Published
Sun, Jun 11, 2017, 19:04
- Three Willow Park: Electronic Music From Inner Space, 1961-1971 will be issued on Basta at the end of the month.
A compilation of unreleased Raymond Scott recordings, titled Three Willow Park: Electronic Music From Inner Space, 1961-1971, comes out at the end of the month on Basta.
Scott, who died in 1994, was a US pianist, bandleader and composer responsible for frenetic, jazzy numbers like "Powerhouse," the iconic 1937 piece heard in numerous Looney Tunes animated shorts and other cartoons. But he's also regarded as an influential force within the world of early electronic and avant-garde music. He built and patented many of his own instruments, including some of the earliest synthesizers, like the Electronium and the Clavivox—the latter used a theramin module sourced from a young Robert Moog.
Basta has given new life to many of Scott's electronic recordings, by way of a compilation, Manhattan Research Inc., and a reissue of his 1964 album project Soothing Sounds For Baby. Now the label is preparing Three Willow Park, named after a work and living space the artist set up in a Long Island, New York industrial complex. It features 61 tracks and more than two hours of music, with a focus on what Basta calls the "beat-oriented proto-techno" Scott made on the Electronium. Put together by Gert-Jan Blom and journalist Irwin Chusid, it'll be released on double-CD, triple-vinyl and digital formats with a 20-page booklet and 350-page PDF of "archival artifacts."
Tracklist
CD1
01. This Is A Sound / Alka-Seltzer Effects #7
02. Dorothea
03. Idea #35
04. Ohio Bell Mystery
05. Domino Sugar Demo
06. Auto-Lite Effects
07. Cyclic Bit #1
08. It's A Little Complicated
09. A Rhythm Ballet
10. The Sound Of Money Being Wasted
11. Pygmy War Dance
12. Cindy Alternate (Pop Rock)
13. Nice Sound #3
14. Carribea
15. Rhythm Sample #9
16. Ballet-Like Bits
17. Cyclic Bit #2
18. Portofino (Theme)
19. Rhythm Sample #2
20. 1st Class Electronium (Part 1)
21. Limbo Effects Reel
22. Mood Piece
23. Thermofax Effects
24. Ripples Effects #1
25. Electronium Movie Score
26. In A 21st Century Drawing Room
27. Nice Set-Up #7
28. Idea #36
29. Cyclic Bit #3
30. Sparrows (Part 1)
31. Ripples Fugue
32. Clavivox Demo Intro
CD2
01. The Toy Trumpet (Demo #1)
02. IBM Probe #3
03. Portofino #3
04. Sparrows (Part 2)
05. Cindy Flair Look Rhythm
06. Super Cheer Instrumental
07. Auto-Lite Wheels Effects
08. Tone Stepper
09. Rhythm Sample #2 (Half-Speed Demo)
10. 1st Class Electronium (Part 2)
11. The Toy Trumpet (Demo #2)
12. Rhythm Sample #5
13. Ripples Effects #2
14. Effect #6 / Five-Five
15. Rhythm Sample #6
16. Cat Concerto (Alley Cats)
17. Toy Funk
18. Iceberg Bit
19. 2nd Class Electronium
20. 500
21. Bee Swing
22. Ibm Probe #4
23. Portofino #4
24. Night On A Calm Sea
25. Ohio Bell Rhythm Track
26. 1st Class Electronium (Part 3)
27. Baltimore Gas & Electric Test
28. Cindy Variations Pt. 1
29. Three Motown Electronium Adaptations (By Hoby Cook)
Basta will release Three Willow Park: Electronic Music From Inner Space, 1961–1971 on June 30th, 2017.