Studio Retrospect

by Gordon Mumma

Studio Retrospect cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 15 May 2000
  • Label: Lovely Music
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:09:45
  • Community rating: 3.39/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A retrospective of Gordon Mumma's electronic studio works spanning a quarter century, from his early tape pieces to the cybersonic compositions of the eighties. Mumma, a co-founder of the ONCE Festival and a collaborator of Cage and Tudor, built his own circuits when commercial synthesizers did not exist.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, experimental, effects-laden, instrumental, dissonant

Tracklist

  1. Retrospect (1959-1982) (10:26)
  2. Music from the Venezia Space Theatre (1964) (12:00)
  3. The Dresden Interleaf 13 February 1945 (1965) (12:19)
  4. Echo-D (1978) (14:53)
  5. Pontpoint (1966-1980) (15:46)
  6. Epifont (1984) (4:21)

Credits

  • By Design - art direction, design
  • Barbara Lloyd - photography by
  • David Behrman - photography by
  • Jacqueline Leuzinger - photography by

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