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>I'm a huge fan of Subotnick's early works! He has a couple of CD reissuesYes, I generally like his strictly EM pieces (maybe his analog pieces if I
>on Wergo, one compiles "Silver Apples" and "Wild Bull", his two absolutely
>essential pieces from the 60's, originally recorded for Nonesuch, the 2nd
>has "Touch", which features some really cool use of rhythmic sequencers
>and
>modulars, along with "Jacob's Ladder", a later piece for Soprano and
>interactive MIDI electronics, which I find considerably less interesting
>than his analog pieces. I'm constantly amazed at how contemporary his
>pieces from the 60's sound today, he was really exploring some interesting
>places.
>As for Carlos, while I think there is an element of exotic easy-listeningYeah, I wasn't commenting on the work so much as the way it was marketed at
>to her work, I still really admire her attention to arrangement and
>performance, especially given how primitive her tools were while recording
>SOB. I think it's a really musical interpretation of Bach, and I think
>something like this was necessary for the time to get people to accept
>the
>synth as a musical instrument.
>The real Esquivel of the Moog wood have to be Dick Hyman! I love his MoogYou are sooooo right! I stand corrected!
>records, though they are pretty cheesy.