Available to pre-order exclusively via:
http://igg.me/at/electronicvoyager

V/A - Electronic Voyages - Early Moog Recordings 1964-1969
2019 Waveshaper Media (WSM-03 vinyl LP)

A1 - Robert Arthur Moog - The Abominatron (1964)
A2 - Herbert Deutsch - Jazz Images, A Worksong and Blues (1967)
A3 - Joel Chadabe - Blues Mix (1966)
B1 - Lothar and the Hand People - Milkweed Love (1968)
B2 - Intersystems - Changing Colours (1968)
B3 - Ruth White - The Clock (1969)
B4 - Max Brand - Triptych (1968)
B5 - Paul Earls - Monday Music (1968)

In support of their forthcoming Bob Moog documentary Electronic Voyager, Waveshaper Media have produced a compilation LP of Moog recordings from the 1960s. The first compilation of its kind, Electronic Voyages: Early Moog recordings 1964-1969 contains tracks by Robert Arthur Moog, Herbert Deutsch, Joel Chadabe, Lothar and the Hand People, Intersystems, Ruth White, Max Brand, and Paul Earls. All of these tracks, released here on vinyl in an edition of 1000 copies, have been scarcely heard and difficult to track down, with all but three of them previously unreleased on vinyl.

Bypassing the Moog synthesizer’s backseat appearance on key pop recordings by the likes of the Beatles, the Doors, and the Beach Boys, Electronic Voyages aims to highlight the diverse approach of 1960s musicians and composers who adopted the Moog as their primary instrument; these recordings all feature the Moog synthesizer front and centre. Beginning with an “audio letter” (The Abominatron) from Bob Moog to his musician-muse Herbert Deutsch, demonstrating some of the first Moog synthesizer prototype’s capabilities, Electronic Voyages veers from avant-garde and electronic soundscapes, to psychedelic madness and summer-of-love pop. In the 1960s, the Moog synthesizer was a new, groundbreaking instrument, and its use was completely uncharted territory. The pioneering use of the Moog on all of these recordings sounds fresh today - you can sense the wide-eyed exploratory delight unfolding, and the disparate results range from endearingly naive (Lothar and the Hand People, Paul Earls) to downright eerie (Ruth White, Intersystems). 

The musicians and composers behind these Electronic Voyages may have been among the first to adopt Moog synthesizers, but the fact that they so readily found within them expressivity, heart, and a means to translate their wondrous sense of discovery, speaks far more to Bob Moog’s visionary invention and enduring legacy.

Electronic Voyages: Early Moog recordings 1964-1969 is being offered for pre-order via Indiegogo. Now in the final stages of post-production, Electronic Voyager is raising finishing funds in a campaign set to launch on April 29, and will include the limited-to-300-copies white vinyl edition, sure to sell out in pre-order:
http://igg.me/at/electronicvoyager

Ruth White - The Clock

Lothar And The Hand People - Milkweed Love

Joel Chadabe - Blues Mix

Robert Arthur Moog - The Abominatron

Waveshaper Media is an independent production company from Toronto Canada, specializing in documenting the history and evolving story of electronic music — past, present, and future.

Founded in 2011, Waveshaper Media cemented their reputation with I Dream Of Wires, a feature-length documentary about the history and resurgence of the modular synthesizer. Released in 2014, I Dream Of Wires was runaway hit: licensed to Netflix and other international broadcasters, charted top 10 in iTunes’ Documentary category in several key markets (including USA, UK and Germany), and featuring an all-star cast of electronic music stars including Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails), Gary Numan, Vince Clarke (Depeche Mode), Carl Craig, and Legowelt.

Waveshaper Media’s stature in the electronic music community has only intensified in the intervening years, having been entrusted with the important task of documenting the stories of seminal, electronic music luminaries Bob Moog (via Electronic Voyager) and Morton Subotnick (via Subotnick), both now currently in post-production.

Waveshaper Media has taken a new step forward with the launch of Waveshaper TV, a YouTube channel dedicated to high-quality interview and feature videos with a diverse array of electronic music producers, inventors, manufacturers, and visionaries.

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