From flesh-coloured anti-aircraft alarm Sent Fri, Jul 16th 1999, 22:00
From flesh-coloured anti-aircraft alarm Sent Fri, Jul 16th 1999, 22:00
>Okay, so it's not strictly IDM, but can anyone make any good stockhausen
>recommendations? I'm looking for some of his earlier stuff, I
>suppose...some of the greats list him has an influence and I want to see
>what it's all about...
hey, it's more I than most IDM, although definitely less D.
first, if you have record player (and you better), look for his early stuff
used on vinyl. while copies of _hymnen_ may be few and far between, i've
seen _gesang der junglinge_, _telemusik/mixtur_ and _kontake_ in the 5 to 6
dollar range used. which is better than buying from the ridiculously
expensive stockhausen verlag - what is it, $120 for _hymnen_? christ!
my personal recommendation would be to check out _telemusik/mixtur_.
_telemusik_ does the early-electronic-bleep-crash-bloop thing pretty well,
but with a nice continuity to it. _kontakte_ is good, but discontinous and
a bit annoying. and _stimmung_ is an ordeal, if you ask me.
if you REALLY want to delve into early electronic/concrete music, dig up the
iannis xenakis _electronic music_ (aka _electro-acoustic music_) release -
just amazing stuff, much more developed and interesting than stockhausen,
IMO.
i also heartily recommend tod dockstader ("water music" is almost
sahko-like), rune lindblad, any of the compilations on Boit A Musique, and a
couple of the Turnabout _Electronic Music_ compilations (I featuring
mimaroglu, walter carlos, and an amazing thing by tzvi avni; III featuring
cage, mimaroglu, and berio's "visage"). and then there's intersystems. but
they're just weird.
and if you see parmegiani's _creation du monde_ (is it?), it's worth it.
amazingly prescient for it's time (early 80s? i think?).
wow. this turned into a dissertation. sorry.
[gr]
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