Popular Electronics – Early Dutch Electronic Music from Philips Research Laboratories (1956 - 1963)

Tracklist

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Disc 1

• 1 Kaïn en Abel: First Episode: Introduction / Dance / Dance of the Destructive Forces 3:44
• 2 Kaïn en Abel: First Episode: Conflict, Conclusion, Transition 2:35
• 3 Kaïn en Abel: Second Episode: Passacagila 2:13
• 4 Kaïn en Abel: Second Episode: Arioso 2:19
• 5 Kaïn en Abel: Second Episode: Conflict, Reprise (Arioso) 3:35
• 6 Kaïn en Abel: Second Episode: Conflict, Finale 2:57
• 7 Song of the Second Moon (version 2) 2:50
• 8 Night Train Blues 3:33
• 9 Colonel Bogey 3:01
• 10 Evolutionen: Overture 2:18
• 11 Evolutionen: Air 2:25
• 12 Evolutionen: Ragtime 3:30
• 13 Evolutionen: Intermezzo 2:48
• 14 Evolutionen: Waltz 0:58
• 15 Evolutionen: Finale 1:39
• 16 Whirling 2:37
• 17 Syncopation 3:02
• 18 Drifting 3:14
• 19 Vibration 3:11
• 20 Mechanical Motions 7:27
• 21 Intersection 5:30

Disc 2

• 1 Tweeklank 4:56
• 2 Pianoforte 5:05
• 3 Variations Électroniques: “A Light and Frolic Experiment in Sound and Movement” 10:04
• 4 Achter de schermen 17:37
• 5 Fuel for the Future 12:21
• 6 Bekaert: het andere woord voor staaldraad 15:53
• 7 Ein Reiterstück 6:53

Disc 3

• 1 Ignition 3:23
• 2 Atlantic 3:16
• 3 Spearhead 2:50
• 4 Zanzi 2:52
• 5 Anchor Chains 2:47
• 6 Tropicolour 3:57
• 7 Gamelan 3:06
• 8 Woomerangs 3:08
• 9 Waltzing Mathilda 1:52
• 10 Pacific Dawn 3:48
• 11 Gold and Lead 2:40
• 12 Mexican Mirror 2:16
• 13 Seconds to Eternity 3:40
• 14 Re-Entry 3:13

Disc 4

• 1 Song of the Second Moon (original version) 3:08
• 2 Syncopation (alternate version) 3:11
• 3 12-Tone Composition for the Skymasters (As Used in Intersection) 4:40
• 4 Intersection (early version) 6:47
• 5 Tropicolours (early version) 3:29
• 6 Waltzing Mathilda (early version) 2:24
• 7 Quiz Tune for VARA Television 0:32
• 8 Limburg’s National Anthem 0:24
• 9 Bell Tune 0:31
• 10 Coppélia Tune 0:23
• 11 Sign Tune 0:36
• 12 STER Tunes 1 0:10
• 13 STER Tunes 2 0:11
• 14 STER Tunes 3 0:11
• 15 STER Tunes 4 0:11
• 16 STER Tunes 5 0:11
• 17 STER Tunes 6 0:11
• 18 STER Tunes 7 0:11
• 19 STER Tunes 8 0:10
• 20 STER Tunes 9 0:14
• 21 Sound Examples: Group 1 1:41
• 22 Sound Examples: Group 2 2:29
• 23 Sound Examples: Group 3 2:28
• 24 Tape Loop With Basic Rhythm 0:24
• 25 Tape Loop With Rhythm and Bass Pattern 0:58
• 26 Arpeggio’s With Echo 0:16
• 27 Figure Moving Downwards, Leading Into Whistle Melody With Echo 0:59
• 28 Electronic Boogie Woogie 1:05
• 29 Opening Sequence 0:12
• 30 First Melody 0:22
• 31 First Melody Transposed 0:17
• 32 Chord of Combined Sounds 0:13
• 33 Bass Pattern 0:16
• 34 Rhythm Loop With Bass Pattern 0:20
• 35 Variant 0:22
• 36 Chord Sequence With Sine Wave Tones 0:16
• 37 Second Melody 0:17
• 38 Arpeggio With Echo 0:10
• 39 Transposed Piano Chord Sequence 0:15
• 40 Same as Above With Overdub 0:17
• 41 First Melody, Variant 0:16
• 42 First Melody, Canonic Setting 0:17
• 43 First Melody, Canonic Setting, Different Version 0:20
• 44 Fast Broken Chord Sequence 0:17
• 45 Closing Sequence With Echo 0:18
• 46 Chord of Combined Sounds, Noise Effect 0:14
• 47 Reversed Echoing Piano Chords, Continuation 0:09
• 48 Background Texture for Quiz-Tune 0:28
• 49 Multi-Layered Laughter 0:54
• 50 Basic Melody 0:38
• 51 Reversed Chords, Leading Into Melodic Continuation 0:38
• 52 Fast Transposed Piano Sequence 0:19
• 53 Second Melody 0:19
• 54 Bass Pattern With Rhythm Loop 0:21
• 55 Fast Transposed Piano Sequence With Echo 0:21
• 56 Repeated Figure With Echo 0:11
• 57 Short Oscillator Glissando 0:10
• 58 Second Melody, Electronically Chopped, With Echo 0:20
• 59 Short Oscillator With Echo, Leading Into Broken Chord Sequence 0:37
• 60 Reversed Chord Sequence 0:20
• 61 Closing Chord Sequence, Leading Into Glissando Upwards 0:12
• 62 Broken Chord Sequence With Echo and Background 0:11
• 63 Mixture of Upward Glissandi, Leading Into High Electronic Sound 0:12
• 64 Sequence of Three Complex Electronic Glissandi Chords With Echo 0:12
• 65 Space Effect No. 1 0:14
• 66 Two Alternating Chords With Echo 0:16
• 67 Melody With Electronic Bell Sounds 0:26
• 68 Percussive Chord Sequence 1 0:31
• 69 Bass Pattern 0:29
• 70 Chord Sequence No. 2 0:20
• 71 Repeating Tympani-Like Tone 0:24
• 72 Repeating Harp Figure 0:33
• 73 Bass Pattern 0:14
• 74 Retro-Chord Sequence 0:16
• 75 Melody With Amplitude Modulation 0:16
• 76 Bass Pattern No. 3 0:23
• 77 Space Effect Cross Fading Into Alternating Chords 0:26
• 78 Sustained Chord 0:19
• 79 Repeating Pentatonic Figure 1 0:34
• 80 Space Effect No. 2 (Sine Tone Glissandi) 1:02
• 81 Sequence No. 1 0:11
• 82 Sequence No. 2 0:17
• 83 Space Effects With Echo 0:23
• 84 Optical Siren (Sound Colour Melody) 0:17
• 85 Noise Attacks 0:08
• 86 Sequence No. 3 0:09
• 87 Sequence of Chords With Retros 0:16
• 88 Sequence No. 4 0:18
• 89 Sequence No. 5 0:08
• 90 Rhythmic Tape Loop 0:21
• 91 Chord With Retro and Amplitude Modulation 0:08
• 92 Metal Sound With Echo 0:08
• 93 Bass Pattern No. 1 0:17
• 94 Chord Sequence Cut-Out Sounds 0:09
• 95 Bass Pattern No. 2 0:09
• 96 Same Pattern, High Pitched 0:10
• 97 Spoken Letter From Fred Judd to Tom Dissevelt 9:23

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Song of the Second Moon

1968