馃帶 MORTON SUBOTNICK [Experimental]

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  1. MORTON SUBOTNICKSidewinder (Part II)Sidewinder00:00:25
  2. MORTON SUBOTNICKConclusionUntil Spring00:14:30
  3. MORTON SUBOTNICKSilver Apples Of The Moon (Part I)Silver Apples Of The Moon / The Wild Bull00:28:25
  4. JOHN PRESTONThe Physical Characteristics Of Musical Sounds The Sounds And Music Of The RCA Electronic Music Synthesizer - The Synthesis Of MusicMusic For A Retro-Future (V/A)00:39:28
  5. LIEUTENANT CARAMELEt La RoseEarly Tape Works00:46:40
  6. KID BALTRANThe Ray MakersElectrosoniks - Electronic Music (V/A)01:01:26
  7. ANN MCMILLANAmber '75Gateway Summer Sound. Abstracted Animal And Other Sounds01:08:50
  8. EVE ABOULKHEIR  22/12/2017 Guilin Synthetic Daydream22/12/2017 Guilin Synthetic Daydream /  How To Avoid Ants01:20:26
  9. MORTON SUBOTNICKGesturesVolume 1 Electronic Works01:39:51
  10. MORTON SUBOTNICKAscent Into AirAscent Into Air  A Fluttering Of Wings01:55:50 

  

✚ An undeniable founding father of American electronic music and a pivotal figure in the development of the synthesizer as a compositional tool, Morton Subotnick revolutionized the medium by creating music specifically for and with electronic machines, rather than merely adapting acoustic works. Emerging from the vibrant San Francisco scene in the early 1960s, Subotnick was instrumental in establishing the San Francisco Tape Music Center (SFTMC) in 1961 alongside Pauline Oliveros and Ramon Sender, which quickly became the West Coast's primary incubator for electroacoustic exploration and technological innovation. His most profound and lasting contribution came through his close collaboration with engineer Donald Buchla, which resulted in the Buchla 100 series synthesizer, an early, voltage-controlled modular instrument that Subotnick helped design to be focused on timbral control and spatial modulation, explicitly rejecting the keyboard interface of its East Coast contemporary, the Moog. This partnership directly led to the creation of Silver Apples of the Moon (1967), a watershed moment in electronic music history, as it was the first electronic work commissioned and created specifically for a commercial record release on the Nonesuch label, thereby bringing serious electronic composition out of the academic studio and into the popular consciousness. The album's use of rhythmic pulses, complex wave-shapes, and evolving textures established the template for much of the later analog synthesizer work, making it a foundational text for experimental electronic music and influencing genres from ambient to IDM. He followed this success with The Wild Bull (1968), continuing his pioneering use of the Buchla system to create dense, vibrant, and expressive electronic soundscapes that were composed not as a fixed document, but as an experience meant to be played live with the machine. Later in his career, Subotnick continued his technological drive by exploring early digital sampling, interactive performance systems, and pioneering multimedia works that integrated computers and video, consistently championing the idea of the synthesizer as a unique, independent expressive instrument whose potential he was determined to fully realize, cementing his legacy as one of the most vital innovators of the analog age.

✚ P猫re fondateur incontestable de la musique 茅lectronique am茅ricaine et figure centrale dans le d茅veloppement du synth茅tiseur en tant qu'outil compositionnel, Morton Subotnick a r茅volutionn茅 le m茅dium en cr茅ant de la musique sp茅cifiquement pour et avec des machines 茅lectroniques, plut么t que de simplement adapter des 艙uvres acoustiques. 脡mergeant de la sc猫ne vibrante de San Francisco au d茅but des ann茅es 1960, Subotnick a jou茅 un r么le d茅terminant dans la cr茅ation du San Francisco Tape Music Center (SFTMC) en 1961, aux c么t茅s de Pauline Oliveros et Ramon Sender, qui est rapidement devenu le principal incubateur de l'exploration 茅lectroacoustique et de l'innovation technologique sur la C么te Ouest. Sa contribution la plus profonde et durable est issue de son 茅troite collaboration avec l'ing茅nieur Donald Buchla, qui a abouti au synth茅tiseur Buchla s茅rie 100, un instrument modulaire pr茅coce 脿 tension contr么l茅e que Subotnick a aid茅 脿 concevoir pour 锚tre ax茅 sur le contr么le du timbre et la modulation spatiale, rejetant explicitement l'interface 脿 clavier de son contemporain de la C么te Est, le Moog. Ce partenariat a directement men茅 脿 la cr茅ation de Silver Apples of the Moon (1967), un moment d茅cisif dans l'histoire de la musique 茅lectronique, car c'茅tait la premi猫re 艙uvre 茅lectronique command茅e et cr茅茅e sp茅cifiquement pour une sortie commerciale sur disque sur le label Nonesuch, faisant ainsi sortir la composition 茅lectronique s茅rieuse du studio universitaire pour la faire entrer dans la conscience populaire. L'utilisation par l'album d'impulsions rythmiques, de formes d'onde complexes et de textures 茅volutives a 茅tabli le mod猫le pour une grande partie du travail ult茅rieur sur synth茅tiseur analogique, en faisant un texte fondateur pour la musique 茅lectronique exp茅rimentale et influen莽ant des genres de l'ambient 脿 l'IDM. Il a poursuivi ce succ猫s avec The Wild Bull (1968), continuant son utilisation pionni猫re du syst猫me Buchla pour cr茅er des paysages sonores 茅lectroniques denses, vibrants et expressifs qui n'茅taient pas compos茅s comme un document fixe, mais comme une exp茅rience destin茅e 脿 锚tre jou茅e en direct avec la machine. Plus tard dans sa carri猫re, Subotnick a poursuivi sa lanc茅e technologique en explorant les premiers 茅chantillonnages num茅riques, les syst猫mes de performance interactive et les 艙uvres multim茅dias pionni猫res int茅grant des ordinateurs et de la vid茅o, d茅fendant constamment l'id茅e du synth茅tiseur comme un instrument expressif unique et ind茅pendant dont il 茅tait d茅termin茅 脿 r茅aliser pleinement le potentiel, cimentant son h茅ritage comme l'un des innovateurs les plus essentiels de l'猫re analogique.


 


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