![]() Its genre-defying template created a blueprint of the musician who would become, over the next decade, one of the world’s most innovative and inimitable artists. Equally notable for its collaborators, including session players Herbie Flowers, Tim Renwick, Terry Cox, and Rick Wakeman, Space Oddity pays homage to the influences of the then-burgeoning London artistic scene and delves into psychedelic folk-rock, and prog. Produced by Tony Visconti (except for the title track, produced by Gus Dudgeon), the album represents a giant leap forward in Bowie’s songwriting and is the first truly essential Bowie album. Originally titled David Bowie, then subsequently Man of Words, Man of Music, the album that became widely known as Space Oddity was reissued under that name again in 1972, peaking at #16 on Billboard’s Albums chart and #5 in the UK. Multiple takes were recorded for each song resulting in vastly different versions of each piece.ĭavid Bowie: David Bowie AKA Space Oddity (RCA) LP An exercise in constructing surprises, patches interrupting each other to create unforeseen progressions. Many techniques were incorporated to “humanize” or vary the rhythmic results within these sub structures. The goal was to develop songs with interchangeable structures and sub structures, yet musically pleasing motifs. Each song was approached from the ground up and dismantled upon the completion of it’s recording. ![]() No overdubbing or editing techniques were utilized in the recordings on Traditional Synthesizer Music. Each sound contained within was created purely with the modular synthesizer. Traditional Synthesizer Music is a collection of songs created and performed live exclusively on the modular synthesizer by Aaron Funk. ![]() Venetian Snares: Traditional Synthesizer Music (Planet Mu) LP ![]() If you weren’t in yet this week, I put a fresh crate of used Jazz out, so come on down for a dig. A pretty light week here this week, but the powers that be have finally reissued the first few Bowie records. ![]()
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