Various Artists

Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music From Philips Research Laboratories: 1956–1963

Release date 2004

Tracklist

1
Kaïn en Abel: First Episode: Introduction / Dance / Dance of the Destructive Forces
3:44
3:44
2
Kaïn en Abel: First Episode: Conflict, Conclusion, Transition
2:35
2:35
3
Kaïn en Abel: Second Episode: Passacagila
2:13
2:13
4
Kaïn en Abel: Second Episode: Arioso
2:19
2:19
5
Kaïn en Abel: Second Episode: Conflict, Reprise (Arioso)
3:35
3:35
6
Kaïn en Abel: Second Episode: Conflict, Finale
2:57
2:57
7
Song of the Second Moon (version 2)
2:50
2:50
8
Night Train Blues
3:33
3:33
9
Colonel Bogey
3:01
3:01
10
Evolutionen: Overture
2:18
2:18
11
Evolutionen: Air
2:25
2:25
12
Evolutionen: Ragtime
3:30
3:30
13
Evolutionen: Intermezzo
2:48
2:48
14
Evolutionen: Waltz
0:58
0:58
15
Evolutionen: Finale
1:39
1:39
16
Whirling
2:37
2:37
17
Syncopation
3:02
3:02
18
Drifting
3:14
3:14
19
Vibration
3:11
3:11
20
Mechanical Motions
7:27
7:27
21
Intersection
5:30
5:30
22
Tweeklank
4:56
4:56
23
Pianoforte
5:05
5:05
24
Variations Électroniques: “A Light and Frolic Experiment in Sound and Movement”
10:04
10:04
25
Achter de schermen
17:37
17:37
26
Fuel for the Future
12:21
12:21
27
Bekaert: het andere woord voor staaldraad
15:53
15:53
28
Ein Reiterstück
6:53
6:53
29
Ignition
3:23
3:23
30
Atlantic
3:16
3:16
31
Spearhead
2:50
2:50
32
Zanzi
2:52
2:52
33
Anchor Chains
2:47
2:47
34
Tropicolour
3:57
3:57
35
Gamelan
3:06
3:06
36
Woomerangs
3:08
3:08
37
Waltzing Mathilda
1:52
1:52
38
Pacific Dawn
3:48
3:48
39
Gold and Lead
2:40
2:40
40
Mexican Mirror
2:16
2:16
41
Seconds To Eternity
3:40
3:40
42
Re-Entry
3:13
3:13
43
Song of the Second Moon (original version)
3:08
3:08
44
Syncopation (alternate version)
3:11
3:11
45
12-Tone Composition for the Skymasters (As Used in Intersection)
4:40
4:40
46
Intersection (early version)
6:47
6:47
47
Tropicolours (early version)
3:29
3:29
48
Waltzing Mathilda (early version)
2:24
2:24
49
Quiz Tune for VARA Television
0:32
0:32
50
Limburg’s National Anthem
0:24
0:24
51
Bell Tune
0:31
0:31
52
Coppélia Tune
0:23
0:23
53
Sign Tune
0:36
0:36
54
STER Tunes 1
0:10
0:10
55
STER Tunes 2
0:11
0:11
56
STER Tunes 3
0:11
0:11
57
STER Tunes 4
0:11
0:11
58
STER Tunes 5
0:11
0:11
59
STER Tunes 6
0:11
0:11
60
STER Tunes 7
0:11
0:11
61
STER Tunes 8
0:10
0:10
62
STER Tunes 9
0:14
0:14
63
Sound Examples: Group 1
1:41
1:41
64
Sound Examples: Group 2
2:29
2:29
65
Sound Examples: Group 3
2:28
2:28
66
Tape Loop With Basic Rhythm
0:24
0:24
67
Tape Loop With Rhythm and Bass Pattern
0:58
0:58
68
Arpeggio’s With Echo
0:16
0:16
69
Figure Moving Downwards, Leading Into Whistle Melody With Echo
0:59
0:59
70
Electronic Boogie Woogie
1:05
1:05
71
Opening Sequence
0:12
0:12
72
First Melody
0:22
0:22
73
First Melody Transposed
0:17
0:17
74
Chord of Combined Sounds
0:13
0:13
75
Bass Pattern
0:16
0:16
76
Bass Pattern With Rhythm Loop
0:20
0:20
77
Variant
0:22
0:22
78
Chord Sequence With Sine Wave Tones
0:16
0:16
79
Second Melody
0:17
0:17
80
Arpeggio With Echo
0:10
0:10
81
Transposed Piano Chord Sequence
0:15
0:15
82
Same as Above With Overdub
0:17
0:17
83
First Melody, Variant
0:16
0:16
84
First Melody, Canonic Setting
0:17
0:17
85
First Melody, Canonic Setting, Different Version
0:20
0:20
86
Fast Broken Chord Sequence
0:17
0:17
87
Closing Sequence With Echo
0:18
0:18
88
Chord of Combined Sounds, Noise Effect
0:14
0:14
89
Reversed Echoing Piano Chords, Continuation
0:09
0:09
90
Background Texture for Quiz-Tune
0:28
0:28
91
Multi-Layered Laughter
0:54
0:54
92
Basic Melody
0:38
0:38
93
Reversed Chords, Leading Into Melodic Continuation
0:38
0:38
94
Fast Transposed Piano Sequence
0:19
0:19
95
Second Melody
0:19
0:19
96
Bass Pattern With Rhythm Loop
0:21
0:21
97
Fast Transposed Piano Sequence With Echo
0:21
0:21
98
Repeated Figure With Echo
0:11
0:11
99
Short Oscillator Glissando
0:10
0:10
100
Second Melody, Electronically Chopped, With Echo
0:20
0:20
101
Short Oscillator With Echo, Leading Into Broken Chord Sequence
0:37
0:37
102
Reversed Chord Sequence
0:20
0:20
103
Closing Chord Sequence, Leading Into Glissando Upwards
0:12
0:12
104
Broken Chord Sequence With Echo and Background
0:11
0:11
105
Mixture of Upward Glissandi, Leading Into High Electronic Sound
0:12
0:12
106
Sequence of Three Complex Electronic Glissandi Chords With Echo
0:12
0:12
107
Space Effect No. 1
0:14
0:14
108
Two Alternating Chords With Echo
0:16
0:16
109
Melody With Electronic Bell Sounds
0:26
0:26
110
Percussive Chord Sequence 1
0:31
0:31
111
Bass Pattern
0:29
0:29
112
Chord Sequence No. 2
0:20
0:20
113
Repeating Tympani-Like Tone
0:24
0:24
114
Repeating Harp Figure
0:33
0:33
115
Bass Pattern
0:14
0:14
116
Retro-Chord Sequence
0:16
0:16
117
Melody With Amplitude Modulation
0:16
0:16
118
Bass Pattern No. 3
0:23
0:23
119
Space Effect Cross Fading Into Alternating Chords
0:26
0:26
120
Sustained Chord
0:19
0:19
121
Repeating Pentatonic Figure 1
0:34
0:34
122
Space Effect No. 2 (Sine Tone Glissandi)
1:02
1:02
123
Sequence No. 1
0:11
0:11
124
Sequence No. 2
0:17
0:17
125
Space Effects With Echo
0:23
0:23
126
Optical Siren (Sound Colour Melody)
0:17
0:17
127
Noise Attacks
0:08
0:08
128
Sequence No. 3
0:09
0:09
129
Sequence of Chords With Retros
0:16
0:16
130
Sequence No. 4
0:18
0:18
131
Sequence No. 5
0:08
0:08
132
Rhythmic Tape Loop
0:21
0:21
133
Chord With Retro and Amplitude Modulation
0:08
0:08
134
Metal Sound With Echo
0:08
0:08
135
Bass Pattern No. 1
0:17
0:17
136
Chord Sequence Cut-Out Sounds
0:09
0:09
137
Bass Pattern No. 2
0:09
0:09
138
Same Pattern, High Pitched
0:10
0:10
139
Spoken Letter From Fred Judd to Tom Dissevelt
9:23
9:23

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