On the Other Ocean

by David Behrman

On the Other Ocean cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: Lovely Music
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 43:00
  • Community rating: 4.01/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A pioneering work of interactive electronic music, 'On the Other Ocean' features custom-built microcomputers analyzing live acoustic pitches from a flute and bassoon to trigger harmonious synthesizer chords. The result is a deeply meditative, slowly unfolding generative landscape that significantly advanced computer music applications.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, instrumental, minimalistic, avant-garde, generative-music, electronic, minimal, experimental, ambient, repetitive, improvisational, long-form, generative music

Tracklist

  1. On the Other Ocean (23:45)
  2. Figure in a Clearing (19:14)

Credits

  • David Behrman - primary artist, electronics, composed by
  • Arthur Stidfole - bassoon
  • Maggi Payne - flute
  • David Gibson - cello

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