Kain en Abel (17:21)
[1] Henk Badings: Introduction / Dance / Dance Of The Destructive Forces - 3:44
[2] Henk Badings: Conflict, Conclusion, Transition - 2:35
[3] Henk Badings: Passacaglia - 2:13
[4] Henk Badings: Arioso - 2:19
[5] Henk Badings: Conflict, Reprise (Arioso) - 3:34
[6] Henk Badings: Conflict, Finale - 2:54
[7] Kid Baltan: Song Of The Second Moon (Version 2) - 2:48
[8] Kid Baltan: Night Train Blues - 3:31
[9] Kid Baltan: Colonel Bogey - 2:59 Evolutionen (13:37)
[10] Henk Badings: Overture - 2:17
[11] Henk Badings: Air - 2:25
[12] Henk Badings: Ragtime - 3:30
[13] Henk Badings: Intermezzo - 2:48
[14] Henk Badings: Waltz - 0:58
[15] Henk Badings: Finale - 1:37
[16] Tom Dissevelt: Whirling (Sonic R-Entry) - 2:35
[17] Tom Dissevelt: Syncopation (Orbit Aurora) - 2:59
[18] Tom Dissevelt: Drifting (Moon Maid) - 3:11
[19] Tom Dissevelt: Vibration (The Visitor From Inner Space) - 3:09
[20] Kid Baltan: Mechanical Motions (The Ray Makers) - 7:25
[21] Tom Dissevelt: Intersection (Twilight Ozone) - 5:30
CD2
Concert Music
[1] Dick Raaijmakers: Tweeklank (Contrasts) - 4:47
[2] Dick Raaijmakers: Pianoforte - 4:58 Film Music
[3] Henk Badings: Variations Électroniques - 9:58
[4] Dick Raaijmakers: Achter De Schermen - 17:31
[5] Dick Raaijmakers: Fuel For The Future - 12:14
[6] Dick Raaijmakers: Bekaert: Het Andere Woord Voor Staaldraad - 15:46 Sound Scenery
[7] Dick Raaijmakers: Ein Reiterstück - 6:52
CD3
[1] Tom Dissevelt: Ignition - 3:23
[2] Tom Dissevelt: Atlantic - 3:16
[3] Tom Dissevelt: Spearhead - 2:50
[4] Tom Dissevelt: Zanzi - 2:52
[5] Tom Dissevelt: Anchor Chain - 2:47
[6] Tom Dissevelt: Tropicolour - 3:57
[7] Tom Dissevelt: Gamelan - 3:06
[8] Tom Dissevelt: Woomerangs - 3:08
[9] Tom Dissevelt: Waltzing Mathilda - 1:52
[10] Tom Dissevelt: Pacific Dawn - 3:49
[11] Tom Dissevelt: Gold And Lead - 2:40
[12] Tom Dissevelt: Mexican Mirror - 2:16
[13] Tom Dissevelt: Seconds To Eternity - 3:40
[14] Tom Dissevelt: Re-Entry - 3:12
CD4
Alternate Versions
[1] Kid Baltan: Song Of The Second Moon (Original Version) - 3:06
[2] Tom Dissevelt: Syncopation (Alternate Version) - 3:10
[3] Tom Dissevelt: 12-Tone Composition For The Skymasters - 4:39
[4] Tom Dissevelt: Intersection (Early Version) - 6:45
[5] Tom Dissevelt: Tropicolours (Early Version) - 3:27
[6] Tom Dissevelt: Waltzing Mathilda (Early Version) - 2:22 Tunes
[7] Tom Dissevelt: Quiz Tune For VARA Television - 0:30
[8] Dick Raaijmakers: Limburg’s National Anthem - 0:21
[9] Dick Raaijmakers: Bell Tune - 0:30
[10] Dick Raaijmakers: Coppélia Tune - 0:22
[11] Dick Raaijmakers: Sign Tune - 0:34
[12] Dick Raaijmakers: STER Tune 1 - 0:10
[13] Dick Raaijmakers: STER Tune 2 - 0:11
[14] Dick Raaijmakers: STER Tune 3 - 0:11
[15] Dick Raaijmakers: STER Tune 4 - 0:11
[16] Dick Raaijmakers: STER Tune 5 - 0:11
[17] Dick Raaijmakers: STER Tune 6 - 0:11
[18] Dick Raaijmakers: STER Tune 7 - 0:11
[19] Dick Raaijmakers: STER Tune 8 - 0:10
[20] Dick Raaijmakers: STER Tune 9 - 0:14 Sound Examples
[21] Henk Badings: Sound Examples - Group 1 - 1:42
[22] Henk Badings: Sound Examples - Group 2 - 2:30
[23] Henk Badings: Sound Examples - Group 3 - 2:23 Sound Materials
[24] Kid Baltan: Tape Loop With Basic Rhythm - 0:24
[25] Kid Baltan: Tape Loop With Rhythm And Bass Pattern - 0:56
[26] Kid Baltan: Arpeggio’s With Echo - 0:17
[27] Kid Baltan: Figure Moving Downwards, Leading Into Whistle Melody With Echo - 0:58
[28] Dick Raaijmakers: Electronic Boogie Woogie - 1:01 Sound Material For 'Whirling'
[29] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Opening Sequence - 0:12
[30] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: First Melody - 0:22
[31] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: First Melody Transposed - 0:17
[32] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Chord Of Combined Sounds - 0:13
[33] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Bass Pattern - 0:16
[34] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Rhythm Loop With Bass Pattern - 0:20
[35] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Variant - 0:22
[36] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Chord Sequence With Sine Wave Tones - 0:16
[37] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Second Melody - 0:17
[38] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Arpeggio With Echo - 0:11
[39] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Transposed Piano Chord Sequence - 0:16
[40] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Same As Above With Overdub - 0:17
[41] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: First Melody, Variant - 0:16
[42] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: First Melody, Canonic Setting - 0:17
[43] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: First Melody, Canonic Setting, Different Version - 0:20
[44] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Fast Broken Chord Sequence - 0:17
[45] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Closing Sequence With Echo - 0:18
[46] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Chord Of Combined Sounds, Noise Effect - 0:14
[47] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Reversed Echoing Piano Chords, Continuation - 0:09
[48] Tom Dissevelt: Background Texture For Quiz-Tune - 0:28
[49] Tom Dissevelt: Multi-Layered Laughter - 0:52 Sound Material For 'Syncopation'
[50] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Basic Melody - 0:38
[51] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Reversed Chords, Leading Into Melodic Continuation - 0:18
[52] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Fast Transposed Piano Chord Sequence - 0:18
[53] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Second Melody - 0:21
[54] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Bass Pattern With Rhythm Loop - 0:21
[55] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Fast Transposed Piano Chord Sequence With Echo - 0:21
[56] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Repeated Figure With Echo - 0:11
[57] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Short Oscillator Glissandi - 0:10
[58] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Second Melody, Electronically Chopped, With Echo - 0:21
[59] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Short Oscillator Glissandi With Echo, Leading Into Broken Chord Sequence - 0:38
[60] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Reversed Chord Sequence - 0:19
[61] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Closing Chord Sequence, Leading Into Glissando Upwards - 0:11
[62] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Broken Chord Sequence With Echo And Background - 0:11
[63] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Mixture Of Upward Glissandi, Leading Into High Electronic Sound - 0:12
[64] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Sequence Of Three Complex Electronic Glissandi Chords With Echo - 0:10 Sound Material For 'Drifting'
[65] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Space Effect No.1 - 0:15
[66] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Two Alternating Chords With Echo - 0:16
[67] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Melody With Electronic Bell Sounds - 0:26
[68] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Percussive Chord Sequence 1 - 0:31
[69] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Bass Pattern - 0:29
[70] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Chord Sequence No.2 - 0:21
[71] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Repeating Tympani-Like Tone - 0:24
[72] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Repeating Harp Figure - 0:34
[73] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Bass Pattern - 0:14
[74] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Retro-Chord Sequence - 0:16
[75] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Melody With Amplitude Modulation - 0:17
[76] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Bass Pattern No.3 - 0:23
[77] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Space Effect Cross Fading Into Alternating Chords - 0:27
[78] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Sustained Chord - 0:19
[79] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Repeating Pentatonic Figure 1 - 0:35
[80] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Space Effect No.2 (Sine Tone Glissandi) - 1:00 Sound Material For 'Vibration'
[81] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Sequence No.1 - 0:12
[82] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Sequence No.2 - 0:17
[83] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Space Effects With Echo - 0:23
[84] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Optical Siren (Sound Colour Melody) - 0:17
[85] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Noise Attacks - 0:08
[86] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Sequence No.3 - 0:09
[87] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Sequence Of Chords With Retros - 0:15
[88] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Sequence No.4 - 0:18
[89] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Sequence No.5 - 0:09
[90] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Rhythmic Tape Loop - 0:21
[91] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Chord With Retro And Amplitude Modulation - 0:09
[92] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Metal Sound With Echo - 0:09
[93] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Bass Pattern No.1 - 0:17
[94] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Chord Sequence Cut-Out Sounds - 0:09
[95] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Bass Pattern No.2 - 0:09
[96] Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan: Same Pattern, High Pitched - 0:08
[97] Fred Judd: Spoken Letter From Fred Judd To Tom Dissevelt - 9:23
Kid Baltan - Keyborads, Programming, Assistant Engineer on [1:21]
Tom Dissevelt - Keyborads, Programming
The Skymasters - Orchestra on [1:21]
Bep Rowold - Conductor on [1:21]
Kees Tazelaar - Producer, Mastering, Editing
Dick Raaijmakers - Reissue Producer
Irwin Chusid - Coordinator, Book Editor
Piet Schreuders - Graphic Design
Sonja Van Hamel - Graphic Design
Jan W. De Bruyn - Assistant Engineer on [1:1-6,1:10-15,2:3]
Gerard J. Raucamp - Producer on [2:3]
"Popular Electronics" showcases the first commercially produced popular
electronic music; work sfor film, theater, and ballet; hybrid
compositions that mix electronics with conventional instruments;
novelties sound effects and experimental works.
Includes 7 booklets (titles: Introduction, Philips Natlab, Henk Badings,
Dick Raaijmakers, Tom Dissevelt, Film Music & Track Notes), 4
compact discs, 2 stickers & reprinted matter like a newspaper
article & musical sketches.
CD1: Ballet music by Henk Badings: 'Kain en Abel' & 'Evolutionen' and various compositions by Kid Baltan and Tom Dissevelt.
CD2: Concert music, film music & stage music.
CD3: Tom Dissevelt's 'Fantasy in Orbit'.
CD4: Previously unreleased material.
This is a model, a standard, a template for how such collections should
be assembled and presented. Four CDs in a substantial box with seven
booklets (180pp) comprehensively written, beautifully documented and
illustrated in full colour on nice print stock with 3 fold-out replicas:
a score, a schematic, an early newspaper article - and a fold out time
chart. The texts are excellently researched and written (with exemplary
materials on the Philips laboratory, electronic scoring for film, the
three featured artists: Dick Raaijmakers aka Kid Baltan. Henk Badings
and Tom Dissevelt, and extensive track notes, beautifully designed. The
CDs concentrate only on the popular and functional productions of the
studio, meaning ballet music, industrial film soundtracks and
experimental productions of what was intended to be 'popular electronic
music', that is non-academic electronics pitched somewhere between
science fiction beeps and swoops, tunes, lounge and jazz. That said,
most is not sleazy (as much later work in the field tended to be) but
really straddles worlds in a fascinating (and very listenable) way. CD1
presents 2 ballet scores by Henk Badings, 'Cain and Abel' (1956) and
'Evolutionen' (1958), plus 'the world's first attempt at popular
electronic music' - a single by Kid Baltan (1957) with an unpublished
B-side for 3 ondes martinots and backward piano, Tom Dissevelt's
extraordinary 'Intersection' for electronic sound and jazz orchestra
(1961), plus a few other pieces from 1959 & '60. CD2 features
concert and film soundtrack music ('57 - '66) including a pretty wild 16
minute unpublished industrial film track by Dick Raaijmakers (using his
own name for his non popular productions). CD 3 reproduces Tom
Dissevelt's 'Fantasy in Orbit' LP (1963) and CD 4 contains great
alternate versions of some of the pieces on the other CDs, some extra,
short, unpublished pieces and 75 'sound example' tracks which are not
only fascinating and instructive but also make great listening just as
they are, in sequence. The CD ends with a spoken letter from Fred Judd
(1966) to Tom Dissevelt about the problems of popular electronic music
and the state of play in the UK as well as Holland at the time. This CD
is a gem. But then so are volumes 1 and 2. Vol 3 is a more standard
electronic/lounge production, interesting but not exceptional. Overall, I
would say that this is as much of a must-have set as Raymond Scott's
'Manhattan Research' which it in many ways resembles and which was also
produced by Basta. This was a critical and interesting period in the
history of early electronics, and the Dutch productions have until now
been rather ignored. They were important and here they have been given
the best presentation anyone could want. Essential. And cheap!
