just read about this on wikipedia, and now im able to hear it! awesome. thanks for posting this. this is fantastic, i didnt know ambient music was sooooooooo old?
Like some people told here, it's definitely not the fist electronic piece ever composed as electronic instruments appeared much earlier than 1944 and it is in no way an electronic piece but some kind of musique concrète and this is not a tape recording but a wire recording (thus made with a wire recorder). Anyway, Halim El-Dabh is one of the multiple pioneers of experimental music and indeed the first one to compose such music in Africa. A great musician and composer.
I'm not sure how one could make the claim that El-Dabh composed the first electronic music composition when the Theramin was created in 1919-1920, which led to many compositions pre-dated this one.
@keithramer123 I'm with @distprod, the description clearly states: "This is the earliest piece of electronic music ever composed"; there are original compositions for Theremin, Ondes Martenot and Trautonium that predates this piece. So the description is wrong, please @Jagged85 correct that to not produce confusions. Maybe should say: this is the earliest piece of electroacoustic music ever recorded (but I'm not sure about this neither)
If you like this then check out Leiyla & The Poet from a 1964 Columbia records compilation of early electronic music called Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, for true weirdness!
just read about this on wikipedia, and now im able to hear it! awesome. thanks for posting this. this is fantastic, i didnt know ambient music was sooooooooo old?
TransientWriting 2 weeks ago
He is a pioneer in electronic noise/feedback. Congrats, sounds like garbage!
macarthur19 3 weeks ago
Like some people told here, it's definitely not the fist electronic piece ever composed as electronic instruments appeared much earlier than 1944 and it is in no way an electronic piece but some kind of musique concrète and this is not a tape recording but a wire recording (thus made with a wire recorder). Anyway, Halim El-Dabh is one of the multiple pioneers of experimental music and indeed the first one to compose such music in Africa. A great musician and composer.
crnodrik 1 month ago
I'm not sure how one could make the claim that El-Dabh composed the first electronic music composition when the Theramin was created in 1919-1920, which led to many compositions pre-dated this one.
distprod 3 months ago
@distprod He was the first to make an electroacoustic tape. Not electronic music in general.
keithramer123 2 months ago
@keithramer123 I'm with @distprod, the description clearly states: "This is the earliest piece of electronic music ever composed"; there are original compositions for Theremin, Ondes Martenot and Trautonium that predates this piece. So the description is wrong, please @Jagged85 correct that to not produce confusions. Maybe should say: this is the earliest piece of electroacoustic music ever recorded (but I'm not sure about this neither)
isidoromaich 1 month ago
I know Halim El-Dabh! I met him here at Wayne State University in June 2011. He rocks! Musicoethnologist.
antonscottgoustin 3 months ago
This is great, thanks for posting, been looking for a recording of this. Where did you get the background info on El Dabh?
ToknikkWaste 3 months ago
Magickal
heklngjekl 3 months ago
great!
raymanscape 3 months ago
If you like this then check out Leiyla & The Poet from a 1964 Columbia records compilation of early electronic music called Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, for true weirdness!
terrypussypower 4 months ago
It sounds eerie. I love it.
Shaw640 6 months ago 2
Fantastic.
monkfish303 7 months ago 2
thank you for sharing this!
kdowns350 7 months ago 2