https:\/\/daily.bandcamp.com\/features\/tom-dissevelt-kid-baltan-fascinating-world-of-electronic-music-feature<\/a><\/p>\nWhen most people think of \u201celectronic music\u201d in the 1950s, they\u2019re usually thinking about one of two things: cutting-edge electroacoustic experiments\u2014Karlheinz Stockhausen\u2019s \u201celektronische musik\u201d or France\u2019s musique concr\u00e8te\u2014or the novelties found in theremin-scored sci-fi movies and cartoons. The Fascinating World of Electronic Music\u2014a compilation of early electronic works by Dutch composers Tom Dissevelt and Kid Baltan\u2014giddily straddles this dichotomy. Initially marketed as a way for consumers to show off their hi-fi sound systems, it now stands as one of the earliest examples of what could be called \u201celectronic pop,\u201d and its fusion of electroacoustic processing, big-band style, and jazz arrangements still resonates today. Released in 1963 (though some of the recordings date back to 1957), their work is a baffling and beautiful thing to experience….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
*I don’t believe that collection is the first such record ever made, but this is nevertheless an epic tale. *Dick Raajmakers was a protean research-and-development expert who was up to all kinds of odd stuff — with the industrial backing of the mighty Philips corporation. https:\/\/daily.bandcamp.com\/features\/tom-dissevelt-kid-baltan-fascinating-world-of-electronic-music-feature When most people think of \u201celectronic music\u201d in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"yoast_head":"\n
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