The Holmes Archive of Electronic Music

Twelve Gymnopédies

Electronic arrangements of the music the piano music of Erik Satie.
Pamelia Stickney, Gymnopedie, from the album Gymnopedie (2000)
Satie: Gymnopédies No.1 - Cagedbaby Remix (2017)
Café Del Mar – Classic, Gymnopedie No. 1 (2002)
Gary Numan, Gymnopedie No. 1, (1980)
Kurt Riemann, Gymnopedie No. 1, from Electronic Nightworks, 1983
Veetdharm Morgan Fisher, Gymnopedie No. 1 (Festival Soft Fanfare Synthesizer), from Inside Satie (1985)
Veetdharm Morgan Fisher, Gymnopedie No. 1 (Sugar Plum Piano/Water Bell Synthesizer), from Inside Satie, (1985)
Sky, Gymnopedie No. 1, from Sky (1979)
Rod Argent ‎– Gymnopédies No. 1, single (1977)
Sweet Female Attitude, Flowers (Solomon's Precious Mix), (2000).
Anamanaguchi, Interlude (Gymnopedie No. 1), Endless Fantasy (2013)
Patricia Escudero, Gymnopedie No. 3, from Satie Sonneries, (1987)
William Basinski and Richard Chartier, Divertissement part 1, (2015)
This episode’s Archive Mix. These two records are played simultaneously and are not manipulated in any way, leaving all audio and musical interactions to chance.
The Camarata Contemporary Chamber Group, Time-Honoured and Instantaneous Hours (1970) + Bayāte Esfahān playing the Nay flute from the album Santur, Tunbuk, and Tar: Music and Drum Rhythms from Iran (1968)

Not Tangerine Dream

Artists from Germany, the UK, and US who emulated the transcendental vibes and sequencer stylings of Tangerine Dream.
You, Future Pasts, 1983
Earth Star, Jet Sets, 1981
Mythos, Quasar, 1980
Claude Larson, Zenith 1980
Richard Wahnfried, Charming the Wind 1979
Steve Hillage, Four Ever Rainbow 1979
Lauri Paisley, A Figment of Reality, 1987
Nightcrawlers, Tanzwut 1984
This episode’s Archive Mix. These two records are played simultaneously and are not manipulated in any way, leaving all audio and musical interactions to chance.
Tangerine Dream, Central Park, 1985 + Ed Hermann, Power of Speech, 1987

Noises from the Past

A short history of noise music with vintage recordings.
Antonio Russolo, Chorale and Serenata, 1924
Walther Ruttmann, Wochenende (Weekend), 1930
Else Marie Pade, Symphonie Magnetophonique, 1958
John Cage and David Tudor, Variations IV, 1965
Robert Ashley, Wolfman, 1964
Olivetti typewriter recorded lesson, 1968
Annea Lockwood, Tiger Balm, 1970
Laurie Spiegel, Four Short Visits to Different Worlds: Mines, 1971
Pulsar, NASA recording, 1975
Gisele Ricard, Je Vous Aime, 1980
Gordon Mumma, Cybersonic Horn Performance Live, circa 1980
Operating Theater (Roger Doyle), Rapid Eye Movements, 1981
This episode’s Archive Mix. These two records are played simultaneously and are not manipulated in any way, leaving all audio and musical interactions to chance.
Lady Nelson and the Lords, Piccadilly Pickle (1968) + Mnemonists, Fragments (1982)

Do Not Listen if You are Stoned

Vintage head music from before the days of Tangerine Dream and New Age music.
Vladamir Ussachevsky, Wireless Fantasy, 1960.
Karlheinz Stockhausen, Hymnen, excerpt from Region 1, from 1966 and 67.
Nik Raicevik, Lysergic Acid, 1970.
Ned Lagin, Seastones, track VII, 1975
This episode’s Archive Mix. These two records are played simultaneously and are not manipulated in any way, leaving all audio and musical interactions to chance.
Ravi Shankar, Memory of Uday (1987) + Ned Lagin, Seastones IIIA (1975)

Welcome to the Holmes Archive of Electronic Music Podcast

My name is Thom Holmes and I've been curating a collection of vintage electronic music recordings since the 1960s. I produce this podcast around themes and topics having to do with the history of electronic music. In this short intro, I explain the archive and it's purpose.