Bülent Arel
Bülent Arel (died 1990) was a Turkish-born composer who became one of the early figures of American electronic music. Born in Istanbul, he studied composition at the Ankara Conservatory and sound engineering in Paris, then worked for Radio Ankara in the 1950s. In 1959 a Rockefeller Foundation grant brought him to the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center in New York, where he made his Stereo Electronic Music No. 1. Arel also worked with Edgard Varèse on the electronic sections of Déserts.
Electronic Music 1960-1973
CD version. Bülent Arel's (1919-1990) work occupies a special place in the history of electronic music, with one thing being certain: Arel's work is still fresh, groundbreaking, and it always look outs for the next adventure in sound. Sub Rosa present a collection of his works here as part of their Early Electronic series. Bülent Arel was a Turkish-born American composer of electronic and contemporary classical music. He was also a devoted teacher, a sculptor, and a painter. From 1940 to 1947, A…
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Electronic Music for Dance
Here’s a fine set of pieces, each showcasing the Buchla electric music box. Daria Semegen’s harmonic-series-rich “Arc” - composed at SUNY Stonybrook’s electronic music studio, established by mr. Arel in 1971 - at times recalls other era electronic “Spectralists” like Daniel Arfib, yet works across a more spare iterative space, often recycling short micro-melodies cut with the unmistakable thwack of the Buchla’s vactrol-based gates. It’s an incredible, patient piece of music that begs the questio…