly electronicexperimentalelectronicmusique concrete
about
Henry Jacobs is a sound artist and improviser par excellence. His influential recordings as well as collaborative projects resonate with an irreverent sense of humor and a love for musics of the world. From the early 1950s into the 1970s, Jacobs experimented with tape music, staged the early surround sound and visual spectacle Vortex, and developed an array of absurd characters that would pop up as crank callers, relaxation coaches, or upside-down smiling instructors. A contemporary of Ken Nordine and Lenny Bruce, Jacobs honed an individual style that was droll and laid-back but winked at you at the same time. On his recordings for Folkways, World Pacific, and Fantasy, as well as on his private label MEA, the world of Jacobs is an audio collage that embraces many cultures and sensibilities. This CD/DVD collection pays homage to Jacobs’ creative play, presenting recovered and restored audio as well as rare animated films that will give you a taste of this man’s special talents. •Helped to develop programs for the first TV station in Mexico. Often featured regional ethnic dances and improvisational theater. •Beginning in 1953, he hosted one of this nation's first world music programs for KPFA in Berkeley, CA. This lead to a record deal with Moe Asch of Folkways, who released the LP, “Audio Collage,” in 1955. That release featured early uses of tape manipulation, compound loops, and feedback in compositions, along with tracks comprised of mock interviews and improvised riffs.
top songs
albums
An Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music, Vol. 7
Highlights of Vortex: Electronic Experiments and Music
The Wide Weird World Of Henry Jacobs
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Electronic Kabuki Mambo
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Forbidden Planets Volume 2 - More Music From The Pioneers of Electronic Sound
Sounds of New Music
Radio Programme, No. 1: Henry Jacobs' "Music and Folklore"
Highlights of Vortex
An Anthology Of Noise And Electronic Music / Seventh And Last A-chronology 1930-2012
Radio Programme No 1 Audio Collage: Henry Jacobs' Music and Folklore
Radio Programme, No. 1: Audio Collage: Henry Jacobs' Music and Folklore
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An Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music: Seventh and Last A-Chronology 1930-2012