In that light, a couple of little things that might be interesting. First up, Puremagnetik has a new Micropak out this morning, B-System: Percussives, which is short, sharp samples from a Buchla 200e. This is intriguing on a couple of levels, as (a) it's probably useful, and (b) it strongly implies they'll be doing other Buchla sample sets. Downloading it now.

Next, and the true point of this post. I'm pondering writing a (shortish) book, at my wife's behest. The reason for this pondering is that I noticed both with the Delia Derbyshire posts and the Pierre Schaeffer comments in the previous thread that some people were like "who the fuck?" I thought it might be interesting to make a primer of sorts with a section on each of the people that comprise the core of the birth of electronic music. I remarked to Adam this morning that for many people the sun rises and sets with Bob Moog and Wendy Carlos, and that's actually a bit sad, as there are people that certainly deserve common recognition but have thus far managed to avoid the limelight.

Obviously, this would not be a learned textbook, but rather a creative overview, as is my wont. In that light, I'm trying to compose a list of who might be included, in order to determine what I might be in for. So far, I have the following:

Delia Derbyshire, Pierre Schaeffer, Bruce Haack, Piero Umiliani, Louis and Bebe Barron, Maurice Martenot, Luigi Russolo (maybe), Evgeny Murzin (tough to find info on), Herbert Eimert, Raymond Scott (possibly), Pietro Grossi.

Obviously, I'm not interested in making a complete Tome On The History Of Electronic Music, as there are many unreadable examples of same, but rather just a little primer on some people that should be known, and putting it in a nice collectible package. I imagine there will be many, many people that should be on that list but aren't. While that's certainly true, I'm not really interested in people that didn't have a measurable impact on things. It's like the Vikings discovering America. When Christopher Columbus discovered it, it stayed discovered. I don't really care about what someone did in their garden shed if it can't be put in the timeline with following events. (I'm thinking of that Polish woman who's name escapes me right now.)

Anyhow, if there's names that shouldn't be in that list that are, or names that should be that aren't, I'm willing to hear arguments. And if you're planning on just posting a name or list of names with no support and making me look each one up, seriously, you know the drill here. Support your argument with, like, facts and stuff or don't bother.