Science Fiction Sound Effects Folkways 1958 electronic musique concrete library

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Science Fiction Sound Effects Record - Conceived and recorded by Mel Kaiser of Cue Recordings label & cat. no.:Folkways Science Series FX 6250 pressed in:USA date:1959 format:LP Vinyl: vg+ (few light unfeelable scuffs)
Cover: vg (front has sticker and tape remnants from library markings)

description:
Great and rare lp consisting entirely of spacy effects derived from primitive, pre-synthesizer early electronic sounds and tape manipulations, with a great 50s mod space age cover. It seems Mel recorded a bunch of brief electronic/musique concrete compositions and extended drones, and then matched them up with track titles like "Sound of Approach of Missile or Creature," "Elevator Descending," "Space Ship Hatch: Opening or Closing," "Exterior of Space Ship in Motion," "Cosmic Bombardment Indicator," "Electronic Telescope," "Space Machine," "Space Music," "Space Sounds," etc. There are also more abstract atmospheric tracks like "Electronic Drone (Background)," "Drone with Variations," "Frequency Sweep: Dual," "Tone Pyramid," "Sweeps & Drones," "Low Frequency Sweeps," "Medium Frequency Sweeps (with Echo Re-Verb & Pulses, Drones)," and much more. The mood is pure 1950s sci-fi flick, clearly inspired by movies like Forbidden Planet and the sounds of the Theremin, the Ondes Martenot, the Ondioline, and Oskar Sala's trautonium. Works enjoyably cohesively as an extended suite of abstract early electronic compositions for listening, as well as a trove of useful sfx. Highly recommended for DJs/producers (makes a killer turntablist tool) as well as anyone interested in early electronic music and instruments such as Tom Dissevelt, Tod Dockstader, Ilhan Mimaroglu, Pierre Henry, Bernard Parmegiani, Raymond Scott, Bruce Haack, Jean-Jacques Perrey, Robert Moog, and Donald Buchla, turntablists like DJ Shadow, Q-bert, invisibl skratch piklz, Kid Koala, and Mixmaster Mike, and library music like Cecil Leuter, Chappell, De Wolfe, TVMusic, and Montparnasse 2000.

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