Charles Dodge - Earth's Magnetic Field
"Earth's Magnetic Field" is a computer-generated musical piece using the recorded observations of the Earth's magnetic field from 1961. It is made up entirely of electronic sounds. The observations were programmed into a computer by using a sound synthesis program. These observations are the notes of the piece.
Tracklisting:
Side One
1. Earth's Magnetic Field {13:50}
Side Two
1. Earth's Magnetic Field [continued] {15:00}
I may have forgot to include the liner notes in the file.
ReplyDeleteHere they are in a separate file:
http://www.filedropper.com/cdemfnotes
thank you - bought this and another couple of Nonesuch recordings [including Cage's HPSCHD] back in the early 70s, good to finally have a digital copy
ReplyDeleteOk, this is just getting weird. You are posting my record collection from 30-40 years ago. From time to time I recognize an album or two, but now you've posted 3 in a row.
ReplyDeleteI still have them in my basement. At least I think I do. Maybe you've snuck in and stolen the entire lot! ;)
- k (who also has Cage's HPSCHD mentioned above)
nice! an example for "bartel's musical diagram" (see liner notes) can btw be found here:
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the approach reminds me a bit of my student time when we converted geophysical time series into "music" using quickbasic :-)
Ooh ooh ooh. Not heard this in twenty years. Good post. -- Stefan M— @ friendsound.wordpress.com
ReplyDeletethank you!!
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ReplyDeleteI bow.
I thought I'd never hear this amazing record again! Thank you so much for sharing. I have bookmarked your site and will be returning often.
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