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Substak – Σφαῖρα
#Experimental #Greece #ambient #avantgarde #drone #musiqueconcrete #noise #soundart #soundscape #UnitedKingdom
CC BY-NC-SA (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike) #ccmusic
https://tcfsr.bandcamp.com/album/-

Σφαῖρα, by Substak

8 track album

The Committee for Sonic Research

Arshan Najafi 6d ago

it's w/ great pleasure to announce the release of my new LP "Zenosyne" on april 16, 2026, on Falt on its 10th anniversary.

you can download the album for nyp on bc at the following link:
https://falt.bandcamp.com/album/zenosyne

"Zenosyne is a composition of two long-form pieces of live recordings of a piezo mic on an external hard drive and raw data sonification, live improvised and recorded in Max/MSP and later, mixed in Ableton Live."

#falt #electronicmusic #experimental #maxmsp #musiqueconcrete #bandcamp

Fred Apr 16

🎧 Band: Frank Vincent Zappa Conducts The Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
💿 Album: Lumpy Gravy
📅 Date: 1968
🎶 Features: Reissue, gatefold sleeve
🎛 Reissue: 2016

Zappa presents himself as a composer! Even so, I am not dying for this particular Zappa record, I recognise the work involved and the composition behind. I do find this to be the first of a continuous composition work, and I very much relate this record with the "civilisation phase III" that came out as a double CD much later in time... (Is this phase 2 of: We're Only In It For The Money)?

#Orchestral #compositions conducted by Zappa; early use of musique concrète and tape editing; spoken word “piano people” segments recorded inside a grand piano; two-part suite structure; blend of classical, experimental sound collage, jazz elements, and studio manipulation; part of Zappa’s wider “conceptual continuity” across albums.

Special note for the intro track reused from the composition soundtrack of the movie"Run Home Slow" and the last track of the album, an instrumental of "Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance" from the album "We're Only in it for the money"

The result is not a collection of songs but a continuous piece split into two sides, moving between written passages and abstract interruptions. This is definitely an experimental audio art composition, far out from the time it was published in 1968 and from the rock scene at the time.

This album is also an important starting point in Zappa’s solo catalogue. It lays the groundwork for ideas he would revisit later, and is almost a tribute to his idol, "Edgard Varese".

Definitely Zappa's first orchestral collage of pre-recorded sounds and orchestral research absurdities is a kick on the door for the next orchestral adventures.

#frankzappa #ZappaRecordCollection #zappanale #LumpyGravy #Avantgarde #Zappa #MOI #Record #Vinyl #musiqueconcrete #orchestral #fediverse #music

Andi Chorley Apr 16

Ended Wednesday and welcomed Thursday after a swim with IPEM 1963-73 by Lucien Goethals / Karel Goeyvaerts released on Alpha in 1973.

Goeyvaerts (8 June 1923 – 3 February 1993) was a Belgian composer.

[He] was born in Antwerp, where he studied at the Royal Flemish Music Conservatory; he later studied composition in Paris with Darius Milhaud and analysis with Olivier Messiaen. He also studied ondes Martenot with Maurice Martenot, who invented the instrument... - Wikipedia

Soundohm describes his contribution as

an epic side-length drifter by Goeyvaerts (27 minutes of epic piano klang & held tones)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKpfAv03b_Q

"Goethals (26 June 1931 – 12 December 2006) was a Belgian composer.

He worked at the IPEM in Ghent ever since it was founded in 1962.." - Wikipedia

"three shorter études by Goethals (gooey analogia in sliding, de-centralized pitch scales"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soTsnx1sIhY

#IPEM #LucienGoethals #KarelGoeyvaerts #MusiqueConcrète #Experimental #AvantGarde #Music

BC BY-NC-SA Apr 15

WDX – Gramophonelemental
#Electronic #Experimental #ambient #dub #electroacoustic #electronic #experimental #fieldrecordings #industrial #musiqueconcrete #techno #Bulgaria
CC BY-NC (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial) #ccmusic
https://mahorka.bandcamp.com/album/gramophonelemental

Gramophonelemental, by WDX

11 track album

Mahorka

Ricardo Wang Apr 11

#saturday #newepisode of What's This Called? #radioshow on #FreeformPortland 6-8 PM PDT

90.3 & 98.3 FM on #TerrestrialRadio or #streaming: http://listen.freeformportland.org:8000/stream

#ExpunkimentalMusic #drone #noise #ambientmusic #postpunk #psychedelic #experimentalmusic #spacerock #musiqueconcrete #electroacoustic #StrangeMusic #postrock #outsidermusic #freejazz #noiserock #electronicmusic #undergroundmusic #plunderphonics #AvantGarage #freemusic #freeform

#archives (#listen anytime): https://whatsthiscalled.net/2026/04/10/11-april-2026/

BC BY-NC-SA Apr 10

Occult Science Foundation – Urban Witchcraft
#Experimental #Instrumental #avantgarde #drone #musiqueconcrete #noise #occult #retro #soundart #UnitedKingdom
CC BY-NC-SA (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike) #ccmusic
https://tcfsr.bandcamp.com/album/urban-witchcraft

Urban Witchcraft, by Occult Science Foundation

4 track album

The Committee for Sonic Research

7sleepersmusic Apr 3

#CurrentlyListening to a fascinating discussion about #Icelandic composer Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson via #TalkToTheChip podcast hosted by our #FediFriends @elifyalvac and @Jono_Podmore 🎶 ⚡ 😁 #Music #MusiqueConcrète #ElectronicMusic #Podcast #Iceland https://talktothechip.podbean.com/e/magnus-blondal-johannsson/

Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson: Elektrónísk stúdía (1951 - 1962) | TalkToTheChip

In episode 26 of Talk to the Chip, professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore get together for the first time with a guest, Icelandic composer, guitarist and sound artist Rikhardur H. Fridriksson to discuss a work by an Icelandic pioneer of electronic music: "Elektrónísk stúdía (e. Electronic Study"), musique concrète compositions, composed between 1951 – 1962. by Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson. Listen to "Elektrónísk stúdía" here:https://soundcloud.com/magnusblondaljohannsson/sets/elektronisk-studia Useful links:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magn%C3%BAs_Bl%C3%B6ndal_J%C3%B3hannssonhttps://monoskop.org/Rikhardur_H._Fridrikssonhttps://smekkleysa.net/shop/smekkleysa_cd/electronic/magnus-blondal-johannsson-elektronisk-studia/https://nordische-filmtage.de/en/programm/movie/view/2009/1028.htmlhttps://www.nts.live/artists/58146-magnus-blondal-johannsszonhttps://www.islandpaafilm.dk/is/film/surtur-fer-sunnanhttps://en.sinfonia.is/concerts-tickets/works/magnus-blondal-johannsson-adagiohttps://www.islandpaafilm.dk/is/film/eldur-i-heimaeyhttps://www.musik.is/BjarkiSve/Phd/Sidur/209-214.html (Icelandic)

BC BY-NC-SA Apr 1