The album was recorded at Kingsway Hall in London in 1960 for Decca Records.Music linernotes album music
The album was performed entirely on the Moog synthesizer, the first synthesizer made for commercial use.Music linernotes album music
The album was conducted by Nicola Rescigno, leading the Philharmonia Orchestra.Music linernotes album music
The album was conducted by Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, with the Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.Music linernotes album music
The album showcases Shepp's versatility beyond free jazz, featuring standards-based material with a mainstream rhythm section that highlights his melodic and lyrical side.Music linernotes album music
The album is by McCoy Tyner, the American jazz pianist best known for his work with John Coltrane's quartet.Music linernotes album music
The album is by Éliane Radigue, a French electroacoustic composer born in Paris in 1932.Music linernotes album music
The album is by Alvin Lucier, an American composer of experimental and electroacoustic music.Music linernotes album music
The album featured Ibrahim's septet, including alto saxophonist Carlos Ward and baritone saxophonist Charles Davis.Music linernotes album music
The album demonstrates Ali's mastery of dynamics, showing that restraint and intensity can coexist — a contrast to the explosive free jazz approach he was known for with Coltrane three decades earlier.Music linernotes album music
Switched-On Bach was released in 1968, bringing Bach to the Moog and changing classical music foreverMusic linernotes album music
Still Crazy After All These Years won Album of the Year at the 1976 GrammysComputers linernotes album music
Soup and Sauce is a release by Ryoji Ikeda, the Japanese sound and visual artist based in Paris, known for his mathematically precise explorations of sound at the edges of human perception.Music linernotes album music
Silver Apples launched their debut from a silver-painted NYC rooftop in 1968Music linernotes album music
Sanders rose to prominence playing in John Coltrane's bands in the mid-1960s, first appearing on Coltrane's album Ascension in 1965.Music linernotes album music
Robert Moog, an engineer and manufacturer who built the first commercially available synthesizer.Music linernotes album music
Rashied Ali (1933–2009) was an American free jazz drummer from Philadelphia, best known for performing with John Coltrane in the final years of Coltrane's life, including the landmark album Meditations.Music linernotes album music
Radigue's work was deeply influenced by Tibetan Buddhism, particularly the life and teachings of Milarepa.Music linernotes album music
Radigue's first synthesizer work was created in 1971 using a Buchla 100 modular system installed at New York University.Music linernotes album music
Philly Jazz was recorded in 1997 and released on Cadence Jazz Records, with Gerry Teekens serving as producer.Music linernotes album music
Paul Simon's There Goes Rhymin' Simon was released in May 1973 on Columbia RecordsMusic linernotes album music
Paul Simon and Phil Ramone produced the album, with the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section co-producing several tracks.Music linernotes album music
Musicologist and musician Benjamin Folkman also contributed to the recordings.Music linernotes album music
Many of Sutherland's Decca recordings were produced by John Culshaw, one of the most influential classical recording producers of the twentieth century.Music linernotes album music
Many of Callas's studio recordings for EMI were produced by Walter Legge, one of the most influential classical recording producers of the twentieth century and husband of soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.Music linernotes album music
Mal Waldron (1925–2002) was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his brooding, blues-drenched style and distinctive chord voicings, who served as Prestige Records' house pianist from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s.Music linernotes album music
Lucier was the John Spencer Camp Professor of Music at Wesleyan University, where he taught from 1970 until his retirement.Music linernotes album music
Lucier pioneered the use of brain waves in live performance, the notation of performers' physical gestures, and the exploration of room acoustics for musical purposes.Music linernotes album music
In the early 1970s, Ali founded Survival Records with saxophonist Frank Lowe to release his own recordings, beginning with the duo album Duo Exchange in 1973.Music linernotes album music
In 2002, he was granted the title of Chevalier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.Music linernotes album music
Ikeda's music focuses on raw sound states including sine tones and noise, often using frequencies at the extremes of human hearing range, with rhythmic patterns that exploit beat patterns and discrete tones.Music linernotes album music
Ibrahim led a septet featuring tenor saxophonist Ricky Ford, altoist Carlos Ward, baritonist Charles Davis, and trombonist Dick Griffin, among others.Music linernotes album music
His best-known piece is 'I Am Sitting in a Room' (1970), in which spoken text is re-recorded until room resonances transform speech into pure sound.Music linernotes album music
He won the Victoires du Jazz prize in 2007 for Xenophonia and in 2013 for Soul Shelter, and received the Prix Django Reinhardt for Musician of the Year.Music linernotes album music
He began playing and studying piano at age 5 at the music school Kosta Manojlović in Zemun, Yugoslavia.Music linernotes album music
Ekaya is by Abdullah Ibrahim, the South African pianist and composer previously known as Dollar Brand.Music linernotes album music
Bojan Z (born Bojan Zulfikarpašić, February 2, 1968) is a Serbian jazz pianist based in Paris since 1988.Music linernotes album music
Big Science blends avant-garde art pop, experimental electronics, and spoken word performance art, featuring Anderson's use of vocoder and synthesizers.Music linernotes album music
Ali was a Philadelphia native who earned his musical stripes with local R&B groups before immersing himself in the city's jazz scene, eventually studying with Philly Joe Jones before moving to New York in 1963.Music linernotes album music
After initial work with the Buchla, Radigue adopted the ARP 2500 synthesizer, which she used exclusively for decades.Music linernotes album music
Abdullah Ibrahim (born Adolph Johannes Brand, 1934–2026) was a South African pianist and composer, formerly known as Dollar Bill, whose music blended Cape jazz, gospel, African traditional songs, and Western classical influences.Music linernotes album music
Zombie was released in 1976 in Nigeria on Coconut Records, and in 1977 in the UK on Creole Records.Music linernotes album music
Zombie was posthumously inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2025, the first Nigerian album to receive this honor.Music linernotes album music
Venice was recorded on location in Venice in July 2003, and at Amann Studios in Vienna in January and February 2004.Music linernotes album music
Three singles were released from Doris: 'Chum' (November 2012), 'Whoa' featuring Tyler, the Creator (March 2013), and 'Hive' featuring Vince Staples and Casey Veggies (July 2013).Music linernotes album music
Thebe's career-defining masterpiece is 'Bula Boot,' which revolutionized South African radio airwaves and became one of the most iconic kwaito tracks ever recorded.Music linernotes album music
Thebe released his debut album Tempy in the mid-1990s, marking the beginning of a career that would produce over 12 successful albums and make him one of kwaito's most enduring figures.Music linernotes album music
Thebe built his legacy primarily through his historic tenure with Kalawa Jazmee Records, the independent powerhouse behind much of South Africa's kwaito movement, working alongside producers Oskido and Bruce Sebitlo.Music linernotes album music
The title is a Xhosa word meaning 'touch touch,' referring to a popular dance style in the shebeens of Johannesburg's townships during the 1950s.Music linernotes album music
The mixtape drew widespread critical acclaim and caught the attention of Def Jam and Jay-Z, leading to Ocean's guest appearances on Watch the Throne and his major-label debut Channel Orange.Music linernotes album music
The datamatics project began in 2006, with the audiovisual concert datamatics [ver 2.0] co-produced in 2008.Music linernotes album music
The album's attack on the Nigerian military provoked a violent reprisal: approximately one thousand soldiers raided Fela's Kalakuta Republic commune, and his mother Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti was fatally injured.Music linernotes album music
The album was released on Reprise Records in 1967, part of a broader deal Makeba signed after her international career took off following her exile from South Africa.Music linernotes album music
The album was released on Madlib Invazion, Madlib's own independent label, catalog number MMS-022, as a double vinyl LP and CD.Music linernotes album music
The album was released a few days before South African Freedom Day on April 27, 2000, and celebrates the end of apartheid.Music linernotes album music
The album was recorded late in 1986, with the track Premonition completed in February 1987, at Can Studio in Cologne, West Germany.Music linernotes album music
The album was preceded by three EPs: Thuggin' (2011), Shame (2012), and Deeper (2013), which built anticipation for the full-length collaboration.Music linernotes album music
The album was originally titled Cocaine Piñata before being shortened to simply Piñata for its official release.Music linernotes album music
The album is Venice by Austrian electronic music producer and guitarist Christian Fennesz, released on March 23, 2004, on Touch.Music linernotes album music
The album is ambient and avant-garde, making extensive use of found sounds from non-traditional sources.Music linernotes album music
The album includes 'Pata Pata 2000,' a duet between Makeba and Zenzi Lee, reworking her 1967 trademark hit 'Pata Pata.'Music linernotes album music
The album features David Sylvian on guitar, keyboards, piano, vibraphone, and harmonium; Holger Czukay on organ, piano, shortwave radio, and treatments; Jaki Liebezeit on infra sound; and Karl Lippegaus on radio tuning.Music linernotes album music
The album explores the intersection of glitch aesthetics and minimalist composition, using digital synthesis and precisely calibrated frequencies to create works that are both cerebral and deeply textural.Music linernotes album music
Plight and Premonition was released on March 21, 1988, by Venture Records, a subsidiary of Virgin.Music linernotes album music
Plight and Premonition is a collaborative album by English musician David Sylvian and German musician Holger Czukay.Music linernotes album music
Piñata is widely regarded as a modern hip-hop classic, fusing Madlib's sample-based beats with Freddie Gibbs' street narratives.Music linernotes album music
Ocean sampled 'Hotel California' by the Eagles on the track 'American Wedding,' which led to a dispute when Don Henley reportedly objected to the unauthorized use.Music linernotes album music
Ocean reworked Coldplay's 'Strawberry Swing' into his own track 'Strawberry Swing,' layering new vocals and production over the original instrumental.Music linernotes album music
Miriam Makeba's 'Pata Pata' became one of the first African pop songs to cross over in the USMusic linernotes album music
Miriam Makeba first recorded 'Pata Pata' in 1956 in South Africa, but the most famous version was released as a single in 1967 on Reprise Records, reaching No.Music linernotes album music
Kwaito is a South African music genre that emerged in the 1990s, blending house music with African sounds and samples — Thebe is widely regarded as one of its legendary pioneers.Music linernotes album music
Jerry Ragovoy produced the 1967 version, adding a more polished pop-soul arrangement to Makeba's original township jive composition.Music linernotes album music
Homeland was recorded at CSR Studios and Rhythm Nation Studios, according to Discogs credits.Music linernotes album music
Homeland was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best World Music Album category.Computers linernotes album music
Doris was released on August 20, 2013, through Odd Future Records and Tan Cressida Records, distributed by Columbia Records.Music linernotes album music
Doris was recorded between February 2012 and July 2013 at multiple studios in the Los Angeles area, including The Chemistry Lab in Santa Monica, Paramount Recording Studios, and Glenwood Place in Burbank.Music linernotes album music
Constellations was released on Raster-Noton, the influential German label co-founded by Nicolai that became a leading platform for minimal electronic and digital art music.Music linernotes album music
Congolese pop star Lokua Kanza contributed as a songwriter for 'Homeland' and 'Lindelani' and as a singer on 'Lindelani.'Music linernotes album music
Computer graphics and programming for datamatics were by Shohei Matsukawa, Norimichi Hirakawa, Tomonaga Tokuyama, and Daisuke Tsunoda.Music linernotes album music
Christian Fennesz is known for blending guitar with electronic processing, with his 2001 album Endless Summer widely regarded as a landmark in electronic music.Music linernotes album music