GIMME THE GURUS

Jan 1, 2006 12:00 PM

If you missed out on the first release of OHM+: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music (Ellipsis Arts) back in 2000, you're in luck: The label is giving you an all-new chance to familiarize yourself with this three-CD set highlighting those who pioneered electronic music from 1948 to 1980, and it's even throwing in a DVD this time around. Now, in addition to listening to classics such as Karlheinz Stockhausen's “Kontakte” and Morton Subotnick's “Silver Apples of the Moon, Part 1,” you can watch performances and interview footage with the likes of Robert Moog, John Cage, Steve Reich, Laurie Spiegel, Milton Babbitt and several others. But if you don't have time to devote to the DVD, you can flip through the full-color 112-page book, complete with vintage photos and artist interviews, that accompanies the box set. So pick up this collection, and learn your history. You owe your music to these folks, you know.

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