[sdiy] OT: Why you guys dont talk about Jarre?

[Peter Forrest]

Raymond Scott surely has to be a hero for anyone into synth diy.
Peter

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From: "anthony" <aankrom at bluemarble.net>
To: "synth-DIY" <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 4:57 AM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] OT: Why you guys dont talk about Jarre?


> So who is -=-the-=- godfather of electronic music?
> Edgard Varese?
> Raymond Scott?
> 
>> One thing I regret is that nowadays, "electronic music" is associated by
>> young generations ONLY to synth music... So many times in mailing
>> lists I found JMJ or TD or Kraftwerk described as "the godfathers of
>> EM"... That's a pity coz there's such a wide (and much much more
>> interesting) set of works & composers of electro-acoustical music,
>> "musique concrete", etc. that developped between the early 50's to the 
>> 80's,
>> associated with strong musical theories (Schaeffer, Stockhausen...) that
>> make the above mentioned synth artists look rather pale & boring...
>>
>> just my opinion...
>> JB
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