Chapter 19, The Cooperative Studio for Electronic Music, Ann Arbor

Episode 158

Chapter 19, The Cooperative Studio for Electronic Music, Ann Arbor. Works Recommended from my book, Electronic and Experimental Music 

Welcome to the Archive of Electronic Music. This is Thom Holmes.

This podcast is produced as a companion to my book, Electronic and Experimental Music, published by Routledge. Each of these episodes corresponds to a chapter in the text and an associated list of recommended works, also called Listen in the text. They provide listening examples of vintage electronic works featured in the text.

The works themselves can be enjoyed without the book and I hope that they stand as a chronological survey of important works in the history of electronic music. Be sure to tune-in to other episodes of the podcast where we explore a wide range of electronic music in many styles and genres, all drawn from my archive of vintage recordings.

There is a complete playlist for this episode on the website for the podcast.

 Playlist: THE COOPERATIVE STUDIO FOR ELECTRONIC MUSIC, ANN ARBOR

Time

Track Time

Start

Introduction –Thom Holmes

01:34

00:00

1.     Gordon Mumma, “Music from the Venezia Space Theater” (1963-64). Tape composition produced with Robert Ashley at the Cooperative Studio for Electronic Music in Ann Arbor, for Milton Cohen’s Space Theater.

12:01

01:38

2.     Robert Ashley and Bob James Trio, “Wolfman” (1965). Tape composition produced at the Cooperative Studio for Electronic Music in Ann Arbor.

06:08

13:25

3.     Robert Ashley, Gordon Mumma and Bob James Trio, “Untitled Mixes” (1965). Tape composition produced at the Cooperative Studio for Electronic Music in Ann Arbor.

05:19

19:34

4.     Gordon Mumma and Bob James Trio, “And On” (1965). Tape composition produced at the Cooperative Studio for Electronic Music in Ann Arbor.

08:54

24:50

5.     Gordon Mumma, “The Dresden Interleaf 13 February 1945” (1965). Tape composition produced at the Cooperative Studio for Electronic Music in Ann Arbor.

12:20

33:54

6.     Robert Ashley, “She was a Visitor” (1967). Tape composition produced at the Cooperative Studio for Electronic Music in Ann Arbor.

05:56

46:00

7.     Gordon Mumma, “Horn” (1967). Tape composition produced at the Cooperative Studio for Electronic Music in Ann Arbor.

06:22

51:54

8.     Robert Ashley, Purposeful Lady Slow Afternoon (1968). Tape composition produced at the Cooperative Studio for Electronic Music in Ann Arbor.

10:15

58:18

9.     Alvin Lucier, “Vespers” (1969). Performance piece for echolocating devices, first produced in Ann Arbor at the Once Festival.

10:03

01:08:27

 

Additional opening, closing, and other incidental music by Thom Holmes.

My Books/eBooks: Electronic and Experimental Music, sixth edition, Routledge 2020. Also, Sound Art: Concepts and Practices, first edition, Routledge 2022.

See my companion blog that I write for the Bob Moog Foundation.

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