Saturday, July 17, 2010

From The Archives: RA#3 Progressive Electronic




At Left- The highly unsettling cover to one of the greatest albums ever made- Heldon's 1977 magnum opus of ice-cold fractured sound and existential fugue, Interface. The title track is a nineteen-minute epic which builds slowly until the sounds are eight-layers deep, forbiddingly complex and worthy of anything Bach attempted on "Die Kunst Der Fuge". Hear that masterpiece in this episode, below.






I have been very pleased to receive numerous requests that I make one of the early RA shows- #3 Progressive Electronic- available for download. Thanks to all the writers- who for some reason seem to be clustered in Peru, Chile and Argentina (thereby confirming my suspicion that South Americans are more highly evolved humans, at least musically)- for showing interest in what I felt made a good overview of one of my passions, which is really weird Electronic music. This is an early show, back when I was having problems with feedback when I tried to record my own voice; thus, there is zero talking, and what you have is essentially a three-hour mix of some really great proto-Electro, largely taken from the classic analog synth age but also extending into the 80's and 90's. Of particular interest to me is the second track by a wonderful Russian composer from Voronezh named Alexander Sobolev; "Gidrophobia" is the masterpiece from what is an outstanding and near-epic two disc set from 2005 called Phobia. The entire record and his follow up from two years ago, Zu, are fan-fucking-tastic examples of modern Berlin School interpretations of classic Kraftwerk-like compositional techniques; it's not your average Techno, is what I'm trying to say. As a side note- as a comlplete lark- I would love to find Mr. Sobolev and interview him; however, he seems to be a very quiet man, and I can find no page of his anywhere on the whole Internets. If any real Russian-music heads are reading and have a clue...I would be forever grateful for your assistance.

This was an amazingly fun show to put together, and I hope you enjoy it as well. Bride of Progressive Electronic will be coming next month some time, since I have a ton of this music and can't resist the urge to share- especially since it is clear lots of people have an interest in the parameters and scope made avail to the synthesizer by the Progressive ethos. - TKR

Radio Anthrocide #3 Progressive Electronic

1) GAS- "Zauberberg #5"
2) Alexander Sobolev- "Gidrophobia"
3) Heldon- "Interface"
4) Sound Clip: 2001
5) Igor Wakhevitch: "Hathor": A) Hymne a Sathanael B) Grand Sabbat Luciferien C) Rituel de Guerre des Esprits de la Terre D) Cris Pour Les Sabbats Infernau et Invocations des Daimons

6) Anna Sjalv Tredje- "Mossen"
7) Ralph Lundsten- "Prayer 6: Lead Un Not Into Temptation"
8) Jannick Top- "La Musique Des Spheres"
9) Lard Free- "Does East Bakestan Belong To Itself"
10) Nekropolis (Peter Frohmader)- "Ghul" / "Pagan"

11) Edward Artemiev- Music from "Mirrors"
12) Damenbart- "Innovative"
13) Philippe Besombes- "Geant"
14) Lucifer (Mort Garson)- "Solomon's Ring"
15) Terry Riley- "Journey From The Death Of A Friend"

16) Software- "Taste Of Future"
17) Besombes - Rizet- "Haute Pression"
18) Zanov- "Green Ray"
19) Brian Eno & Harmonia- "Vamos Companeros"
20) Nik Raicevic- "Robot Rock"

21) Ralf and Florian (Kraftwerk)- "Tanzmusik"


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  2. This music is pure art. Thank you.
    Greetings from Brazil.

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