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V.A. (VARIOUS ARTISTS) (COMPILATIONS) - Institute of Sonology 1959-1969

Format: do-LP Label & Cat.Number: Sub Rosa SRV164 Release Year: 2019 Note: first vinyl issue of this collection with rather incredible, pioneering electronic compositions created at the "Instituut Voor Sonologie" in Utrecht, Netherlands, by: DICK RAAIJMAKERS, FRITS WEILAND, TON BRUYNEL, and very long pieces by KONRAD BOEHMER, GOTTFRIED MICHAEL KOENIG and RAINER RIEHN..- "a music produced by machines designed to construct the new." - liner notes by KONRAD BOEHMER Price (incl. 19% VAT): €19.50 More Info Early electronic music from 1959 to 1969 produced by the Institute of Sonology / Instituut voor sonologie, in Utrecht, Holland. Imagined with the great help of Konrad Boehmer. BRAND NEW FORMS These electronic works, composed between 1959 and 1969 at the Institute of Sonology by Dick Raaymakers, Frits Weiland, Ton Bruynel, Konrad Boehmer, Gottfried Michael Koenig and Rainer Riehn, are raw material similar to what Mego could release today. We need to reflect on this period - the revolution of the fifties and sixties - and understand that what was done then was elaborated without a base - ex nihilo - a music produced by machines designed to construct the new. FROM THE PHILIPS PAVILLION TO THE INSTITUUT VOOR SONOLOGIE Officially founded on September 1, 1960, at the instigation of several people representing cultural institutions, the institute of sonology, had already taken initiatives in the field of electroacoustic music since 1954. A large complex of studios (initially under the name STEM = STudio voor Electronische Muziek) was set up under the patronage of Utrecht university in an old house on Plompetorengracht in Utrecht University; and the instruments and tapes (among them, that of Varèse's "Electronic Poem") of Philips laboratories' (important to remember the mythic Philips Pavillion in the Brussels's fair in 1958). NOTES ON 5 RADICAL COMPOSERS DICK RAAIJMAKERS was born the 1th of september 1930 in Maastricht. He studied piano at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. >From 1957 to 1960 he joined the Studio for Electronic music at Philips in Eindhoven. FRITS WEILAND was born in 1933, enjoyed a technical as well as a musical education. After working for the Dutch radio and television broadcasting system, he worked from 1961 to 1990 for the Institute for Sonology. TON BRUYNEL (1934-1999) The realisation of 'Reflexen' took place at the Institute of Sonology and in the composer's private studio. Bruynèl has written numerous works for tape and for tape and live instrumentalist. https://subrosalabel.bandcamp.com/album/institute-of-sonology-early-electronic-music-1959-69