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Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 19:38:51 +0100
From: Johan Dada Vis <quiet@village.uunet.be>
Subject: (exotica) were to buy that Transistors "Mission on Venus" maxi?
according to Right Tempo, they're presently switching distribution in
US, but they are -- quote -- "pretty sure people can get the maxi @
Dusty Groove America" -- end quote.
http://www.dustygroove.com/
mailto:jp@dustygroove.com
In Europe, you could try http://www.grooveattack.com
hope that helps?
Johan Dada Vis
radioexotica@yahoo.co
Home Page with links to "Dada's Exotiquarium",
"Zounds in cyberSpace" and "Virtual Fantastica":
http://bewoner.dma.be/Dada1/
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Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 13:54:40 -0500
From: nytab@pipeline.com
Subject: (exotica) [obit] Herbert Brun
November 16, 2000
Herbert Brun, Composer Who Melded Electronics With Music, Dies at 82
By WOLFGANG SAXON
Herbert Brun, a composer who helped introduce the use of electronics and computers in creating music, died on Nov. 6 in Urbana, Ill. He was 82 and lived in Urbana.
Mr. Brun was a professor emeritus of music composition at the University of Illinois School of Music. He formally retired in 1988 but contined to conduct a seminar in experimental composition until his death.
Born in Berlin, Herbert Julius Brun wrote modern music for various instruments. But he also became a central figure in melding electronics and computer technology with music, and his teaching and writings in English and German influenced that development. He left Germany for Palestine in 1936 and studied piano composition in Tel Aviv and at the Jerusalem Conservatory of Music. He took more music courses at Columbia in the late 1940's.
After 1950 he lived in Israel and Germany, writing for the theater, radio and television. His work included lecturing on Bavarian Radio in Munich (where he met his wife, Marianne Kortner), and in summer courses in Darmstadt.
He also conducted research in Paris, Cologne and Munich on the use of electro-acoustic and electronic sound production in composing music, and he repeatedly toured the United States. In 1963 he was offered the professorship at Urbana, which allowed him to expand his study of computer systems as another resource in his work.
While continuing to write pieces for traditional instruments, he used computers to generate sound, which he integrated into his compositions. He wrote widely on the function of computers in music and on the place of music in society and politics.
Last year James Levine and the percussionists of the Metropolitan Opera included an unconducted performance of Mr. Brun's "More Dust" (1977) in a free concert series of contemporary works by, among others, VarΦse and Reich.
In Mr. Brun's piece, Allan Kozinn reported in The New York Times, three musicians proceeded from tambourine, cymbal and xylophone to larger drums to instruments emitting a glasslike sound and on to snares. In the music the instruments interacted with one another and with taped electronic sounds, Mr. Kozinn wrote.
During the 1970's and 80's Mr. Brun held guest professorships at universities in the United States and Germany.
In addition to his wife, Professor Brun is survived by two sons, Michael and Stefan, both of Urbana, and a sister, Erika Brun of Haifa, Israel.
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Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 15:11:22 -0500
From: "Nathan Miner" <nminer@jhmi.edu>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Brain In A Box Rhino Sci-Fi Comp
Took a look at this too, and there looks like there's a lot of "crap =
filler" in there as well as more "modern" horror tunes..........and a lot =
of that music from the old Universal movies is just not that great IMHO, =
just "heavy strings" dark sounding stock library music..........
Hey, is that Ethel Ennis (sp?) "Mad Monster Party" tune from the "puppetoon=
" movie of the same name?
- - Nate
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Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 16:35:25 -0500
From: "m.ace" <mace@ookworld.com>
Subject: (exotica) zippy meets maori
Today's Zippy comic features a sort of mutated maori landmark:
http://www.sfgate.com/sf/zippy/4.gif
m.ace mace@ookworld.com
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Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 19:05:18 -0500
From: nytab@pipeline.com
Subject: Re: (exotica) Brain In A Box Rhino Sci-Fi Comp
chuck <chuckmk@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Saw the new Rhino 5 cd box set Brain In A Box last night. WOW!
For those who are suspicious of the BiaB, here's a list of those who offered Research Assistance:
Irwin Chusid, Jack Diamond, Josh Elck, David Garland, George Gimarc, Michael Johnson, Patrick Milligan, Andrew Sandoval, David Schwartz, Wayno, Byron Werner, Arthur Franz, Jimmy Hunt and Tor Johnson.
Now, I don't recognize all those names but I am familiar with 7. If they are willing to attach their names to this project, well, that's a seal of quality to me!
lousmith@pipeline.com
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Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 17:23:24 -0800
From: "Basic Hip" <basichip@home.com>
Subject: Re: (exotica) BALSARA
> The other thing I noticed at the site was a second V. Balsara record. I
> have "Great International Hits", which is pictured in one of the
> "Incredibly Strange Music" books and it features "Do-Re-Mi" and "My
> Favorite Things", but it seems that Balsara has aimed his sitar at "The
> Sound Of Music" more than these two occasions. Is what I have a "Greatest
> Hits" album? Considering what he has covered, I wonder if there is a
> Beatles or Nancy Sinatra Balsara record out there.
Besides the wonderful Greatest International Hits you have (pink cover with
the sixties chick laying on her tummy, lookin back over her shoulder at
these floating sitars), there is at least one other that I know of.
It's called "Golden Hits" and has a sort of sunset-ona-beach cover. it's on
the Odeon label, another fine record from Dum Dum India. No Beatles or
Nancy Sinatra tunes on this one but it does have covers of Yummy Yummy Yummy
and Bend Me, Shape Me, among others.
I love those versions of These Boots Are Made For Walking and Sugar Town on
GIH - they are terrific.
I also stumbled upon a Balsara 7 inch EP with four Sound Of Music tracks on
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Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 12:17:12 +0100
From: Moritz R <moritz@derplan.com>
Subject: Re: (exotica) [obit] Herbert Brun
nytab@pipeline.com schrieb:
> Herbert Brun, a composer who helped introduce the use of electronics and computers in creating music, died on Nov. 6 in Urbana, Ill. He was 82 and lived in Urbana.
hey, surprise. Urbana really exists! I always thought it's a fancy sci fi name. Urbana, Illinois, the city, where the famous HAL 9000 computer was built.
BTW: Did you know, that there will be a big expedition to Jupiter by next year?
Mo
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Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 07:08:22 -0800
From: "Basic Hip" <basichip@home.com>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Brain In A Box Rhino Sci-Fi Comp
Nate wrote:
<<Hey, is that Ethel Ennis (sp?) "Mad Monster Party" tune from the
"puppetoon" movie of the same name?>>
Good catch, Nate!
The entire "Mad Monster Party" Original Soundtrack is available from Film
