Various - Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music From Philips Research Laboratories (1956 - 1963)

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CD1	65:28
Kain En Abel	17:21
1-01	–Henk Badings	Introduction / Dance / Dance Of The Destructive Forces Engineer [Assistant] – Jan W. De Bruyn	3:44
1-02	–Henk Badings	Conflict, Conclusion, Transition Engineer [Assistant] – Jan W. De Bruyn	2:35
1-03	–Henk Badings	Passacaglia Engineer [Assistant] – Jan W. De Bruyn	2:13
1-04	–Henk Badings	Arioso Engineer [Assistant] – Jan W. De Bruyn	2:19
1-05	–Henk Badings	Conflict, Reprise (Arioso) Engineer [Assistant] – Jan W. De Bruyn	3:34
1-06	–Henk Badings	Conflict, Finale Engineer [Assistant] – Jan W. De Bruyn	2:54
1-07	–Kid Baltan	Song Of The Second Moon (Version 2)	2:48
1-08	–Kid Baltan	Night Train Blues	3:31
1-09	–Kid Baltan	Colonel Bogey	2:59
Evolutionen	13:37
1-10	–Henk Badings	Overture Engineer [Assistant] – Jan W. De Bruyn	2:17
1-11	–Henk Badings	Air Engineer [Assistant] – Jan W. De Bruyn	2:25
1-12	–Henk Badings	Ragtime Engineer [Assistant] – Jan W. De Bruyn	3:30
1-13	–Henk Badings	Intermezzo Engineer [Assistant] – Jan W. De Bruyn	2:48
1-14	–Henk Badings	Waltz Engineer [Assistant] – Jan W. De Bruyn	0:58
1-15	–Henk Badings	Finale Engineer [Assistant] – Jan W. De Bruyn	1:37
1-16	–Tom Dissevelt	Whirling (Sonic R-Entry)	2:35
1-17	–Tom Dissevelt	Syncopation (Orbit Aurora)	2:59
1-18	–Tom Dissevelt	Drifting (Moon Maid)	3:11
1-19	–Tom Dissevelt	Vibration (The Visitor From Inner Space)	3:09
1-20	–Kid Baltan	Mechanical Motions (The Ray Makers)	7:25
1-21	–Tom Dissevelt	Intersection (Twilight Ozone) Conductor – Bep RowoldEngineer [Assistant] – Kid BaltanOrchestra – The Skymasters	5:30
CD2	72:50
Concert Music
2-01	–Dick Raaijmakers	Tweeklank (Contrasts)	4:47
2-02	–Dick Raaijmakers	Pianoforte	4:58
Film Music
2-03	–Henk Badings	Variations Électroniques Engineer [Assistant] – Jan W. De BruynProducer – Gerard J. Raucamp	9:58
2-04	–Dick Raaijmakers	Achter De Schermen	17:31
2-05	–Dick Raaijmakers	Fuel For The Future	12:14
2-06	–Dick Raaijmakers	Bekaert: Het Andere Woord Voor Staaldraad	15:46
Sound Scenery
2-07	–Dick Raaijmakers	Ein Reiterstück	6:52
CD3	42:50
3-01	–Tom Dissevelt	Ignition	3:23
3-02	–Tom Dissevelt	Atlantic	3:16
3-03	–Tom Dissevelt	Spearhead	2:50
3-04	–Tom Dissevelt	Zanzi	2:52
3-05	–Tom Dissevelt	Anchor Chain	2:47
3-06	–Tom Dissevelt	Tropicolour	3:57
3-07	–Tom Dissevelt	Gamelan	3:06
3-08	–Tom Dissevelt	Woomerangs	3:08
3-09	–Tom Dissevelt	Waltzing Mathilda	1:52
3-10	–Tom Dissevelt	Pacific Dawn	3:49
3-11	–Tom Dissevelt	Gold And Lead	2:40
3-12	–Tom Dissevelt	Mexican Mirror	2:16
3-13	–Tom Dissevelt	Seconds To Eternity	3:40
3-14	–Tom Dissevelt	Re-Entry	3:12
CD4	64:44
Alternate Versions
4-01	–Kid Baltan	Song Of The Second Moon (Original Version)	3:06
4-02	–Tom Dissevelt	Syncopation (Alternate Version)	3:10
4-03	–Tom Dissevelt	12-Tone Composition For The Skymasters	4:39
4-04	–Tom Dissevelt	Intersection (Early Version)	6:45
4-05	–Tom Dissevelt	Tropicolours (Early Version)	3:27
4-06	–Tom Dissevelt	Waltzing Mathilda (Early Version)	2:22
Tunes
4-07	–Tom Dissevelt	Quiz Tune For VARA Television	0:30
4-08	–Dick Raaijmakers	Limburg’s National Anthem	0:21
4-09	–Dick Raaijmakers	Bell Tune	0:30
4-10	–Dick Raaijmakers	Coppélia Tune	0:22
4-11	–Dick Raaijmakers	Sign Tune	0:34
4-12	–Dick Raaijmakers	STER Tune 1	0:10
4-13	–Dick Raaijmakers	STER Tune 2	0:11
4-14	–Dick Raaijmakers	STER Tune 3	0:11
4-15	–Dick Raaijmakers	STER Tune 4	0:11
4-16	–Dick Raaijmakers	STER Tune 5	0:11
4-17	–Dick Raaijmakers	STER Tune 6	0:11
4-18	–Dick Raaijmakers	STER Tune 7	0:11
4-19	–Dick Raaijmakers	STER Tune 8	0:10
4-20	–Dick Raaijmakers	STER Tune 9	0:14
Sound Examples
4-21	–Henk Badings	Sound Examples - Group 1	1:42
4-22	–Henk Badings	Sound Examples - Group 2	2:30
4-23	–Henk Badings	Sound Examples - Group 3	2:23
Sound Materials
4-24	–Kid Baltan	Tape Loop With Basic Rhythm	0:24
4-25	–Kid Baltan	Tape Loop With Rhythm And Bass Pattern	0:56
4-26	–Kid Baltan	Arpeggio’s With Echo	0:17
4-27	–Kid Baltan	Figure Moving Downwards, Leading Into Whistle Melody With Echo	0:58
4-28	–Dick Raaijmakers	Electronic Boogie Woogie	1:01
Sound Material For 'Whirling'
4-29	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Opening Sequence	0:12
4-30	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	First Melody	0:22
4-31	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	First Melody Transposed	0:17
4-32	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Chord Of Combined Sounds	0:13
4-33	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Bass Pattern	0:16
4-34	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Rhythm Loop With Bass Pattern	0:20
4-35	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Variant	0:22
4-36	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Chord Sequence With Sine Wave Tones	0:16
4-37	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Second Melody	0:17
4-38	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Arpeggio With Echo	0:11
4-39	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Transposed Piano Chord Sequence	0:16
4-40	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Same As Above With Overdub	0:17
4-41	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	First Melody, Variant	0:16
4-42	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	First Melody, Canonic Setting	0:17
4-43	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	First Melody, Canonic Setting, Different Version	0:20
4-44	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Fast Broken Chord Sequence	0:17
4-45	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Closing Sequence With Echo	0:18
4-46	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Chord Of Combined Sounds, Noise Effect	0:14
4-47	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Reversed Echoing Piano Chords, Continuation	0:09
4-48	–Tom Dissevelt	Background Texture For Quiz-Tune	0:28
4-49	–Tom Dissevelt	Multi-Layered Laughter	0:52
Sound Material For 'Syncopation'
4-50	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Basic Melody	0:38
4-51	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Reversed Chords, Leading Into Melodic Continuation	0:18
4-52	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Fast Transposed Piano Chord Sequence	0:18
4-53	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Second Melody	0:21
4-54	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Bass Pattern With Rhythm Loop	0:21
4-55	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Fast Transposed Piano Chord Sequence With Echo	0:21
4-56	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Repeated Figure With Echo	0:11
4-57	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Short Oscillator Glissandi	0:10
4-58	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Second Melody, Electronically Chopped, With Echo	0:21
4-59	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Short Oscillator Glissandi With Echo, Leading Into Broken Chord Sequence	0:38
4-60	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Reversed Chord Sequence	0:19
4-61	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Closing Chord Sequence, Leading Into Glissando Upwards	0:11
4-62	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Broken Chord Sequence With Echo And Background	0:11
4-63	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Mixture Of Upward Glissandi, Leading Into High Electronic Sound	0:12
4-64	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Sequence Of Three Complex Electronic Glissandi Chords With Echo	0:10
Sound Material For 'Drifting'
4-65	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Space Effect No.1	0:15
4-66	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Two Alternating Chords With Echo	0:16
4-67	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Melody With Electronic Bell Sounds	0:26
4-68	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Percussive Chord Sequence 1	0:31
4-69	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Bass Pattern	0:29
4-70	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Chord Sequence No.2	0:21
4-71	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Repeating Tympani-Like Tone	0:24
4-72	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Repeating Harp Figure	0:34
4-73	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Bass Pattern	0:14
4-74	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Retro-Chord Sequence	0:16
4-75	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Melody With Amplitude Modulation	0:17
4-76	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Bass Pattern No.3	0:23
4-77	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Space Effect Cross Fading Into Alternating Chords	0:27
4-78	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Sustained Chord	0:19
4-79	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Repeating Pentatonic Figure 1	0:35
4-80	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Space Effect No.2 (Sine Tone Glissandi)	1:00
Sound Material For 'Vibration'
4-81	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Sequence No.1	0:12
4-82	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Sequence No.2	0:17
4-83	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Space Effects With Echo	0:23
4-84	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Optical Siren (Sound Colour Melody)	0:17
4-85	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Noise Attacks	0:08
4-86	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Sequence No.3	0:09
4-87	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Sequence Of Chords With Retros	0:15
4-88	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Sequence No.4	0:18
4-89	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Sequence No.5	0:09
4-90	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Rhythmic Tape Loop	0:21
4-91	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Chord With Retro And Amplitude Modulation	0:09
4-92	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Metal Sound With Echo	0:09
4-93	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Bass Pattern No.1	0:17
4-94	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Chord Sequence Cut-Out Sounds	0:09
4-95	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Bass Pattern No.2	0:09
4-96	–Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	Same Pattern, High Pitched	0:08
4-97	–Fred Judd*	Spoken Letter From Fred Judd To Tom Dissevelt	9:23

Credits

• Coordinator [Book Editor] – Irwin Chusid
• Design [Graphic Design] – Piet Schreuders, Sonja Van Hamel
• Producer, Mastered By, Edited By – Kees Tazelaar
• Reissue Producer – Dick Raaijmakers

Notes

"Popular Electronics" showcases the first commercially produced popular electronic music; work sfor film, theater, and ballet; hybrid compositions that mix electronics with conventional instruments; novelties sound effects and experimental works.

Includes 7 booklets (titles: Introduction, Philips Natlab, Henk Badings, Dick Raaijmakers, Tom Dissevelt, Film Music & Track Notes), 4 compact discs, 2 stickers & reprinted matter like a newspaper article & musical sketches.

CD1: Ballet music by Henk Badings: 'Kain en Abel' & 'Evolutionen' and various compositions by Kid Baltan and Tom Dissevelt.
CD2: Concert music, film music & stage music.
CD3: Tom Dissevelt's 'Fantasy in Orbit'.
CD4: Previously unreleased material.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Scanned Barcode): 8712530914123

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