ELECTRONIC VOYAGES: EARLY MOOG RECORDINGS 1964-1969 by VARIOUS ARTISTS
| SKU | 109595 |
| Artist | VARIOUS ARTISTS |
| Title | ELECTRONIC VOYAGES: EARLY MOOG RECORDINGS 1964-1969 |
| Label | WAVESHAPER MEDIA |
| Catalog # | WSM 003 |
| Tag | |
| Release | W 36 - 2019 |
| Format | Vinyl - UKLP |
| € 27,50 | incl. VAT, excl. shipping |
Tracks
- Robert Arthur Moog - The Abominatron (1964)
- Herbert Deutsch - Jazz Images, A Worksong And Blues (1967)
- Joel Chadabe - Blues Mix (1966)
- Lothar and the Hand People - Milkweed Love (1968)
- Intersystems - Changing Colours (1968)
- Ruth White - The Clock (1969)
- Max Brand - Triptych (1969)
- Paul Earls - Monday Music (1968)
Description
In support of their forthcoming Bob Moog documentary Electronic Voyager, Waveshaper Media have produced a compilation LP of Moog recordings from the 1960s. All of these tracks, released here on vinyl in an edition of 1000 copies, have been scarcely heard and difficult to track down, with all but three of them previously unreleased on vinyl.
Bypassing the Moog synthesizer’s backseat appearance on key pop recordings by the likes of the Beatles, the Doors, and the Beach Boys, Electronic Voyages aims to highlight the diverse approach of 1960s musicians and composers who adopted the Moog as their primary instrument; these recordings all feature the Moog synthesizer front and centre. Beginning with an “audio letter” (The Abominatron) from Bob Moog to his musician-muse Herbert Deutsch, demonstrating some of the first Moog synthesizer prototype’s capabilities, Electronic Voyages veers from avant-garde and electronic soundscapes, to psychedelic madness and summer-of-love pop. In the 1960s, the Moog synthesizer was a new, groundbreaking instrument, and its use was completely uncharted territory. The pioneering use of the Moog on all of these recordings sounds fresh today - you can sense the wide-eyed exploratory delight unfolding, and the disparate results range from endearingly naive (Lothar and the Hand People, Paul Earls) to downright eerie (Ruth White, Intersystems).
