Author: chloe

Playlist for September 16

Ekoplekz (aka Nick Edwards)

Telex- Pakmovast

Alexander Robotnick- Dance Boy Dance

FC Judd- Tempotone

Ekoplekz- Daytron Romance

Ekoplekz- Ekoplakz (Richard H. Kirk Remix)

Ceephax Acid Crew- Capsules in Space

Orgue Electronique- (from Strange Paradise)

Ruth White- (Debussy) The Snow is Dancing 

Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan- Sonik Re-entry

Dieter Schutz- Orion

These Trails- Psych I, and Share Your Water

Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan

Raymond Scott- Lightworks

Blectum from Blechdom- Robophonic

Alexander Robotnick- Afrikan Kola

From Nick Edwards recent release, Plexation.  Cover Art By Mark Hollis

Modeselektor – The Wedding Toccata Theme

Yellow Magic Orchestra – Pure Jam

Klaus Pinter – Soul Flipper part 2

Daphne Oram – Lego Builds it

Throbbing Gristle – Slug Bait

Zomby – Equinox

Gonjasufi – DedNd

Klaus Pinter – Bewusseinweiter

Yellow Magic Orchestra – Key

Balam Acab – Oh, why

Bernard Parmegiani – En Phase/Hors Phase

Modeselektor – B.M.I.

Daphne Oram – High Speed Flight

Yellow Magic Orchestra – Seoul Music

Walter Schnaffs – I Am Germany

Daphne Oram – Adwick High School No.2

Daphne Oram!

What an amazing lady! A theremin virtuoso and classically trained violinist, Rockmore started with violin at an early age.  During her teen years she developed an arthritic problem with her bow arm and was forced to quit the violin.  After this setback, Clara Rockmore was attracted to the theremin and found that she had a natural talent for the instrument.  She had absolute pitch and extraordinary control of her precise hand movements; two qualities that were very important for mastering the theremin.  She even worked with Leon Theremin (the inventor of the theremin) and helped develop the instrument.  Leon Theremin asked Clara to marry him but she rejected him.

This is a beautiful video of Clara Rockmore performing Achron’s “Hebrew Melody.” I am also a fan of her sparkly headband.

“There is a certain terrific freedom. You feel like a conductor in front of an orchestra. There is no instrument between you and the music. Sure, there is a theremin standing there, but you’re in the electromagnetic field.  Every movement you make is a perfect synchronization of sound and motion.” 

Last Sunday Nyx’s Chariot covered the Alien Jams radio show.  Federica did an amazing job!
 Catch up here…

A bonus of visiting the US is GREAT record shops made extra exciting with exchange rates! I was in Portland this weekend and picked up this classic gem!

“Song of the Second Moon” is by Tom Dissevelt and Kid Baltan (aka Dick Raaijmakers), who were both employees of Dutch Philips Research Labs.  Really wonderful album, early electronic experimentation way ahead of its time! 

Their debut, “Electronic Music” (aka Song of the Second Moon) was originally released under The Electrosoniks moniker in 1957. It was later released in 1968 under their artist names “Song of the Second Moon: the Sonic Vibrations of Tom Dissevelt and Kid Baltan” (which was the copy I came across).  This album has also recently been released by Omni Records. 

I couldn’t be there on Sunday but Alien Jams was in good hands! Richard Greenan took over the airwaves, playing fantastically weird jams and lots of Dutch tape music! Here is the playlist for 26/8/12-