The Wild Bull

by Morton Subotnick

The Wild Bull cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: September 1968
  • Label: Nonesuch
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 27:50
  • Community rating: 3.94/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Serving as the immediate successor to his landmark 'Silver Apples of the Moon', this avant-garde composition was constructed entirely on the pioneering Buchla 100 modular synthesizer. The incredibly stark, atonal soundscape completely abandons traditional melody, establishing a complex, alien atmosphere that dramatically expanded the boundaries of synthesized music.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, instrumental, avant-garde, atmospheric, experimental, electronic, minimal, long-form

Tracklist

  1. The Wild Bull (Part I) (13:00)
  2. The Wild Bull (Part II) (14:50)

Credits

  • Bob Pepper - artwork [cover art]
  • Ray Hagerty - lacquer cut by
  • Donald Buchla - other [modular electronic music system originally built by]

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