From mlee Sent Fri, Aug 7th 1998, 13:16
From mlee Sent Fri, Aug 7th 1998, 13:16
tod put out _eight electronic pieces_ on folkways records in 1961. next came three albums on owl records, which were nicely reissued by starkland on CD a few years ago. write to starkland at p.o. box 2190, boulder, CO 80306 for more information, or search for the CD titles: _quatermass_ (st-201) and _apocolypse_ (st-202). tod worked in both "concrete" and electronically generated sounds. he used water, balloons, gongs, vacuum cleaner hoses, a tube mixer, numerous tape machines, unstable test tone generators, and a shitload of other tools to create some of the most intricate and labor-intensive electronic music ever. he eventually lost access to studio facilities, and his music was renedered obsolete by the moog synthezizer in 1968. but the music is a hell of a lot more interesting than much of the electronic music that has followed. ml