Beaver & Krause
Gandharva
In the course of their first few albums, Paul Beaver and Bernie Krause broke a lot of ground in the art of recording the synthesizer, still a young and futuristic instrument in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It's sometimes overlooked, however, that the records were not solely vehicles for synthesizer experimentation, but also varied musical statements drawing from numerous strands of popular styles. Just as their first Warner Brothers LP, In a Wild Sanctuary had differed from their earlier reco…
In A Wild Sanctuary / Gandharva / All Good Men
A double CD collecting three classic albums from Beaver & Krause’s Warner Brothers period circa 1970-1972, featuring the celebrated Moog-friendly collaborators’ quirky mix of early electronics, found sound and musical dalliances from Blues to Soul and Rock to Gospel.Featuring the seminal “In A Wild Sanctuary” (1970), the haunting “Gandharva” (1971) and the wonky pop of “All Good Men” (1972), underlining the indelible mark the duo made on contemporary music. Filtering Scott Joplin and Bach throug…
The Nonesuch Guide To Electronic Music
Long out of print, this is the 'legendary' original box: "A "Guide to Electronic Music" might be many things. This one, though perhaps useful, is hardly the "comprehensive survey of electronic music and its creation" promised in the notes on the back of the box. The four sides, averaging twelve minutes' playing-time each, offer several dozen samples of electronically produced sounds, and a three-minute piece (given twice). The score of the latter is included among the notes along with an account…