Sonology

Gottfried Michael Koenig - Gottfried Michael Koenig (2006) {2CD Set, Edition RZ ‎ed-RZ-2003-4}
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Electroacoustic / Modern Classical / Electronic / Avant-Garde / Experimental

This Gottfried Michel Koenig collection is a definitive document of his pioneering innovations in electro-acoustic composition: spanning his Zwei Klavierstücke [1957] and other works created at the WDR, Cologne; thru his years at the Utrecht Institute For Sonology, and right up to his 60 Blätter for Streichtrio [1992]. If you’re into anything from Roland Kayn to Dave NYZ, Ligeti, Haswell or Æ, Koenig’s oeuvre is essential listening!

Jan Boerman - The Complete Tape Music (1998) {5CD Set Donemus CV NEAR 04-08 rec 1959-1997}
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© 1959-97, 1998 Donemus Composers' Voice / NEAR | CV-NEAR 04~08
Classical / Musique Concrète / Electronic / Electroacoustic Music / Experimental

Jan Boerman (born 30 June 1923) has been a composer working in electronic music studios since 1959. He was born in The Hague. The Delft Polytechnic in Utrecht, from which the Institute of Sonology was developed, housed the first electronic music studio in the Netherlands after the Philips laboratory in Eindhoven, which was not generally open to composers.

Gottfried Michael Koenig - Acousmatrix 1|2, The Electronic Works (1990) {2CD Set BVHAAST CD 9001-2}
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© 1990 BVHAAST | CD 9001|2
Electronic / Electroacoustic / Avant-Garde / Experimental Electronic

Composing and generating sound via computer technology as early as the mid-'60s, Gottfried Michael Koenig was a pivotal force in cementing the emerging relationship between music and electronics. Born in Magdeburg, Germany in 1926, Koenig studied composition at the Detmold School of Music before relocating to Bonn, where he pursued his interest in computer engineering. Between 1954 and 1964, he worked alongside Karlheinz Stockhausen at the electronic music studios of the Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) in Cologne, collaborating with other aspiring composers including György Ligeti and Mauricio Kagel; in 1956, Koenig completed his first major electronic piece, Klangfiguren II, followed a year later by Essay.

Using her toy piano and various other electronic accompaniments to sit alongside her girly vocal tones Cokiyu creates leftfield pop songs that manage to sit in a hazy world just beside our own. These are gorgeous, beautifully crafted and delicate tracks no doubt informed by Cokiyu's rich musical education (she recently graduated from Sonology Depertment of Kunitachi College of Music in Tokyo) and never fail to leave a warm impression on you, staying in your mind long after the disc has finished.

Max Folmer taught at the Academy of Modern Art in Eindhoven, Holland. He was trained by several highly esteemed musicians. Later he graduated in Sonology at the University of Utrecht. His music creates a very special atmosphere; as Professor Shiva Kumar Shastri grom Benares, India remarked: "In this noisy scene of the west, Max Folmer is trying to convey the emotional experiences of the human existence. I feel his expressions are of the same ancient and blissful character as the traditional Oriental music has been"…