Various Artists
Electronic Voyages: Early Moog Recordings 1964-1969
Waveshaper Media
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2019
Includes Instant Download
LP
16.99
WSM-03
Silver-foil block sleeve, printed inner sleeve, 4-page insert
Incl. VAT plus shipping / Orders from outside the EU are exempt from VAT
Tracklist
1Robert Arthur Moog – The Abominatron (1964)6:35
2Herbert Deutsch – Jazz Images, A Worksong and Blues (1967)9:52
3Joel Chadabe – Blues Mix (1966)3:03
4Lothar and the Hand People – Milkweed Love (1968)3:08
5Intersystems – Changing Colours (1968)3:53
6Ruth White – The Clock (1969)3:03
7Max Brand – Triptych (1969)7:59
8Paul Earls – Monday Music (1968)1:45

In support of their forthcoming Bob Moog documentary Electronic Voyager, Waveshaper Media have produced a compilation LP of Moog recordings from the 1960s. The first compilation of its kind, Electronic Voyages: Early Moog recordings 1964-1969 contains tracks by Robert Arthur Moog, Herbert Deutsch, Joel Chadabe, Lothar and the Hand People, Intersystems, Ruth White, Max Brand, and Paul Earls. All of these tracks, released here on vinyl in an edition of 1000 copies, have been scarcely heard and difficult to track down, with all but three of them previously unreleased on vinyl.

Bypassing the Moog synthesizer’s backseat appearance on key pop recordings by the likes of the Beatles, the Doors, and the Beach Boys, Electronic Voyages aims to highlight the diverse approach of 1960s musicians and composers who adopted the Moog as their primary instrument; these recordings all feature the Moog synthesizer front and centre. Beginning with an “audio letter” (The Abominatron) from Bob Moog to his musician-muse Herbert Deutsch, demonstrating some of the first Moog synthesizer prototype’s capabilities, Electronic Voyages veers from avant-garde and electronic soundscapes, to psychedelic madness and summer-of-love pop. In the 1960s, the Moog synthesizer was a new, groundbreaking instrument, and its use was completely uncharted territory. The pioneering use of the Moog on all of these recordings sounds fresh today - you can sense the wide-eyed exploratory delight unfolding, and the disparate results range from endearingly naive (Lothar and the Hand People, Paul Earls) to downright eerie (Ruth White, Intersystems).

The musicians and composers behind these Electronic Voyages may have been among the first to adopt Moog synthesizers, but the fact that they so readily found within them expressivity, heart, and a means to translate their wondrous sense of discovery, speaks far more to Bob Moog’s visionary invention and enduring legacy.