#2816: Computer Blue

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

Listen to a sampling of computer music, including an Icelandic tribute to an obsolete mainframe computer, and a singing Mac from the mid-80s. Hear music by Johan Johansson, inspired by the very first huge mainframe on Iceland - his Dad's. We'll hear his "IBM 1401, A User's Manual." Then, experience the singing Mac in a work by Hearn Gadbois, "GAHT MAYH MOH8JOH3 WOYKIN." Plus, there's "Idle Chatter," by Paul Lansky, made with the sounds of human speech fed into a computer; just listen to the resulting song that comes out. Plus, music by Morton Subotnick, and more.

PROGRAM # 2816, Computer Music (First aired on Friday 6/20/08)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Johann Johansson	IBM 1401-A User’s Manual	IBM 1401 Processing Unit [8:00]	4AD #2609** www.beggars.com
Various Artists: Hearn Gadbois	Tellus, Vol. 12	GAHT MAYH MOH8JOH3 WOYKIHN [3:30]	Tellus audio cassette magazine, #12 www.ubu.com/sound/tellus_12.html
Paul Lansky	More Than Idle Chatter	Notjustmoreidlechatter [8:00]	Bridge #9050 www.bridgerecords.com
Various Artists: Rodney Waschka	The Virtuoso In The Computer Age IV	Looking [8:00]	Centaur #2170 www.centaurrecords.com
Morton Subotnick	The Key To Songs/Return	Return: Descending Dance, Chord Dance, Dance of Destruction [7:00]	New Albion #012 www.newalbion.com
Various Artists: Lars Gunnar Bodin	Computer Music Currents 7	Anima [7:00]	Wergo #2027 www.wergo.de

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