Tom DISSEVELT – Kid BALTAN
“Song of the second moon”
16,00€
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Original album Remastered and Expanded with 12 extra tracks. Perhaps the most influential recording in the history of electronic music, Song Of The Second Moon is far more than an historical curiosity. For the very first time electronic music was conceived as popular music, an incredibly listenable mélange of jazz and concrete stylings. Composed by Dutch Philips Research Laboratories employees Tom Dissevelt and Dick Raaijmakers (Kid Baltan) between 1957 and 1961, Song Of The Second Moon’s dynamic and playful futurism would inspire legendary figures from Jean Jacques Perrey to Glenn Gould. Indeed, Stanley Kubrick would at one point consider the LP as the soundtrack for his epic film “2001: A Space Odyssey”. For its premiere reissue we present the rare stereo version of the album with a multitude of outtakes, alternate and mono versions. Remastered from the original Philips-Limelight mastertapes 2012. 20 page full colour booklet with exclusive liner notes and rare photos. The original ground-breaking album plus outtakes, alternate and mono versions!
Nous sommes entre 1957 et 1961 dans les studios de Philips, deux compositeurs Tom Dissevelt et Dick Raaijmakers (Kid Baltan) veulent ouvrir les nouvelles possibilités électroniques à la musique populaire. Il en résulte un disque unique teinté de futurisme, de jazz ou de musique concrète. Cette réédition accompagnée d’un livret de 20 pages propose également de nombreux inédits des mêmes sessions. Un disque qui ravira les amoureux de Raymond Scott, Bruce Haack, Jean-Jacques Perrey ou Pierre Henry !
