flickr by echslectir"These are actually 1999 re-issues. The original records were released in 1964. It contains really cheesy and psychedelic synthesizer music by electronic music pioneer Raymond Scott" "This music was created to sooth babies but I think it's more effective for brainwashing or creating some sort of mental disorder (especially for the parents). It's fantastic!"
Little Miss Echo on SSFB vol. 3 is a personal favorite. It sounds a lot like a Fripp & Eno track, circa Evening Star. Raymond Scott was truly ahead of his time.
ReplyDeleteAs important as Raymond Scott was and as far ahead of many people he was, he only employed Bob Moog to build circuits for him, he is not the co-inventor of The Moog synthesizer.
ReplyDeleteHe was a big influence on the young Bob Moog and in fact later Moog delayed releasing a sequencer for his modular system because of loyalty to Scott.
Gahds... I missed that in the quote. Sometimes I miss things if I'm in a rush and scan them too quickly. Thanks for commenting. Post updated.
ReplyDeleteCheesy? WTF?
ReplyDeleteThere are tracks I like better than others on the soothing sounds series, but these records are monumental.
'Cheesy' would indicate pandering to less sophisticated tastes, and there's none of that in Raymond Scott's baby records. They're music that sounds like it came from an alternate universe, and foreshadow the collision of minimalism and electronic music in the 90s. There's few tracks that couldn't be mixed convincingly with Aphex Twin's "Selected Ambient Works V II"
I love Raymond Scott. I have all his releases, and the Manhattan Research double CD is a MUST own, great photos of his studio
ReplyDeleteThat photo describes your basic telephone support person nowadays.
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