The expanding universe by laurie spiegel on amazon music. That same year, an expanded version of her textured, cosmic 1980 album the expanding universe was reissued by the new yorkbased independent avantgarde label unseen worlds which, funnily enough, happens to be named after. The album managed to supplant itself in the subconscious of electronic music ever since its release in 1980, and in recent years it has gone from. The expanding universe, an album by laurie spiegel on spotify. The expanding universe by laurie spiegel released in 1980. Buy laurie spiegels album titled the expanding universe to enjoy in your home or car, or gift it to another music lover. Garlick and john gribbin is a really good book about astronomy and astrophysics, which explains the basics of this science in simple words.
Each image is, in the original sense of the word, awesome. The expanding universe, by laurie spiegel unseen worlds. The pieces comprising the expanding universe combine slowly evolving textures with the emotional richness of intricate counterpoint, harmony, and complex rhythms john fahey and j. Electronic music pioneer laurie spiegel sees a lot of common ground between the seemingly oppositional aesthetics of folk traditions and the digital realm. Being time invites a deep consideration of the personal experience of temporality in music, focusing on the perceptual role of the listener. She is known worldwide for her pioneering work with several early electronic and computer music. The expanding universe by laurie spiegel on spotify. The original album is reissued here as a massively expanded 3lp or 2cd set, containing all four original album tracks plus an additional 15 tracks from the same period, nearly all previously unreleased and many making their first appearance on vinyl in this brand new 2018 edition. The expanding universe is the 1980 debut album by computer music pioneer laurie spiegel. Computer music pioneer laurie spiegels 1980 album the expanding universe is being reissued and appropriately enough expanded, by unseen worlds. Just as the universe is not only expanding but accelerating, electronic classic from the seventies are expanding too. Laurie spiegel expanding universe 2cd cd electr 2019.
Laurie spiegels 1980 lp the expanding universe something of a touchstone for synthesiser buffs is now getting a suitably expanded reissue the expanding universe was created in the. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Release info the expanding universe is the 1980 debut album by composer and computer music pioneer laurie spiegel. On this new pressing the expanding universe is expanded yet further by a whopping fifteen bonus tracks many of. Listen to your favorite songs from the expanding universe by laurie spiegel now. Through individual case studies, this book centers on musical works that deal with time in radical ways. She has worked at bell laboratories, in computer graphics, and is known primarily for her electronicmusic compositions and her algorithmic composition software music mouse. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. This book is easily understood by anyone, and i loved it so much because of its simplicity. But whether shes creating a computerrealized algorithmic composition, crafting a short piano piece or orchestral score, or jamming on a guitar or a banjo, the most important element in all of her music making. Listen free to laurie spiegel the expanding universe patchwork, old wave and more.
Laurie spiegel born september 20, 1945 is an american composer. A 24 page book is also included in the package, featuring. Spiegel something else laurie speigel said on her expanding universe album cover that i will have to type in later. Laurie spiegel the expanding universe 1980, vinyl discogs.
There are not many books that can leave you breathless, but this is certainly one of them. Laurie spiegels 1980 lp the expanding universe something of a touchstone for. Laurie spiegel the expanding universe charlie fox, september 26th, 2012 06. Essential reissue of the long lost, minimal electronic masterpiece from 1980. The expanding universe is the 1980 debut album by composer and computer music pioneer laurie spiegel. Computer music pioneer laurie spiegel s 1980 album the expanding universe is being reissued and appropriately enough expanded, by unseen worlds. She withdrew from this scene in the early 1980s, believing that its focus had shifted from artistic process to product. Expanding universe is a stellar celebration of the hubbles breathtaking images and sciencechanging discoveries from 25 years of stargazing. Spiegel was seen by some as a pioneer of the new york newmusic scene. Bell labs experimental research facility, new jersey, 1978, a misty. Through laurie, we recognise techno emergence through a multiplicity of distinct origins. All four of the original tracks are included here, remastered for extra shine, radiating vibes that would later be picked up on by the likes of oneohtrix point never and tim hecker. Laurie spiegel the expanding universe releases discogs.
The surprise year of spiegel continues as her landmark and long outofprint 1980 lp the expanding universe is being reissued for the first time on. Launched on september 5, 1977, the voyager 1 space probe is. Having realized the pieces found on the expanding universe 1980 on an instrument no longer available to her, the groove system at bell laboratories, spiegel moved on to composing and developing for the alles machine, alphasyntauri, mcleyvier and various. This new version is due out in september, retransferred from the original tapes and remastered by spiegel herself. The expanding universe is the classic 1980 debut album by composer and computer music pioneer laurie spiegel. These include pieces by morton feldman, james saunders, chiyoko szlavnics, ryoji ikeda, toshiya tsunoda, laurie spiegel. In this article, ill tell you about three other important composers. Electronic pioneer laurie spiegels debut the expanding. Composing musical works, as well as the programs used to create them, spiegel is celebrated for her seminal albums unseen worlds and the expanding universe, and included in such varied arenas from the voyager spacecraft of 1977 to the recent hunger games soundtrack.
Beautiful throughout, her debut lp the expanding universe reveals plainly and simply the fact that techno cannot be conceived of as other to women as if they didnt play a role in its emergence and later its subsequent forms. The expanding universe by laurie spiegel, released 25 september 2012 1. Cosmos and culture cosmic expansion stretches space itself, as if space were made of some kind of stretchy rubber material. The expanding universe by laurie spiegel 766008587805. Back on earth, the new york label unseen worlds has obliged us with more laurie spiegel, reissuing her 1980 album, the expanding universe, and adding over 100 minutes of additional music. That same year, an expanded version of her textured, cosmic 1980 album the expanding universe was reissued by the new yorkbased independent avantgarde label unseen worlds which, funnily enough, happens to be named after spiegel s 1991 album, unseen worlds, also rereleased in january 2019. Laurie spiegels music is endlessly fascinating and id recommend it to anyone interested in electronic music. Through laurie, we recognise techno emergence through a multiplicity of. Laurie spiegel 1945 composer laurie spiegels music draws on her classical training, and her preclassical lute and folk banjo roots, but she is also a computer programmer, software designer, and visual and video artist, as well as an oftenpublished theorist. Laurie spiegels debut the expanding universe remastered in a new 3xlp reissue featuring 15 previously unreleased tracks. The pioneering women of electronic music an interactive timeline spiegel created the expanding universe using an interactive compositional. Laurie spiegel is a composer and a humanist software developer. Interaction with the computer was through a keyboard, a drawing tablet, pushbuttons and knobs, as well as complex algorhythms written in fortran.
Electronic pioneer laurie spiegels debut the expanding universe. Laurie spiegels the expanding universe is hardly a forgotten or lost gem, but this new reissue is without a doubt one of the finest things weve heard and no doubt will hear this year. Laurie spiegel the expanding universe patchwork youtube. While attending the juilliard school, she visited morton subotnicks studio in new. Billy stiltner i automate whatever can be automated to be freer to focus on those aspects of music that cant be automated. The original album is reissued here as a massively expanded 3lp or 2cd set, containing all four original album tracks plus an additional 15 tracks from the same period, nearly all previously unreleased and many making their first appearance on. The original album is reissued here as a massively expanded 3lp or 2cd set, containing all four original album tracks plus an additional 15 tracks from the same period, nearly all previously unreleased and many making their first appearance on vinyl in this brand. Featuring the original 1980 lp alongside 15 previously unreleased tracks. Laurie spiegels involvement with electronic music began in the late 1960s with eml electrocomp 200 synthesizers. The expanding universe malcolm d b munro tuesday 2 january, 2018. Megatron edition of laurie spiegels groundbreaking 1980 lp the expanding universe here.
Laurie spiegels debut album, the expanding universe, is being reissued this november in a new deluxe triple vinyl version via unseen worlds. Laurie spiegels synth opus the expanding universe to get. Laurie spiegel the expanding universe musicians friend. Buy laurie spiegels album titled the expanding universe to enjoy in your home or car, or. The expanding universe, an album by laurie spiegel. However, the vinyl reissue of the expanding universe has been a disappointment. The album managed to supplant itself in the subconscious of electronic music ever since its release in 1980. The album is reissued here for the first time in a massively expanded twocd set, containing all four original album tracks plus an additional 15 tracks from the same period, nearly all previously unreleased. Laurie spiegel 1945, a lute and banjo player by training, is a chicagoborn and new yorkbased composer of computer music who reacted to the futurism and dadaism of the early pioneers by developing an original aesthetic borrowed from folk music, creating relatively atmospheric and melodic music via arcane mathematical algorithms. While she continues to support herself through software dev. Get a low price and free shipping on thousands of items.
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