Amazing! This is one of the coolest sets we've seen in years – and everything about it is fantastic, from the package right down to the triple-length set of
music! The set features rare unreleased recordings from Raymond Scott's legendary Manhattan Research electronic
music studios – originally set up in 1946, and home to some of Scott's landmark early work
on non-acoustic
music during the 50s and 60s. Far from being the sort of turgid, dark knob-twiddling that computer
music later became in the academy, Scott's early experiments are filled with a sense of whimsy and joy – exported directly from his early cartoon-based work, and applied in a fantastic way to his evolving
musical inventions! The LP edition comes in three separate sleeves, plus a great 8 page booklet of notes, in a brilliant graphic style that complements the package even further! Don't forget the
music, though – because it's totally fantastic – and kind of reminds us of bits of Jon Appleton's Syntonic Menagerie, Pierre Henry's early Musique Concrete, and later punk-era DIY electronics. That doesn't even come close to pinning it down, though – and with 3 LPs worth of material, the scope of the work is amazing!
(Out Sound, Sound Library) (Recent limited/numbered pressing on red, white and blue vinyl – #000803!)