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As long as we're asking for album recommendations, does anyone have any
ideas where to find electronic music that doesn't fall into the
"rock/jazz/new-age" categories? Stuff more into the 'electronic-symphonic'
or 'idiomatic electronic music' genres?

I've bought all of the Carlos/Tomita/Vangelis stuff available (as well as a
few weak Carlos imitators). I rely on my old vinyl for what little Subotnik,
Mort Garson, Amin Bhatia, Mychael Danna, etc. that I could find. Over the
last twenty-five years I've played my Varez, Stockhausen, Xenakis, and the
"Forbidden Planet" soundtrack to death. I have a couple of CDs called
"Computer Music Volume [x]" with John Chowning's original FM works, etc.
I've been ending up with a CD collection that's 40% [sci-fi] soundtracks
because that kind of music is the closest thing to orchestral weirdness
being put out.

Any suggestions?

I have been very disappointed lately to find that music stores have pretty
much eliminated what meager "Electronic" bins they had. They seem to feel
that New Age, and in some cases Jazz, covers it all. To me, it seems like a
whole sector of Electronic Music (with a capital 'E') has disappeared from
the earth. If any of you helpful folks can point out some titles I might
like and may have missed, I'd love to add them to my library.

Check out the new Art of Noise--The Seduction of Claude Debussy (sp?).
And from Japan, The Eccentric Opera.

Let's of crap like this in the past. New ground is being broken here
though!

--Todd

> From: "Tkacs, Ken" <Ken.Tkacs@...>
> As long as we're asking for album recommendations, does anyone have any
> ideas where to find electronic music that doesn't fall into the
> "rock/jazz/new-age" categories? Stuff more into the 'electronic-symphonic'
> or 'idiomatic electronic music' genres?

#1 is all of the Larry Fast/Synergy records.

Another fav (although all digital al la D-50/DX-7) is Mark Dwane's "Angels,
Aliens, and Archetypes"
which is good but all played on a Roland Guitar synth!

Also, Klaus Shultz's "X" is good Moog stuff.

Paul S.

-----Original Message-----
From: Tkacs, Ken <Ken.Tkacs@...>
To: 'MOTM Forum All' <MOTM@onelist.com>
Date: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 11:09 AM
Subject: [motm] E-Music Recommendations

>From: "Tkacs, Ken" <Ken.Tkacs@...>
>
>
>As long as we're asking for album recommendations, does anyone have any
>ideas where to find electronic music that doesn't fall into the
>"rock/jazz/new-age" categories? Stuff more into the 'electronic-symphonic'
>or 'idiomatic electronic music' genres?
>
>I've bought all of the Carlos/Tomita/Vangelis stuff available (as well as a
>few weak Carlos imitators). I rely on my old vinyl for what little

Subotnik,

>Mort Garson, Amin Bhatia, Mychael Danna, etc. that I could find. Over the
>last twenty-five years I've played my Varez, Stockhausen, Xenakis, and the
>"Forbidden Planet" soundtrack to death. I have a couple of CDs called
>"Computer Music Volume [x]" with John Chowning's original FM works, etc.
>I've been ending up with a CD collection that's 40% [sci-fi] soundtracks
>because that kind of music is the closest thing to orchestral weirdness
>being put out.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>I have been very disappointed lately to find that music stores have pretty
>much eliminated what meager "Electronic" bins they had. They seem to feel
>that New Age, and in some cases Jazz, covers it all. To me, it seems like a
>whole sector of Electronic Music (with a capital 'E') has disappeared from
>the earth. If any of you helpful folks can point out some titles I might
>like and may have missed, I'd love to add them to my library.
>
>
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Really? I thought the Art of Noise sounded very flat and uninteresting. I
have a lot of respect for Anne Dudley, but I found this album (it's pretty
much just her and Trevor Horn, right?) to sound very soundtrack-ish and
didn't hold my interest at all. Please (offline if you like) let me know
what you like about it--perhaps it deserves another listen from me.

David.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tentochi [mailto:tentochi@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 10:30 AM
> To: motm@onelist.com
> Subject: RE: [motm] E-Music Recommendations
>
>
> From: "Tentochi" <tentochi@...>
>
> Check out the new Art of Noise--The Seduction of Claude Debussy (sp?).
> And from Japan, The Eccentric Opera.
>
> Let's of crap like this in the past. New ground is being broken here
> though!
>
> --Todd
>
> > From: "Tkacs, Ken" <Ken.Tkacs@...>
> > As long as we're asking for album recommendations, does anyone have any
> > ideas where to find electronic music that doesn't fall into the
> > "rock/jazz/new-age" categories? Stuff more into the
> 'electronic-symphonic'
> > or 'idiomatic electronic music' genres?
>
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Call "Other Music" in NYC. They actually have a web site too:
http://www.othermusic.com

They always have copies of Subotnick, etc. on vinyl, and they are very much
into experimental electronic music--both popular and obscure. They carry
many tiny labels, so you're bound to find something interesting. Be
careful--some of the employees are much less intelligent than others. I mean
to the point where you ask them about a record that's in their hands at the
moment and they say "Uh, I don't think we carry that." Um, right. Other
employees have excellent recommendations.

David.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tkacs, Ken [mailto:Ken.Tkacs@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 10:07 AM
> To: 'MOTM Forum All'
> Subject: [motm] E-Music Recommendations
>
>
> From: "Tkacs, Ken" <Ken.Tkacs@...>
>
>
> As long as we're asking for album recommendations, does anyone have any
> ideas where to find electronic music that doesn't fall into the
> "rock/jazz/new-age" categories? Stuff more into the 'electronic-symphonic'
> or 'idiomatic electronic music' genres?
>
> I've bought all of the Carlos/Tomita/Vangelis stuff available (as
> well as a
> few weak Carlos imitators). I rely on my old vinyl for what
> little Subotnik,
> Mort Garson, Amin Bhatia, Mychael Danna, etc. that I could find. Over the
> last twenty-five years I've played my Varez, Stockhausen, Xenakis, and the
> "Forbidden Planet" soundtrack to death. I have a couple of CDs called
> "Computer Music Volume [x]" with John Chowning's original FM works, etc.
> I've been ending up with a CD collection that's 40% [sci-fi] soundtracks
> because that kind of music is the closest thing to orchestral weirdness
> being put out.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> I have been very disappointed lately to find that music stores have pretty
> much eliminated what meager "Electronic" bins they had. They seem to feel
> that New Age, and in some cases Jazz, covers it all. To me, it
> seems like a
> whole sector of Electronic Music (with a capital 'E') has disappeared from
> the earth. If any of you helpful folks can point out some titles I might
> like and may have missed, I'd love to add them to my library.
>
>
>
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>
> Celebrate the NEW ONElist!
> Enter to win a trip to Hawaii! Go to:
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X-Radio-Shack salespeople...? (In reference to today's earlier thread) :-)

>>>

Be careful--some of the employees are much less intelligent
than others. I mean to the point where you ask them about a record that's in
their hands at the moment and they say "Uh, I don't think we carry that."
Um, right.