Episode 159

Chapter 20, The Experimental Music Studio, University of Illinois. Works Recommended from my book, Electronic and Experimental Music 

Welcome to the Archive of Electronic Music. This is Thom Holmes.

This podcast is produced as a companion to my book, Electronic and Experimental Music, published by Routledge. Each of these episodes corresponds to a chapter in the text and an associated list of recommended works, also called Listen in the text. They provide listening examples of vintage electronic works featured in the text.

The works themselves can be enjoyed without the book and I hope that they stand as a chronological survey of important works in the history of electronic music. Be sure to tune-in to other episodes of the podcast where we explore a wide range of electronic music in many styles and genres, all drawn from my archive of vintage recordings.

There is a complete playlist for this episode on the website for the podcast.

Playlist: THE EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC STUDIO, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Time

Track Time

Start

Introduction –Thom Holmes

01:32

00:00

1.     Lejaren Hiller, “Nightmare Music” (1961). Tape composition produced at the Experimental Music Studio, University of Illinois.

09:41

01:34

2.     Charles Hamm, “Canto, For Soprano, Speaker & Chamber Ensemble” (1963). Produced at the Experimental Music Studio, University of Illinois.

06:25

11:16

3.     Lejaren Hiller, “Computer Cantata, For Soprano, Chamber Ensemble and Tape” (1963). Produced at the Experimental Music Studio, University of Illinois.

23:09

17:38

4.     Herbert Brün, “Futility, For Speaker And Tape” (1964). Produced at the Experimental Music Studio, University of Illinois.

07:50

40:34

5.     Lejaren Hiller, “Machine Music, For Piano, Percussion And Tape” (1964). Produced at the Experimental Music Studio, University of Illinois.

13:15

48:22

6.     Kenneth Gaburo, “Lemon Drops” (1965). Tape composition produced at the Experimental Music Studio, University of Illinois.

02:55

01:01:40

7.     Salvatore Martirano, “Underworld” (1965). Tape composition produced at the Experimental Music Studio, University of Illinois.

16:55

01:04:36

8.     Kenneth Gaburo, “For Harry” (1966). Tape composition produced at the Experimental Music Studio, University of Illinois.

03:41

01:21:32

9.     Lejaren Hiller, “Suite For Two Pianos And Tape” (1966). Produced at the Experimental Music Studio, University of Illinois.

18:30

01:25:16

10.   Lejaren Hiller, “Computer Music for Tape & Percussion” (1968). Produced at the Experimental Music Studio, University of Illinois.

06:52

01:43:42

11.   Salvatore Martirano, “The SalMar: Part One” (1983). Performance by Martirano in Paris in 1983 using the one-of-a-kind Sal-Mar Construction designed for real-time performance of electronic music. It was created from 1969 to 1972 at the University of Illinois.

18:59

01:50:26

Additional opening, closing, and other incidental music by Thom Holmes.

My Books/eBooks: Electronic and Experimental Music, sixth edition, Routledge 2020. Also, Sound Art: Concepts and Practices, first edition, Routledge 2022.

See my companion blog that I write for the Bob Moog Foundation.

For a transcript, please see my blog, Noise and Notations.

Original music by Thom Holmes can be found on iTunes and Bandcamp.