Various – OHM: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music (1948-1980)

© ℗ 2000 Ellipsis Arts.
Design: The A.V. Dept. at Stoltze Design, Boston

Booklet:
Cover is a schematic of the RCA Theremin, 1929, courtesy of Robert Moog.
Other photos courtesy of Raymond Scott Archive, Robert Moog, INA-GRM, Dr. Dorothea Eimert, Gayle Young, Meyers Rosenblum and Herman Shulman, La Monte Young, CRI, Intl Mgmt Group, Yoji Yuasa, Morton Subotnick, Mode Records, The Cortical Foundation, G. Schirmer, Inc., Kate Dodge.
On page 25 ©James Klosty, page 28: ©1972 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, page 75 (left): ©Jack Mitchell, 1989, page 75 (right): ©Jack Mitchell 1986

Paul D. Miller (DJ Spooky)

Issued as 8- Digipak with transparent trays inside a matte/clear with white/silver printing plastic slipcase, including a 100-page booklet featuring quotes from the artists, photos, and extensive notes. The tracks are presented here chronologically, and if you've read Joel Chadabe's book "Electric Sound: The Past and Promise of Electronic Music," then this makes an excellent accompaniment.

Track 1-15 is mistakenly the totally non-electronic 'Phonemena For Soprano And Piano' from Philomel and not the listed 'Philomel'. Also many of the tracks have inevitably been severely edited.

Tracks 1-11, 1-16, 2-1, 3-7 and 3-12 are previously unreleased. All other tracks taken from previously released CDs.

Track 1-1 from The Art Of The Theremin (Delos)
Track 1-2 from "Toussaint, Murial, Provost, Messiaen, Vivier" (SNE)
Track 1-3 from L'Œuvre Musicale (EMF)
Track 1-4 from The 25-Year Retrospective Concert Of The Music Of John Cage (Wergo)
Track 1-5 from Cologne - WDR: Early Electronic Music (BV Haast)
Track 1-6 from Pioneers Of Electronic Music (CRI)
Track 1-7 from Pioneer In Electronic Music Instrument Design: Compositions And Demonstrations 1948-1972 (Hugh Le Caine Project)
Track 1-8 from Forbidden Planet (Small Planet Records)
Track 1-9 from My Fascinating Instrument (Fax)
Track 1-10 from Instituut voor Soonologie
Track 1-11 from MELA Foundation Archives (previously unreleased)
Track 1-12 from Apocalypse (Starkland)
Track 1-13 from Kontakte (Ecstatic Peace)
Track 1-14 from Electronic And Acoustic Works 1957-1972 (CRI)
Track 1-15 from Philomel (New World)
Track 1-16 from Richard Teitelbaum Archives (previously unreleased)
Track 2-1 from Basta Archives (previously unreleased)
Track 2-2 from Goodbye 20th Century (SYR)
Track 2-3 from New Music For Electronic & Recorded Media (Women In Electronic Music - 1977) (CRI)
Track 2-4 from Electro Acoustic Music V (Neuma)
Track 2-5 from Silver Apples Of The Moon (Wergo)
Track 2-6 from Rainforest (Mode)
Track 2-7 from Poppy Nogood And The Phantom Band "All Night Flight" Vol.1 (Organ of Corti)
Track 2-8 from Canaxis (Spoon)
Track 2-9 from Presque Rien (INA)
Track 2-10 from Grande Polyphonie (INA GRM)
Track 2-11 from Sud / Dialogues / Inharmonique / Mutations (INA GRM)
Track 2-12 from Electronic Music (EMF)
Track 2-13 from MELA Foundation Archives
Track 3-1 from Any Resemblance Is Purely Coincidental (New Albion)
Track 3-2 from Fantasies And Tableaux (CRI)
Track 3-3 from New Music For Electronic & Recorded Media (Women In Electronic Music - 1977) (CRI)
Track 3-4 from Violostries / Pour En Finir Avec Le Pouvoir D'Orphée / Dedans-Dehors / Rouge-Mort / Exercisme 3 / Le Présent Composé (INA-GRM)
Track 3-5 from On The Other Ocean (Lovely)
Track 3-6 from Turenas · Stria · Phoné · Sabelithe (Wergo)
Track 3-7 previously unreleased
Track 3-8 from Automatic Writing (Lovely)
Track 3-9 from Canti Illuminati (Fore)
Track 3-10 from Music On A Long Thin Wire (Lovely)
Track 3-11 from Historic Edition (Manikin)
Track 3-12 previously unreleased
Track 3-13 from Ambient 4 (On Land) (Editions EG)