Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Electronic Music 1972

 

The trip through the electronic music of the 70s continues with a stop in 1972. As with '70 & '71 this is a mix with some tracks that are very electronic, like the Wendy Carlos tunes, and others that are more electronic adjacent, like the Cluster or Pick Floyd tracks. But I think it gives a good sense of where things stood at the time.

I purposely stayed away from cheesy electronic versions of classical music like "The Electronic Spirit Of Erik Satie" or "The Unusual Classical Synthesizer." I'm just not a fan of that type of electronic music. I understand it's place in bringing synths to mass attention, I just don't like those recordings.

Enjoy 1972, I have a feeling 1973 will sound fairly similar. But things will start to change in '74 & '75.

Cheers!


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T R A C K L I S T :

  • 00:00    A.R. & Machines - Wie Ich Mir So Ich Dir (AR3)
  • 02:12    Cluster - Im Suden (Cluster II)
  • 08:10    Galactic Explorers - Lunarscape (Epitaph For Venus)
  • 14:22    Terry Riley - Persian Surgery Dervishes
  • 18:40    Klaus Schulze - Last Not Least (La Vie Electronique, Vol. 2)
  • 25:15    Kraftwerk - Klingklang (Kraftwerk 2)
  • 34:00    Wendy Carlos - Country Life (Clockwork Orange)
  • 38:40    Tangerine Dream - Zeit (Zeit)
  • 43:20    Pink Floyd - Absolutely Curtains (Obscured by Clouds)
  • 45:55    Neu! - Im Glück (Nue!)
  • 49:35    Wendy Carlos - Fall (Sonic Seasonings)
  • 60:00    end


1 comment:

  1. wendy Carlos did the name transition properly. Her dead name has the same first letter as Wendy. If there is any doubt ... as in referring to a pre-transition recording like "Clockwork Orange ... you can always say W. Carlos.

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