Obsolete Systems

A retrospective of Spiegel's work through the 70s and 80s, performed on currently obsolete electronic instruments.
Swells (c. 1972)
Electrocomp 100 modular analog synthesizer
Mines (1971)
Modular analog synthesizer, built by Don Buchla, mid-1960s
Crying Tone (1975)
Electrocomp modular analog synthesizer by Electronic Music Labs, CT circa 1969
A Garden (c. 1970)
Buchla 100 modular analog synthesizer with tape delay
Improvisation On A "Concerto Generator" (1977)
Realtime digital audio synthesizer by Hal Alles et al, Bell Labs
A Harmonic Algorithm (1981 version)
Apple II computer with Mountain Hardware oscillator boards
Three Modal Pieces (1983)
Electronic tape realized on McLeyvier computer-controlled analog synthesis music system
Immersion (1983)
Electronic tape realized on McLeyvier computer-controlled analog synthesis music system
Drums (1975)
GROOVE Hybrid System at Bell Labs
Voices Within: A Requiem (1979)
Electrocomp with classic tape techniques & Echoplex (a tape-delay device of the 1970s)
Total duration 1:04:41
Cover photograph © 2001 Enrico Ferorelli
©℗ Laurie Spiegel / Laurie Spiegel Publishing (ASCAP)
©℗ Electronic Music Foundation Ltd.
Released with 8 pp. booklet