outside of what I heard on the radio in detroit, I didnt get started until aphex twins selected ambient works volume 2.
I remember listening to this while the sun came up and just being blown away... -Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Hugo Sweet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "The Music Institute" <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 11:04 AM Subject: Re: [313] Soundtracks and Early Memories > Apologies for the self indulgence below... > > On 7/2/02 12:18 AM, "Hugo Sweet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm interested in member's first experiences of hearing electronic music, > > back when you really had no opinion about music. > > > Bizarrely enough, considering the number of > > albums I must have listened to in this way, I can only remember one album, > > and I remember that distinctly; Jean Michel Jarre's "Oxygene". > > We have similar touchpoints. I recall being on a extended bus trip in high > school and listening to Oxygene on tape over and over well into the night. > This was a revelation. The album still brings me back to a certain state of > wonder. > > Another revelation was 6th grade music class, when the teacher asked us to > visualize what might be happening during a particular piece of music. It > was Tomita's version of Holst's "Mars" from "The Planets". > > > As a side note did anybody else ever hear the version of the soundtrack of > > "Star Wars" entitled "Star Wars and other galactic funk". I remember hat it > > was great for flailing around to when I was six, but of little musical > > value. > > I was thirteen, and it was good to flail around to at my age. A couple > years ago, I sought out this Meco Monardo CD (for other galactic funk), and > recently played it for coworkers. It was a campy hit! > > Tangerine Dream's "Exit" was another electronic favorite. I also listened > to Klaatu's first two albums quite a lot at that tender age. > -- > im > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
