LAURIE SPIEGEL Expanding Universe 1980 Philo LP computer analog electro synth EX

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Scarce early experimental computer-generated electronic music lp: LAURIE SPIEGEL - The Expanding Universe - Philo Records 9003, the original pressing, released in 1980. Produced, Composed, Performed and Recorded by Laurie Spiegel. The songs are- The Expanding Universe/Patchwork/Old Wave/Pentachrome.

Composed in 1974-76 using a computer playing the actual sounds by controlling analog synthesis equipment using the GROOVE (Generating Realtime Operations On Voltage-controlled Equipment) hybrid system which was developed by Max Matthews and F.R. Moore at Bell labs. Interaction with the computer was through a keyboard, a drawing tablet, pushbuttons and knobs, as well as complex "algorhythms" written in FORTRAN.

Condition is EX/EX (vinyl is glossy with only some very minor surface scuffs and clean labels; jacket has light corner rubbing and some minor partial ringwear).

(Vintage Vinyl, Record, Album, Electronic, Ambient, Experimental, Avant-Garde, Computerized, Obscure, Electro, Drone, 1970's, 1980's, Memorabilia, Collectible). 



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