The Holmes Archive of Electronic Music

Episode 141 Chapter 03, How Electronic Music is Composed. 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...

Episode 140 Chapter 02, Listening to Electronic Music. 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 wor...

Episode 139 Chapter 01, What is Electronic Music? Recommended Works from Electronic and Experimental Music  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...

Episode 138 Electronic Music of Conrad Schnitzler—A Retrospective, Part 1. Playlist Time Track Time* Start Introduction –Thom Holmes 06:06 00:00 Conrad Schnitzler, “Meditation” from Rot (Red) (1973 Conrad Schnitzler Self-released. Composed, performed, recorded, and produced by Conrad Schnitzler. 19:44 08:28 Conrad Schnitzler, “Die Rebellen Haben Sich In Den Bergen Versteckt” from Blau (Blue) (1974...

Episode 137 Merry Moog 2024 Electronic Music for the Holidays Performed on the Moog and other Synthesizers   Playlist Time Track Time Start Introduction –Thom Holmes 04:34 00:00 1.     Hans Wurman, “Overture Miniature” from Electric Nutcracker (1976 Ovation). This Austrian composer made several remarkable, classically influenced Moog Modular albums from 1969 to 1976. This was one of his last big M...

Episode 136 Sun Ra and Stockhausen—An Imaginary Encounter in Electronic Music Playlist   Time Track Time Start Introduction –Thom Holmes 14:28 00:00 Karlheinz Stockhausen,  “Es (It)” (1969) from Aus Den Sieben Tagen (from the Seven Days) (1973 Deutsche Grammophon). Composed by, electronics (Filters, Potentiometers), spoken voice, technician (Sound Direction), liner notes, Karlheinz Stockhausen; El...

Episode 135 An Electronic Music Mixed-Bag Playlist Time Track Time Start Introduction –Thom Holmes 06:28 00:00 John Bischoff, “The League Of Automatic Music Composers: Recording, December 17, 1978” from Lovely Little Records (1980 Lovely Music Ltd.). Tracks from this six-EP collection of new music from a variety of Lovely Music artists. Computer, David Behrman, Jim Horton, John Bischoff, Rich Gold...

Episode 134 From Organ to Synthesizer: The Evolution of the Yamaha Electone Playlist   Time Track Time Start Introduction –Thom Holmes 06:56 00:00 Electone E-1, home style cabinet, transistorized oscillators, analog, two manuals, pedalboard, two built-in speakers.     1.Hidemi Saito, Tadashi Yoshida, “Kiriko No Tango” from Enchanting Mood (Electone Sound) (1963 Nivico). Composed by Tadashi Yoshida...

Episode 133 Sonic Adventures in Electronic Composition—The Ashley, Smith, and Hamilton Mix Playlist Time Track Time Start Introduction –Thom Holmes 05:35 00:00 1.     Tom Hamilton, “London Fix 2” from London Fix (2003 Muse Eek). Composed and produced by Tom Hamilton; Programmed by Michael J. Schumacher. Tom Hamilton first made his living in audio production then gradually shifted all of that work...

Episode 132 The 2024 US Open Sound Experiment Playlist Note: The starting times indicate at which time during the podcast a sound begins. The tracks often overlap based on the given length of each track. Time Track Time Start Introduction –Thom Holmes 03:36 00:00 1.     Chair Umpires 01:19 05:24 2.     USTA Billie Jean King Tennis Center—outer courts. Sample Alchemy, Granular effect, Classic. 03:4...

Episode 131 Shortwave Particulates—A Soundscape Playlist   Time Track Time Start Introduction –Thom Holmes 03:36 00:00 Thom Holmes, Shortwave Particulates (2024 Private Release). A sequence composed of a variety of vintage sounds collected from shortwave radios. Interval signals, Identification signals, programs in many languages from the around the globe. Interlaced with electronic sounds and dro...

Episode 130 Recent Finds for the Electronic Music Archives Playlist   Time Track Time Start Introduction –Thom Holmes 04:18 00:00 Esplendor Geometrico, “Estación Katowice” and “Signos De Energía” from Kosmos Kino (1987 Discos Esplendor Geometrico). Percussion, Drum Machine, Vocals, Gabriel Riaza; Synthesizer, Drum Machine, Vocals, Noises, Arturo Lanz. Industrial music from Spain. 10:08 04:42 KG, “...

Episode 129 Women Synthesists Playlist Time Track Time Start Introduction –Thom Holmes 04:36 00:00 Eliane Radigue, “Transamorem – Transmortem” (excerpt) from Transamorem – Transmortem (2011 Important Records). Composed in 1973 for ARP 2500 modular synthesizer. Music of slowly changing drones using the marvelous ARP synthesizer, which was Radigue’s key instrument for years after having experimented...

Episode 128 Terry Riley—Part 2, Solo Organ and Synthesizer Works Playlist                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Time Track Time Start Introduction –Thom Holmes 05:28 00:00 Terry Riley, “The Last Camel in Paris” from The Last...

Episode 127 Terry Riley—Analog Organ Works Playlist                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Time Track Time Start Introduction –Thom Holmes 08:08 00:00 1.     Terry Riley, “Journey From The Death Of A Friend” and “Happy Ending...

Episode 126 The Japanese Shigin Vocal Tradition—and Electronics Playlist   Track Time Start Time Introduction –Thom Holmes 04:46 00:00 1.     Mix of Susumu Yokota, “Saku” from Sakura (1999 Skintone) plus Abe Shũfu II, “Mount Fuji” from Music Of The Shigin: Chanting To Chinese Poetry (1975 Folkways). Album of electronic music from the late composer Susumu Yokota and a track from Folkways of Japanes...

Episode 125 Trippy Trance Music Origins, Part 2 Playlist   Track Time Start Time Introduction –Thom Holmes 05:01 00:00 1.     Pete Namlook, “Power Supply II” from Namlook IV (1994 Fax +49-69/450464). “The music originated instinctively whilst being played live. There was no concept for the composition before, only a kaleidoscope of sounds stemming from the given instruments. The music of this CD i...

Episode 124 Trippy Trance Music Origins Playlist   Track Time Start Time Introduction –Thom Holmes 07:14 00:00 The KLF, “What Time Is Love?” from What Time Is Love? (Pure Trance 1) (1988 KLF Communications). Kopyright Liberation Front (KLF), a duo comprised of Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond. Cauty was born in Devon, England; Drummond was born in South Africa but grew up in the Dumfries & Gallow...

Episode 123 Love Spells in Electronic Sound Playlist   Track Time Start Time Introduction –Thom Holmes 06:48 00:00 1.     Mystic Moods Orchestra, “Love Token” from Love Token (1969 Philips). Sound Effects, producer, sound director, Brad Miller; Vocals and vocal effects, The Mystic Moods. 04:33 06:48 2.     Four Tet, “Love Cry” from There Is Love In You (2010 Domino). Written, produced, and perform...

Episode 122 Electronic Music for Babies Playlist   Track Time Start Time Introduction –Thom Holmes 09:56 00:00 1.     Raymond Scott, “Lullaby” (14:06) and “Sleepy Time” (4:25) from Soothing Sounds For Baby Volume I: 1 To 6 Months (1964 Epic). Monophonic recording. Mine includes the insert. 18:30 09:56 2.     Raymond Scott, “Tempo Block” (3:15) and “The Happy Whistler” (10:45) from Soothing Sounds...

Episode 121 Crosscurrents in Early Electronic Music of Canada, Part 2   Playlist   Track Time Start Time Introduction –Thom Holmes 04:32 00:00 1.             John Mills-Cockell, “On The Heath” from A Third Testament (1974 True North). John Mills-Cockell is a Canadian composer from Toronto who was a very early adopter of the original Moog Synthesizer. He was part of the multi-faceted and ground-bre...

Episode 120 Crosscurrents in Early Electronic Music of Canada, Part 1 Playlist   Track Time Start Time Opening and Introduction (Thom Holmes) 10:36 00:00 1.    Hugh LeCaine, “Dripsody: An Etude For Variable Speed Recorder” (1955) from Anthologie De La Musique Canadienne / Anthology Of Canadian Music - Musique Électroacoustique; Electroacoustic Music (1990 Radio Canada International). One of the ea...

Episode 119 Phonographic Education—a Sound Collage Playlist Because this episode is a collage of recorded sounds, there are no start times for individual selections. Enjoy the collisions, densities, and words combined with music. Start time for collage: 03:55 Some of the musical selections heard in this collage: The London Philharmonic Orchestra – A Sound Spectacular Stereo Space Odyssey (1973 Ste...

Playlist   Track Time Start Time Opening and Introduction (Thom Holmes) 11:57 00:00 1.    Herbie Hancock, Herbie Hancock Demonstrates The Rhodes Piano (1973 Rhodes). A terrific flexi-disc produced by Rhodes and narrated by Hancock who tells an interesting story about his first encounter with the instrument on a Miles Davis session and then he walks the keyboard through a series of effects. He spea...

Episode 117 Electronic Keyboards in Jazz, A Recorded History, Part 1 of 2 Playlist   Length Start Time Introduction 05:42 00:00 1.             Vernon Geyer, “Day After Day” from All Ashore / Day After Day (1938 Bluebird). Soloist, Hammond Electric Organ, Vernon Geyer. 02:22 05:42 2.             Milt Herth Quartet / Milt Herth Trio, “Minuet in Jazz” from Home-Cookin' Mama With The Fryin' Pan / Minu...