Journey Without Maps brings you vintage, rare, and underground global music from uncharted sonic territories. Every week, I unearth a new musical landscape: African soul & funk, Latin rhythms, eastern European electronica, Middle East psychedelic, Asian surf rock ⦠and more.
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Not more than 100 years ago, every sound heard in human history was generated through physical vibrations: plucking strings, hammers, drums, vocal cords. The rise of technologies (like the oscillator, magnetic tape, and vacuum tubes), along with a spirit of iconoclasm and an embrace of the avant-garde in the mid-20th century led to the creation of electronic music. Created from government-sponsored research and housed at universities, electronic music slowly found its way out of the lab and became a global phenomenon. Modern classical music was the ultimate point of reference for the early electronic musicians who broke all barriers to bring strange sounds from the ether into our ears.
John Cage "Williams Mix" from "Fontana Mix" on El Records Clara Rockmore "Valse Sentimentale" from "OHM - The Early Gurus of Electronic Music, 1948-1980" Karlheinz Stockhausen "Kontakte: Struktur XIII A" from "Elektronische Musik 1952-1960" on Stockhausen-Verlag Karlheinz Stockhausen "Kontakte: XIII D" from "Elektronische Musik 1952-1960" on Stockhausen-Verlag Louis and Bebe Barron "Overture (reprise)" from "Forbidden Planet (Original MGM Soundtrack)" on GNP Crescendo Records Mario Davidovsky "Electronic Study No. 1" from "Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center" on Sony Classical Wendy Carlos "Two-Part Invention in F Major" from "Switched On Bach" on Columbia Records Wendy Carlos "Title Music from a Clockwork Orange" from "Cinema Canvas" on Sony Music Entertainment Delia Derbyshire "Ziwzih Ziwzih Ziwzih OO-OO-OO" from "BBC Radiophonic Music" on BBC Radio Enterprises Suzanne Ciani "Sound of Wetness" from "Voices of Packaged Souls" Suzanne Ciani "Sound of a Dream Kissing" from "Voices of Packaged Souls" Richard Pinhas "Variations VII Sur Le Thème Des Bene Gesserit" from "Space, Energy & Light: Experimental Electronic and Acoustic Soundscapes 1961-88" on Soul Jazz Records Bulent Arel "Stereo Electronic Music No. 1" from "Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center" on Sony Classical Brian Eno "Deep Blue Day" from "Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks (with Daniel Lanois & Roger Eno)" Laurie Anderson "O Superman" from "Big Science" on Nonesuch Charanjit Singh "Raga Bhairav (Instrumental)" from "Synthesizing - Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat" on Saregama Terrence Woodard "The Trax" from "Jack the Box"
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