Dick Raaijmakers – Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music From Philips Research Laboratories (1956 - 1963)

Kid Baltan - Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music From Philips Research Laboratories (1956 - 1963) album cover

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Label:

 Basta – 30-9141-2

Format:
CD , Compilation, Stereo, Mono
CD , Compilation, Stereo, Mono
CD , Album, Reissue, Stereo
CD
Box Set , Remastered

Country:

 Netherlands

Released:

Genre:

 Jazz

Style:

 Electroacoustic

Tracklist

Henk Badings Kain En Abel
Choreography – J. Zielstra
Engineer [Assistant] – J.W. de Bruyn*
Realization – Philips Research Laboratories
(17:21)
1-1 – Introduction / Dance / Dance Of The Destructive Forces 3:44
1-2 – Conflict, Conclusion, Transition 2:35
1-3 – acaglia 2:13
1-4 – Arioso 2:19
1-5 – Conflict, Reprise (Arioso) 3:34
1-6 – Conflict, Finale 2:54
1-7 Kid Baltan– Song Of The Second Moon (Version 2)
2:48
1-8 Kid Baltan– Night Train Blues
3:31
1-9 Kid Baltan– Colonel Bogey
Arranged By – Kid Baltan
Composed By – Kenneth Alford
2:59
Henk Badings Evolutionen
Choreography – Yvonne Georgi
Engineer [Assistant] – Jan W. de Bruyn
Performer – The Hanover Opera Ballet
(13:37)
1-10 – Overture 2:17
1-11 – Air 2:25
1-12 – Ragtime 3:30
1-13 – Intermezzo 2:48
1-14 – Waltz 0:58
1-15 – Finale 1:37
1-16 Tom Dissevelt– Whirling (Sonic R-Entry) 2:35
1-17 Tom Dissevelt– Syncopation (Orbit Aurora) 2:59
1-18 Tom Dissevelt– Drifting (Moon Maid) 3:11
1-19 Tom Dissevelt– Vibration (The Visitor From Inner Space)
Commissioned By – Phonogram
Engineer [Assistant] – Kid Baltan
3:09
1-20 Kid Baltan– Mechanical Motions (The Ray Makers)
7:25
1-21 Tom Dissevelt– Intersection (Twilight Ozone)
Commissioned By – Avro
Conductor – Bep Rowold
Engineer [Assistant] – Kid Baltan
Orchestra – The Skymasters
Realization – STEM Utrecht
5:30
Concert Music
2-1 Dick Raaijmakers– Tweeklank (Contrasts)
4:47
2-2 Dick Raaijmakers– Pianoforte
4:58
Film Music
2-3 Henk Badings– Variations Électroniques
Animation – André de Vries
Art Direction – Emile Brumsteede
Engineer [Assistant] – Jan W. de Bruyn
Producer, Directed By – Gerard J. Raucamp
9:58
2-4 Dick Raaijmakers– Achter De Schermen
Film Director – Jan Moonen
Other [Final Synchronization] – Cinecentrum
Producer – Polygoon Profilti
17:31
2-5 Dick Raaijmakers– Fuel For The Future
Other [Final Synchronization] – Cinecentrum
Producer – World Wide Animation
12:14
2-6 Dick Raaijmakers– Bekaert: Het Andere Woord Voor Staaldraad
Commissioned By – Safedi Brussels
Film Director – G.A. Magnel
Other [Final Synchronization] – Safedi Brussels
15:46
Sound Scenery
2-7 Dick Raaijmakers– Ein Reiterstück
Commissioned By – Philips Phonographic Industries
Engineer [Assistant - Synchronizations] – Frits Weiland*
6:52
Tom Dissevelt Fantasy In Orbit
Realization – STEM Utrecht
3-1 – Ignition 3:23
3-2 – Atlantic 3:16
3-3 – Spearhead 2:50
3-4 – Zanzi 2:52
3-5 – Anchor Chain 2:47
3-6 – Tropicolours 3:57
3-7 – Gamelan 3:06
3-8 – Woomerangs 3:08
3-9 – Waltzing Mathilda 1:52
3-10 – Pacific Dawn 3:49
3-11 – Gold And Lead 2:40
3-12 – Mexican Mirror 2:16
3-13 – Seconds To Eternity 3:40
3-14 – Re-Entry 3:12
Alternate Versions
4-1 Kid Baltan– Song Of The Second Moon (Original Version)
3:06
4-2 Tom Dissevelt– Syncopation (Alternate Version)
3:10
4-3 Tom Dissevelt– 12-Tone Composition For The Skymasters 4:39
4-4 Tom Dissevelt– Intersection (Early Version)
Realization – STEM Utrecht
6:45
4-5 Tom Dissevelt– Tropicolours (Early Version)
Realization – STEM Utrecht
3:27
4-6 Tom Dissevelt– Waltzing Mathilda (Early Version) 2:22
Tunes
4-7 Tom Dissevelt– Quiz Tune For VARA Television
0:30
4-8 Dick Raaijmakers– Limburg’s National Anthem
Commissioned By – Stichting Omroep Zuid, Maastricht
0:21
4-9 Dick Raaijmakers– Bell Tune
0:30
4-10 Dick Raaijmakers– Coppélia Tune
0:22
4-11 Dick Raaijmakers– Sign Tune
0:34
Dick Raaijmakers STER Tunes
Realization – Private Studio Of Raaijmakers/Boerman
4-12 – STER Tune 1 0:10
4-13 – STER Tune 2 0:11
4-14 – STER Tune 3 0:11
4-15 – STER Tune 4 0:11
4-16 – STER Tune 5 0:11
4-17 – STER Tune 6 0:11
4-18 – STER Tune 7 0:11
4-19 – STER Tune 8 0:10
4-20 – STER Tune 9 0:14
Sound Examples
4-21 Henk Badings– Sound Examples - Group 1 1:42
4-22 Henk Badings– Sound Examples - Group 2 2:30
4-23 Henk Badings– Sound Examples - Group 3 2:23
Sound Materials
Kid Baltan Sound Material For "Song Of The Second Moon"
Realization – Philips Research Laboratories
4-24 – Tape Loop With Basic Rhythm 0:24
4-25 – Tape Loop With Rhythm And Bass Pattern 0:56
4-26 – Arpeggio’s With Echo 0:17
4-27 – Figure Moving Downwards, Leading Into Whistle Melody With Echo 0:58
4-28 Dick Raaijmakers– Electronic Boogie Woogie
1:01
Sound Material For 'Whirling'
4-29 Kid Baltan– Opening Sequence 0:12
4-30 Kid Baltan– First Melody 0:22
4-31 Kid Baltan– First Melody Transposed 0:17
4-32 Kid Baltan– Chord Of Combined Sounds 0:13
4-33 Kid Baltan– Bass Pattern 0:16
4-34 Kid Baltan– Rhythm Loop With Bass Pattern 0:20
4-35 Kid Baltan– Variant 0:22
4-36 Kid Baltan– Chord Sequence With Sine Wave Tones 0:16
4-37 Kid Baltan– Second Melody 0:17
4-38 Kid Baltan– Arpeggio With Echo 0:11
4-39 Kid Baltan– Transposed Piano Chord Sequence 0:16
4-40 Kid Baltan– Same As Above With Overdub 0:17
4-41 Kid Baltan– First Melody, Variant 0:16
4-42 Kid Baltan– First Melody, Canonic Setting 0:17
4-43 Kid Baltan– First Melody, Canonic Setting, Different Version 0:20
4-44 Kid Baltan– Fast Broken Chord Sequence 0:17
4-45 Kid Baltan– Closing Sequence With Echo 0:18
4-46 Kid Baltan– Chord Of Combined Sounds, Noise Effect 0:14
4-47 Kid Baltan– Reversed Echoing Piano Chords, Continuation 0:09
4-48 Tom Dissevelt– Background Texture For Quiz-Tune
0:28
4-49 Tom Dissevelt– Multi-Layered Laughter
0:52
Sound Material For 'Syncopation'
4-50 Kid Baltan– Basic Melody 0:38
4-51 Kid Baltan– Reversed Chords, Leading Into Melodic Continuation 0:18
4-52 Kid Baltan– Fast Transposed Piano Chord Sequence 0:18
4-53 Kid Baltan– Second Melody 0:21
4-54 Kid Baltan– Bass Pattern With Rhythm Loop 0:21
4-55 Kid Baltan– Fast Transposed Piano Chord Sequence With Echo 0:21
4-56 Kid Baltan– Repeated Figure With Echo 0:11
4-57 Kid Baltan– Short Oscillator Glissandi 0:10
4-58 Kid Baltan– Second Melody, Electronically Chopped, With Echo 0:21
4-59 Kid Baltan– Short Oscillator Glissandi With Echo, Leading Into Broken Chord Sequence 0:38
4-60 Kid Baltan– Reversed Chord Sequence 0:19
4-61 Kid Baltan– Closing Chord Sequence, Leading Into Glissando Upwards 0:11
4-62 Kid Baltan– Broken Chord Sequence With Echo And Background 0:11
4-63 Kid Baltan– Mixture Of Upward Glissandi, Leading Into High Electronic Sound 0:12
4-64 Kid Baltan– Sequence Of Three Complex Electronic Glissandi Chords With Echo 0:10
Sound Material For 'Drifting'
4-65 Kid Baltan– Space Effect No.1 0:15
4-66 Kid Baltan– Two Alternating Chords With Echo 0:16
4-67 Kid Baltan– Melody With Electronic Bell Sounds 0:26
4-68 Kid Baltan– Percussive Chord Sequence 1 0:31
4-69 Kid Baltan– Bass Pattern 0:29
4-70 Kid Baltan– Chord Sequence No.2 0:21
4-71 Kid Baltan– Repeating Tympani-Like Tone 0:24
4-72 Kid Baltan– Repeating Harp Figure 0:34
4-73 Kid Baltan– Bass Pattern 0:14
4-74 Kid Baltan– Retro-Chord Sequence 0:16
4-75 Kid Baltan– Melody With Amplitude Modulation 0:17
4-76 Kid Baltan– Bass Pattern No.3 0:23
4-77 Kid Baltan– Space Effect Cross Fading Into Alternating Chords 0:27
4-78 Kid Baltan– Sustained Chord 0:19
4-79 Kid Baltan– Repeating Pentatonic Figure 1 0:35
4-80 Kid Baltan– Space Effect No.2 (Sine Tone Glissandi) 1:00
Sound Material For 'Vibration'
4-81 Kid Baltan– Sequence No.1 0:12
4-82 Kid Baltan– Sequence No.2 0:17
4-83 Kid Baltan– Space Effects With Echo 0:23
4-84 Kid Baltan– Optical Siren (Sound Colour Melody) 0:17
4-85 Kid Baltan– Noise Attacks 0:08
4-86 Kid Baltan– Sequence No.3 0:09
4-87 Kid Baltan– Sequence Of Chords With Retros 0:15
4-88 Kid Baltan– Sequence No.4 0:18
4-89 Kid Baltan– Sequence No.5 0:09
4-90 Kid Baltan– Rhythmic Tape Loop 0:21
4-91 Kid Baltan– Chord With Retro And Amplitude Modulation 0:09
4-92 Kid Baltan– Metal Sound With Echo 0:09
4-93 Kid Baltan– Bass Pattern No.1 0:17
4-94 Kid Baltan– Chord Sequence Cut-Out Sounds 0:09
4-95 Kid Baltan– Bass Pattern No.2 0:09
4-96 Kid Baltan– Same Pattern, High Pitched 0:08
4-97 Fred Judd*– Spoken Letter From Fred Judd To Tom Dissevelt 9:23

Companies, etc.

  • Pressed By – DOCdata
  • Copyright © – Donemus
  • Recorded At – NRU Studios
  • Recorded At – Philips Research Laboratories
  • Recorded At – STEM Utrcht
  • Recorded At – Private Studio Of Raaijmakers/Boerman
  • Recorded At – F.C. Judd's Private Studio

Credits

  • Author – Rudie Kagie
  • Booklet Editor – Irwin Chusio*
  • Booklet Editor [Proofreader/Text Editing] – Barbara Ellison
  • Booklet Editor [Text Coordination] – Rudie Kagie
  • Coordinator [Book Editor] – Irwin Chusid
  • Design [Graphic Design] – Sonja Van Hamel
  • Graphics – Sonja van Hamel
  • Producer [Associate] – Dick Raaijmakers
  • Producer, Mastered By, Edited By – Kees Tazelaar

Notes

"Popular Electronics" showcases the first commercially produced popular electronic music; works for film, theater, and ballet; hybrid compositions that mix electronics with conventional instruments; novelties sound effects and experimental works.

Includes 7 booklets (titles: Introduction, Philips Natlab, Henk Badings, Dick Raaijmakers, Tom Dissevelt, Film Music & Track Notes), 4 compact discs, 2 stickers & reprinted matter like a newspaper article & musical sketches.

Booklet 7, “Track notes”, incorrectly lists 3-6 as “Tropicolour” instead of “Tropicolours”. It is correctly labelled on Tom Dissevelt’s original Fantasy In Orbit. Round the world with electronic music by Tom Dissevelt release, 1963. 4-5 is correctly listed as “Tropicolours (Early Version)”.

CD1: Ballet music by Henk Badings: "Kain en Abel" & "Evolutionen" and various compositions by Kid Baltan and Tom Dissevelt.
CD2: Concert music, film music & stage music.
CD3: Tom Dissevelt's "Fantasy in Orbit".
CD4: Previously unreleased material.

Total times:
- CD1: 65:28
- CD2: 72:50
- CD3: 42:50
- CD4: 64:44

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Scanned): 8712530914123
  • Barcode (Text): 8 712530 914123
  • Label Code: LC 01460
  • Matrix / Runout (Disc 1): DOCdata BASTA ELECTRONIC
  • Mastering SID Code (Disc 1): IFPI LJ82
  • Mould SID Code (Disc 1): (none)
  • Matrix / Runout (Disc 2): DOCdata BASTA ELECTRONIC-2
  • Mastering SID Code (Disc 2): IFPI LJ82
  • Mould SID Code (Disc 2): (none)
  • Matrix / Runout (Disc 3): DOCdata BASTA ELECTRONIC-3
  • Mastering SID Code (Disc 3): (none)
  • Mould SID Code (Disc 3): IFPI 3614
  • Matrix / Runout (Disc 4): DOCdata BASTA ELECTRONIC-4
  • Mastering SID Code (Disc 4): IFPI LJ82
  • Mould SID Code (Disc 4): (none)

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Reviews

  • eusebius's avatar
    eusebius
    Edited one year ago
    Disc 1 Includes Kid Baltan as assistant.

    Disc 4 contains an alternate, early version, as well as the original uncut performance of 12-tone Composition for Bep Rowold, a radical departure for a mellow jazz band. The NRU studios session tapes were found in Dissevelt's vaults by his son on May 2003.

    Also included is the world's first attempt to compose popular electronic music: Song of the Second Moon (1957), by Dick Raaijmakers.
    • MThA's avatar
      MThA
      Edited 6 years ago
      Although not mentioned on this site, there's actually a first and second pressing, if I'm not mistaking (I know because a friend of mine heard the box years later at my place and was then able to order the box awhile later when it became available again). The only notable difference between the two pressings is that with the second pressing the sleeves which house the discs are quite tight, which is not the case with the first edition.
      • solartemple's avatar
        solartemple
        The best CD box set I own. Gorgeous packaging and artwork. Incredible sounds. A lovingly presented showcase of early electronic music. The only flaw is that the sleeves which house the discs (while they look great) are a bit too tight and its a pain to get the discs out. Other than that, perfect in every way. Highly recommended for fans of pre-70's electronic and/or tape music.
        • ttooyyss's avatar
          ttooyyss
          Incredible box-set: 4CD and a huge amount of booklets, stickers... all printed wonderfully on every side. Superb artwork ever. Highly recommended. No question: the Song of the second moon was the most pioneering electro track with shocking melodyline and instrumentation. The birth of the electro. There are similar good traks more. If you the material is understandable but the complete treasure-box to own is the real thing! I will never sell mine!

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