![]() Everything You Always Wanted to Hear on the Moog |
...but were afraid to ask for! Classical Moog, classically bad.
Here it is: everything you always wanted to hear on the moog... but were afraid to ask for! This great disc of classical Moog music, "Semi-conducted" (get it?) by Andrew Kazdin and Thomas Z. Shepard, features works by Chabrier, Lecuona, Bizet, and an incredible 14 minute rendition of Ravel's Bolero that fills the entire second side of the record. There's a lot of electronic computer technology in music today, but in the days of the Moog, electronic music really sounded artificial. That's exactly what makes records like this so frightening to the musical establishment... and such treasures to the rest of us. From tinny sounds that you can almost recognize from their analog counterparts to spacey flourishes that only exist in Moogspace, these tracks bring a thoroughly unique perspective to the tunes they cover. Most Moog albums employ a number of traditional instruments (especially drums), but not this one: it is entirely synthesized on the Moog, right down to fake applause at the conclusion of Bolero. The liner notes go to some length to remind the listener of the massive creative effort that goes into producing an album like this. With only one sound at a time to work with, reproducing a complex score can involve up to 20 tracks per song, and countless hours of work. You really have to hand it to Kazdin and Shepard for putting that kind of work into a record that was most probably panned by every music critic of its day. Moog on! |
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Les Toredors from Carmen (Real Audio) | You can just see Felix Unger spinning in his grave! |
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Dalia
(suejfish@yahoo.com)
says: I am a great fan of the band AIR and found this version by acicnedt but I think this is real fun to watch the guy on the keyboard is shining more then the sun pure 70s material I don't know why they can't make stuff like this nowadays everything so artificial the ppl in this vid look they're having lots of fun (05-18-2012)
Fritz Wonnacott
says: Just in case you want to download all 4 tracks, they were "ripped" from a reel-to-reel version of the album. Remember reel-to-reel? No track noise to speak of and definitely no pops and clicks, even on the softer passages of "Bolero". Well worth the download and in AIFF format to boot!
(07-06-2011)
mark
(pmrkeads1@yahoo.com)
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Jeff Carlisle
(jeffandcarol@optonline.net)
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muz
(sweetacres@hotmail.com)
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Peter Hyde
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Bent Ears Audio Laboratories
(ablebravo@yahoo.com)
says: Great album, BTW. Analog synths are the best.
(06-15-2010)
Amy
(gbrooks314@gmail.com)
says: This is such an obscure album (that I have permanently imprinted on my brain from listening to it obsessively as a kid), and it really caught my attention. Listen from 0-30s. If I'm wrong, I'll feel like a putz! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7xB_-QaVps Thanks to Beth for the MP3's as well!
(06-06-2010)
Ben
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Kevin Austin
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Robert Scalise
(scalisemail04@cfl.rr.com)
says: also, may I direct you attention to a recording called by a modern synthesizer wiz by the name of Amin Bhatia who's current CD -Virtuality has a new version called Bolero Electronica. while the album is technically impressive (it uses vintage synthesizers from the Cantos Foundation Synthesizer Museum as well as several from personal collections and each section of Bolero used the instruments like the moog from the 1960's to the present computer based systems. It's unbelievable! Please check it out.
Ernest T. Spoon
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Beth
(beth@francik.com)
says: http://www.francik.com/moog/
(04-23-2009)
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