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Morton Subotnick
12+ albums
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Morton Subotnick is one of the pioneers in the development of electronic music and an innovator in works involving instruments and other media, including interactive computer music systems. Most of his music calls for a computer part, or live electronic processing; his oeuvre utilizes many of the important technological breakthroughs in the history of the genre. The work which brought Subotnick celebrity was Silver Apples of the Moon. Written in 1967 using the Buchla modular synthesizer (an electronic instrument built by Donald Buchla utilizing suggestions from Subotnick and Ramon Sender), this work contains synthesized tone colors, striking for its day, and a control over pitch that many other contemporary electronic composers had relinquished. There is a rich counterpoint of gestures, in marked contrast to the simple surfaces of much contemporary electronic music. There are sections marked by very clear pulses, another unusual trait for its time; Silver Apples of the Moon was commissioned by Nonesuch Records, marking the first time an original large-scale composition had been created specifically for the disc medium - a conscious acknowledgment that the home stereo system constituted a present-day form of chamber music. Subotnick wrote this piece (and subsequent record company commissions) in two parts to correspond to the two sides of an LP. The exciting, exotic timbres and the dance inspiring rhythms caught the ear of the public -- the record was an American bestseller i
top songs
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Mandolin
2,7202The Key To Songs
2,2323Morton Subotnick - Silver A
1,8914Silver Apples of the Moon - Part A
1,8515Silver Apples Of The Moon, Par
1,8206Return - A Triumph Of Reason II
1,7577Return - A Triumph Of Reason I
1,2598Silver Apples of the Moon - Part B
1,2099The Wild Bull - Part A
1,20310Mandolin mixed / Acid bassline
1,127albums
The Key To Songs
Morton Subotnick: Silver Apples Of The Moon / The Wild Bull
Early Gurus Of Electronics
Electronic Works 3
Silver Apples Of The Moon
Subotnick: Electronic Works, Vol. 1
The Silver Apples Of The Moon
Silver Apples of the Moon/The Wild Bull
Silver Apples of the Moon: Revisited (50th Anniversary • LIVE at Redcat • Feb. 13, 2018)
An anthology of noise and electronic music vol.2
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Sound unbound : excerpts and allegories from the Sub Rosa audio archives
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OHM: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music