Have you guys ever heard her album "Beauty In The Beast"? I'm quite sure any of you who have not would like it a great deal...
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Re: Wendy Carlos
Tue, November 18, 2003 - 7:40 PMIt's a must-have album. Includes the first use in a widely distributed CD of nonoctave tunings. The title track combines Carlos Alpha tuning and Carlos Beta tuning, and is really a beautiful and mystical composition. Carlos talked about her process of discovering Alpha and Beta in a Keyboard article, and also in a Computer Music Journal article.
Karlheinz Stockholm (sp?) did some work in a nonoctave tuning (25th root of 5) many years before, as did Heinz Bolhen (13th root of 3) and Kees van Prooijen. All these works by these composers, while worth hearing, are a bit more academic or experimental sounding.
Carlos' composition doesn't sound academic at all, but like an organic work that came from the ancient traditions of some incomprehensible alien culture. It is something you can listen to a thousand times and not grow weary of.
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Re: Wendy Carlos
Tue, November 18, 2003 - 9:44 PMIndeed, XJ ... One of the things I always stress to others when listening to this album is how you can find yourself complelely immersed in the sounds... How something so "alien" can, in time, sound so natural. Most strange of all is how you come to realize that so few have explored this terrain... And how, despite the fact that it literally opens up an entirely new world of musical innovation, so few dare break conventional 12-tone barriers.
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Re: Wendy Carlos
Thu, November 20, 2003 - 8:21 PMi would really like to get my paws on this album...alien and organic sound like the sounds i used to hear at night when i used to dream....i forgot my dreams recently
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Re: Wendy Carlos
Fri, November 21, 2003 - 12:35 AMYour wish is my command...
www.amazon.com/exec/obido...021-8744844
$10.99, that's a steal! Enjoy!
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Re: Wendy Carlos
Fri, November 21, 2003 - 12:36 AMOh, and here's a great deal of information about the album, direct from the lady herself.
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Re: Wendy Carlos
Fri, November 21, 2003 - 6:05 PMoh celluloid boy thank you for that invaluable info! you've truly made my night...
Muah!
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Re: Wendy Carlos
Wed, March 17, 2004 - 5:57 PMi really appreciate what i'm learning here...because all i've ever heard of Wendy comes from when she was Walter...that being Switched-On Bach. i've got some catchin' up to do. thanks!
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