Tape, Tone, Pulse: American Experimental Music

Outstanding 1979 album on Lovely Music with three powerful and groundbreaking electro-acoustic pieces realized in the mid-1960's for theater and multi-media performances. Essential, with some of the most uncompromising and extreme electronic music ever released.

Grey area late 1990's vinyl re-issue with silk-screened cover of a self-released 1992 cassette with rather Dadaist sound manupulations by Fluxus-related composer. With insert.

1974 re-press of the 1970 LP on Shandar with two seminal compositions for 4 organs (one plus maracas) from the same year, performed by Philip Glass and Jon Gibson among others, along with the composer. Essential minimalism.

Rare mid-1980's re-issue on ECM New Series of one of the most beautiful and evocative Minimalist pieces ever, composed in 1976. Essential Minimalism.

Mid-1980's re-issue on ECM New Series of the 1980 LP with two late 1970's beautiful classic Minimalist compositions for large and small ensamble, plus one for solo violin from 1967. Essential Minimalism.

Mid-1980's re-issue on ECM New Series of the 1982 LP with the 1981 composition developing from Minimalist origins into a new personal style. With insert.

Original German edition of the 1985 LP on Nonesuch of the 1983 pulsing cantata for voices and orchestra.

Original German edition of the 1987 LP on Nonesuch with two excellent phasing compositions for percussion (plus piano and synthesizer on one) from the mid 1980's.

Original European edition of the 1987 LP on Elektra Nonesuch with a new recording of the classic Minimalist composition from 1971 inspired by Ghana's drumming and Indonesia's gamelan.

Rare original US edition of the 1989 LP on Elektra Nonesuch with the collaborations with the Kronos Quartet and guitarist Pat Metheny for two compositions for instruments and tape. With insert.

Late 1970's re-press on CBS of one of the most beautiful, ground-breaking, original, psychedelic, influential, riveting, etc. experimental music album ever made, originally released in 1968. Essential unsurpassed masterpiece.

1980's re-press on CBS Masterworks of possibly the most beautiful, ground-breaking, original, psychedelic, influential, riveting, etc. experimental music album ever made, originally released in 1969. Essential unsurpassed masterpiece. Carrollton Pressing.

Original edition on Shandar of the Minimalist/repetitive tour-de-force for electric organ & feedback released as a double LP set in 1972, some of the most original and genuinely psychedelic avant-garde music ever. Essential masterpiece.

1978 re-issue on Stip of the superlative haunting and atmospheric soundtrack to the 1975 film Le Secret de la Vie. One of the most beautiful and enjoyable Minimalism-related albums.

Rare original US edition of the 1980 album with the beautiful 1978 improvisation for electronic organ and computerized digital delay. Pitman Pressing.

1985 LP on Planisphare with the beautiful Indian-tinged soundtrack blending synthesizer, piano and vocals with sitar and tabla.

2LP set released by Gramavision in 1985 with the string quartets in collaboration with the Kronos Quartet moving beyond the Minimalism of the early period. Includes catalogue.

Original UK edition on CBS of the very unique 1971 collaboration bridging Minimalism and experiemntal rock in a very unusual way.

Rare 1983 album on the tiny Lumina Records of solo music for saxophone, clarinet and ocarina played with extended techniques bridging contemporary classical music and free jazz. Copy with authograhed inscription.

Rare canadian album released by Music Gallery Editions in 1979 of improvised experimental music played on self-built instruments with occasional use of electronic sound-modification techniques. With insert.

Very rare album released by Philo in 1980 with superb, innovative and engaging, experimental computer music pieces, realized in the mid-1970's by the synthesizer pioneer.

'The' Buchla synthesizer album and a seminal and influential timeless electronic music classic, released by Nonesuch in 1967. Essential. Allentown pressing.

Excellent 1980 LP on Nonesuch pairing two compositions from the late 1970's: a full electronic synthesizer/tape piece and composition for trumpet with ensemble and live electronics (the "electronic ghost score").

1986 LP on New Albion with the beautiful and pioneering 1984 cosmic composition for computer-generated sounds. With insert.

1971 LP on Turnabout's great "The Contemporary Composer In The USA" series presenting two compositions for orchestra and electronics/synthesizer (the mighty Synket) and a violin concerto.

Excellent electro-acoustic album blending modular synthesis and sound processing, released by Spectrum in 1980.

Unusual mix of pop, new-age, percussion music and electronic music by memeber of Steve Reich And Musicians and the Love Of Life Orchestra, featuring "Blue" Gene Tyranny, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Richard Landry and Ned Sublette among the performers, released by Private Music in 1987. Twisted easy listening.

Third album of twisted easy listening by memeber of Steve Reich And Musicians and the Love Of Life Orchestra, mixing funk, jazz, Asian music and progressive electronic styles, released in Germany by Private Music in 1989.

Rare original edition on Lovely Music of the fantastic debut solo album by the keyboard player for Robert Ashley and Iggy and the Stooges among others, one of the peaks of avant-garde pop, featuring Peter Gordon among the performers. Beautiful and essential early Lovely release from 1978.

Excellent experimental LP split bwtween short electronic/instrumental pieces and a long evocative musique concrète composition, released by ReR Megacorp in 1989.

1972 album on Wergo's great "Studio Reihe Neuer Musik" experimental music series with two avant-garde solo piano pieces from the 1950's plus the classic partly indeterminated instrumental composition from 1971 performed by an all-star group including David Tudor, Gordon Mumma, Frederic Rzewski, David Behrman and the composer himself. With insert.

Rare original edition on Shandar of one of the monuments of Minimalism, with the TOEM featuring Garrett List and Jon Hassell on one side and a three-sine-waves study on the other. Absolutely essential.

Rare poster designed by Marian Zazeela for her own 1978 exhibition at the Dia Art Foundation in New York.

Rare poster designed by Marian Zazeela for Pandit Pran Nath's 1978 concert, at the Dia Art Foundation in New York.

Great and underrated obscure experimental 1970 LP on Orion pairing a lovely piece for cello and tape with two truly amazing ear-splitting electronic/tape pieces. Brown labels.

Great and underrated obscure experimental 1970 LP on Orion pairing a lovely piece for cello and tape with two truly amazing ear-splitting electronic/tape pieces. Black labels.

1967 re-press (Allentown) of the second album on Turnabout's landmark "Electronic Music" series presenting three classic and essential early experimental electronic compositions originally released in 1966.

Original US pressing of the third album on Turnabout's landmark "Electronic Music" series presenting four classic and essential early experimental electronic compositions, released in 1967.

Great album of early electronic / musique concrète pieces realized at the University of Toronto Electronic Music Studio, released by Folkways in 1967 and never re-issued. Mono version with blue labels, with insert.

Excellent compilation of electro-acoustic pieces from the early 1970's by American and Swedish composers, released by Spectrum in 1976.