[CP 199.18 CD] Computer Music From Colgate +

Description: [CP 199.18 CD] Computer Music From Colgate + January 2023; much like the sleeper-hit "New Directions In Music; Significant Contemporary Works For The Computer" ([CP 199.08 CD]; exactly 10 "Dots" back) this regional collection of "Academic" Digital Music research, centered around the studio at Colgate University in Hamilton, NY (just southeast of Syracuse) was issued a pair of LPs on Composer Dexter Morrill's Private "Redwood Records" imprint. What makes the studio especially interesting is that; unlike, say, MIT's CM research on largely Music-360-adjacent systems, Colgate's studio is centerpieced by a DCC (Digital Computer Corporation) PDP-10 which was kitted out with a "Four channel digital to analog converter designed and built by Joseph Zingeim." The PDP-10 itself is a fascinating thing; notoriously used to lay the foundation of the ARPANET, its use in Art & Design in academic settings at larger institutions (such as the MIT AI-lab, Stanford's SAIL, Harvard's Aiken Computation Laboratory, etc.) is widely known, but as a platform for music it's largely undocumented (outside of, say, Laurie Barram's whole temporally-adjacent "Music Kludge" setup). The two compilations in question, featuring works from 1976-1979 by Composers Morrill, Bruce Pennycook, Timothy Sullivan, Frank Bennett, Robert Boyer, & Wesley Fuller, make a great argument for the whole DECsystem-10 platform, each starting from relative scratch w/r/t the basic frameworks and software/algorithms needed to yield such exquisite music. In addition to the two 1980/81 LPs, this set includes the entirety of a Redwood Cassette of Morrill's Music (issued as "Computer Music Vol 2" ; to my knowledge there was never an early-mid-80s tape of Vol 1, although I'm prepared to be pleasantly surprised!) with three additional pieces made in 1975 & 1982, respectively. Anyone with a high tolerance / low resistance for early, blocky mainframe Computer Music will instantly see the appeal of the proceedings herein. Tracklisting: Computer Music From Colgate, Volume 1 (Redwood Records #ES-10, 1980) 1-01. Dexter Morrill; Six Dark Questions (14:18) 1979 1-02. Bruce Pennycook; If Carillons Grew Wings (4:21) 1975 1-03. Timothy Sullivan; Numbers, Names (12:44) 1979 1-04. Robert Boyer; Illusions 1 (7:17) 1979 Computer Music From Colgate, Volume 2 (Redwood Records #ES-13, 1981) 1-05. Dexter Morrill; Fantasy Quintet For Piano And Computer - I. Ringing (6:45) 1978 1-06. Dexter Morrill; Fantasy Quintet For Piano And Computer - II. Our Heart's Delight (3:26) 1978 1-07. Dexter Morrill; Fantasy Quintet For Piano And Computer - III. Ragtime (3:40) 1978 1-08. Dexter Morrill; NO - For Chamber Chorus & Tape (6:28) 1977 2-01. Wesley Fuller; Time Into Pieces [For Piano And Computer] (9:10) 1976 2-02. Timothy Sullivan; Luckystone [For Clarinet And Computer] (8:31) 1979 Computer Music, Volume 2 (Redwood Records #ESC-35. 1985) 2-03. Dexter Morrill; Woodwind Quintet (17:16) 1980 2-04. Dexter Morrill; Studies (8:44) 1975 2-05. Dexter Morrill; TARR (10:54) 1982 January 2023; much like the sleeper-hit "New Directions In Music; Significant Contemporary Works For The Computer" ([CP 199.08 CD]; exactly 10 "Dots" back) this regional collection of "Academic" Digital Music research, centered around the studio at Colgate University in Hamilton, NY (just southeast of Syracuse) was issued a pair of LPs on Composer Dexter Morrill's Private "Redwood Records" imprint. What makes the studio especially interesting is that; unlike, say, MIT's CM research on largely Music-360-adjacent systems, Colgate's studio is centerpieced by a DCC (Digital Computer Corporation) PDP-10 which was kitted out with a "Four channel digital to analog converter designed and built by Joseph Zingeim." The PDP-10 itself is a fascinating thing; notoriously uséd to lay the foundation of the ARPANET, its use in Art & Design in academic settings at larger institutions (such as the MIT AI-lab, Stanford's SAIL, Harvard's Aiken Computation Laboratory, etc.) is widely known, but as a platform for music it's largely undocumented (outside of, say, Laurie Barram's whole temporally-adjacent "Music Kludge" setup). The two compilations in question, featuring works from 1976-1979 by Composers Morrill, Bruce Pennycook, Timothy Sullivan, Frank Bennett, Robert Boyer, & Wesley Fuller, make a great argument for the whole DECsystem-10 platform, each starting from relative scratch w/r/t the basic frameworks and software/algorithms needed to yield such exquisite music. In addition to the two 1980/81 LPs, this set includes the entirety of a Redwood Cassette of Morrill's Music (issued as "Computer Music Vol 2" ; to my knowledge there was never an early-mid-80s tape of Vol 1, although I'm prepared to be pleasantly surprised!) with three additional pieces made in 1975 & 1982, respectively. Anyone with a high tolerance / low resistance for early, blocky mainframe Computer Music will instantly see the appeal of the proceedings herein. Tracklisting: Computer Music From Colgate, Volume 1 (Redwood Records #ES-10, 1980) 1-01. Dexter Morrill; Six Dark Questions (14:18) 1979 1-02. Bruce Pennycook; If Carillons Grew Wings (4:21) 1975 1-03. Timothy Sullivan; Numbers, Names (12:44) 1979 1-04. Robert Boyer; Illusions 1 (7:17) 1979 Computer Music From Colgate, Volume 2 (Redwood Records #ES-13, 1981) 1-05. Dexter Morrill; Fantasy Quintet For Piano And Computer - I. Ringing (6:45) 1978 1-06. Dexter Morrill; Fantasy Quintet For Piano And Computer - II. Our Heart's Delight (3:26) 1978 1-07. Dexter Morrill; Fantasy Quintet For Piano And Computer - III. Ragtime (3:40) 1978 1-08. Dexter Morrill; NO - For Chamber Chorus & Tape (6:28) 1977 2-01. Wesley Fuller; Time Into Pieces [For Piano And Computer] (9:10) 1976 2-02. Timothy Sullivan; Luckystone [For Clarinet And Computer] (8:31) 1979 Computer Music, Volume 2 (Redwood Records #ESC-35. 1985) 2-03. Dexter Morrill; Woodwind Quintet (17:16) 1980 2-04. Dexter Morrill; Studies (8:44) 1975 2-05. Dexter Morrill; TARR (10:54) 1982 eBay integration by

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