Milton Babbitt - Ensembles for Synthesizer (1964)

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Uploaded by on Feb 2, 2011

I just learned that Milton Byron Babbitt passed away last Saturday, January 29, 2011 at the age of 94. This is one of my favorite pieces of electronic music. This work actually took two years to complete; he had started developing it in 1962, and it was finally realized at the Columbia University Electronic Music Center in 1964.
In this video, I included some biographical information concerning Babbitt and this piece.

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  • Oh wow, that's some rad dubstep right there

  • This dude was insane. This is what being on the edge of an acid trip is like. Will you again know reality? Is it all just a dream? A psychotic rendering of your own that you have no damn control over. Its powerful. But then again so are you. You smile at the precipice, the swirling shit-hole of all that is. All that will be. You have control. You smile.

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  • Bach... forgive him ...

  • This almost sounds like the soundtrack to "Forbidden Planet". I like it and I'm not drunk or stoned!

  • @relyt9 Well said!

  • @Primus9 hahahah

  • Truly inspiring.

  • I find this perfectly accessable because its 'strange' and it pairs mighty well with St. George Absinthe (wonderful anise and fresh herb bouqet) or many kinds of organic wine, and I know because I am a proud ownder (capitalism, yes) of the rare album. That Babbit's music is not promulgated to the massess is beyond me, but then again I never went for the 10,000th rendition of the same Pop Song format, but lordy-lord this sound and some High Tide is what the '60s were about...Thanks for Uploading!

  • @albear972 Do it for 30 years, with a banana in your mouth and fliped over. Youre gonna understand it.

  • @gustavoturm I am studying music... how else do you think I got here? Haha!

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