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MixTape 8: After Airports, Before Orbs [obscure 80s ambient; other oddities of the era] (pg. 2)
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| Vector A |
| In the process of listening. Whichever track is on about 61 minutes in is pretty sweet. |
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| lostpsyte |
Great flow, and some awesome tracks.
Awesome!
Any chance of flac?
Really liking the track at 27:40
| quote: | Originally posted by ziptnf
I can't believe all these tracks are so old, they sound great! |
You should try listening to 50s musique concrete some time (look up karlheinz stockhausen) |
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| ziptnf |
This one says it's known for being the oldest electronic music in existence:
| quote: | This is possibly the earliest piece of electronic music ever composed, or more specifically, the first piece of electronic tape music, also known as "musique concrete" or "electroacoustic" music.
Halim El-Dabh, then a student at Cairo, Egypt, produced this music piece using samples taken from an ancient Egyptian "Zar" ceremony. He edited, manipulated and arranged these sounds to create the earliest piece of electronic tape music. He first presented his piece at an art gallery event in 1944, predating Pierre Schaeffer's musique concrete recordings by four years.
Having borrowed a wire recorder from the offices of Middle East Radio, El-Dabh took it to the streets to capture outside sounds, specifically an ancient zaar ceremony. Intrigued by the possibilities of manipulating recorded sound for musical purposes, he believed it could open up the raw audio content of the zaar ceremony to further investigation into "the inner sound" contained within.
According to El-Dabh, "I just started playing around with the equipment at the station, including reverberation, echo chambers, voltage controls, and a re-recording room that had movable walls to create different kinds and amounts of reverb." He further explains: "I concentrated on those high tones that reverberated and had different beats and clashes, and started eliminating the fundamental tones, isolating the high overtones so that in the finished recording, the voices are not really recognizable any more, only the high overtones, with their beats and clashes, may be heard." His final 20-25 minute piece was recorded onto magnetic tape and called The Expression of Zaar, which was publicly presented in 1944 at an art gallery event in Cairo.
This version is a 2 minute sample of the original 20-25 minute piece. |
Halim El-Dabh - "Wire Recorder Piece" (1944) |
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| Sykonee |
| quote: | Originally posted by Vector A
In the process of listening. Whichever track is on about 61 minutes in is pretty sweet. |
Visions During Movement. Yeah, ol' J.D. has some really unique keyboard tones. Kind of reminds me of the aesthetic IDM guys sometimes try to capture, then I remember he was doing it years before IDM was even a thing. (oh, and here's a fun-fact regarding where Evening Devotional came from ;) )
| quote: | Originally posted by lostpsyte
Really liking the track at 27:40 |
That would be Zoviet France. They're often credited as being dark ambient pioneers, and figured it'd be a fun contrast following a couple 'New Agey' tunes with that one. It practically parodies that triangle ting in Garden Of Paradise. 
And sorry, no flac, though I'm not sure it'd improve the sound quality by much. Gotta remember a number of these came from tape-only releases as far back as the late 70s (not to mention well-worn vinyl). There just ain't no getting 'round that lo-fi quality, which, of course, is part of the charm.:) |
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| lostpsyte |
| Yeh but in flac it'd be accurate low fi charm, not tape distortion and mp3 distortion. |
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| montana |
yeah, for some reason this has been in my phone for way to long, listened to half of it a few weeks ago when i walking around a part of västerås city. i didn't know where i was but i kept on going and the music helped since the time was around 22:00 and it was a desolate place.
but anyhow, managed listened to it in full yesterday. liked it a lot. |
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| Sykonee |
So I took a listen to it.
I have to admit the first 15 minutes or so were rather erratic. It seemed less of a mix than a collection of songs. After that, though, things started flowing much nicer, and was an enjoyable listen overall.
Funny how we both used Garden Of Paradise, yet you fade yours out of the mix at the exact moment of the song where I fade it into mine.:p |
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| sunsurge |
I must of missed this but it looks right up my alley.
Reminds me of watching old documentaries about space, or visiting planetariums. I'm sure this type of music was played and crystallized the experience in the mind for me. In fact, I fell in love with electronic soundscapes at about 7 years of age after hearing Jarre in a blow-up planetarium at my first school. True story bro.
Just kicked things off and I like the direction. Thanks for doing this mix sir. |
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| Sykonee |
| quote: | Originally posted by sunsurge
I must of missed this but it looks right up my alley.
Reminds me of watching old documentaries about space, or visiting planetariums. I'm sure this type of music was played and crystallized the experience in the mind for me. In fact, I fell in love with electronic soundscapes at about 7 years of age after hearing Jarre in a blow-up planetarium at my first school. True story bro.
Just kicked things off and I like the direction. Thanks for doing this mix sir. |
Yeah, shows like Cosmos definitely had a musical influence in my early childhood. I did gather up quite a bit of 'planetarium music' while researching ambient's roots (Kevin Braheny's Hearts Of Space label is filled with material!), but I didn't want that to be the main focus of this mix, as that stuff gets too noodly in duration. It deserved a nod here and there tho'. ;) |
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