Early Electronic & Tape Music John Cage SKU: SRV361 Barcode: 5411867333616 19.00 £19.00 Genre: Leftfield / Experimental Label: Sub Rosa Released Date: 14th October 2016 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Although John Cage occasionally worked in large, sophisticated studios – for example, when he composed Fontana Mix in 1958 – his approach to electronic and tape music was often uncomplicated, makeshift, and pragmatic, employing simple tabletop devices: tape machines, phonograph cartridges, contact microphones, portable radios, etc. He developed a soundworld that was utterly new, radical and demanding. It heralded the age of the loudspeaker, mass communication and Marshall McLuhan’s ‘global village.’ The hiss, crackle and hum of electronic circuits, and the disembodied sounds, snatched by radio from the ether, spoke of the 20th century. Langham Research Centre works within the tradition firmly established by Cage, using resources that would have been available to him. For the realisation of Cartridge Music, moving iron phonograph pickups were sourced and restored. These have a knurled screw designed to hold a steel phonograph needle and, in the piece, other objects are inserted and amplified: pieces of wire, toothpicks, paperclips, etc. The realisation of Fontana Mix includes the individual mono tracks from Cage’s original tapes created in 1958. These are played using open-reel tape machines. These practices ensure we work within the limitations that Cage experienced and enable us to get close to the soundworld he inhabited. Artist John Cage Genre Leftfield / Experimental Label Sub Rosa Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings 01 Fontana Mix with Aria 1958 / 13'36 02 Imaginary Landscape n°.5 1952 / 3'00 03 WBAI 1960 / 7'00 04 Cartridge Music 1960 / 10'00 05 0'00'' 1962 / 2'36 06 Variations I 1960 / 10'00 Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Leftfield / Experimental View Product Quick View Richard Youngs Modern Sorrow Leftfield / Experimental | Black Truffle | 1LP Released 31st March 2023 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Richard Youngs Modern Sorrow £26.00 Genre: Leftfield / Experimental Label: Black Truffle SKU: BLACKTRUFFLE101 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 31st March 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Death Of Money, The Ghost Pains Leftfield / Experimental | Superfi | 1LP Released 17th February 2017 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Death Of Money, The Ghost Pains £16.00 Genre: Leftfield / Experimental Label: Superfi SKU: SUPERFI089 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 17th February 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View T Bone Burnett, Jay Bellerose, Keefus Ciancia The Invisible Light: Acoustic Space Leftfield / Experimental | Verve Forecast | 2LP Released 12th April 2019 £29.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders T Bone Burnett, Jay Bellerose, Keefus Ciancia The Invisible Light: Acoustic Space £29.00 Genre: Leftfield / Experimental Label: Verve Forecast SKU: 7734533 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 12th April 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bill Nace Through a Room Leftfield / Experimental | Drag City | 1LP Released 11th November 2022 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bill Nace Through a Room £23.00 Genre: Leftfield / Experimental Label: Drag City SKU: DC852 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 11th November 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Headache The Head Hurts but the Heart Knows the Truth Leftfield / Experimental | PLZ Make It Ruins | 2LP Released 10th November 2023 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Headache The Head Hurts but the Heart Knows the Truth £23.00 Genre: Leftfield / Experimental Label: PLZ Make It Ruins SKU: PLZ051LP Formats: 2LP Released Date: 10th November 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Entourage Music And Theatre Ensemble Entourage Leftfield / Experimental | Folkways | 1LP, Includes Insert Released 25th June 2012 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Entourage Music And Theatre Ensemble Entourage £22.00 Genre: Leftfield / Experimental Label: Folkways SKU: FW33866LP Formats: 1LP, Includes Insert Released Date: 25th June 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Hakushi Hasegawa Somoku Hodo Leftfield / Experimental | Brainfeeder | 12", Coloured Vinyl, EP/Mini Album, Includes Download Code Released 8th March 2024 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Hakushi Hasegawa Somoku Hodo £26.00 Genre: Leftfield / Experimental Label: Brainfeeder SKU: BF137 Formats: 12", Coloured Vinyl, EP/Mini Album, Includes Download Code Released Date: 8th March 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Pole Tempus Leftfield / Experimental | Mute | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 18th November 2022 £30.00 - £33.00 Select options Pole Tempus £30.00 - £33.00 Genre: Leftfield / Experimental Label: Mute Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 18th November 2022 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Efterklang Parades Leftfield / Experimental | Leaf | 2LP, CD Released 12th February 2016 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Efterklang Parades £17.00 Genre: Leftfield / Experimental Label: Leaf SKU: BAY58V Formats: 2LP, CD Released Date: 12th February 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Mid-Air Thief Gongjoong Doduk Leftfield / Experimental | Topshelf | 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 28th July 2023 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mid-Air Thief Gongjoong Doduk £24.00 Genre: Leftfield / Experimental Label: Topshelf SKU: LPTSR222C Formats: 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 28th July 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Leftfield / Experimental Start again
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