Month: July 2012

Dieter Schutz- Centarus

Duet Emmo- Or So it Seems

Dome- Rolling Upon My Day
Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury- Justice One

Brian Eno- Spirits Drifting

Bill Vermette- Someday Soon

Somnambulist- Things I Was Due to Forget

Ecama (Space Music- Synth Comp)- Magic Fly

The Bran Flakes- Kitty Takes a Ride

Der Plan- Geri Regi

Demdike Stare- Haxan

Bruce Haack- Rita

This September, we can look forward to a reissue of an album from electronic music pioneer, Laurie Spiegel.  The Expanding Universe was an album originally released in 1980 and consisted of four tracks.  Along with the original tracks, the reissued album will also include lots of previously unreleased material that has been put together by Spiegel herself and brought out by the label, Unseen Worlds.

Laurie Spiegel was born in Chicago in 1945 and is known for her pioneering work with electronics and computer based music. Spiegel saw the potential of computers for musical expression; a means to provide a broader range of sonic possibilities. Throughout the 70s she worked at Bell Labs and used a computer system called GROOVE, designed by Max Matthews.  Her album, the Expanding Universe concentrates on subtle textures and variations in pitch and rhythm.  Spiegel was interested in experiencing the “momentary occurrences” found in her pieces, emphasising a focus on process rather than product.  

I can’t get enough of this band! The album ‘On the Screen’ was re-released by Minimal Wave Records in 2008.  Linear Movement was a side project of Belgian musician, Peter Bonne (A Split Second, Twilight Ritual, Autumn), along with Peter Koutstaal and Lieve Van Steerteghem.  

Throughout this album, Bonne experiments with poppy-er compositions than found in his previous work.  Some of the tracks from this album can be found on the ‘Pulse Music’ cassette whereas others are previously unreleased. 

Check out the July 1st podcast for another great Linear Movement track called “In My Head.”