Henk Badings / Dick Raaijmakers

Evolutions, Contrasts & Electronic Music

Henk Badings / Dick Raaijmakers - Evolutions, Contrasts & Electronic Music

The composer of various symphonies that made use of unusual music scales and uncommon harmonic structures, Badings began experimenting with electronic music in the 1950s, composing the first side of the Electronic Music LP in 1952 for a performance at the Gravesano Music Festival, using 12 oscillators and a violin, the second side in 1958 for a ballet performed by the Hannover Opera Ballet; recorded at Philips's studio in Eindhoven, it utilizes various sound generators, the final track featuring Dick Raaijmakers, a composer and electronic music specialist then employed by Philips in the field of electro-acoustics.

LP Fantome Phonographique: OME1029