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bvhaast (netherlands) #bvhaast 9107-8 cd
acousmatrix (netherlands) #acousmatrix 8/9 cd

francis dhomontacousmatrix - history of electronic music viii-ix” double compact disc set

  • points de fuite (12:21) 1982
  • ... mourir un peu (44:52) 1984-87
  • espace / escape (19:24) 1989

  • novars (19:07) 1989
  • chiaroscuro (17:30) 1987
  • météores (12:43) 1989
  • signes dionysos (28:22) 1991
bvhaast press release...
the 'acousmatrix' history of electronic music series on bvhaast...

francis dhomont - mouvances-metaphores (bvhaast 9107-8 / acousmatrix 8-9) : cycle de l'errance / les derives du signe [2 cd set]

born in france, electro-acoustic composer francis dhomont divided the second half of his life between paris and montreal. gifted with a sense of the narrative never matched, he is able to tell captivating tales through acousmatic art. his works remain some of the most enduring examples of musique concrete, transcending the genre to touch the core of mankind.

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bvhaast (netherlands) #bvhaast 9106 cd
acousmatrix (netherlands) #acousmatrix 6 cd

cologne - wdr : acousmatrix - history of electronic music vi” compact disc

  • herbert eimert + robert beyer - klang in unbegrentzen raum (10:23) 1952
  • herbert eimert - klangstudie i (3:50) 1952
  • herbert eimert + robert beyer - klangstudie ii (4:30) 1952
  • herbert eimert - glockenspiel (1:00) 1953
  • karel goeyvaerts - komposition nr. 5 (2:32) 1953
  • karel goeyvaerts - komposition nr. 7 (1:29) 1953
  • paul gredinger - formanten i und ii (4:32) 1954
  • gottfried michael koenig - klangfiguren i 4:00) 1955
  • henri pousseur - seismogramme i+ii (6:18) 1955
  • bengt hambraeus - doppelrohr ii (3:55) 1956
  • franco evangelisti - incontri di fasce sonore (3:20) 1957
  • györgy ligeti - glissandi (7:30) 1957
  • györgy ligeti - artikulation (3:45) 1958
  • giselher klebe - interferenzen (4:38) 1955
  • herbert brün - anepigraphe (7:42) 1958
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subtitled “cologne - wdr”... this is the finest overview of activities at the köln-based studio from it’s humble beginnings in 1952 through it’s peak in 1958... anyone interested in the work of... say... stockhausen should investigate the origins of “musik elektronische” (“pure” electronic music... as opposed to pierre schaeffer’s “musique concrète”) in germany via this excellent collection.
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wdr cologne - early electronic music (bvhaast 9106 / acousmatrix 6)

incredible sampling of lesser-known, but more than equally-important recordings of herbert eimert, robert beyer, karel goeyvaerts, paul gredinger, gottfried michael koenig, henri pousseur, bengt hambraeus, franco evangelisti, gyorgy ligeti, gieselher klebe, herbert brun.

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1970s-electronic
1980s-electronic
electro-acoustic-composition

bvhaast (netherlands) #bvhaast 9011 cd
acousmatrix (netherlands) #acousmatrix 5 cd

konrad boehmeracousmatrix - history of electronic music v” compact disc

  • aspekt (15:03) 1966-1968
  • cry of this earth (15:06) 1977-78
  • apocalipsis cum figuris (37:59) 1984
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another overview, this one of series-curator konrad boehmer, featuring pieces recorded at the instituut voor sonologie from the mid-60s through the mid-80s. contains boehmer’s classic piece “aspekt.”
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konrad boehmer - aspekt, cry of this earth, apocalipsis cum figuris (bvhaast 9011 / acousmatrix 5)

svem - studio, instituut voor sonologie, den haag

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bvhaast (netherlands) #bvhaast 9010 cd
acousmatrix (netherlands) #acousmatrix 4 cd

henri pousseuracousmatrix - history of electronic music iv” compact disc

  • scambi (6:27) 1957
  • trois visages de liège: l’air et l’eau (8:02) 1961
  • trois visages de liège: voix de la ville (4:15) 1961
  • trois visages de liège: forges (8:50) 1961
  • paraboles-mix (40:49) 1972
3rd volume in the acoustmatrix series, this time an overview of henri pousseur’s early electronic works...
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henri pousseur - scambi, trois visages de liege, l'air de l'eau, voix de la ville, forges paraboles - mix (bvhaast 9010 / acousmatrix 4)
recherches musicales de wallonie

includes the seminal piece scambi (exchanges) produced in 1957 by filtering white noise!

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bvhaast (netherlands) #bvhaast 9001-2 cd
acousmatrix (netherlands) #acousmatrix 1/2 cd

gottfried michael koenigacousmatrix - history of electronic music i-ii” double compact disc set

  • klangfiguren ii (10:30) 1955-56
  • essay (8:00) 1957-58
  • terminus i (14:35) 1962
  • terminus ii (19:20) 1966-67
  • output (12:32) 1979funktion rot (21:04) 1968
  • funktion grau (10:15) 1969
  • funktion violett (19:55) 1969
  • funktion blau (6:00) 1969
  • funktion indigo (12:38) 1969
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acousmatrix is a series of cds curated by konrad boehmer, released through the dutch bvhaast label (known for its willem breuker kollektif releases).

this is the first cd in the series, a double cd of almost every piece gottfried michael koenig did at wdr and the instituut voor sonologie, spanning from 1955 through 1979.

the “funktion” pieces are straight-up noise (by today’s standards at least) - ridiculously eye-opening...
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gottfried michael koenig - the electronic works [2 cd set] (bvhaast 9001-2 / acousmatrix 1-2)

composing and generating sound via computer technology as early as the mid-'60s, gottfried michael koenig was a pivotal force in cementing the emerging relationship between music and electronics. born in magdeburg, germany in 1926, koenig studied composition at the detmold school of music before relocating to bonn, where he pursued his interest in computer engineering. between 1954 and 1964, he worked alongside karlheinz stockhausen at the electronic music studios of the westdeutscher rundfunk (wdr) in cologne, collaborating with other aspiring composers including gyorgy ligeti and mauricio kagel

in 1956, koenig completed his first major electronic piece, klangfiguren ii, followed a year later by essay. during the early '60s, koenig began writing a program - named simply project 1, or pr1 - designed to compose and generate music via the computer; when in 1964 he accepted the position of creative director with the institute for sonology in utrecht, holland, he took the software with him, putting on the finishing touches three years later. while at utrecht, koenig also began experimenting with the variable function generator, a machine developed by physics student stan tempelaars able to generate sound using roughly the same technology as an analog sequencer. hitting upon the idea of treating the vfg as an oscillator, between 1967 and 1969 koenig used the machine to compose a series of groundbreaking pieces known collectively as the funktionen.

in 1968, koenig also began work on a second program, pr2; its complicated design made it difficult to use, however, and so pr1 remained his primary outlet for computerized composition. he continued tinkering with pr1 for years to follow, in 1978 introducing vosim oscillators to the project to create an extended program christened prix; a series of subsequent additions resulted in another upgrade, prixm, and the completion of 1979's output.

when the institute of sonology was relocated to the hague in 1986, koenig retired from his post to focus full-time on computerized composition as well as developing new musical programs; in 1991, he also published the first in a series of theoretical writings titled aesthetic practice.

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