silver apples

any fans? what a great band this is. so ahead of their time its not even funny. their two albums from the late 60s still hold up incredibly well.. in fact, they couldve been released last week and would still sound fresh. love the rhythms, the old synths.. everything. classic stuff. they reformed in the 90s and the drummer died a few years ago so i guess they exist today only in name (the singer still tours as silver apples).. ah well, the two records from the 60s are more than enough.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS487eONRMk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzBlQAqILK0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDk-PGRMMw4&feature=related

Portishead's "We carry on" sounds a bit like that oscillations track.

yes

add n to (x) has a similar sound to this and did a good job on improving on it (IMO)

didnt they release an album on bully records last year? a reissue

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(...) in 1996 the Silver Apples mysteriously resurfaced, as Simeon and new partner Xian Hawkins released the single "Fractal Flow." American and European tours followed, and a year later, a new LP, Beacon, was released to wide acclaim. The follow-up, Decatur, appeared in 1998, and was soon joined by A Lake of Teardrops (a collaboration with avowed fans Spectrum) as well as The Garden, the long-unreleased third and final effort from the original Simeon/Taylor partnership. However, on November 1, 1998, the Silver Apples' van crashed while returning from a New York gig; the accident left Simeon with a broken neck and spinal injuries, from which he recovered, performing under the band name well into the 2000s. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

hmmm im going to have to track down 'the garden'

this sounds really good

thanks for sharing

Saw him play live a couple of years back a friend took me not knowing anything, it was pretty good gig must have a listen through these tomorrow, thanks for reminding me of this.

yeah, silver apples are amazing shit.

brilliant stuff. the more 60s/70s electronic music i discover, the more i realise that modern electronic music (even idm) really isn't anything special - i refer to stuff like harmonia and tangerine dream as well as silver apples.

haha. Morton Subotnick, Raymond Scott, Delia Derbyshire + bbc radiophonic workshop. yeah the past was pretty idm :)

ah yes, forgot to mention subotnick. so much good stuff and i've only just scratched the surface!