Sonic seasonings was originally a double album on vinyl with one side each devoted to one of the four seasons.
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But technological achievements apart the album finally stands or falls by the quality of the music.
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Released all the way back in 1972 sonic seasonings represents a fascinating document of the progression of electronic synthesis and multitracking.
Listening to it today it is easy to draw parallels with many later ambient inspired works.
Many pieces have sounds which can be confused as field recordings but unlike in the klf chill out album natural or i would say environmental sounds were most of times created.
Before a time of ambient music of new age music were the pioneering sounds of walter carlos.
Sonic seasonings is a studio album from the american keyboardist and composer wendy carlos originally released under her birth name in 1972 as a double album on columbia records the album features four ambient tracks each loosely based on one of the four seasons combining various field recordings with sounds from a moog synthesizer it marks a departure from her previous two albums which.
The extra couple of tracks aren t very interesting but sonic seasonings is a fantastic masterwork of early ambient and the remastering job was incredible no hiss and great sound quality.
However sonic seasonings by wendy carlos is a pioneering piece of ambient music in its own right released 3 years before eno in association with rachel elkind.
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Many pieces have sounds which can be confused as field recordings but unlike in the klf chill out album natural or i would say environmental sounds were most of times created.
Sonic seasonings was originally a double album on vinyl with one side each devoted to one of the four seasons.
But technological achievements apart the album finally stands or falls by the quality of the music.
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The moog synthesizer is blended with recorded sounds and the amount of multitracking in itself was a remarkable achievement at the time.
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However sonic seasonings by wendy carlos is a pioneering piece of ambient music in its own right released 3 years before eno in association with rachel elkind.
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The moog synthesizer is blended with recorded sounds and the amount of multitracking in itself was a remarkable achievement at the time.