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Expanding Universe

Laurie Spiegel Format: Vinyl
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Track Listings

Disc: 1

  1. Patchwork
  2. Old_Wave
  3. Pentachrome
  4. A Folk Study
  5. The Expanding Universe

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  • Vinyl (September 25, 2012)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Unseen Worlds Records
  • ASIN: B008OHV50U
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsA Must-Have Classic Revival :-{P}
By Jokie X Wilson on October 26, 2012
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I originally found out about Laurie Spiegel's work from the original LP version of what is now New Music For Electronic & Recorded Media: Women In Electronic Music -1977. I enjoyed "Appalachian Grove" very much. In later years, I collected Unseen Worlds and Obsolete Systems, as well as some other titles. But I had missed the original LP version of this CD. I am so happy to be able to add this to my collection now! Apparently, part of what sparked interest in this project was the success of the film, The Hunger Games [2-Disc DVD + Ultra-Violet Digital Copy], in which Laurie's piece, "Sediment" appears, which can be found only on the An Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music, Fourth A-Chronology, 1937-2005 CD. Now, the track listing has been greatly expanded from the original four compositions on the LP to two CD disks and nineteen tracks! There are over 2 1/2 hours of music now!

The music is pleasantly melodic and never particularly mechanical-sounding. It works well both as primary music and ambient or chill music. It is mostly upbeat and cheery, while never becoming syrupy. It is great for meditation or making art.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsComputer Folk Music
By Max T. Shea on May 9, 2013
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Spiegel is a composer with a computer scientist's mind and a folk singer's heart. Indeed, she plays the banjo as well, and her famous work "Appalachian Grove" was conceived while performing with hillbilly bands at barn dances on an excursion through the mountain range bearing its name. The original LP was released on Philo in 1980 when there was some notion going around that electronic music was an American folk form. Folkways also released a few electronic music records.

The double CD version features the original LP plus over an hour's worth of archival material from her years at Bell Labs in the 1970s. Spiegel manages to be folksy and catchy with pieces such as Patchwork, A Folk Study, Appalachian Grove, and East River Dawn without being New Agey or twee. She also masters intensive electronic atmospheres on composition such as Wandering in Our Time, The Expanding Universe, and Orient Express while avoiding the pitfalls of spacy ambient noodling.

Be quite certain, this is not electronica, this is not chill-out, and it is not glitchy stuff kids make with laptops. Spiegel is a true pioneer in computer music from her work at Bell Labs with Max Mathews to her development of the Music Mouse in the 1980s. I also recommend "Unseen Worlds" and "Obsolete Systems," both of which present a host of Spiegel's wonderful music without repetition of material presented here. Drums, a piece inspired by West African percussion music, appears on both "Obsolete Systems" and on the "Expanding Universe" double CD, but you can't hear that one too many times!

I have one major complaint about "Expanding Universe" and it is not the music, it is the atrocious artwork.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsEXPANDING UNIVERSE
By P. Nicholson on November 24, 2012
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This is a legendary album, I used to have it on original vinyl but it had gone missing over the years so I was happy to reacquire it on CD. These tracks are surprisingly contemporary sounding even though done in the 1970s with big, clunky computers and reel to reel tape. Fans of Electronic New Music from that era need no introduction to Laurie Spiegel - those that are new to her and like experimental "New" Music will be in for a treat.
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5.0 out of 5 starsMusic of the future!
By Jack W. Scott on January 28, 2014
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This piece of music is the way Entertainment should go in the future. No drums, no vocals, no irritating extraneous sound effects, just pure notes and chords drawn out in long, slow tones. I'm really in love with this sound, it is pure.
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5.0 out of 5 starsShould be better know
By Speedy VINE VOICE on March 18, 2016
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What an incredible talent! Really, this girl leaves Klaus Schulze, Tomita, Jean Michel Jarre and other rather bland, 'new-agey', so called electronic artists, in the dust. And she is not well known when she should be. Just listen to this album! She really understands how to make an interesting composition, an electronic musical journey with them keyboards and devices. Plus she just knows how to pick the tones and sounds that work, and the patterns that fuse with each other making seemingly endless threads of melody and sound. Perfect for the progressive music fan or avantgarde, experimental, electronic or Komische music fan. A treasure that should be more widely appreciated.
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat Music
By D. Feltus on December 6, 2012
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If you like electronic or New Age music, you will probably love, or atleast like, this two disk set. I was not sure what to expect when I ordered it. It has turned out to be very pleasant indeed. The music is both mellow and up beat.
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