"Software developer and technology pioneer Laurie Spiegel has worked with many of the first synthesizer and computer music systems. This CD culls some of her best works written for Obsolete Systems: Don Buchla's machines, the Apple II computer, the McLeyvier computer-controlled synthesizer, and the GROOVE Hybrid System. These pieces were created between 1970 and 1983, at a time when technology evolved quickly and even the standards in analog sound and digital information treatments changed constantly. The music varies in style from delicate modal synthesizer pieces to acousmatic works. ... Some may find similarities between her music and the works of Larry Fast and Tangerine Dream at the same time -- even though they worked quite differently. The album's highlight is the final track, the 15-minute Voices Within: A Requiem, previously released on a 1982 Capriccio LP. Obtained through classic tape techniques and delay effects, it achieves a dense shroud of sustained tones. The musical element equals the historical relevance of this collection."
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2011 May: Laurie Spiegel, 2012 November: Laurie Spiegel - The Expanding Universe, 2014 February: The Interstellar Contract, 2015 September: Resident Visitor: Laurie Spiegel's Machine Music, 2015 October: Laurie Spiegel: Grassroots Technologist, 2016 June: Meet Four Women Who Pioneered Electronic Music: Daphne Oram, Laurie Spiegel, Éliane Radigue & Pauline Oliveros, 2017 January: Resident Visitor: Laurie Spiegel's Machine Music, 2017 July: Space, Energy & Light: Experimental Electronic And Acoustic Soundscapes 1961-88, 2017 July: Watch Aura Satz’s short film about Laurie Spiegel
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