I've been on a crazy musique concrete kick lately, buying up classics like Cage's Cartridge Music and the Panorama of Musique Concrete from '56.
And just arrived from the Netherlands -
Popular Electronics: The Singles Collection
#664/1000, this velvet box set was issued in 2008 by Basta Records - the label which produced the magnificent three-volume Manhattan Research set. This compilation contains faithful reissues of 1950s musique concrete 7" classics from Dutch electronic music composers Kid Baltan, Tom Dissevelt, and H Badings.
The set contains:
- Electronic Ballet Music: Cain and Abel (Philips 400 036 AE) (1956)
- Electronic Popular Music (Philips 315 538 NF) (1957)
- Electronic Movements (Philips430 736 PE) (1958)
- and Electronic Music (Philips 430 791 PE) (1961)
Each disc includes the original sleeve and liner notes.
I first got into Baltan/Dissevelt under their Electrosoniks moniker when I found the Philips "Electronic Music" LP from 1962 at my local antique mall. Wonderful stuff!
