Jump to content
The Future of WATMM (please read)
IGNORED

New podcast: MEMORABILIA. COLLECTING SOUNDS WITH... Kees Tazelaar. Part II. Music selected by Kees Tazelaar

Rate this topic

RWM

By RWM
in Music Discussion

 Share
Follow 0

Recommended Posts

RWM Rising Star

RWM

Posted
Posted
New podcast: MEMORABILIA. COLLECTING SOUNDS WITH... Kees Tazelaar. Part II. Music selected by Kees Tazelaar


This mix, clocking in at over two hours, is a retrospective snapshot of the musical legacy of the Institute of Sonology. It alternates classic pieces, recent works and unreleased gems from the Sonology archive.






The first electronic music studio in the Netherlands was founded in 1956 at Philips Research Laboratories in Eindhoven. This studio moved to the Utrecht University in November 1960, and was then called STEM (Studio voor elektronische muziek, but 'stem' also means 'voice'). Gottfried Michael Koenig became artistic director of STEM in 1964. Instead of just a studio, STEM became a large institution for production, research, education and preservation of electronic music that had a pioneering role in the development of voltage control techniques, algorithmic composition, digital sound synthesis and electronic composition theory. In 1967, STEM was named Institute of Sonology.


Frits Weiland, who was a staff member at STEM practically from the beginning, immediately understood the importance of setting up an archive. This analogue tape archive now is one of the main archives of electronic music, and contains master tapes from compositions produced at Philips starting in 1956, until the late eighties, when analogue recording techniques gradually disappeared.


Since I started to teach analogue studio techniques at the Institute of Sonology in 1993, I have felt a great responsibility for this archive. An important aspect of that responsibility is to have and maintain a set of top quality tape recorders that are capable to play back the material from the archive.


Digital transfers and reconstructions of early electronic music compositions have led to remarkable CD-releases with works by composers such as Henk Badings, Dick Raaijmakers, Tom Dissevelt, Edgard Varèse, Gottfried Michael Koenig, Luctor Ponse, Ton de Leeuw and Jan Boerman. However, the music selection for contains many unreleased treasures from the archive too. Kees Tazelaar, February 2013



If you enjoy this mix, you may also be interested in our interview with Kees Tazeelar: MEMORABILIA. COLLECTING SOUNDS WITH... Kees Tazelaar. Part I



You can find other installments of our series on sound collecting here: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/memorabilia_tag/
Like Like ×
Guest iep

Guest iep

Posted
Posted (edited)
  Quote

 

our interview with Kees Tazeelar: MEMORABILIA. COLLECTING SOUNDS WITH... Kees Tazelaar. Part I

 

 

 

 

 

Tazelaar spews truth-bullets here.

 

:excl:

Edited by iep
  • 2 months later...
RWM Rising Star

RWM

Posted
  • Author
Posted
  On 4/25/2013 at 9:38 PM, iep said:

 

  Quote

 

our interview with Kees Tazeelar: MEMORABILIA. COLLECTING SOUNDS WITH... Kees Tazelaar. Part I

 

 

 

 

 

Tazelaar spews truth-bullets here.

 

:excl:

 

thanks for the feedback! :=)

Like Like ×
Herr Jan Grand Master

Herr Jan

Posted
Posted

Great work, will be enjoying this! Thanks!

 

I'd love a repress of this one though (assuming it isn't available anywhere anymore): http://www.discogs.com/Various-Popular-Electronics-Early-Dutch-Electronic-Music-From-Philips-Research-Laboratories-1956-196/release/310002

Like Like ×
  • 1 month later...
RWM Rising Star

RWM

Posted
  • Author
Posted
  On 7/4/2013 at 2:32 PM, Herr Jan said:

Great work, will be enjoying this! Thanks!

 

I'd love a repress of this one though (assuming it isn't available anywhere anymore): http://www.discogs.com/Various-Popular-Electronics-Early-Dutch-Electronic-Music-From-Philips-Research-Laboratories-1956-196/release/310002

 

sounds very interesting!

 

btw, the second installment of the podcast, featured some highlights of kees tazelaars's collection. you can find it here: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/research/memorabilia_kees_tazelaar_collection/capsula

Like Like ×
Ego
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Follow 0
Go to topic listing
Next unread topic
×
Mentor
Your Current Rank
Mentor
1,540 points until your next rank
×