Hexagon Andromeda Strain Gil Melle SCI-FI Soundtrack ELECTRONIC Planet Jazz
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RARE ORIGINAL ISSUE 1971 HEXAGON ANDROMEDA STRAIN Gil Melle TRIPPY ACID PROG PSYCH
(NOT the Record Store re-issue)
"FLIPPED OUT PROG PSYCH ELECTRONIC ACID UNDERGOUND" Hexogon LP in the "pod" silver foil jacket.
Original inner plastic sleeve with "warning" sticker
Released by Kapp
Like Forbidden Planet, The Andromeda Strain is one of the few Hollywood productions to feature an electronic music score. The soundtrack was composed by composer-musician Gil Mellé, who is probably best known for his theme music for the 1970s Rod Serling TV series Night Gallery. It is a unique blend of electronically generated sound, manipulated taped sounds (musique concrete) and some traditional instrumentation (keys, double bass, percussion), punctuated by bursts of electronic white noise and pink noise. The Percussotron III, which the composer designed especially for Andromeda, is heard throughout the various tracks. Musique concrete also plays an important role here. Many field trips were made by the artist in order to record natural sounds of 20th century life (Jet Propulsion Labs in Southern California, buzz saws, wind, bowling alleys and railways). Traditional instruments were used after being electronically altered (like ten times) electronically processed with keys & sound effects. On the general level with some of the avant-garde pioneering (OHR label, etc) German Krautrock "space" bands...
Cover= VG+ SEE PHOTOS
Vinyl= EX (Would be Mint- except for one surface mark on Side ONE that is inaudible)
Labels= some small marks on side one label. SEE PHOTOS.
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