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17 May 2015

THE GREATEST ELECTRONIC ALBUMS OF THE 1950S AND 1960S

THE GREATEST ELECTRONIC ALBUMS OF THE 1950S AND 1960S
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Words: Joseph Morpurgo

The great electronic albums of the 1970s get plenty of kudos – but what of their predecessors?
Casual accounts of the history of electronic music tend to point back to familiar sources: Suicide’s babble’n’hum; Cluster, Klaus Schulze and the rest of the Krautrock squad; the stygian mulch-music of early Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Gristle; and of course Kraftwerk’s meticulous robot pop. Further back? Well, that’s when things tend to get a little foggy
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6 April 2015

- NOISE MUSIC IS FOR THE CHILDREN - SHOREDITCH EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC SCHOOL , 1969

 Shoreditch Experimental Music School, 1969 

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Worth watching: This vintage (1969) BBC program looks at “experimental music education,” of the time. We’re not sure if it’s the most awesome thing ever – or the most disturbing. Either way, it’s a fascinating look at how some of the avant garde musical approaches of the day – including electronics and system music – were brought into the classroom.
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