OHM: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music: 1948-1980
by Various Artists
This monumental three-disc anthology operates as an essential academic textbook detailing the foundational genesis of modern electronic music. Compiling incredibly diverse mid-century avant-garde works, it traces the evolution of sound manipulation from the early tape splices of musique concrète pioneers to the massive analog synthesizers utilized by figures like Brian Eno. It remains a critically acclaimed, indispensable resource for understanding the intellectual architecture underlying contemporary electronic production.
Genres
- Electronic
- Experimental
Tracklist
- Tchaikovsky: Valse Sentimentale
- Oraison
- Etude Aux Chemins De Fer
- Williams Mix
- Klangstudie II
- Low Speed
- Dripsody
- Main Title From Forbidden Planet
- Concertando Rubato From Electronische Tanzsuite
- Poeme Electronique
- Sine Music (A Swarm Of Butterflies Encountered Over The Ocean)
- Apocalypse – Part 2
- Kontakte (Edit)
- Wireless Fantasy
- Phonemena (For Soprano And Piano)
- Spacecraft (Edit)
- Cindy Electronium
- Pendulum Music
- Bye Bye Butterfly
- Projection Esemplastic For White Noise
- Silver Apples Of The Moon, Part 1 (Edit)
- Rainforest Version 1 (Edit)
- Poppy Nogood (Edit)
- Boat-Woman-Song (Edit)
- Music Promenade (Edit)
- Rosace 3 From Vibrations Composées
- Mutations (Edit)
- Hibiki-Hana-Ma (Edit)
- Excerpt "31|69 C. 12:17:22-12:25:33 PM NYC" From: Drift Study "31|69 C. 12:17:33-12:24:33 PM NYC" From: Map Of 49's Dream The Two Systems Of Eleven Sets Of Galactic Intervals (Edit)
- He Destroyed Her Image
- Six Fantasies On A Poem By Thomas Campion: Her Song
- Appalachian Grove I
- En Phase/Hors Phase
- On The Other Ocean (Edit)
- Stria (Edit)
- Living Sound, Patent Pending Music For Sound-Joined Rooms Series (Edit)
- Automatic Writing (Edit)
- Canti Illuminati (Edit)
- Music On A Long Thin Wire (Edit)
- Melange
- Before And After Charm (La Notte)
- Unfamiliar Wind (Leeks Hills)