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maybe you've heard these three albums or the compilation "manhattan research." so you know that raymond scott was a pioneer of electronic instrumentation and made these three albums of hypnotic, minimal electronic music in the early sixties ostensibly for babies. anyway, i'm listening to a highlights compilation from the "soothing sounds" series, and it's great. hypnotic repetition and incredibly pure sounds, sometimes with very high frequency. tempo block the happy whistler lullaby sleepy time the music box little miss echo i'm sure this would drive some people completely insane. does anyone else enjoy the music or the insanity? |
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i borrowed the compilation "manhattan research" from a friend a long time ago and I thought it was pretty interesting stuff, esp. the fact that it was made in the 50s and 60s.... the actuall musical content was never to inspiring though, as in I didn't feel much emotion. I agree though, it can be hypnotic at times and yes, the synthesis is great, its very pure.......... |
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Mmmm... raymond scott is very basic but very nice. Very charming, and amzing for his time. Although i'd dispute the title "soothing sounds for baby," some of that shit is kinda disturbing. |
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the soothing sounds series is very different from manhattan research; much of manhattan research was unreleased material and stuff composed for commercials, so a mixed bag for sure. |
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I'm a HUGE Raymond Scott fan. both his electronic work and his weird jazzlike stuff in the 30s. |
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deepspace, yeah, there's a story about the sony engineer who worked on the rerelease for basta, the dutch label that rereleased ssfb, who exclaimed "you mean they played this spooky stuff for babies?!?!" i think raymond scott was composing this primitive, minimal stuff with experimental electronic instruments, and thought to himself "how the hell can we sell this stuff? we'll market it as music for babies!" |
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Hahahaha that's genius. Just imagine confield being marketed the same way... imagine the future generations :D |
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qrter, true he is as well known for his work in jazz and popular music, some of it used in cartoons. i remember when i got the soothing sounds stuff and was playing it, my wife walked in and looked at me with an exasperated expression that said "when are you going to take that music off!?!?" on my home planet, however, i am actually an infant, so i enjoy it quite a bit. |
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i'd like to hear afx remix some of this stuff... |
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I wouldn't. I think Scott is a much more interesting musician/composer than D. James. |
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i meant specifically the "soothing sounds" material, which i think is well suited to adaptation by capable hands. perhaps you can think of more capable hands than rdj, but he gets my vote. did you hear the "soothing sounds for raymond" tribute album? not covers or remixes, just music supposedly inspired by rs, but some tracks were preexisting (neel by arovane, indigo florist by marumari) and none were particularly reminescent of rs... still, it was a good comp. |
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yes. I loved the geometric farms track on that one. |
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